Adam Johnson is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Orphan Master’s Son, which The Washington Post called “an exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an adventuresome journey into the depths of totalitarian North Korea and into the most intimate spaces of the human heart.” His other books include the story collection Fortune Smiles, winner of the National Book Award, Parasites Like Us, and Emporium. His honors include Guggenheim and NEA Fellowships, a Whiting Award, and a Stegner Fellowship. Born in South Dakota, an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Johnson lives in San Francisco with his wife and children and teaches creative writing at Stanford University.

Maggie Galehouse is an award-winning local writer, editor, and researcher. She was the former book editor at the Houston Chronicle, and she has reported on education, crime, and business for a variety of newspapers. She currently works as a Program Director in the Communications Department at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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