2011
Stephen Ramsay– vocalist/ guitar, [Young Galaxy]
Melissa Jones– author [Emily Hudson]
Jenny Shank– author [The Ringer]
Thomas Dolby– singer/songwriter
Amy Speace– singer/songwriter
Jennifer Haigh– author [Faith]
Molly Jong-Fast– author [The Social Climber's Handbook]
Amanda Spring– singer/drummer [Point Juncture, WA]
Lenka- singer/songwriter
Jill Edmondson– author [Dead Light District]
Catherine Bell– actress [Army Wives]
Wheat — band
Tom Perrotta– author [The Leftovers]
Caroline Preston– author [The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt]
Bill Janovitz– singer/guitarist [Buffalo Tom]
2010
Anatasia Hobbet–author [Small Kingdoms]– by email
Joshua Ferris– author [The Unnamed]– by phone
Julie Klausner– author/comedian [I Don't Care about Your Band]– by phone
Jami Attenberg– author [The Melting Season]– by phone
Joseph Mackin– author [Pretend All Your Life]–by phone
Ariel Leve– author [It Could Be Worse, You Could Be Me]– by phone
Piper Kerman– author [Orange is the New Black]
Robin Black– author [If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This]
Crooked Still– vocalist Aoife O’Donovan
Jenna Blum– author [The Stormchasers]
Dot Allison– singer
Sloane Crosley– author [How Did You Get This Number?]
Benjamin Knack– chef [Hell's Kitchen]
Jason Santos– chef [Hell's Kitchen]
Santino Rice [On the Road with Austin and Santino]
The Organ Beats
Koren Zailckas– author [Fury]
Melissa Senate– author [The Love Goddess's Cooking School]
Darin Strauss– author [Half a Life]
Elyssa East– author [Dogtown]
2009
Jennie Shortbridge—author [When She Flew]—December- by email
Elizabeth Halfsapp—fitness instructor [Core Fusion]—December- by phone
Tonya Chen Mezrich—jewelry designer—December- by email
Melissa Senate—author [The Secret of Joy] December- by email
Hyatt Bass–author [The Embers] November- email
Tom Perrotta– author [Little Children] November- email
Matthew Pearl– author [The Last Dickens] November– email
Erica Kennedy– author [Feminista]– November– email
Mameve Medwed– author [How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life]– November– email
Elinor Lipman– author [The Family Man]– November– email
Meg Cabot–author [The Princess Diaries] November– email
Jacqueline Mitchard [No Time to Wave Goodbye]– email
Jonathan Lethem- author [Chronic City] November 5– by phone
Jessica Shattuck– author [Perfect Life] November 5– in person
Barbara Delinsky– author [While My Sister Sleeps] November 1– via email
Christopher Straub– designer [Project Runway] October 26– by phone
Chris Bohjalian– author [Skeletons at the Feast] October 26– via email
Dick Lehr– author [The Fence] October 22– via email
Katherine Howe– author [The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane] October 14– in person
Courtney Sullivan–author [Commencement] October 9– by phone
Darin Strauss–author [More Than It Hurts You] Oct. 7– via email
Hamish Linklater– actor [The New Adventures of Old Christine] Sept 23– by phone
director Stephan Elliott [Easy Virtue] Sept 12– by phone
jockey Aaron Gryder [Jockeys] Sept 1– by phone
Kenji Gallo [Breakshot] Aug 15- by phone
Rose Byrne– actress [Adam] Aug 8– in person
Allison Winn Scotch– author [Time of My life] Aug 5– via email
Hell’s Kitchen—3 cast members: Andy, Ariel and Jim—July 28– by phone
Emily Mandel–author [Last Night in Montreal] July 23– by phone
Robert Kenner, writer/director [Food Inc.] June 20– in person
Mireya Mayor [Expedition Africa] June 6– by phone
Roberto Benigni, actor—May 27– by phone
David Berkeley, singer—May 9
Jody Lambert [Of All the Things], director—Apr 27
David Redmon, director [Invisible Girlfriend]—Apr 22
Vincent D’Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe [L&O: Criminal Intent]—Apr 17
