Laurie Colwin Donald Margulies Elinor Lipman Nancy Thayer Alice Adams Beth Gutcheon Elizabeth David Ellen Gilchrist Ruth Reichl Mfk Fisher Mark Salzman Kathryn Davis Tim Sandlin Criton Stephen Mccauley Lillian Hellman Mary Gaitskill Anthony Powell Julia Spencer-Fleming May Sarton Kingsley Amis Margery Sharp Harold Mcgee Michael Ruhlman Earl Emerson Robert Wilson Lao Tzu Sara Lewis Jeffrey Steingarten Peter Taylor Le Guin Barbara Trapido Mark Kurlansky Margaret Drabble Robert Charles Wilson Kate Wilhelm Andrea Barrett Ann Packer Carol O'Connell John Mcphee Susan Isaacs Fran Lebowitz Emily Giffin Ruth Reikel Mary Kerr Maxine Hong Kingston Anita Brookner Katie Fforde Muriel Spark