Chandra Prasad has written several award-winning novels, including On Borrowed Wings, a historical drama set at Yale University. She is the originator and editor of Mixed, an anthology on the multiracial experience, which was published to international acclaim by W.W. Norton. Prasad’s shorter works have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, among other places. Her first young adult novel, Damselfly, will be published by Scholastic in 2018.
David Rich splits time between writing movies, television, plays, and novels. He wrote the feature film Renegades, starring Kiefer Sutherland and Lou Diamond Phillips, as well as episodes of MacGyver and other shows. Forsaking Los Angeles for small-town Connecticut, David turned to fiction, writing Caravan of Thieves and Middle Man, featuring Marine Lieutenant Rollie Waters and his con-artist father.
Roxana Robinson is the author of nine books: five novels, including Cost; three collections of short stories; and the biography Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, Harper’s Magazine, the New York Times, and elsewhere. She teaches in the Hunter College MFA Program and divides her time between New York, Connecticut, and Maine. She has received fellowships from the NEA and the Guggenheim Foundation and is the president of the Authors Guild.
Hirsh Sawhney grew up in Orange, Connecticut, and currently resides in New Haven. He has also lived in New York City, London, and New Delhi. His debut novel, South Haven, was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. He is the editor of Akashic’s Delhi Noir anthology, and his articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, and the Times Literary Supplement. He is an assistant professor at Wesleyan University.
Jessica Speart is the author of the highly acclaimed narrative nonfiction book Winged Obsession about the world’s most notorious butterfly smuggler. The book was an Indie Next pick and has been optioned for a feature film. Speart also penned a mystery series featuring US Fish and Wildlife Service agent Rachel Porter. The series was created after years of investigating wildlife and drug-trafficking crimes for publications such as the New York Times Magazine.
Jonathan Stone does most of his writing on the commuter train between the Connecticut suburbs and his advertising job in Manhattan. He has published eight mystery/suspense novels, including The Teller, Two for the Show, and Moving Day, which was an Amazon Kindle First. His short stories have appeared in the 2013 and 2014 Mystery Writers of America anthologies, and in Best American Mystery Stories 2016, edited by Elizabeth George.
Sarah Pemberton Strong is the author of two novels, including the noir homage The Fainting Room, “a masterful exploration of longing and its consequences” (Publishers Weekly). She is also the author of a book of poetry. To write “Callback,” her story in this voume, she drew on seventeen years’ experience working as a plumber. She currently teaches writing at Quinnipiac University and lives in Hamden, Connecticut.