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

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

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

Julianna Baggott (www.juliannabaggott.com), fiction writer. THE ANYBODIES; THE NOBODIES; THE SOMEBODIES; THE SLIPPERY MAP; THE PRINCE OF FENWAY PARK (Harper Children's); WHICH BRINGS ME TO YOU, with Steve Almond (Algonquin); THE EVER BREATH; (Delacorte); MY HUSBAND'S SWEETHEARTS; THE PRETEND WIFE; THE PROVENCE CURE FOR THE BROKEN-HEARTED; untitled novel [forthcoming] (Bantam); PURE [February 2012]; FUSE [Spring 2013]; THE NEW AFTER [Spring 2014] (Grand Central).

James Carlos Blake, fiction writer. HANDSOME HARRY; THE KILLINGS OF STANLEY KETCHEL (HarperCollins); COUNTRY OF THE BAD WOLFES (Cinco Puntos).

Adam Braver (www.adambraver.com), fiction writer. MR. LINCOLN'S WARS, story collection (HarperCollins); NOVEMBER 22, 1963; MISFIT [August 2012] (Tin House Books).

Eddie Bunker, fiction writer and memoirist. EDUCATION OF A FELON; STARK (St. Martin's); DEATH ROW BREAKOUT AND OTHER STORIES (No Exit).

Wiley Cash (www.wileycash.com), fiction writer. A LAND MORE KIND THAN HOME [April 2012]; SAFE [forthcoming] (William Morrow).

Tony Cartano, fiction writer. BITTER LESSONS (Albin Michel).

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

Hilary Davidson (www.hilarydavidson.com), fiction writer. THE DAMAGE DONE; THE NEXT ONE TO FALL [February 2011]; untitled novel [forthcoming] (Forge).

Tim Dorsey (www.timdorsey.com), fiction writer. TORPEDO JUICE; THE BIG BAMBOO; HURRICANE PUNCH; ATOMIC LOBSTER; NUCLEAR JELLYFISH; GATOR A-GO-GO; ELECTRIC BARRACUDA; WHEN ELVES ATTACK [October 2011]; PINEAPPLE GRENADE [January 2012] (William Morrow).

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

Brendan DuBois, fiction writer. LEWIS COLE mysteries; DEADLY COVE, seventh novel in series (St. Martin’s); AMERIKAN EAGLE (Bantam).

James Ellroy (www.randomhouse.com/knopf/authors/ellroy/), fiction and nonfiction writer. THE BLACK DAHLIA; L.A. CONFIDENTIAL; MY DARK PLACES; THE COLD SIX THOUSAND, BLOOD’S A ROVER; THE HILLIKER CURSE; PERFIDIA [forthcoming]; untitled novel [forthcoming] (Knopf).

T.J. English (www.tj-english.com), nonfiction writer. PADDY WHACKED; HAVANA NOCTURNE: How the Mob Owned Cuba – And Then Lost It to the Revolution; THE SAVAGE CITY: Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge (William Morrow).

Beth Ann Fennelly, poet, fiction, and nonfiction writer. GREAT WITH CHILD: Letters to a Young Mother; UNMENTIONABLES (Norton); untitled novel, with Tom Franklin [forthcoming] (William Morrow).

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; SMONK; CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER; ; untitled novel, with Beth Ann Fennelly [forthcoming] (William Morrow).

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

James Grady (www.jamesgrady.net), 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 (www.robertgreerbooks.com), fiction writer. LIMITED TIME; HEAT SHOCK (Mysterious Press); RESURRECTING LANGSTON BLUE; THE MONGOOSE DECEPTION; BLACKBIRD, FAREWELL (Frog Ltd.); FIRST OF STATE; ASTRIDE A PINK HORSE [forthcoming] (North Atlantic).

Charles Goyette (www.charlesgoyette.com), nonfiction writer. THE DOLLAR MELTDOWN (Portfolio/Penguin); RED AND BLUE AND BROKE ALL OVER [Spring 2012] (Penguin Putnam).

Aaron Gwyn (www.aarongwyn.com), fiction writer. DOG ON THE CROSS, short story collection (Algonquin); THE WORLD BENEATH (Norton).

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!; FIFTY IN FIFTY; THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT RETURNS; untitled memoir [fourthcoming] (Tor).

Roger Hobbs, fiction writer. THE GHOSTMAN (forthcoming).

Skip Horack (www.skiphorack.com), fiction writer. THE SOUTHERN CROSS (Mariner Books); THE EDEN HUNTER (Counterpoint).

Robert Jordan (us.macmillan.com/author/robertjordan), bestselling fantasy novelist. WHEEL OF TIME series. THE GATHERING STORM; TOWERS OF MIDNIGHT; A MEMORY OF LIGHT with Brandon Sanderson [November 2011]; NEW SPRING graphic novel; EYE OF THE WORLD graphic novel [Fall 2011] (Tor.).

Phil Keith, nonfiction writer. BLACKHORSE RIDERS [Spring 2012] (St. Martin’s).

Thomas Kelly, fiction writer. PAYBACK; THE RACKETS (Knopf); EMPIRE RISING (Farrar, Straus & Giroux); SANDHOGS (Soft Skull Press).

Thomas E. Kennedy (www.thomasekennedy.com), fiction writer. IN THE COMPANY OF ANGELS; FALLING SIDEWAYS (Bloomsbury).

Eugenia Kim (www.eugeniakim.com), fiction writer. THE CALLIGRAPHER’S DAUGHTER (Henry Holt).

Helen Knode, fiction writer. THE TICKET OUT; THE WILDCAT PLAY [April 2012] (Houghton Mifflin).

Kerstin Lieff, nonfiction writer. LETTERS FROM BERLIN [October 2012] (Lyons).

Hillel Levin, nonfiction writer. WHEN CORRUPTION WAS KING, with Robert Cooley (Carroll & Graf); IN WITH THE DEVIL: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption, with James Keene (St. Martin’s).

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

Lou Manfredo (us.macmillan.com/rizzoswar), fiction writer. RIZZO'S WAR; RIZZO’S FIRE, RIZZO’S DAUGHTER [March 2012] (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); GLIMPSES OF ETERNITY: An Investigation into Shared Death Experiences, with Paul Perry (Guideposts); PARANORMAL: My Life in Pursuit of the Afterlife, with Paul Perry [Febuary 2012] (HarperOne).

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

Stuart Neville (www.stuartneville.com), fiction writer. THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST; COLLUSION; STOLEN SOULS [October 2011] (Soho Press); DWELLER ON THE THRESHOLD [forthcoming].

Jack O’Connell (www.enterlimbo.com), fiction writer. THE RESURRECTIONIST; (Algonquin).

Peter Orullian (www.orullian.com), fantasy fiction writer. THE UNREMEMBERED; two more books in THE VAULT OF HEAVEN series [forthcoming] (Tor).

Otto Penzler (www.mysteriousbookshop.com), anthologist. BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES; BEST AMERICAN NOIR OF THE CENTURY (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt); THE VAMPIRE ARCHIVES; AGENTS OF TREACHERY; THE BLACK LIZARD BIG BOOK OF BLACK MASK STORIES; THE BIG BOOK OF ADVENTURE STORIES; ZOMBIE! ZOMBIE! ZOMBIE!; LOCKED ROOM MYSTERIES [forthcoming]; THE BIG BOOK OF GHOST STORIES [forthcoming] (Vintage).

Paul Perry (www.paulperryproductions.com), nonfiction writer. JESUS IN EGYPT (Ballantine); GLIMPSES OF ETERNITY: An Investigation into Shared Death Experiences, with Dr. Raymond Moody (Guideposts); PARANORMAL: My Life in Pursuit of the Afterlife, with Dr. Raymond Moody [February 2012] (HarperOne).

Richard Russo (www.randomhouse.com/knopf/authors/russo), Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer. STRAIGHT MAN; NOBODY'S FOOL (Random House); EMPIRE FALLS; THE WHORE'S CHILD; BRIDGE OF SIGHS; THAT OLD CAPE MAGIC; JEAN (memoir) [Fall 2012]; untitled novel [forthcoming] (Knopf).

Michael Sears, fiction writer. BLACK FRIDAYS [Fall 2012]; THE BLACK KEY [forthcoming] (Penguin Putnam).

Laura Lee Smith (www.lauraleesmith.com), fiction writer. HEARTS OF PALM [forthcoming] (Grove/Atlantic).

Mark Allen Smith, fiction writer. THE INQUISITOR [January 2012]; EXPERTISE [forthcoming](Henry Holt).

Tatjana Soli (www.tatjanasoli.com), fiction writer. THE LOTUS EATERS; THE FORGETTING TREE [forthcoming] (St. Martin’s).

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); RALPH STEADMAN’S BOOK OF DOGS; RALPH STEADMAN’S BOOK OF CATS [May 2012] (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

Terry Greene Sterling (www.terrygreenesterling.com), nonfiction writer. ILLEGAL: Life and Death in an Undocumented Underground (Lyons Press).

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

Ginger Strand (www.gingerstrand.com), fiction writer. FLIGHT; INVENTING NIAGARA (Simon & Schuster); EXIT: UTOPIA [April 2012] (UT Press).

Jonathan Tel, fiction writer. THE BEIJING OF POSSIBILITIES (Other Press).

James Thompson (www.authorbytes-kh.com/sites/dev/thompson-j/stage), fiction writer. SNOW ANGELS; LUCIFER'S TEARS; HELSINKI WHITE [March 2012]; untitled novel in the INSPECTOR VAARA series [forthcoming] (Penguin Putnam).

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

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

Urban Waite, fiction writer. THE TERROR OF LIVING; DEAD IF I DON’T [March 2013] (Little, Brown).

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

Michael White (www.michaelcwhite.com), fiction writer. SOUL CATCHER; BEAUTIFUL ASSASSIN (William Morrow).