After a career as a university professor teaching and publishing in philosophy, Carolyn Korsmeyer turned her hand to fiction. Her previous two novels include a historical narrative and a contemporary mystery set at the last millennium. RIDDLE OF SPIRIT AND BONE features the spiritualist movement of the nineteenth century, a topic that blends philosophy with fiction by prompting reflection on belief and knowledge, illusion, delusion, certainty, and doubt.

Elizabeth Costello has lived in Turkey, Spain, Mexico, France, and in several American cities. Her previous publications include the poetry chapbook RELIC and her collaborators include dancers, poets, and musicians. The Good War is her debut novel.

K.E. Semmel is a writer and translator. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Ontario Review, Lithub, The Writer's Chronicle, Huff Post, the Southern Review, Washington Post, and elsewhere. His translations include novels by, among others, Naja Marie Aidt, Karin Fossum, Simon Fruelund, and Jussi Adler Olsen. He is a former Literary Translation Fellow from the National Endowment for the Arts. Find him online at kesemmel.com.

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