Alvin Hall is a financial strategist, radio host, filmmaker, and author of Driving the Green Book, which follows his travels through The Negro Motorist Green Book.

Luis Alberto Urrea is the bestselling author of 19 books. A Guggenheim fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist, his books have been selected by more than 100 different cities and colleges for community reads programs.

Esmé Weijun Wang is a New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author of The Collected Schizophrenias and The Border of Paradise.