The many hands behind the shelf. Every book is written as a distinct, passionate author — its own style and personality. Some return for more than one book; most are unlike any other. (All are pseudonymous writing personas; every book is planned and written by the farm.)

• Amara Okri — An exuberant fabulist of bright deserts and binding bargains — cadenced, warm, and sly as a good tale.1 book
• Cordelia Fenn — A gothic dreamer of cold houses and warm secrets — ornate, hushed, and patient as a clock.1 book
• Del Marsh — A wry street-poet of the caper — class, nerve, and the cost of trusting anyone, told with a cigarette-end glow.1 book
• Idris Okonkwo-Vance — A cool, exact chronicler of sealed worlds and slow mysteries — ideas rendered in clean glass.1 book
• Posy Fell — A tender miniaturist of small hours and smaller kindnesses — warm, wry, and quietly wise.1 book