Photos Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, The United States September 30, 1924 Bio Truman Capote was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognised literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958) and In Cold Blood (1965), which he labeled a “non-fiction novel.” At least 20 films and TV dramas have […]
Traci Chee
Photos Bio Traci Chee is an author of speculative fiction for teens. An all-around word geek, she loves book arts and art books, poetry and paper crafts, though she also dabbles at piano playing, egg painting, and hosting potluck game nights for family and friends. She studied literature and creative writing at UC Santa Cruz […]
Thomas Wolfe
Photos Born in Asheville, North Carolina, The United States October 03, 1900 Bio Thomas Clayton Wolfe (October 3, 1900 September 15, 1938) was an American novelist of the early twentieth century. Wolfe wrote four lengthy novels, plus many short stories, dramatic works and novellas. He is known for mixing highly original, poetic, rhapsodic, and […]
Ted Dekker
Photos Born in Indonesia Bio Ted Dekker is known for novels that combine adrenaline-laced stories with unexpected plot twists, unforgettable characters, and incredible confrontations between good and evil. Ted lives in Austin with his wife LeeAnn and their four children. Books Thr3e — published 2003 — White: The Great Pursuit (The Circle, #3) — published […]
Tad Williams
Photos Born in San Jose, California, The United States Bio 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 fantasy and science fiction book-series, stories of all kinds, urban fantasy novels, comics, scripts, etc., have strongly influenced a […]
T.A. Barron
Photos Born in Harvard, Massachusetts, The United States Bio T.A. Barron grew up in Colorado ranch country and traveled widely as a Rhodes Scholar. He is the winner of the de Grummond Medallion for lifetime contribution to the field of childrens and young adult literature and many other awards. T. A. Barron is the author […]
Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Photos Bio SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS Susan Elizabeth Phillips is an international bestseller whose books have been published in over 30 languages. Shes the only four-time recipient of the Romance Writers of Americas prestigious Favorite Book of the Year Award, and a recipient of their Lifetime Achievement Award. Among her other accomplishments, Susan created the sports […]
Stephen Hawking
Photos Born in Oxford, The United Kingdom January 08, 1942 Bio Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 in Oxford, England. His parents’ house was in north London, but during the second world war Oxford was considered a safer place to have babies. When he was eight, his family moved to St Albans, […]
Shelly Crane
Photos Born in Arkansas, The United States Bio Shelly is a NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY bestselling author from a small town in Georgia and loves everything about the south. She is wife to a fantastical husband and stay-at-home mom to two boisterous and mischievous boys who keep her on her toes. She hoards […]
Sherwood Smith
Photos Born in The United States Bio I am a writer, but I’m here on Goodreads to talk about books, as I’ve been a passionate reader as long as I’ve been a writer–since early childhood. I’m not going to rate books–there are too many variables. I’d rather talk about the reading experience. My ‘reviews’ of […]