The Secret Society of Demolition Writers

Aimee Bender is the author of the novels The Color Master, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake—a New York Times bestseller, An Invisible Sign of My Own, and of the collections The Girl in the Flammable Skirt and Willful Creatures. Her works have been widely anthologized and have been translated into 16 languages. She lives in Los Angeles.

Benjamin Cheever is the author of The Plagiarist and The Partisan (Editor’s Choice of the New York Times Best Books of 1994). A former editor at Reader’s Digest, he has written for the New York Times, The Nation, and The New Yorker. He edited The Letters of John Cheever. He lives in Pleasantville, New York.

Michael Connelly was a journalist and crime reporter for several newspapers before writing his first novel in 1992. He is the author of numerous books, including those in the bestselling Harry Bosch series. His other books include The Lincoln Lawyer, his first legal thriller; Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers; and The Late Show. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Edgar, the Anthony, and the Macavity. Mr. Connelly lives in Florida.

Sebastian Junger is a contributing editor at Men’s Journal and has written for Outside, American Heritage, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications. Before making a full-time career of journalism, he worked as a freelance high-climber, taking down trees for landscape companies. Junger, who spent most of his years on the coast of Massachusetts, currently lives in New York City.Stanley Tucci’s film work includes roles in Big Night (which he also co-directed), Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, The Pelican Brief, and Billy Bathgate. He was Emmy-nominated for his role on the television series Murder One, and has had roles in a number of Broadway productions, including Brighton Beach Memoirs and The Iceman Cometh.