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Richard Powers

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has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His most recent book, , won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Brenda Novak

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Brenda Novak Bio

It was a shocking experience that jump-started Brenda Novak's career as a bestselling author--she caught her day-care provider drugging her children with cough syrup to get them to sleep all day. That was when Brenda decided she needed to quit her job as a loan officer and help make a living from home.

"When I first got the idea to become a novelist, it took me five years to teach myself the craft and finish my first book," Brenda says. But she sold that book, and the rest is history. Her novels have made the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists and won many...