Mary Kay Zuravleff, cofounder of NoveltyDC, is the author of American Ending, an Oprah Spring Book Pick inspired by her grandparents, Old Believers of the Russian Orthodox faith. The novel is a gritty, darkly humorous tale of immigration, a worldwide pandemic, and who gets to be an American citizen–100 years ago. Her third novel, Man Alive!, was a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year, and her first novel, The Frequency of Souls, won the American Academy’s Rosenthal Award and the James Jones First Novel Award. She lives in DC and has received numerous Artist Fellowships from the DC Commission on the Arts, including for 2024. She has taught writing at Johns Hopkins, American, and George Mason Universities, along with classes at Interlochen, Chatauqua, and Key West Literary Seminars. Learn more at www.mkzuravleff.com

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Jenny Moore, cofounder of NoveltyDC, has provided thoughtful, constructive guidance to writers for two decades. In years of master-level workshops and one-on-one sessions, Jenny has helped published authors of fiction and nonfiction improve their work. She has taught writing at Grub Street and the Writers Center and has been a resident at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation. Jenny is finishing her second novel and is a contributor to Spent: Exposing Our Complicated Relationship with Shopping from Seal Press. Learn more at www.jenny-moore.com