/ advisory board

Built with working novelists, not just for them.

Six writers, editors, and translators tell us what's missing, what's wrong, and (occasionally) what's right. We pay them. They keep us honest.

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Hana Okonkwo

Novelist · 'The Salt Houses'

Two-time National Book Award finalist. Lives in Brooklyn with three cats and one finished manuscript.

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Diego Marín

Screenwriter · Atlas Pictures

Showrunner on two anthology series. Believes the outliner is the most underrated tool in fiction.

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Priya Raman

Editor · Verse & Compass

Senior editor for literary fiction. Has edited debut authors into international bestsellers since 2009.

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August Holm

Writing Coach · Vault Workshops

Teaches narrative structure to working novelists. Built and lost three different writing apps in a previous life.

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Yuki Tanabe

Translator · 12 languages

Translates between Japanese, English, and French. The patron saint of footnotes and right-to-left text rendering.

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Rowan Ellis

Indie novelist

Self-published seven novels. Spends an unreasonable amount of time tuning her writing setup. Loves us for it.

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