Agate Nesaule, born in 1938, Riga, Lativa, experienced the turmoil of WWII in Germany. After five years in displaced persons' camps, she came to the United States in 1950 and taught herself English by…
Francis McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890…
Since Jonathan Livingston Seagull - which dominated the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller List for two consecutive years - Richard Bach has touched millions of people throug…
Peter Mayle was a British author famous for his series of books detailing life in Provence, France. He spent fifteen years in advertising before leaving the business in 1975 to write educational books…
Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian, later adopted by Gilbert LaPierre) is an American pop singer, actress, songwriter, film director, record producer and author. Among her many career accomplishments in mu…
Nora Ikstena is a prose writer and essayist. Ikstena is one of the most visible and influential prose writers in Latvia, known for elaborat style and detailed approach to language. After obtaining a d…
Alberts Bels (līdz 1971. gadam Jānis Cīrulis)mācījies Elektrotehnikas fakultātē Celtniecības tehnikumā Rīgā, no 1955. gada līdz 1956. gadam Maskavā Valsts Cirka mākslas skolā, pēc obligātās karaklausī…
Lars Kepler is the pseudonym of critically acclaimed husband and wife team Alexander Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril, authors of the No. 1 internationally bestselling Joona Linna series. With s…
Inga Ābele is a Latvian novelist, poet, and playwright. Her novel High Tide received the 2008 Latvian Literature Award, and the 2009 Baltic Assembly Award in Literature. Her works have been translated…
Populārais kultūras žurnālists un literatūrzinātnieks Arno Jundze jau sarakstījis divas bērnu grāmatas, stāstu krājumu “Gardo vistiņu nedēļa” (2012) un romānu pieaugušajiem “Putekļi smilšu pulkstenī” …
Alena Mornštajnová vystudovala angličtinu a češtinu na Filozofické fakultě Ostravské univerzity. V současné době pracuje jako lektorka anglického jazyka a překladatelka. Žije ve Valašském Meziříčí. V …
Tommi Kinnunen (b. 1973) was born in Kuusamo, north-east Finland and currently lives in Turku, where he works as a Finnish literature school teacher. His debut novel, Where Four Roads Meet has dominat…
Jurģis Liepnieks studējis sengrieķu un latīņu valodas un filozofiju, lielāko daļu dzīves strādājis kā sabiedrisko attiecību, statēģisko komunikāciju un politikas padomnieks. Bijis vairāku Latvijas min…
Valérie Perrin est une romancière française. Elle est aussi photographe de plateau et scénariste auprès de son compagnon Claude Lelouch. Son premier roman, "Les oubliés du dimanche" (2015), a reçu de n…
