Ayelet Waldman is the author of the recently released Red Hook Road; The New York Times bestseller Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace; Love and Other Impossible Pursuits; Daughter’s Keeper; and the Mommy-Track Mysteries.

Juliet Kono is the author of the new novel Anshu ; two poetry collections: Hilo Rains and Tsunami Years; a collaborative work of linked poems, No Choice but to Follow; a collection of stories; and a children’s book. She has been anthologized widely, and in 2006, she won the Hawai’i Award for Literature.