The Page 69 Test

Caleb Fox has lived in many worlds. Raised in Cherokee country, he received a scholarship from Columbia University and moved to New York. L...

Ron Currie, Jr. 's first book, God is Dead , won the Young Lions Fiction Award from the New York Public Library and the Addison M. Metc...

Emily St. John Mandel was born on the coast of British Columbia, Canada, in 1979. She studied dance at The School of Toronto Dance Theatre...

Julia Gregson has worked in women's magazines in the UK, US and the Far East. She has had several serials and short stories published a...

Isla Morley grew up in South Africa during apartheid. During the country’s State of Emergency, she graduated from Nelson Mandela Metropolit...

Heather Barbieri ’s first novel, Snow in July (Soho Press), was selected as a Book Sense Pick, a Glamour magazine “Riveting Read,” and a ...

James Hayman spent more than twenty years as a senior creative director at one of New York’s largest advertising agencies. He applied the “...

Binnie Kirshenbaum is the author of two short story collections and six novels. She is a professor of fiction writing at the Columbia Unive...

Gregg Hurwitz is the author of several critically acclaimed thrillers, most recently The Crime Writer which was a finalist for the CWA Ian...

Bridget Asher is the author of My Husband’s Sweethearts . She applied the “ Page 69 Test ” to her new novel, The Pretend Wife , and reporte...

Scott Lasser 's novels include Battle Creek and All I Could Get . His non-fiction has appeared in magazines ranging from Dealmaker (fo...

Bestselling author Linda Castillo is the recipient of numerous writing awards, including the Daphne du Maurier Award of Excellence, the Hol...