Richard Francis
Richard Francis is a biographer, historian of American culture, and novelist. He was an American Studies Research Fellow at Harvard, and taught American literature at the universities of Missouri and Manchester. He is now Professor of Creative ... [... more]
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Mr. John Leland
John Leland is a reporter for the called him "the best American postmod critic (the best new American rock critic period)," and Chuck D of Public Enemy said the nasty parts of the song "Bring the Noise" were written about him. He [... more]
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Lillian Hoban
Lillian Hoban (1925-1998) is the beloved author and illustrator of many popular books for children, including three books about Silly Tilly, the forgetful mole, and the beloved classics about Arthur, which began with Arthur's Christmas Cookies. [... more]
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Brittney Ryan
Brittney Ryan is a native of Portland, Oregon, where she attended the University of Portland's School of Dramatic Arts and Music. She has performed in over thirty musicals and was voted Most Outstanding Young Woman in America by the National ... [... more]
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Walter R. Borneman
Walter R. Borneman is the author of Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land; 1812: The War That Forged a Nation; and several books on the history of the western United States. He lives in Colorado. [... more]
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Paulette Jiles
Paulette Jiles was born and raised in the Missouri Ozarks, and now has dual citizenship with Canada. A critically acclaimed poet, she is a past winner the Canadian Governor General Award, Canada's highest literary honor. Her previous books are ... [... more]
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Armistead Maupin
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, and Further Tales of the City have been the basis of three highly acclaimed TV miniseries. He is also the author of Babycakes, Significant Others, Sure of You, and Maybe the Moon. His ... [... more]
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John Crowley
John Crowley is the recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature. He lives in the hills above the Connecticut River in northern Massachusetts with his wife and twin daughters. His critically acclaimed works include ... [... more]
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The Pale Horseman
Bernard Cornwell is the author of the acclaimed and bestselling Saxon Novels, which began with The Last Kingdom; the Richard Sharpe novels; the Grail Quest series; the Nathaniel Starbuck Chronicles; the Warlord Trilogy; and many other novels, ... [... more]
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Marya Hornbacher
Marya Hornbacher is a journalist as well as a writer of fiction and memoir. Her first book, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, has become a classic. The Center of Winter is her first novel. She lives in Minneapolis. [... more]
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Avi from HarperCollins Publishers
Ask Avi how you know when you're a real writer and his answer is simple: "I think you become a writer when you stop writing for yourself or your teachers and start thinking about readers." Avi made up his mind to do that when he was just a [... more]
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Nicole Galland
Award-winning screenwriter Nicole Galland, more itinerant than some of her own characters, divides her time between the East and West Coasts. She is currently working on her third novel, set during the Fourth Crusade. [... more]
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