Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. In 1970 Hosseini and his family moved to Iran where his father worked for the Embassy of Afghanistan in Tehran. In 1973 Hosseini's family returned to …
Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts …
Stanisław Lem (staˈɲiswaf lɛm) was a Polish science fiction, philosophical and satirical writer of Jewish descent. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies…
Elizabeth Gilbert is an award-winning writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Her short story collection Pilgrims was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award, and her novel Stern Men was a New York Tim…
Georgi Gospodinov is a writer, poet and playwright based in Sofia, Bulgaria. He studied Bulgarian Philology at Sofia University. Later he defended a PhD on New Bulgarian literature with the Bulgaria A…
Johan Goossens (Sprang-Capelle, 17 november 1982) is een Nederlands cabaretier, schrijver en voormalig docent. In zijn werk komen anekdotes voor over zijn ervaringen voor de klas en zijn wederwaardigh…
Aaf Brandt Corstius is columnist voor onder andere de Volkskrant, Margriet en Flow en heeft meerdere succesvolle boeken op haar naam, waaronder bij Meulenhoff Het jaar dat ik 30 werd, Eindelijk 40 en …
Writer and translator. He graduated from high school in Katerynoslav in 1918 and then continued his studies at Kyiv University. In 1921 he began working with various publishing houses and joined the e…
Anya Niewierra is de schrijfster van de thrillers Vrij uitzicht en Het Dossier. Ze woont, werkt, schildert en schrijft in Zuid-Limburg en in de Pyreneeën. Zowel haar jeugdjaren binnen de serene abdijm…
Opera- en musicalzangeres Francis van Broekhuizen (1975) studeerde cum laude af aan het Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Haar eerste boek, Bij twijfel hard zingen, stond 15 weken onafgebroken in de Bests…
