Jason Roberts is an American write of nonfiction and fiction. His most recent book, Every Living Thing, was awarded the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for biography, as well as the PEN America/E.O. Wilson Library Science Writing award. His previous book, A Sense of the World, was a national bestseller, a finalist for the National Book Critics circle Award, and longlisted for the international Guardian First Book Award. He lives in Oakland and Montreal. Born in Chicago, Peter Orner is the author of eight acclaimed books, including The Gossip Columnist's Daughter; Maggie Brown & Others; Love and Shame and Love; Esther Stories, finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award; and Am I Alone Here?, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, the Paris Review, The Believer, and The Best American Short Stories, and received four Pushcart Prizes. A former Guggenheim fellow and recipient of the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Orner is professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He lives with his family in Vermont, where he's also a volunteer firefighter.