Craig A. Monson's "Habitual Offenders"

Craig A. Monson is Paul Tietjens Professor Emeritus of Music at Washington University in St. Louis. His recent books include Nuns Behaving B...

Anthony Ryan's "The Waking Fire"

Anthony Ryan is the author of the Raven’s Shadow novels, including Blood Song , Tower Lord and Queen of Fire . Here Ryan dreancasts an ada...

Caroline Angell's "All the Time in the World"

Caroline Angell grew up in Endwell, N.Y., the daughter of an electrical engineer and a public school music teacher. She has a B. A. in musi...

Kelly Oliver's "Wolf"

Kelly Oliver is the author of Wolf , the first novel in the Jessica James, Cowgirl Philosopher, Mysteries. The second in the series, Coyot...

Simone Zelitch's "Judenstaat"

Simone Zelitch 's novels include Louisa , which won the Goldberg Prize for Emerging Jewish Fiction. Her work has been featured on NPR ...

Susie Steiner's "Missing, Presumed"

Susie Steiner is a former Guardian journalist. She was a commissioning editor for that paper for eleven years and prior to that worked for...

J.C. Lane's "Tag, You’re Dead"

J.C. Lane ’s favorite movies are Raiders of the Lost Ark , Enchanted April , and How to Train Your Dragon , which proves that she can’t set...