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GEORGE SAUNDERS
The incredible George Saunders returns to the Live Wire stage with Liberation Day: Stories, a brand new short story collection from Penguin Random House. Over his literary career, Saunder's has written eleven books, winning both the 2017 Man Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo, the 2018 Audie Award for the book’s audio version, and the 2013 Folio Prize for his other fantastic short story collection Tenth of December. But George Saunders is not just a creative writer, but a man of many talents and he has spent time working as a geophysical inspector in Indonesia, a roofer in Chicago, a doorman in Beverly Hills, and as a technical writer in Rochester. Alongside his litany of fascinating jobs, he is one of Time's "100 Most Influential People in the World" and has appeared on The Colbert Report, Late Night with David Letterman, and NPR's All Things Considered. Currently, he teaches creative writing classes at Syracuse University. Website
SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA
Mexican by birth, but Canadian by inclination, Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a best-selling novelist whose world-building chops are a "thing of wonder" (The New York Times). She’s written numerous critically acclaimed novels including Gods of Jade and Shadow, Mexican Gothic, and Velvet Was the Night; her newest novel, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, is already a showstopper. Set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico, the novel is a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau, but like all of Silvia’s novels, it is infused with her knack for unusual adventure and surprising romance. Alongside her fiction writing, Silvia has edited several anthologies and is also the publisher for Innsmouth Free Press. As the winner of the Locus and British Fantasy wards for her work as a novelist and as the recipient of the World Fantasy Award for her work as an editor, she’s a writer that you’ll want to revisit both on and off the page. Website • Twitter
SAEED JONES
Award-winning American poet Saeed Jones is back with Alive at the End of the World, a brand new poetry collection from Coffee House Press. He is the winner of the 2019 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction for his memoir How We Fight For Our Lives and the 2015 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry for his poetry collection Prelude to Bruises. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, the New Yorker, and GQ magazine among many others. Originally from Memphis Tennessee, he now crafts his work about the complicated affair of being alive from Columbus, Ohio. Website • Twitter
SAMANTA CRAIN
Samantha Crain is a recipient of the Indigenous Music Award and a two-time Native American Music Award winner. Her genre-spanning discography has been critically acclaimed by media outlets such as Rolling Stone, SPIN, Paste, No Depression, NPR, The Guardian, NME, Uncut, and others. Over the past 11 years, Crain has toured both nationally and internationally, and her dynamic shows have showcased both with her ambitiously orchestrated musical numbers and her more intimate folk-leaning solo performances. Website • Twitter • Spotify