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May Hewitt is a British-born historian and novelist known for blending rigorous scholarship with lyrical storytelling. Her acclaimed debut, The Fire of Reason, reimagines the life of Enlightenment icon Émilie du Châtelet, casting new light on the woman behind Voltaire. A former philosophy lecturer turned full-time writer, May now lives in a restored hacienda in the Andean foothills of Colombia, where she raises orchids, translates 18th-century letters for fun, and swears by writing at sunrise with strong coffee and stronger opinions. When not researching forgotten intellectuals, she advocates for women’s access to education in rural communities across South America.
Tyler W. Falls is an American novelist and former philosophy professor whose work blurs the line between metaphysics and romance. His breakout novel, The Secret Heart of Spinoza, imagines the famously austere philosopher caught in an impossible love that defies reason, scripture, and self. Born in Vermont and educated at the Sorbonne, Falls has published essays on 17th-century rationalism, emotional realism in historical fiction, and the ethics of longing. He currently lives off-grid in coastal Maine, where he writes by candlelight, listens exclusively to Baroque music, and claims Spinoza still visits him in dreams—usually with unsolicited editorial advice.
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Lars Mikkelsen is een uitgesproken originele Nederlandse romanschrijver, bekend om zijn messcherpe stijl, groot hart en absolute afkeer van literaire flauwekul. Geboren in Utrecht en opgegroeid tussen fietsen en boekwinkels, schrijft Lars met de kracht van een bokser en de ziel van een jazzpianist. Zijn doorbraakroman, Rude City, werd geprezen als “meedogenloos, briljant en op een vreemde manier vrolijk”—een passende weerspiegeling van de auteur zelf. Ondanks de rauwheid van zijn verhalen staat Lars bekend om zijn opgewekte karakter, zweert hij bij sterke koffie en gelooft hij dat het leven het beste blootsvoets en nét over de deadline geleefd wordt. Hij woont in een grachtenpand met te veel planten en een asielhond die Kant heet.
Giovanni Malriso is an acclaimed interdisciplinary thinker, author, and futurist whose work explores the collision between technology, ethics, and the human condition. Born in Johannesburg to a Senegalese artist and an Italian quantum physicist, she studied computational philosophy at the Sorbonne before earning her doctorate at MIT, where she later taught courses on machine consciousness and post-human identity. She currently divides her time between Lisbon and Kyoto, where she’s researching emotional algorithms—and learning the shakuhachi.
Imani Del Rio is a novelist of mixed Chinese and American heritage whose books unfold like silk kites caught in coastal wind—lyrical, unexpected, and fiercely tethered to the emotional truths of diaspora. Born in Vancouver and raised between Beijing, Berkeley, and the back row of used bookstores, she studied comparative literature at McGill before abandoning academia for the precarious glamour of storytelling. A former ballet student and reluctant dog owner, she now lives in a creaky house filled with plants and first drafts. She writes in longhand, believes novels are better than therapy, and once told an awards committee she’d accept the prize only if they promised never to call her “promising” again.
William Missouri Downs has written everything from NBC sitcoms to Kabuki tragedies. His comedies and musicals have received over 350 productions worldwide, and he has won numerous writing awards, including two rolling world premieres from the National New Play Network. He’s also been a two-time Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights finalist. His plays have been produced globally and are published by Concord Theatricals, Playscripts, Heuer, TRW, and Next Stage Press. William was a staff writer on the NBC sitcom My Two Dads and a freelance writer for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Amen. He has also sold and optioned screenplays and a TV pilot. He’s the author of six books, including the novel Five Minutes From Chaos.
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Nicolette Vajtay earned her BFA from Montclair State University. She apprenticed at the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville and later trained at Harvard’s American Repertory Theater Institute. She made her off-Broadway debut in 1992 and spent decades on stage before turning to writing in 2003, studying at UCLA Extension, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, and other programs. She’s written over two dozen plays shaped by spiritual curiosity and a drive to understand the human condition. Her play The Ghost of St. Philomena’s is published by Gitelman & Good, and her work has been honored and staged nationwide. Now thrilled to publish her debut novel The Lone Pine with Campo De’ Fiori, she’s also outlining a new science fiction novel while continuing to write for the stage.
Richard Dale Hobgood is an American poet-philosopher whose writings explore the quiet chasm between longing and loss. His breakout work, The Shape of Emptiness, blends memoir, metaphysics, and fragments of abandoned love letters to chart the emotional terrain of solitude in the 21st century. Raised in a dust-worn Kansas town and later educated at a forgotten monastery-turned-university in the Scottish Highlands, Hobgood is as elusive as the feelings he captures. He has never owned a smartphone, writes exclusively on a typewriter named “Cleo,” and currently lives in a converted bell tower somewhere outside Lisbon. His fans include night owls, monks, and the recently heartbroken.
