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Ken Burns
Susan Orlean
Barbara Wansbrough
Theo Baker
Michael Pollan
Beth Macy
Virginia Evans
Peter Godwin
Liaquat Ahamed
Richard Osman
Atul Gawande
Jill Lepore
Susan Choi
David Gelles
Ilyon Woo
Julia Lovell
Abby Phillip
Robert Macfarlane
Rick Atkinson
Gary Shteyngart
Ada Limón
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Simon Rich
Kiran Desai
Amor Towles
Derek Thompson
Sebastian Mallaby
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“Sun Valley really rejuvenated us in so many ways, tangible and otherwise. And personally, as a writer, it felt miraculous and life-affirming.”
– Nayantara Roy, SVWC 2025 Presenter & New Voices Fellow