Chantel Acevedo (www.chantelacevedo.com), fiction writer. LOVE & GHOST LETTERS (St. Martin's Press).

Dr. Marilyn Agin, Lisa Geng, Malcolm Nicholl, nonfiction writers. THE LATE TALKER: What to Do If Your Child Isn’t Talking Yet (Picador/St. Martin’s).

Dianne Arcangel, nonfiction writer. LIFE AFTER LOSS: The Transformative Power of Grief, with Raymond Moody (HarperCollins).

Julianna Baggott (www.juliannabaggott.com), fiction writer. GIRL TALK; THE MISS AMERICA FAMILY; THE MADAM (Pocket); THE ANYBODIES; THE NOBODIES; THE SOMEBODIES; THE SLIPPERY MAP; THE PRINCE OF FENWAY PARK (Harper Childrens) [March 2009]; THE EVER BREATH (Delacorte); WHICH BRINGS ME TO YOU with Steve Almond (Algonquin); MY HUSBAND'S SWEETHEARTS; THE PRETEND WIFE [June 2009]; THE PROVENCE CURE FOR THE BROKEN-HEARTED (Bantam)[forthcoming].

James Carlos Blake, fiction writer. HANDSOME HARRY; THE KILLINGS OF STANLEY KETCHEL (HarperCollins).

Jana Bommersbach, nonfiction writer. BONES IN THE DESERT (St. Martin’s).

Adam Braver (www.adambraver.com), fiction writer. MR. LINCOLN'S WARS, story collection (HarperCollins). DIVINE SARAH (William Morrow); NOVEMBER 22, 1963 (Tin House Books).

Eddie Bunker, fiction writer and memoirist. EDUCATION OF A FELON (St. Martin’s); STARK (St. Martin's); DEATH ROW BREAKOUT AND OTHER STORIES [forthcoming].

Cris Caivano, nonfiction writer. STRENGTH TRAINING FOR THE OVER 50'S (Barron's).

Quinn Dalton, fiction writer. HIGH STRUNG; BULLET-PROOF GIRL, story collection (Atria).

Tim Dorsey (www.timdorsey.com), novelist. TORPEDO JUICE; THE BIG BAMBOO; HURRICANE PUNCH; ATOMIC LOBSTER; NUCLEAR JELLYFISH; two untitled novels (William Morrow)[forthcoming].

Robert Drury, nonfiction writer, with Tom Clavin. HALSEY'S TYPHOON; THE LAST STAND OF FOX COMPANY (Atlantic Monthly Press); LAST MEN OUT (Simon & Schuster)[forthcoming].

James Ellroy, novelist. THE BLACK DAHLIA; L.A. CONFIDENTIAL; THE COLD SIX THOUSAND, etc., BLOOD’S A ROVER [Fall 2009]; THE HILLIKER CURSE.

T.J. English. nonfiction writer. PADDY WHACKED; HAVANA NOCTURNE: How the Mob Owned Cuba – And Then Lost It to the Revolution (William Morrow); SAVAGE CITY: Three Lives on the Edge (William Morrow)[forthcoming].

Beth Ann Fennelly, poet and nonfiction writer. GREAT WITH CHILD: Letters to a Young Mother; UNMENTIONABLES (Norton).

Connie Fletcher, nonfiction writer. EVERY CONTACT LEAVES A TRACE: Crimes Scene Investigators Talk About How They Find, Follow, and Preserve the Evidence Trail (St. Martin's).

Tom Franklin, fiction writer. POACHERS, short story collection; HELL AT THE BREECH (Morrow); SMONK (Morrow); CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER (HarperCollins) [forthcoming].

Mindy Friddle (www.mindyfriddle.com), fiction writer. THE GARDEN ANGEL (St. Martin’s/Picador); SECRET KEEPERS (St. Martin's Press)[May 2009].

James Grady, fiction writer. MAD DOGS (Forge).

Barry Green (www.innergameofmusic.com), nonfiction writer. INNER GAME OF MUSIC (with W. Timothy Gallwey)(Doubleday); THE MASTERY OF MUSIC (Broadway).

Robert O. Greer, novelist. LIMITED TIME; HEAT SHOCK (Mysterious Press); RESURRECTING LANGSTON BLUE; THE MONGOOSE DECPTION; BLACKBIRD, FAREWELL (Frog Ltd.).

Charles Goyette, nonfiction writer. THE DOLLAR MELTDOWN (Portfolio/Penguin)[forthcoming].

Jane Guill (www.janeguill.com), fiction writer. NECTAR FROM A STONE (Simon & Schuster).

Aaron Gwyn, fiction writer. DOG ON THE CROSS, short story collection (Algonquin); THE WORLD BENEATH(Norton) [April 2009].

Al Habegger, biographer. MY WARS ARE LAID AWAY IN BOOKS: The Life of Emily Dickinson (Random House); ANNA: The Life and Legend of Mrs. Leonowens (Random House)[forthcoming].

Tom Hager (www.thomashager.net), nonfiction writer. THE DEMON UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor’s Heroic Search for the First Miracle Drug; THE ALCHEMY OF AIR(Crown).

Harry Harrison (www.harryharrison.com), science fiction writer. STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER,Trilogy (Del Rey); MAKE ROOM! MAKE ROOM!; STAINLESS STEEL OMNIBUS; FIFTY IN FIFTY (Tor); STAINLESS STEEL RAT RETURNS (Tor)[forthcoming].

Robert Jordan (www.tor.com/jordan), bestselling fantasy novelist. WHEEL OF TIME series (Tor); A MEMORY OF LIGHT (posthumously published)[Nov. 2009].

Thomas Kelly, novelist. PAYBACK; THE RACKETS (Knopf); EMPIRE RISING (Farrar, Straus & Giroux); SANDHOGS (Soft Skull Press)[Sept. 2009].

Elmer Kelton (www.elmerkelton.net), America's leading Western novelist. THE WAY OF THE COYOTE; SONS OF TEXAS; SANDHILLS BOY (memoir); MANY A RIVER; HARD TRAIL TO FOLLOW (Forge).

Thomas E. Kennedy (www.thomasekennedy.com), fiction writer. IN THE COMPANY OF ANGELS [Spring 2010]; EVERYONE IS AN ANGEL (Bloomsbury)[forthcoming].

Eugenia Kim, fiction writer. THE CALLIGRAPHER’S DAUGHTER (Henry Holt)[Aug. 2009].

Helen Knode, novelist. THE TICKET OUT; THE WILDCAT PLAY (Houghton Mifflin)[forthcoming].

Hillel Levin, nonfiction writer. WHEN CORRUPTION WAS KING, with Robert Cooley (Carroll&Graf); THE FALCON’S TALE, with James Keene (St. Martin’s) [Spring 2010].

Deborah Martinson, nonfiction writer. LILLIAN HELLMAN: A Life With Foxes & Scoundrels (Counterpoint).

Lou Manfredo, fiction writer. RIZZO'S WAR [Fall 2009]; RIZZO’S FIRE, and one untitled novel (St. Martin's/Minotaur).

Raymond Moody, M.D. (www.lifeafterlife.com) psychiatrist. LIFE AFTER LIFE; REUNIONS, with Paul Perry (Villard). LIFE AFTER LOSS, with Dianne Arcangel (HarperCollins); PARANORMAL: A Memoir of My Life Studying Death [forthcoming]; SOUL SURVIVOR, with Paul Perry (Guideposts)[forthcoming].

Robert Morris, M.D., PhD., nonfiction writer. THE BLUE DEATH: The Science and Mystery of Waterborne Killers (HarperCollins).

James L. Nelson (www.jameslnelson.com), fiction and nonfiction writer. BENEDICT ARNOLD'S NAVY; GEORGE WASHINGTON'S NAVY (McGraw Hill); THE FIRE AND THE SWORD: The Battle of Bunker Hill (St. Martins) [forthcoming]; THE BATTLE OF THE CAPES (McGraw Hill)[forthcoming].

Stuart Neville (www.theghostsofbelfast.com), fiction writer. THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST [Oct. 2009]; COLLUSION (Soho Press)[forthcoming].

Peter Orullian, fantasy fiction writer. TAHN AND THE LEDGE OF RESTORATION, plus two more books in THE VAULT OF HEAVEN series (Tor)[forthcoming].

Robert Passikoff, nonfiction writer. PREDICTING BRAND SUCCESS (Wiley).

Otto Penzler, anthologist. BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES (Houghton Mifflin); BEST AMERICAN CRIME WRITING with Thomas H. Cook (Ecco); THE BLACK LIZARD BIG BOOK OF PULPS(Vintage); DEAD MAN’S HAND (Harcourt); MYSTERIOUS PROFILES (Little, Brown)[forthcoming]; THE BLACK LIZARD BIG BOOK OF BLACK MASK STORIES [forthcoming]; THE VAMPIRE ARCHIVES, plus two more books in Jumbo series (Vintage)[ forthcoming]; AMERICAN NOIR (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)[forthcoming].

Paul Perry, nonfiction writer. WHERE GOD LIVES, with Dr. Melvin Morse (HarperCollins); JESUS IN EGYPT(Ballantine); THE FEMALE STRESS CURE, with Dr. Vern Cherewatenko (HarperCollins); SAVED BY THE LIGHT with Dannion Brinkley (HarperCollins); SOUL SURVIVOR, with Dr. Raymond Moody (Guideposts)[forthcoming].

Sam Pickering, essayist. LETTERS TO A TEACHER (Grove/Atlantic).

Imad Rahman, fiction writer. I DREAM OF MICROWAVES, short story collection (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).

Nicholas Rinaldi, novelist. THE JUKEBOX QUEEN OF MALTA (Simon & Schuster); BETWEEN TWO RIVERS (HarperCollins).

Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist. STRAIGHT MAN; NOBODY’S FOOL (Random House). EMPIRE FALLS; THE WHORE'S CHILD; BRIDGE OF SIGHS (Knopf); THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC (Knopf)[Aug. 2009].

Michael Simon, (www.michaelsimon.info), thriller writer. DIRTY SALLY; BODY SCISSORS; LITTLE FAITH; THE LAST JEW STANDING (Viking).

Steve Stark, nonfiction writer. MEET THE BEATLES: A Cultural History of the Band that Shook the World (HarperCollins).

Ralph Steadman (www.ralphsteadman.com), artist. THE CURSE OF LONO, with Hunter S. Thompson (Taschen); SIGMUND FREUD (Firefly). THE GRAPES OF RALPH; GONZO THE ART; UNTRODDEN GRAPES; THE JOKE’S OVER: Ralph Steadman on Hunter S. Thompson (Harcourt).

Sterling, Terry Green, nonfiction writer. ILLEGAL (Lyons Press)[forthcoming].

Jacqueline B. Stordy, Ph.D. & Malcolm J. Nicholl. THE LCP SOLUTION: The Remarkable Nutritional Treatment for ADHD, Dyslexia & Dyspraxia (Ballantine).

Ginger Strand, fiction writer. FLIGHT; INVENTING NIAGARA (Simon & Schuster).

Jonathan Tel, fiction writer. THE BEIJING OF POSSIBILITIES (Other Press) [Summer 2009].

James Thompson (www.jimthompson.fi), fiction writer. SNOW ANGELS [Winter 2010]; DEAD OF WINTER (Penguin Putnam)[forthcoming].

F. X. Toole (www.fxtoole.com), fiction writer. ROPE BURNS, short story collection adapted into the film, Million Dollar Baby; POUND FOR POUND (Ecco/HarperCollins).

Catherine Tudish, fiction writer. TENNEY'S LANDING, short story collection; AMERICAN CREAM, novel (Scribner).

Joseph Wambaugh, novelist. HOLLYWOOD STATION; HOLLYWOOD CROWS (Little, Brown/Warner); HOLLYWOOD MOON (Little, Brown/Warner)[Dec. 2009]; THE BLUE KNIGHT, THE NEW CENTURIONS (Grand Central Publishing); THE ONION FIELD, THE CHOIRBOYS (Bantam).

Clint Van Winkle, Iraq war veteran and essayist. SOFT SPOTS (St. Martin’s).

Michael White, novelist. SOUL CATCHER; THE BEAUTIFUL ASSASSIN (William Morrow)[forthcoming].