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Meet the writers

Distinct voices.
One thoughtful shelf.

Behind every book is a person who spent years noticing, questioning and rewriting. Meet the writers whose work earned a place on our shelf.

MS
“I write toward the things people almost say.”
AUTHOR 01

Novelist · Author of The Quiet Between

Mira Sen

Mira Sen is a novelist and essayist interested in memory, family and the quiet negotiations that shape a life. Her work pays close attention to the moments most stories hurry past.

Raised between Kolkata and Toronto, Mira now writes from a small apartment in Brooklyn, usually before the city wakes. The Quiet Between is her most intimate novel yet.

Lives inBrooklyn, New York
Writes withA fountain pen & strong tea
Reads forLanguage, silence, human detail
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ER
“Attention is another word for care.”
AUTHOR 02

Essayist · Author of Notes on Wonder

Elliot Rowan

Elliot Rowan writes about nature, cities and the overlooked rituals of everyday life. His essays blend careful observation with an infectious sense of possibility.

A former field researcher and lifelong notebook keeper, Elliot lives near the coast in Maine. Notes on Wonder gathers ten years of looking closely and asking better questions.

Lives inPortland, Maine
Writes withPocket notebooks & black coffee
Reads forIdeas, curiosity, new perspectives
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In conversation

What makes a book
worth returning to?

MS“A sentence that changes meaning because you have changed.”
ER“A book that makes the familiar world feel newly available.”

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