Brian Selznick, born in 1966, is an American writer and illustrator. After debuting with The Houdini Box (1991), he gained widespread success with La straordinaria invenzione di Hugo Cabret (2007), winner of the Caldecott Medal and adapted into a film by Martin Scorsese.
Nicholas Boggs, born in 1973 in Washington, D.C., is a writer, critic, and academic. In 2018, he co-edited the reissue of James Baldwin’s Little Man, Little Man and in 2025 published Baldwin: A Love Story, a biography that was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize.
A. M. Homes, born in 1961, is an American writer and screenwriter. She debuted at the age of 19 with the novel Jack (1989), followed by In a Country of Mothers, The End of Alice, Music for Torching, This Book Will Save Your Life, and May We Be Forgiven, winner of the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction.
Benjamin Taylor, born in 1952, is an American writer, critic, and university professor. He debuted with the novel Tales Out of School (1995), followed by The Book of Getting Even (2008).
Isabella Rossellini, born in 1952, is an Italian-American actress and director. After beginning her career as a model and the face of Lancôme, she gained international fame with Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990), both directed by David Lynch. She has worked with directors such as Robert Zemeckis, Peter Weir, Guy Maddin, and Abel Ferrara.
Philosopher and historian of African culture, over the years he has been involved in literature and the philosophy of language as well as racism, identity and moral theory, from the perspective of a liberal humanism and a cosmopolitan spirit.
Laurie Anderson, born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois in 1947, is a multimedia artist, musician, and performer. She rose to international fame with O Superman (1981) and has released experimental albums such as Big Science, Mister Heartbreak, and Landfall (with Kronos Quartet).
Siri Hustvedt, born in 1955 in Northfield, Minnesota, is a novelist and essayist. Her fiction includes What I Loved (2003), The Sorrows of an American (2008), The Blazing World (2014), and several essay collections.
Garth Risk Hallberg, born in Louisiana in 1978, debuted with A Field Guide to the North American Family (2007) and achieved international recognition with City on Fire (2015), a multi-character novel set in 1970s New York City.
Joshua Cohen, born in Atlantic City in 1980, is a novelist, essayist, and critic. He is the author of Witz (2010), Book of Numbers (2015), and Moving Kings (2017).