Born in Baghdad to an ancient lineage called the Chaldeans (Neo-Babylonians who still speak Aramaic), Weam Namou is the Executive Director of the Chaldean Cultural Center, which houses the first and o…
Sam Clarke is addicted to rock music, coffee, and Japanese manga. Her gardening skills are abysmal and she is rumoured to have killed a potted cactus. She currently lives in London next to a very nois…
Dr. Helena P. Schrader is a highly acclaimed author with a remarkable portfolio of six critically acclaimed non-fiction history books and twenty historical novels. A testament to her storytelling prow…
Novelist of history, memory, and mystery, where the fabulous grows naturally from the real. Doina Ruști is a Romanian novelist whose work explores the porous boundary between reality and the fantastic,…
Amanda Addison is an award-winning author of books for adults and children. Looking for Lucie was listed for: SHORTLISTED FOR THE NEW ANGLE PRIZE 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARDS 2024 (…
Shami Stovall is a multi-award-winning author of fantasy and science fiction. Before that, she taught history and criminal law at the college level, and loved every second. When she’s not reading fasc…
From the time I was young, I loved books and words. I was born in Maryland, and lived there until I was 9. Early on in my educational experience I found a love of books and poems, …
Valerie Storm was raised in Tucson, Arizona. Growing up, she fell in love with everything fantasy. When she wasn’t playing video games, she was writing. By age ten, she began to write her own stories …
The first real novel Ashley Bevilacqua Anglin read, age 6ish, was The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Never looking back, she’s still hanging out with valiant female protagonists at the intersection…
Dr Benjamin Black is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist and a specialist advisor to international aid organisations - including Médecins Sans Frontières. His focus on sexual, reproductive and…
Adam Holcombe daylights as a programmer and moonlights as an author. After spending years toying with the idea of writing, he decided to fully commit and work toward releasing his first novel.
I have over a decade of humanitarian experience in more than a dozen conflict zones around the world—including most Arab Spring countries at the heights…
Courtney grew up two doors down from the local library and crushed every summer reading challenge. She's worked in libraries and bookstores before deviating into a higher education career by day and a…
Christopher writes short stories and children's stories. His first collection of short stories Takeout Sushi is published by Wilton Square Books. He lives near Tokyo with his wife and daughter.
