Sam Apple , a graduate of the creative nonfiction MFA program at
Columbia University, is the director of interactive media at
Nerve. He
has served as the editor-in-chief of New Voices Magazine and
has
written for The New York Times Magazine, The Financial Times
Magazine, ESPN The Magazine, and Slate.com, among many other
publications. His first book, Schlepping Through the Alps (Ballantine
Books, 2005), was a finalist for the PEN America Award for a first
work of nonfiction. In 2005, he received the annual Faux-Faulkner
award. His second book, American Parent (Ballantine Books, 2009) is
his latest.
He lives in Brooklyn with his family.
Amy Sohn is the New York Times bestselling author of Run Catch Kiss (Simon & Schuster, 1999), My Old Man (Simon and Schuster, 2004), and Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell (Pocket; Rev Upd edition, 2004). Prospect Park West (Simon & Schuster; September 1, 2009) is her highly anticipated new novel. She has been a columnist for New York magazine and has written for The Nation, Harper’s Bazaar, The New York Times, and Playboy. She lives with her husband and daughter in Brooklyn.
Jeffrey Rotter , writer, father, and Brooklyn resident will read from his critically
acclaimed novel THE UNKNOWN KNOWNS and will be so riveting that
we might just name a drink after him...
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