(born December 5, 1939) is an American author, known for writing the best-selling non-fiction book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which was a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. 

b. 1974, is a journalist, documentary film maker and script author. Office Ninja is his debut novel.

British novelist most famous for his fourth novel, Captain Corelli's Mandolin. In 1993 de Bernières was selected as one of the "20 Best of Young British Novelists", part of a promotion in Granta magazine.

a native of Pittsburgh, graduated from Penn State and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. 

(born November 1, 1954), is an American journalist and author, best known for his non-fiction book Friday Night Lights.

author of the critically acclaimed short story collection If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This, a finalist for the Frank O’Connor Short Story Prize.

(born February 12, 1938) is an American author. She has written many novels for children and young adults which have exceeded sales of 80 million and been translated into 31 languages. 

teaches at Chicago's DePaul University, in the MA in Writing and Publishing Program. 

Cilla and Rolf Börjlind are Sweden’s most praised script writers for crime and thrillers. Their stories are characterized by their strong intrigues and charismatic characters. 

John Boyne was born in Ireland in 1971 and is the author of seven novels for adults and two for children. 

is one of those rare individuals whose writing has changed the way people think. 

(born July 30, 1967) is an American writer of young adult fiction. She is best known as the author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series of books.

moved to the UK from Norway at the age of 17. After graduating from Leeds University she worked in publishing for eight  years, including several years as a foreign rights agent at Aitken Alexander. 

Mikhail Bulgakov was born in Kiev in 1891. He studied medicine and graduated as a doctor from Kiev University in 1916, but left the medical field in 1920 to become a novelist and playwright. 

has reported from five continents, most recently as the west Africa correspondent of the Financial Times.

(born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist.

Rhonda Byrne’s intention is to bring joy to billions. She began her journey with The Secret film, viewed by millions.

bestselling author of Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days: The Revised and Expanded 2011 Edition and the exciting debut murder  mystery Deadly Vendetta. 

Chelsea Cain is the author of the New York Times bestselling Archie Sheridan/Gretchen Lowell thrillers Heartsick, Sweetheart, Evil at Heart, The Night Season, Kill You Twice, and Let Me Go. 

Martín Caparrós was born in Buenos Aires in 1957. He has lived in Paris, where he studied History, Madrid and New York.