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; THE EVER CURE [forthcoming] (Delacorte); MY HUSBAND'S SWEETHEARTS; THE PRETEND WIFE; THE PROVENCE CURE FOR THE BROKEN-HEARTED [August 2010] (Bantam).

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

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

Adam Braver (www.adambraver.com), fiction writer. MR. LINCOLN'S WARS, story collection (HarperCollins); NOVEMBER 22, 1963 (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).

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).

Hilary Davidson (www.hilarydavidson.com), fiction writer. THE DAMAGE DONE [October 2010] + untitled sequel [forthcoming] (Forge).

Tim Dorsey (www.timdorsey.com), fiction writer. TORPEDO JUICE; THE BIG BAMBOO; HURRICANE PUNCH; ATOMIC LOBSTER; NUCLEAR JELLYFISH; GATOR A-GO-GO; and untitled novel [forthcoming] (William Morrow).

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

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 [December 2010] (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: A Generation on the Edge [Fall 2010] (William Morrow).

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; SMONK; CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER [October 2010] (William Morrow).

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

Alan Glenn, fiction writer. AMERIKAN EAGLE [January 2011] (Bantam).

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.).

Charles Goyette (www.charlesgoyette.com), nonfiction writer. THE DOLLAR MELTDOWN (Portfolio/Penguin).

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

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

Alfred Habegger, biographer. MY WARS ARE LAID AWAY IN BOOKS: The Life of Emily Dickinson (Random House); MAGNIFICENT FRAUD: The Life of Anna Leonowens, Teacher at the Siamese Court [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!; FIFTY IN FIFTY; THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT RETURNS [July 2010] (Tor).

Skip Horack (www.skiphorack.com), fiction writer. THE SOUTHERN CROSS (Mariner Books); THE EDEN HUNTER [September 2010] (Counterpoint).

Robert Jordan (us.macmillan.com/author/robertjordan), bestselling fantasy novelist. WHEEL OF TIME series, with Brandon Sanderson. THE GATHERING STORM; SHIFTING WINDS [November 2010]; TARMON’GAIDON [November 2011]; NEW SPRING graphic novel [forthcoming]; EYE OF THE WORLD graphic novel [forthcoming] (Tor.).

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; EVERYONE IS AN ANGEL [forthcoming] (Bloomsbury).

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

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

Hillel Levin, nonfiction writer. WHEN CORRUPTION WAS KING, with Robert Cooley (Carroll & Graf); IN WITH THE DEVIL: The Fallen Hero, the Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption, with James Keene [September 2010] (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 [Winter 2011], RIZZO’S REGARDS [forthcoming] (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]; GLIMPSES OF ETERNITY: An Investigation into Shared Death Experiences, with Paul Perry [September 2010] (Guideposts).

James L. Nelson (www.jameslnelson.com), fiction and nonfiction writer. BENEDICT ARNOLD'S NAVY; GEORGE WASHINGTON'S NAVY; THE BATTLE OF THE CAPES [May 2010] (McGraw Hill); THE FIRE AND THE SWORD: The Battle of Bunker Hill [January 2011] (St. Martins).

Stuart Neville (www.stuartneville.com), fiction writer. THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST; COLLUSION [October 2010]; STOLEN SOULS [forthcoming] (Soho Press); DWELLER ON THE THRESHOLD [forthcoming].

Jack O’Connell (www.enterlimbo.com), fiction writer. THE RESURRECTIONIST; ALL YOU URCHINS [forthcoming] (Algonquin).

Peter Orullian (www.orullian.com), fantasy fiction writer. TAHN AND THE LEDGE OF RESTORATION [April 2011] + two more books in THE VAULT OF HEAVEN series [forthcoming] (Tor).

Otto Penzler (www.mysteriousbookshop.com), anthologist. MYSTERIOUS PROFILES (Little, Brown); THE BLACK LIZARD BIG BOOK OF PULPS; THE VAMPIRE ARCHIVES; THE BLACK MASK ANTHOLOGY [October 2010]; THE ZOMBIE ARCHIVES [forthcoming]; AGENTS OF TREACHERY [July 2010] (Vintage); BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES; BEST AMERICAN NOIR [October 2010] (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt); A MYSTEROUS BOOKSHOP CHRISTMAS [October 2010] (Vanguard).

Paul Perry (www.paulperryproductions.com), nonfiction writer. WHERE GOD LIVES, with Dr. Melvin Morse; THE FEMALE STRESS CURE, with Dr. Vern Cherewatenko; SAVED BY THE LIGHT, with Dannion Brinkley (HarperCollins); JESUS IN EGYPT (Ballantine); GLIMPSES OF ETERNITY: An Investigation into Shared Death Experiences, with Dr. Raymond Moody [September 2010](Guideposts).

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

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; untitled novel [forthcoming] (Knopf).

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

Tatjana Soli (www.tatjanasoli.com), fiction writer. THE LOTUS EATERS (St. Martin’s).

Steven D. 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); RALPH STEADMAN’S BOOK OF DOGS [forthcoming] (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

Terry Greene Sterling (www.terrygreenesterling.com), nonfiction writer. ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone [July 2010] (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).

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; DEAD OF WINTER [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 [February 2011]; DEAD IF I DON’T [forthcoming] (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).