Missing Pages Creators & Guests

Bethanne Patrick is a writer, author, and critic.Her monthly column on hot books appears in The Washington Post. Her book reviews and author profiles appear in The Los Angeles Times, Poets & Writers magazine, and on NPR Books, among others.

Jim Milliot is a former magazine editor. Prior to retiring, he was editorial director at Publishers Weekly, where he edited news on mergers, acquisitions, and financial performance.Prior to joining Publishers Weekly, Milliot was executive editor of Simba Information, where he edited the publishing business newsletters "The BP Report," "The Educational Marketer," and "IDP Report."

Benjamin Riggs is a writer, teacher, podcaster, and D&D historian. He teaches English and History.Riggs's work has appeared on NPR and Geek & Sundry. His first book, "Slaying the Dragon," was published in 2022.

Dr. Gerald P. Perman MD is an experienced board-certified psychiatrist.

Imogen Binnie is an American transgender novelist who made her debut with the publication of Nevada in 2013.

Jessa Crispin is a critic, author, feminist, and the editor-in-chief of Bookslut, a lit blog and webzine founded in 2002.

Dr. Jose A. Apud, MD is a psychiatry specialist.

Luis Alberto Urrea is a poet, novelist, and essayist.

Adam Laats is a historian at Binghamton University.

Mark Eliot Stein is the writer and Founder at Literary Kicks. He formerly used the pen name Levi Asher.

Ian Parker is a writer for The New Yorker and has profiled a range of cultural figures. Before joining Talk, he was the television critic for the London Observer and a writer and editor at the Independent.

Kaavya Viswanathan is a Harvard graduate and Young Adult fiction author.

Jodi Picoult is a writer. She has published 26 novels, accompanying short stories, and has also written several issues of Wonder Woman. Approximately 40 million copies of her books are in print worldwide, translated into 34 languages.

Lucas Celler is an American documentary film director.

Tara Sonin is the current Director Of Audience Development at New York Public Radio.

Abraham Josephine Riesman is a journalist, writer, and author of the book, "True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee" and "Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America."

Laura Miller is a journalist and critic. Currently, she is a books and culture columnist for Slate.In 1995, Miller co-founded Salon, one of the first online-only magazines, where she worked as an editor and staff writer for twenty years. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine, the Guardian, and the New York Times Book Review, where she wrote the “Last Word” column.Miller has written two books, "The Magician’s Book: A Skeptic’s Adventures in Narnia" (2008), and "Literary Wonderlands: A Journey Through the Greatest Fictional Worlds Ever Created" (2016).

Gaby Wood is a journalist, author, and literary critic. Currently, she is is the Chief Executive of the Booker Prize Foundation.Previously, Woods was Head of Books at the Telegraph, and for 15 years she was an editor and staff feature writer at the Observer, reporting for the last seven of those years from New York. Wood's work has appeared in The Observer, The Daily Telegraph, London Review of Books, Granta, and Vogue. Her first book, "Living Dolls: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life" (published in the United States with the title "Edison's Eve") was published in 2002.

Elizabeth Minkel is a journalist, writer, and editor. Currently, she is content strategist at Aboard. She writes a column about fan culture for the New Statesman and is a staff writer at the Millions. She co-hosts the podcast "Fansplaining" and co-curates The Rec Center.