Growing up in Philadelphia as the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, Patti Callahan Henry learned early the value of storytelling, a lesson which has served her well as The New York Times best-selling author of 13 novels. Her contemporary Southern fiction novels centering on women navigating family life and romantic relationships have won her much praise over the years. She has been a finalist in the Townsend Prize for Fiction, an Indie Next Pick, an OKRA pick and a multiple nominee for the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) Novel of the Year. Her newest novel, Becoming Mrs. Lewis, is her first foray into historical fiction, telling the story of the friendship and love between Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis, which Library Journal called “a magical and literary experience that won't be soon forgotten.” Patti currently resides in Birmingham, Alabama.

David Joy's novels tell the stories of the men and women whose lives are tied to this land and its history. He is the author of the Edgar finalist novel Where All Light Tends to Go, as well as the novels The Weight of This World and The Line That Held Us. His stories and essays have appeared in Time, The New York Times Magazine, Garden & Gun and The Bitter Southerner and have been nominated for awards such as the Pushcart Prize. Author Wiley Cash says “No one writes about the issues facing rural America as clearly, as fairly or as well as David Joy.” David Joy lives in North Carolina.

Kirkus Reviews calls Lori Roy’s latest novel, The Disappearing, a “twisted Southern gothic winner” that “oozes with atmosphere.” Set in an isolated Florida town, Lane Fielding must come to terms with the crimes of her father, the former director of an infamous boys’ school, while dealing with the disappearance of one her daughters. Lori is a two-time Edgar Award winner for her novels Bent Road and Let Me Die In His Footsteps. Her novel Until She Comes Home was an Edgar Finalist. Her work has been twice named a New York Times Notable Crime Book, included on various best of lists and summer reading lists and named an Editors’ Choice by The New York Times. Lori lives with her family in west central Florida.