A #1 New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including PLEASE DON'T LIE (written with Anne Burt), THE EXILES, ORPHAN TRAIN and A PIECE OF THE WORLD, Christina Baker Kline is published in 40 countries. Her novels have received the New England Prize for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Award, among other prizes, and have been chosen by hundreds of communities, universities and schools as “One Book, One Read” selections. Her essays, articles and reviews have appeared in publications such as the New York Times and the NYT Book Review, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, LitHub, Psychology Today and Salon.

Anne Burt is the coauthor with Christina Baker Kline of the thriller PLEASE DON'T LIE. Anne’s debut novel, THE DIG, was a March 2023 American Booksellers' Association Indie Next pick and the Strand Bookstore's mystery selection of the month. Anne is also the editor of MY FATHER MARRIED YOUR MOTHER: Dispatches from the Blended Family and coeditor, with Christina Baker Kline, of ABOUT FACE: Women Write About What They See When They Look in the Mirror. Her essays and fiction have appeared in numerous publications and venues, including Salon, NPR and The Christian Science Monitor; she is a past winner of Meridian’s Editors’ Prize in Fiction. Anne graduated from Yale in 1989 with a BA in history, and from NYU in 1997 with an MFA in creative writing. She lives in Weston, Connecticut and New York City.