Employees of the Month

June 1, 2015, 12:00am

THESSALY LA FORCE

Thessaly La Force is a senior editor at Travel + Leisure, a contributor to Vogue.com, and a fiction instructor with the Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop.

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BRIAN BOOKER

Brian Booker’s stories have been published in Conjunctions, Epoch, One Story, Tin House, and other magazines.

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DIANE WILLIAMS

Diane Williams is the author of seven story collections, most recently Vicky Swanky Is a Beauty. She is the editor of NOON.

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OTTESSA MOSHFEGH

Ottessa Moshfegh received the Plimpton Prize in 2013. Her first novel, Eileen, will be published in August.

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BLAKE BAILEY

Blake Bailey’s memoir, The Splendid Things We Planned, was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. He is currently working on the authorized biography of Philip Roth.

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JONATHAN GALASSI

Jonathan Galassi is the president and publisher of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. His first novel, Muse, was published by Knopf in June.

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HILTON ALS

Hilton Als has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 1994 and currently serves as the magazine’s theater critic. He’s the author of the books The Women and White Girls.

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BARRY GIFFORD

Barry Gifford’s novel The Up-Down, an excerpt of which was published in VICE in November 2014, came out in January 2015. His new book, Writers, will be published in October.

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DAVID SEDARIS

David Sedaris is one of America’s best-known and most loved comic writers. He’s the author of Me Talk Pretty One Day and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, among many other books.

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MUSHTAQ AHMED YOUSUFI

Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi is one of Pakistan’s most celebrated humorists. His book Mirages of the Mind will be published in July.

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APRIL AYERS LAWSON

April Ayers Lawson received the Plimpton Prize in 2011. Her first story collection is forthcoming from Faber & Faber.

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DAVID MEANS

David Means is the author of four story collections. His fiction has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper’s, the Paris Review, and Esquire. His first novel, Hystopia, will be published in April 2016.

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CLANCY MARTIN

Clancy Martin is the author of the novel How to Sell and the memoir Love and Lies. His second novel, Bad Sex, will be published in September.

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JOY WILLIAMS

Joy Williams received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Living Award. Her fifth story collection, The Visiting Privilege, will be published in September.

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AKHIL SHARMA

Akhil Sharma received the Folio Prize for his second novel, Family Life, which was excerpted in the March 2014 issue of VICE.

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ALEKSANDAR HEMON

Aleksandar Hemon’s third novel, The Making of Zombie Wars, was published in May by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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CHRISTOPHER BOLLEN

Christopher Bollen is the editor at large of Interview magazine. His second novel, Orient, was published in May.

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WALTER KIRN

Walter Kirn is the author of Blood Will Out, Up in the Air, and Thumbsucker, among many other books.

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DEB OLIN UNFERTH

Deb Olin Unferth is the author of the novel Vacation and the memoir Revolution. Her second story collection, Wait Till You See Me Dance, will be published next spring.

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