Gustave Flaubert was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, rea…
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 …
Henry Charles Bukowski (born as Heinrich Karl Bukowski) was a German-born American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural and economic ambience of hi…
Alasdair James Gray was a Scottish writer and artist. His first novel, Lanark (1981), is seen as a landmark of Scottish fiction. He published novels, short stories, plays, poetry and translations, and…
Anthony Horowitz, OBE is ranked alongside Enid Blyton and Mark A. Cooper as "The most original and best spy-kids authors of the century." (New York Times). Anthony has been writing since the age of ei…
Apostolos Doxiadis (Greek: Απόστολος Δοξιάδης) was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1953, and grew up in Greece. Although interested in fiction and the arts from his youngest years, a sudden and totally …
Yukio Mishima (三島 由紀夫) was born in Tokyo in 1925. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University’s School of Jurisprudence in 1947. His first published book, The Forest in Full Bloom, appeared in 1944 an…
The author of some twenty works of fiction and memoir, Annie Ernaux is considered by many to be France’s most important writer. In 2022, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She has also won…
Maggie Nelson is the author of nine books of poetry and prose, many of which have become cult classics defying categorization. Her nonfiction titles include the National Book Critics Circle Award winn…
Sebastian Fitzek was born in Berlin in 1971. After going to law school and being promoted to LL.D., he decided against a juridical profession for a creative occupation in the media. After the trainees…
Jo Nesbø is a bestselling Norwegian author and musician. He was born in Oslo and grew up in Molde. Nesbø graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics with a degree in economics. Nesbø is primarily…
Γιάννης Χατζηαντρέας ήταν το πραγματικό όνομα του Στρατή Τσίρκα. Tο 1928 αποφοίτησε από το εμπορικό τμήμα της Αμπετείου Σχολής. Για τα επόμενα δέκα χρόνια εργάστηκε ως λογιστή…
Édouard Louis is a French writer born October 30, 1992. Édouard Louis, born Eddy Bellegueule, grew up in Hallencourt (Somme) before entering theater class at the Lycée Madeleine Michelis in Amiens. Fr…
Η Ειρήνη Βαρδάκη γεννήθηκε και ζει στην Αθήνα. Στα μυθιστορήματά της το έγκλημα έρχεται σε ένα ιδιάζον γκρο πλαν, με το ψυχολογικό θρίλερ να αποκαλύπτει διαρκώς νέες, διαφορετικές πτυχές του. Έχει συμ…
Ο Πάνος Δημάκης κατάγεται από τα Βέρβενα, ένα ορεινό χωριό της Κυνουρίας στην Αρκαδία. Από την Κάπα Εκδοτική κυκλοφόρησε το πρώτο του βιβλίο, με τίτλο «Το Βερβενιώτικο Ιδίωμα» το 2018. Μια προσπάθεια σ…
Freya Sampson is the USA Today bestselling author of The Last Chance Library and The Lost Ticket/The Girl on the 88 Bus. She studied history at Cambridge University and worked in television as an exec…
Ο Στέφανος Αλεξιάδης γεννήθηκε στη Θεσσαλονίκη και είναι πτυχιούχος φιλολογίας. Παράλληλα ολοκλήρωσε τις σπουδές του στα παιδαγωγικά και συνέχισε σε μεταπτυχιακό επίπεδο στην ειδική αγωγή και τις ήπιε…
Kate Thompson was born in London and worked as a journalist for twenty years on women's magazines and national newspapers. She now lives in Sunbury with her husband, two sons and two rescue dogs. Afte…
