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Margaret Coel is the Willa Cather Award-winning author of The Spirit Woman and The Drowning Man, among other works of mystery and nonfiction. Originally a historian, she is an expert on the Arapaho Indians.

James W. Hall, author of Hell's Bay, is the author of 14 novels that have been translated into numerous languages and optioned for a number of films. He has also written collections of poetry, short stories, and essays. He teaches literature and creative writing at Florida International University in Miami.

David Ignatius, author of Body of Lies and five other novels, is currently associate editor and columnist for the Washington Post. He also co-hosts PostGlobal, an online discussion of international issues at Washingtonpost.com with Newsweek’s Fareed Zakaria.

Jacqueline Winspear’s latest addition to the Maisie Dobbs series is An Incomplete Revenge. The series' first novel, Maisie Dobbs, was a New York Times Notable Book, a Booksense Top Ten Pick and a Publishers Weekly Top Ten Mystery.