Litquake 2026

Janis Cooke Newman is the author of a memoir and two award-winning novels. She is also the founder of LitCamp, as well as Page Street Co-working for Writers.

Samina Ali is an award-winning author, curator, and popular speaker. Her debut novel, Madras on Rainy Days, won France’s prestigious Prix Premier Roman Etranger and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in fiction. Her Tedx talk, ’“What the Quran Really Says About the... Read More →

Diana Kapp is a journalist who writes frequently about the intersection of women and modern culture, and has traveled in Afghanistan to report on the education of girls in the country’s rural northern provinces. Her work has has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Po... Read More →

Jason Roberts is a writer of nonfiction and fiction. His most recent book, Every Living Thing, was awarded the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for biography, as well as the PEN America/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing award. His previous book, A Sense of the World, was a national bestseller, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and longlisted for the international Guardian First Book Award. He lives in Oakland and Montreal... Read More →

Parini Shroff is the bestselling author of The Bandit Queens, which was a Good Morning America Buzz Pick and longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal and the Women's Prize for Fiction, as well as her new novel, Some People. She received her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a practicing attorney and currently lives in the Bay Area... Read More →