Author Bios

Nir Eyal is an Israeli-American author, behavioral designer, and lecturer whose work explores the psychology of habit formation and technology’s grip on human attention. His book Indistractable offers a framework for reclaiming focus in an age of constant distraction.

Fernanda Melchor is a Mexican author and journalist celebrated for her visceral, stream-of-consciousness fiction that confronts violence, poverty, and gender in contemporary Mexico. Her novel Hurricane Season brought her international recognition and was longlisted for the International Booker Prize.

James H. Madison is Professor Emeritus of History at Indiana University, where he spent his career as one of the foremost scholars of Indiana and Midwestern American history. He earned his Ph.D. from Indiana University and held the Thomas and Kathryn Miller Chair in History. His scholarship spans Indiana political and social history, the history…

Judith Heumann (1947-2023) was an American disability rights activist, author, and government official widely regarded as the most important figure in the history of the American disability rights movement. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she contracted polio as an infant and used a wheelchair throughout her life. Her early experiences fighting for access to public…

Myke Cole is a US author of military science fiction and fantasy. A veteran of the US Coast Guard Reserve and Army National Guard who served in Iraq, he is the author of the Shadow Ops series and the standalone novel Sixteenth Watch. His military background informs the authenticity and ethical depth of his fiction.

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld is a Dutch author and poet. Their debut novel, The Discomfort of Evening, won the International Booker Prize in 2020, making Rijneveld the youngest winner of that award at the time. The novel was translated into English by Michele Hutchison.

Caroline Hardaker is a British poet and novelist whose debut novel Composite Creatures won the British Fantasy Award and was recognised by the Meridian Award in 2021. Her work is noted for its unsettling psychological precision and its ability to locate horror in the textures of ordinary domestic life.

William C. Kashatus is a historian, educator, and author specializing in Pennsylvania history and African American history. He has written extensively on the Underground Railroad and the abolitionist movement in the Philadelphia region.

Lee McIntyre is a philosopher and Research Fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University. He is the author of several books on science, truth, and the philosophy of knowledge, including Post-Truth (2018) and The Scientific Attitude (2019).

Victoria Chang is an American poet, author, and editor. She has published numerous collections of poetry and is known for her formally inventive work that investigates grief, identity, and language. Her collection Obit (2020) received widespread critical acclaim and won multiple awards including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award.