H. Nightshade is a multi-genre author who writes at the intersection of imagination, strategy, and human complexity. From dark romance and fantasy to practical guides on problem-solving and personal g…
Tad Williams is a California-based fantasy superstar. His genre-creating (and genre-busting) books have sold tens of millions worldwide, in twenty-five languages. His considerable output of epic fanta…
Works, including the novel Things Fall Apart (1958), of Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe describe traditional African life in conflict with colonial rule and westernization.
Steven Erikson is the pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin, a Canadian novelist, who was educated and trained as both an archaeologist and anthropologist. His best-known work is the series, the Malazan Book…
Abdulrazak Gurnah was born in 1948 in Zanzibar and lives in England, where he teaches at the University of Kent. The most famous of his novels are Paradise, shortlisted for both the Booker and the Whi…
Meja Mwangi began his writing career in the 1970s, a decade after his more well-known compatriots such as Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Grace Ogot had been publishing their works. When he burst onto the scene…
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a Kenyan author and academic, who was described as East Africa's leading novelist. He began writing in English before later switching to write primarily in Gikuyu, becoming a stro…
Damon Galgut was born in Pretoria in 1963. He wrote his first novel, A Sinless Season, when he was seventeen. His other books include Small Circle of Beings, The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs, The Quarr…
Spent part of her childhood in England. She began her education there, but concluded her A-levels in a missionary school back home, in the town of Mutare. She later studied medicine at Cambridge Unive…
It all began when Pat Rothfuss was born to a marvelous set of parents. Throughout his formative years they encouraged him to do his best, gave him good advice, and were no doubt appropriately dismayed…
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: writer, artist, scholar, linguist. Known to millions around the world as the author of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien spent most of his life teaching at the University of Ox…
Grace Ogot (May 15, 1930 – March 18, 2015) was a Kenyan author, nurse, journalist, politician and diplomat. Together with Charity Waciuma she is the first Anglophone female Kenyan writer to be publish…
Hi! I'm Seanan McGuire, author of the Toby Daye series (Rosemary and Rue, A Local Habitation, An Artificial Night, Late Eclipses), as well as a lot of other things. I'm also Mira Grant (www.miragrant.…
Kamala Devi Harris (born Kamala Iyer Harris) is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States since 2021, under President Joe Biden. She is the fi…
Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows du…
Dear Goodreads reader, I am the author of the new fantasy series, The Chronicles of Beauty. My mission is to change the world one book at a time, inspiring you to find the magic…
Verah Omwocha is a Kenyan writer, book editor and reviewer. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Education (English/ Literature) from The University of Nairobi. She has worked in the publishing industry f…
Ephantus Mwenda commonly known as Novelist Ephantus Mwenda on social networks, was destined to be a storyteller from his earliest breath. His imagination, evident in the legendary compositions of his …
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into more than fifty-five languages. She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Priz…
George Ciuri is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the electrifying romantic thriller 'The MockingBird Song'. As a storyteller by default, a writer by talent, and a raconteur by training, Ciu…
Joseph Minart (pen name) grew up in a small suburb of Columbus, Ohio. He loves writing and telling stories, entertaining readers, and being a reader. Life is a story to be appreciated. He graduated fr…
Dr. Isaac Kalua Green is a Kenyan author, systems thinker, and sustainability practitioner whose work focuses on leadership, responsibility, and applied impact in fragile systems.
