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PHILIP EIL

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I'm a journalist based in my hometown: Providence, R.I.I was formerly the news editor and staff writer at my local alt-weekly, the Providence Phoenix. Since that paper closed in 2014 (RIP) , I have written for a variety of publications, including the Atlantic, Boston Globe, Men's Health, Huffington Post, VICE, the Nation, and Columbia Journalism Review. My debut book, "Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the 'Pill Mill Killer'" is the result of a decade-long reporting odyssey. It tells the story of Paul Volkman, a med-school classmate of my dad sentenced to four...

Kyo Maclear

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Kyo Maclear is a children's author, novelist and essayist. She was born in London, England and moved to Toronto at the age of four. Kyo is the author of several critically-acclaimed children's books including: Spork (2010) and Virginia Wolf (2012) , both illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault; Mr. Flux (2013) , illustrated by Matte Stephens; and Julia, Child (2014) , illustrated by Julie Morstad; The Specific Ocean (2015) with Katty Maurey, The Good Little Book (2015) with Marion Arbona, The Liszts (2016) with Júlia Sardà and The Wish Tree (2016) with Chris Turnham. Her newest picture books...