The book features insightful contributions from accomplished authors such as Daniel Alarcon, Stephen King, Jonathan Lethem, Mario Vargas Llosa, Claire Messud, Rick Moody, Haruki Murakami, George Pelecanos, Gary Shteyngart, Curtis Sittenfeld, Amy Tan, Colm Toibin, and others. It is edited by Gal Aleks Hemon.