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M.M. Kaye (1908-2004) was a British author of historical fiction novels. Kaye was born in Simla, British India, into a British colonial family and went on to become best known for her bestselling historical novel The Far Pavilions, inspired by her early life in India. After publishing children’s books and mysteries set in various countries […]
Maggie O’Farrell is an Irish author of fiction and historical fiction novels. Born in Northern Ireland, Maggie grew up in Wales and Scotland. She studied English Literature at the University of Cambridge. She won the Betty Trask Award for her first novel, After You’d Gone; the Costa Novel Award for The Hand That First Held […]
Ellen Marie Wiseman is an American author of coming-of-age/historical fiction novels. She is a New York Times bestselling author. Ellen realized she loved both reading and writing when she was in first grade, which interestingly enough was in one of the last surviving one-room schoolhouses in New York state. Ellen lives with her husband and […]
Stephen L. Carter is an American author of thriller novels and non-fiction books. He is a New York Times bestselling author. Stephen earned his B.A. in history from Stanford University and his J.D. from Yale Law School. He has been the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale Law School, where he has taught […]
Elif Shafak is a Turkish author. She is known for her novels exploring identity, belonging, and cultural conflict. Shafakâs writing often tackles controversial issues such as gender violence, political oppression, and historical memory. Born in France and raised in Turkey, Shafak holds a Ph.D. in political science and has taught at universities in Turkey, the […]
David Wilson is an American author of post-apocalyptic fiction. He writes the Lone Star Odyssey series. David grew up in the Ozarks learning traditional skills from his grandfather like fishing, hunting, and making handmade shingles. At 17, he joined the Marine Corps as an 0341 rifleman and later transitioned to Counterintelligence, retiring in 1998 as […]
Ann Hood is an American novelist, short story writer, and memoirist. She has written fourteen novels, four memoirs, a short story collection, a ten-book middle reader series, and a young adult novel. Her work has appeared in The Paris Review, Ploughshares, Tin House, and The New York Times. Ann was born in West Warwick, Rhode […]
Ann Hazelwood is an American author of cozy mystery novels. She writes the Colebridge Community series, the Door County Quilts series, and the East Perry County series. Ann is a former shop owner from St. Louis, Missouri, and a certified quilt appraiser.
Grace Livingston Hill was an American author best known for her inspirational romances featuring young Christian women. Born in Wellsville, New York in 1865 to a writer mother and a Presbyterian minister father, she began writing as a child, contributing to her aunt’s children’s magazine. After the death of her first husband, Hill turned to […]
Gillian McAllister is a British novelist of thriller novels. Raised in Tamworth, England, she studied English at the University of Birmingham, earning a 2:1 Honours degree before pursuing a law degree at the College of Law. She later practiced law professionally while writing fiction in her spare time. During a bout of glandular fever, she […]