Dina Nayeri
Dina Nayeri is a graduate of Princeton, Harvard Business School, and the Iowa Writers Workshop. She spends her time in New York and Iowa City.
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Abdi Nor Iftin
When the civil war in Somalia began, Abdi Nor Iftin was five; he and his brother became
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the sole providers for the family while they also attended a madrassa. Amidst the daily
shelling and the famine, Abdi had one escape: American movies and music. At
neighborhood showings of Rambo, Commando, and The Terminator, Abdi learned of
America, and taught himself English, and began to dream of a life in the United States.
In his memoir Call Me American, Iftin recounts his harrowing, extraordinary, and
uplifting story. His love of western culture and music earned him the name “Abdi
American.” This became a liability when Islamic extremism took hold of Somalia.
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Laura Briggs
Laura Briggs is the Chair of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Tomiko Brown-Nagin
Tomiko Brown-Nagin is Professor of Law and Professor of History at Harvard University. She earned a doctorate in history from Duke, a law degree from Yale, where she served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal, and a B.A. in history, summa cum laude, from Furman University. An expert on constitutional law, social and legal history, education law, and inequality, Brown-Nagin has published widely in these areas.
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Rob Osler
Rob Osler is the USA Today Bestselling author of THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID, book one in the new historical Harriet Morrow Investigates series. Praise for the novel: a Publisher's Weekly STARRED REVIEW, a New York Times "Standout Historical Release," The Washington Post's "Best Novels to Cozy Up With," a Historical Novel Society Editor's Choice, and an Amazon Editor's Pick.
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CIRQUE DU SLAY, the follow-up to acclaimed DEVIL'S CHEW TOY is the 2025 Winner of the Anthony and Left Coast Crime Awards for Best Humorous Novel.
Rob's short story, MISS DIRECTION (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Sept/Oct 2023), was a finalist for the 2024 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award, and his short story, ANALOGUE (also EQMM), won the Mystery Writers of Ameri -
Melissa Fleming
I lead communications at the United Nations, informing audiences about the state of the world and engaging them to make it more just, peaceful and sustainable.
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I oversee the UN’s strategic communications operations, including its multilingual news and digital media services, public outreach programs, and global campaigns.
Promoting healthy information ecosystems, while addressing mis- and disinformation and hate speech, is central to my work. To this end, I led on the development of a UN Global Principles for Information Integrity.
I previously worked in senior communications roles for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Radio Free Eu -
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in America. He is the author of “The Sympathizer,” awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. His most recent book, “To Save and to Destroy,” explores the idea of being an outsider. He is also the author of the short story collection “The Refugees;” the nonfiction book “Nothing Ever Dies,” a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award; the children's book “Simone” along with illustrator Minnie Phan; the sequel to “The Sympathizer,” “The Committed;” the nonfiction book “A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial,” longlisted for the National Book Award; and is the editor of an anthology of refugee writing, “The Displaced,” as well as a co-editor of
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Atul Gawande
Atul Atmaram Gawande is an American surgeon, writer, and public health researcher. He practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Samuel O. Thier Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. In public health, he was the chairman of Ariadne Labs, a joint center for health systems innovation, and chairman of Lifebox, a nonprofit that works on reducing deaths in surgery globally. On June 20, 2018, Gawande was named the CEO of healthcare venture Haven, owned by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan Chase and stepped down as CEO in May 2020, remaining as executiv
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Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngart is an American writer born in Leningrad, USSR (he alternately calls it "St. Leningrad" or "St. Leninsburg"). Much of his work is satirical and relies on the invention of elaborately fictitious yet somehow familiar places and times.
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His first novel, The Russian Debutante's Handbook (2002), received the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and the National Jewish Book Award. -
Abdelkader Benali
Benali was born in Morocco, but came to Rotterdam at the age of four. Later he moved to Amsterdam. Except novels and plays Benali also writes articles and reviews for various Dutch newspapers and magazines.
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David Small
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David Small is the recipient of the Caldecott Medal, a Christopher Medal, and the E. B. White Award for his picture books, which include Imogene's Antlers, The Gardener, and So, You Want to Be President? He lives in Mendon, Michigan. -
Catherine Ryan Hyde
Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of more than 50 published and forthcoming books.
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She is co-author, with publishing industry blogger Anne R. Allen, of How to be a Writer in the E-Age: a Self-Help Guide.
Her bestselling 1999 novel Pay It Forward was made into a major Warner Brothers motion picture. It was chosen by the American Library Association for its Best Books for Young Adults list, and translated into more than two dozen languages for distribution in over 30 countries. Simon & Schuster released a special 15th anniversary edition in December of ’14.
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Lauren Tarshis
Lauren Tarshis often wonders how she came to spend most of her waking moments thinking about disasters, as the author of the children's historical fiction series "I Survived." Each book takes readers into the heart of history's most thrilling and terrifying events, including the sinking of the Titanic, the Shark Attacks of 1916, Hurricane Katrina, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the San Francisco earthquake, 9/11, and the Battle of Gettysburg. Writing these books often makes her feel very nervous, as though at any moment a volcano could erupt right outside her window. Then again, she has learned a thing or two about avoiding being eaten by a shark.
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Ananda Devi
Ananda Devi is a Mauritian writer. Her novel, Eve de ses décombres, won the Prix des cinq continents de la Francophonie in 2006, as well as several other prizes. It was adapted for the cinema by Sharvan Anenden and Harrikrisna Anenden. In 2007, Devi received the Certificat d'Honneur Maurice Cagnon du Conseil International d'Études Francophones.[1] She has since won other literary prizes, including the Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature française of the Académie française. During 2010 she was bestowed with Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.
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Connie Palmen
Connie Palmen (Aldegonda Petronella Huberta Maria Palmen) is a Dutch author. She was born on November 25, 1955 in Sint Odiliënberg.
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Palmen debuted with the novel De wetten (1990), published in the USA as The Laws (1993), translated by Richard Huijing. The Laws was shortlisted for the 1996 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
Her second novel was De vriendschap (1995), published in the USA as The Friendship (2000), translated by Ina Rilke.
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Fernando Navarro
Fernando Navarro nació en Granada en 1980. Es uno de los guionistas más activos y prolíficos del cine español. Ha colaborado con cineastas como Álex de la Iglesia, Isaki Lacuesta, Rodrigo Cortés, Paco Plaza o Jaume Balagueró. Ha sido dos veces nominado a los Premios Goya, en las categorías de Mejor Guion Original y Mejor Guion Adaptado. Entre su filmografía destacan Verónica (nominada a Mejor Guion Original en los Premios Goya 2018), Orígenes secretos (nominada a Mejor Guion Adaptado en los Premios Goya 2020), Bajocero (2021), Venus (2022) y la serie Romancero (2023). Es coguionista de Segundo premio (2024), película que se alzó con la Biznaga de Oro en el Festival de Málaga y que ha sido nominada al Goya a Mejor Película y candidata a los
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Carolyn Weber
Hi I'm Carolyn. I taught literature to undergrads for 15 years, but resigned my tenured position in a ginormous LEAP WITH FAITH (blogpost). When I am not enjoying time with husband and 4 spirited children under 8, I enjoy reading and writing. My previous (even bigger) "leap to faith" is detailed in my book SURPRISED BY OXFORD . You can download a FREE PDF of Ch.1
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Daniel Nayeri
Daniel Nayeri is a writer and editor in New York City. He wrote and produced The Cult of Sincerity, the first feature film to be world-premiered by YouTube. He has had all kinds of jobs around books, including book repairman, literary agent, used bookstore clerk, children's librarian, Official Story-Time Reader Leader, editor, copy-editor, and even carpenter (making bookshelves). He's also a professional pastry chef. He loves Street Fighter 2, hates the word "foodie," and is an award-winning stuntman.
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Daniel and his sister/co-writer Dina were both born in Iran and spent many young adult years in Europe. There they learned several languages between them and tried Frosted Flakes for the first time. -
Ruta Sepetys
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author and Winner of the Carnegie Medal.
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Ruta Sepetys was born and raised in Michigan in a family of artists, readers, and music lovers. The daughter of a refugee, Ruta is drawn to underrepresented stories of strength through struggle and hopes to give voice to those who weren't able to tell their story. Her award-winning historical novels are published in over sixty countries and have received over forty literary prizes.
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Tomiko Brown-Nagin
Tomiko Brown-Nagin is Professor of Law and Professor of History at Harvard University. She earned a doctorate in history from Duke, a law degree from Yale, where she served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal, and a B.A. in history, summa cum laude, from Furman University. An expert on constitutional law, social and legal history, education law, and inequality, Brown-Nagin has published widely in these areas.
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Mathijs Deen
Mathijs Deen (1962) is een Nederlandse schrijver, radiomaker (VPRO-radioprogramma OVT) en voorlezer van audioboeken.
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Voor Over Oude Wegen ontving Deen in 2018 de Halewijnprijs. Het Lichtschip (La Nave Faro) is door de havenautoriteiten van Livorno bekroond vanwege zijn verdienste als verspreider van kennis over de zeevaart. -
Hala Alyan
Hala Alyan was born in Carbondale, Illinois, and grew up in Kuwait, Oklahoma, Texas, Maine, and Lebanon. She earned a BA from the American University of Beirut and an MA from Columbia University. While completing her doctorate in clinical psychology from Rutgers University, she specialized in trauma and addiction work with various populations.
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Her memoir, I'll Tell You When I'm Home is forthcoming from Simon & Schuster in June 2025.
She has published two novels, her debut Salt Houses (2017), is the winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Arab American Book Award and a finalist for the Chautauqua Prize, and her second novel, The Arsonists' City (2021).
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Nadia Hashimi
Reader, Mom, Pediatrician, Author, Advocate, Dog Walker (only my own, no solicitations please.)
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Loves dark chocolate, coffee, and many other clichéd indulgences. -
Sahar Mustafah
Sahar Mustafah is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants. Her short stories have been awarded the Guild Literary Complex Prize for fiction, a Distinguished Story honor from Best American Short Stories, and three Pushcart Prize nominations, among other honors. She writes and teaches outside of Chicago.
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Dörte Hansen
Dörte Hansen (heute Dörte Hansen-Jaax; * 1964 in Husum) ist eine deutsche Linguistin, Journalistin und Schriftstellerin.
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Dörte Hansen, born in Husum in 1964, worked as a radio and print editor and author for NDR after completing her linguistics degree. She lives in North Frisia with her family to this day. -
Takis Würger
Takis Würger, geboren 1985, ist Redakteur beim Nachrichtenmagazin »Der Spiegel«. Im Alter von 28 Jahren ging er nach England, um an der Universität von Cambridge Ideengeschichte zu studieren. Dort boxte er als Schwergewicht für den Cambridge University Amateur Boxing Club und wurde Mitglied in verschiedenen studentischen Klubs.
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Vashti Harrison
Vashti Harrison, author and illustrator of the bestselling Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History, is an artist, author, and filmmaker with a passion for storytelling. She earned her MFA in film and video from California Institute of the Arts, where she snuck into animation and illustration classes to learn from Disney and DreamWorks legends. There she rekindled a love for drawing and painting. Now she uses her love for both film and illustration to craft beautiful stories for children.
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Anna Desnitskaya
Анна Десницкая — московская художница, иллюстратор, коллажист. Выпускница Московского государственного университета печати.
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Anna Desnitskaya (Moscow, 1987) is an author and illustrator who has been nominated for a number of awards, including the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, which is the world's largest award for children's and young adult literature. She lives in Russia. -
Ronya Othmann
Ronya Othmann, geboren 1993 in München, studiert seit 2014 am Deutschen Literaturinstitut Leipzig. Sie arbeitet als Autorin und Journalistin, schreibt Lyrik, Prosa und Essay. Mit Cemile Sahin schreibt sie zusammen die Kolumne OrientExpress in der taz. Sie war Mentee im Mentoring-Programm der Neuen deutschen Medienmacher*innen.
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Für ihre Arbeit wurde sie vielfach ausgezeichnet u.a. mit dem Aufenthaltsstipendium im Künstlerhaus Lukas 2015, den MDR-Literaturpreis 2015. 2017 gewann sie den Caroline-Schlegel-Förderpreis für Essay und den Open Mike für Lyrik, 2018 erhielt sie mit Beliban zu Stolberg und Eser Aktay zusammen das Grenzgängerstipendium für die Türkei der Robert-Bosch-Stiftung. 2019 erhielt sie den Publikumspreis beim Ingeborg-Bachmann -
Nancy French
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Nancy French has collaborated on multiple books for celebrities - five of which made the New York Times best seller list - and written books under her own name. She has conducted a multi-year journalistic investigation, written commentary, and published for the nation’s most prominent newspapers and magazines. Her own memoir, GHOSTED, hits bookshelves in the spring of 2024.
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Clemantine Wamariya
Clemantine Wamariya is a storyteller and human rights advocate. Born in Kigali, Rwanda, displaced by conflict, Clemantine migrated throughout seven African countries as a child. At age twelve, she was granted refugee status in the United States and went on to receive a BA in Comparative Literature from Yale University. She lives in San Francisco.
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Shugri Said Salh
Shugri Salh is author of the memoir The Last Nomad (Algonquin, 2021) and a supporting actor in the Apple TV+ “Little America” episode set in an immigrant Somali community.
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She was born in the desert of Somalia in 1974 and spent her early years living with her grandmother in the desert as a nomad. In 1992, after the civil war broke out in her home country, she emigrated to North America. She attended nursing school at Pacific Union college and graduated with honors.
Shugri has been storytelling since she could talk. From her grandmother and the nomadic community in which she was raised, she heard stories and learned of their power to entertain, teach, and transform. When she isn’t writing or telling stories, she works as an infusion nurse. Shu