Lalita Tademy

is a California native. In 2001, her first novel, Cane River, was chosen by Oprah Winfrey for her summer book pick, and became a New York Times bestseller. Red River is her second novel.

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Sedge Thomson

is the host of West Coast Live, a weekly live radio show heard coast-to-coast and in the Bay Area on KALW, 91.7 FM.

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Sarah Thyre

is an actress and writer who has appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and Strangers with Candy, and performed her own work at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theaters, Sit n' Spin at the Comedy Central Stage, and on Public Radio International. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two children.

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Sandy Tolan

teaches at the University of California at Berkeley's School of Journalism. The Lemon Tree, based on his documentary for NPR's Fresh Air about a Palestinian man and a Jewish woman whose families lived in the same house before and after the founding of Israel, was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award and won a Christopher Award in 2007.

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Danielle Trussoni

grew up in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and attended the University of Wisconsin and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island. Her first book, Falling Through the Earth: A Memoir, earned her the 2006 Michener Copernicus Society Award and was chosen as one of The New York Times top 10 books of 2006.

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