by John Updike, Paul West, Annie Proulx, Elie Wiesel, E.L. Doctorow, Jane Smiley, Diane Johnson, Gish Jen, Maureen Howard, Mary Gordon, Alice Hoffman, Russell Banks, David Leavitt, Scott Turow, Joyce Carol Oates, Ed McBain, Roxana Robinson, Sue Miller, Barbara Kingsolver, Will