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C.S. Harris is the pen name of American author Candice Proctor, who writes historical mystery novels (as C.S. Harris), thriller novels (as C.S. Graham) and historical romance novels (under her real name). She writes the Sebastian St. Cyr series. Candice got her degree in Classics, then earned her MA and Ph.D’s in history. She went […]

Larry McMurtry was an American author and screenwriter of novels set in the West; whether they be set historically or during contemporary times. He had also written several works of non-fiction. He was best known for his novels Terms of Endearment, Lonesome Dove and co-writing the screenplay to Brokeback Mountain. Both Brokeback Mountain and Terms […]

Neta Jackson is an American author of Christian fiction, historical fiction and non-fiction books, often for children. The daughter of a Christian school principal, Neta moved all over the United States until her family settled in Seattle. She says that as a child, she always had her nose in a book and wrote a story […]

Susan Elia MacNeal is an American author of historical mystery novels. Her first series features the protagonist Maggie Hope. Susan graduated from Wellesley College with honours in English Literature and then attended the Radcliffe Publishing Course at Harvard. She has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Fodor’s, Time Out New York, Publishers […]

Peter Mayle (1939-2018) was a British author of non-fiction, picture books and general fiction novels. He worked for several years in the advertising business, working with director Alan Parker. Peter would then start writing sex education books and other educational books for children. Plans for a novel sent him from Devon, UK to Provence, France, […]

Mike Lupica is an American author and sportswriter. Mike writes sports columns for The Daily News and wrote autobiographies with Reggie Jackson and Bill Parcells. He has been a contributor to the ESPN talk show The Sports Reporters since 1988. As an author, he writes sports novels for children as well as non-fiction sports books.

Carl Sagan (1934-1996) was an American scientist and author. His fields of research were in astronomy and natural sciences. During his career as an author/writer, he published over 600 scientific papers and wrote and edited over 20 books. As far as fiction goes, Carl only wrote one novel, Contact, which was adapted to the 1996 […]

John Weisman is an American author of thriller novels and non-fiction. He has reached the New York Times Bestseller lists for both fiction and non-fiction – a rare accomplishment. He co-wrote Rogue Warrior alongside Richard Marcinko and then helped create and develop the fictional follow-up novels with him. John lives on the Gulf Coast of […]

Gregg Olsen is an American author of thriller novels and true crime non-fiction. Some of the subjects of his true crime books include Mary Kay Letourneau, Stella Nickell, Linda Burfield Hazzard and Eli Stutzman. Olsen ha appeared on the television shows Good Morning America, The Early Show, Entertainment Tonight, 48 Hours and on TV stations […]