Gary Shteyngart is a Soviet-born American writer. He is the author of six novels and a memoir. His books have been published in thirty countries. Image © Brigitte Lacombe

Gideon Lewis-Kraus has written for numerous US publications, including Harper’s, The Believer, The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times Book Review, Slate, and others

Naomi Alderman is an English novelist, game writer, and television executive producer. She is best known for her speculative science fiction novel The Power, which won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2017 and has been adapted into a television series for Amazon Studios.