Mary Gordon is the author of eight novels including FINAL PAYMENTS, PEARL and, most recently, THERE YOUR HEART LIES which was published in 2017. She is also the author of seven works of nonfiction including two memoirs about her parents THE SHADOW MAN: A DAUGHTER’S SEARCH FOR HER FATHER and CIRCLING MY MOTHER. She teaches at Barnard College.

Salman Rushdie has written 14 novels. His latest novel, QUICHOTTE, was shortlisted for the 2019 Booker prize. The NEW YORK TIMES bestseller is inspired by the Cervantes classic DON QUIXOTE. In June 2007 he received knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. In 2008 he became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and was named a Library Lion of the New York Public Library. His novel, MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN, was named the Best ...