Past Authors
BEVERLY GAGE
Beverly Gage, a Pulitzer Prize-Winner, and author of G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century
PAUL FISHER
Paul Fisher, a historian, and author of The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World
GERALDINE BROOKS
Geraldine Brooks, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, and author of Horse
CANDICE MILLARD
Candice Millard, a New York Times bestselling author, and author of River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
Barbara Kingsolver, a New York Times bestselling author and recipient of numerous literary awards, author of Unsheltered
DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN
Doris Kearns Goodwin, a world-renowned presidential historian & public speaker, author of Leadership In Turbulent Times
JON MEACHAM
Jon Meacham, Executive Vice President at Random House, author of Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush & The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
WALTER ISAACSON
Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, and author of Leonardo Di Vinci
DAVID MCCULLOUGH
Two-time Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner, and author of The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, The Wright Brothers and The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Live For
SALLY BEDELL SMITH
Sally Bedell Smith, American historian, and author of Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life.
KRISTIN HANNAH
Kristin Hannah, an award-winning and bestselling author of more than 20 novels including The Nightingale
SCOTT A. BERG
Scott A Berg, Pulitzer Prize Winner and American Biographer, and author of Wilson
ALICE McDERMOTT
Alice McDermott, American writer and University professor, and author of Someone
SIMON SCHAMA
Simon Schama, CBE, Columbia University professor, and author of The Story of the Jews
RICHARD MOE
Richard Moe, distinguished career in government, law and historic preservation, and author of Roosevelt's Second Act: The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War
CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY
Christopher Buckley, satirist, forbes editor, and author of They Eat Puppies, Dont They?
JOHN TALIAFERRO
John Taliaferro, former senior editor at Newsweek, and author of All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay From Lincoln to Roosevelt
JOYCE CAROL OATES
Joyce Carol Oates, the recipient of the National Medal of Humanities, one of the most acclaimed writers in the world today, and author of Mudwoman
TONY HOROWITZ AND GERALDINE BROOKS
Pulitzer Prize-winning couple and authors, respectively, of Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War and Caleb's Crossing: A Novel
TONI MORRISON
National Book Festival Creative Achievement Award recipient, Pulitzer Prize winner, Nobel Laureate, and bestselling author of Beloved and A Mercy
RON CHERNOW
Pulitzer Prize winning author of Washington: A Life
ISABEL ALLENDE
National Book Festival Creative Achievement Award recipient and celebrated Latin American author of Island Beneath the Sea: A Novel
JOHN FEINSTEIN
Acclaimed sportswriter and bestselling author of Moment of Glory: The Year Underdogs Ruled Golf
JOHN GRISHAM
National Book Festival Creative Achievement Award recipient and bestselling author of legal thrillers including The Associate
MAYA ANGELOU
Renaissance woman, poet, historian, and author of Letter to My Daughter
ROBERT BENNETT
Legendary Washington, D.C., lawyer, and author of In the Ring: The Trials of a Washington Lawyer
JENNA BUSH
Daughter of President George W. Bush and author of Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope
MARCUS MABRY
Former Edward R. Murrow Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power
MARIE ARANA
National Book Award and John Sargent Prize finalist, and author of Cellophane
ROBERT MERRY
Award-winning political reporter and author of Sands of Empire: Missionary Zeal, American Foreign Policy, and the Hazards of Global Ambition
PATRICIA O'TOOLE
Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House