Adult Fiction

Carey Baldwin is the pseudonym of a pediatrician turned riveting thriller author. Her newest Cassidy & Spencer novel, STOLEN (Witness Impulse), will be published in February 2017. (LD and CF)

Annie Barrows is the author of the New York Times bestseller THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO US (Random House) and co-author of THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY (Dial) which was adapted into a Netflix film in 2018; she is also author of the adored, wildly successful IVY AND BEAN series of chapter books. (LD)

Marie Bostwick is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller, whose wise, generous novels are devoured by her ever-growing legion of fans. Her novel SECOND SISTER was adapted into the Hallmark Hall of Fame Film Christmas Everlasting in 2018. (LD)

Stella Cameron established herself as a New York Times bestselling author of romantic suspense. Fourteen million copies of her books are in print. Her newest book, MELODY FOR MURDER (Severn House), is the third book in her popular British crime series. (LD)

Robyn Carr recently won the RWA’s Rita Award for Lifetime Achievement. She is the author of forty-three captivating novels (Mira) that count 28 million copies in print and which have been sold in thirty different countries. Robyn has spent 235 weeks on the NYT list and her VIRGIN RIVER series will be adapted into a 10-episode series on Netflix. (LD)

Victoria Christopher Murray’s STAND YOUR GROUND (Touchstone) won the NAACP Award for Outstanding Literary Fiction in 2016. She is the bestselling author of twenty-five books and is co-founder of Brown Girls Publishing Company. Three of her novels will be adapted into Lifetime films, produced by T.D. Jakes. (LD)

Sara Goodman Confino is the author of the sharp and hilariously relatable novel For the Love of Friends, out now from Lake Union. She is working on her next novel while teaching high school English and frantically parenting a baby and a toddler. (RB)

Georgina Cross writes domestic suspense novels for Ballantine and Bookouture. She has two releases out now, The Stepdaughter and The Missing Woman, and Nanny Needed will be published in October 2021. (RB)

Rea Frey is an award-winning author of four nonfiction books and three domestic suspense novels with St. Martin’s Press. Her debut novel, NOT HER DAUGHTER, was hailed as one of Marie Claire’s top fiction by women and was optioned for film. She’s also the founder and CEO of Writeway, where she teaches aspiring authors the three paths to publication. (RB)

Susan Hasler’s literary thriller INTELLIGENCE (Thomas Dunne Book) introduced this former CIA analyst’s wicked, satiric story of a counter-terrorism expert. She’s now at work on a nonfiction book. (LD)

Scott Hawkins astonished readers with the originality and brilliance of his compelling debut novel, THE LIBRARY AT MOUNT CHAR (Crown), hailed as “a spellbinding tale of world-altering power and revenge” by Kirkus in a starred review. (CB)

The author of sweet, deeply emotional romances such as JEB’S WIFE and THURSDAY’S BRIDE (Kensington), Patricia Johns writes a mixture of contemporary and Amish romance and has released more than twenty-five books for Harlequin and Kensington. (RB)

Cody Mcfadyen’s emotionally driven series featuring Smoky Barrett and her team of F.B.I. agents (Bantam) has become an international sensation, especially in Germany where each title debuts at #1 in hardcover. (LD)

Carla Norton’s first nonfiction book, PERFECT VICTIM: The True Story of the Girl in the Box (Morrow), was a #1 New York Times bestseller. She recently turned to fiction with THE EDGE OF NORMAL and WHAT DOESN’T KILL HER (Minotaur) which won the 2016 Nancy Pearl Award for Best Book in Genre Fiction and the President’s Book Award Gold Medal for Suspense/Thriller Fiction, respectively, and one of which was recently optioned by Bold Entertainment. (LD)

Mary Ann Shaffer’s THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PEEL SOCIETY (Dial) is the beloved, award-winning novel that has sold over three million copies, has been licensed to over thirty countries, and was adapted into a Netflix film in 2018. (LD)

Julia Sonneborn is the author of BY THE BOOK (Gallery), a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s classic Persuasion set at a university. She is an English professor and a Los Angeles native. (LD)

Marybeth Whalen’s sixth riveting novel of domestic suspense, THE THINGS WE WISH WERE TRUE (Lake Union/Amazon), spent August glued to the #1 position on Amazon. She is also one of the co-founders of SHE READS (www.shereads.org) an online community and book club for women’s fiction. (LD)

Max Wirestone is pioneering the world of “geek chic” with his hilarious series of mysteries featuring the on-line and real-life adventures of amateur detective Dahlia Moss (Orbit). (CB)

Rebecca Zanetti is a rising star and New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of “decadently delicious” (PW starred review) paranormal romance and romantic suspense. She publishes with Kensington and Grand Central. (CB)