The Maris Review

Susan Choi’s first novel, The Foreign Student, won the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction. Her second novel, American Woman, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize. Her third novel, A Person of Interest, was a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award. Her fourth novel, My Education, received a 2014 Lammy Award. Her fifth novel, Trust Exercise won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2019.

Recorded at the 2019 Miami Book Fair.

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Lane Moore is an award-winning comedian, writer, actor, and musician. The New York Times called her comedy show Tinder Live “ingenious.” Her comedy and her band, It Was Romance, have been praised from Pitchfork to Vogue, and her writing has appeared from The New Yorker to The Onion. She lives in Brooklyn with her dog-child, Lights. Her memoir is called How To Be Alone.

Recommended Reads:

Kicking and Dreaming by Ann and Nancy Wilson

Between a Heart and a Rock Place by Pat Benatar 

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Deborah Levy writes fiction, plays, and poetry. The author of highly praised novels, including Hot Milk and Swimming Home (both Man Booker Prize finalists), The Unloved, and Billy and Girl, the story collection Black Vodka, and two parts of her working autobiography, Things I Don't Want to Know and The Cost of Living, she lives in London. The Man Who Saw Everything is her latest novel, also a Booker Prize nominee.

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Kevin Wilson is the author of the New York Times best-selling novel The Family Fang (Ecco, 2012), Perfect Little World (Ecco, 2017), and Nothing to See Here (Ecco, 2019). His fiction has appeared in Ploughshares, Tin House, One Story, A Public Space, and elsewhere. He lives in Sewanee, Tennessee, with his wife, the poet Leigh Anne Couch, and his sons, Griff and Patch. He is an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of the South.

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Cathleen Schine is the author of The New Yorkers and The Love Letter, among other novels. She has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, and The New York Times Book Review. Her latest novel is The Grammarians.

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Lili Anolik is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Her work has also appeared in Harper’s, Esquire, and The Believer. She is the author of Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of LA, and lives in New York City with her husband and two small sons.

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Jami Attenberg is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels, including The Middlesteins and Saint Mazie. She has contributed essays about sex, urban life, and food to The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, & LongReads, among other publications. She lives in New Orleans.

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John Hodgman is a writer, comedian, and actor. He is the author of The Areas of My Expertise, More Information Than You Require, That Is All, and Vacationland. He is the host of the popular Judge John Hodgman podcast and also contributes a weekly column under the same name for The New York Times Magazine. His latest book is Medallion Status.

Recommended Reading:

Needful Things by Stephen King

Cujo by Stephen King

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

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Shea Serrano's most recent book, Basketball (And Other Things), was a #1 New York Times bestseller and selected by President Barack Obama as one of his favorite reads of the year. His previous book, The Rap Year Book, is being turned into a documentary that will air on AMC in 2019. Currently, he’s a staff writer for The Ringer. His new book is called Movies (And Other Things).

Recommended ReadsNice Try by Josh GondelmanObviously Akilah HughesTrick Mirror by Jia Tolentino

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Born in Lubbock, Texas, Kimberly King Parsons received her MFA from Columbia University. Her fiction has been published in The Paris Review, Best Small Fictions 2017, Black Warrior Review, and The Kenyon Review, among others. Black Light is her debut story collection.

Recommended Reads:Large Animals by Jess ArndtGod Shot by Chelsea BiekerThe Collected Short Stories of Amy Hempel

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