Oliver Pötzsch
Oliver Pötzsch is a German writer and filmmaker. After high school he attended the German School of Journalism in Munich from 1992 to 1997. He then worked for Radio Bavaria. In addition to his professional activities in radio and television, Pötzsch researched his family history. He is a descendant of the Kuisle, from the 16th to the 19th Century a famous dynasty of executioners in Schongau.
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Pavel Dvořák ml.
Pavel Dvořák ml. vyštudoval sinológiu na Univerzite Palackého v Olomouci, od roku 2009 žije v Číne, kde sa aj oženil. Pracoval ako tlmočník čínštiny, tlmočil rôzne bilaterálne rokovania s čínskym premiérom Li Keqiangom aj prezidentom Xi Jinpingom, ale aj rokovania nadnárodných firiem ako LEGO či Mondelez. Pred pandémiou organizoval cestovateľské zájazdy do netradičných destinácií Číny. Počas pandémie založil dnes už úspešný YouTube kanál o živote v Šanghaji a čínskej kultúre.(zdroj životopisu: vydavatelstvorak.sk)
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Lian Hearn
Lian Hearn's beloved Tales of the Otori series, set in an imagined feudal Japan, has sold more than four million copies worldwide and has been translated into nearly forty languages. It is comprised of five volumes: ACROSS THE NIGHTINGALE FLOOR, GRASS FOR HIS PILLOW, BRILLIANCE OF THE MOON, THE HARSH CRY OF THE HERON and HEAVEN'S NET IS WIDE. The series was followed by two standalone novels, BLOSSOMS AND SHADOWS and THE STORYTELLER AND HIS THREE DAUGHTERS, also set in Japan.
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Hearn's forthcoming series: The Tale of Shikanoko will be published by FSG in 4 volumes in 2016. Book 1 will be EMPEROR OF EIGHT ISLANDS out in late-April 2016, followed by book 2: AUTUMN PRINCESS, DRAGON CHILD (June), book 3: LORD OF THE DARKWOOD (August), and the fina -
Sandrone Dazieri
È nato a Cremona nel 1964. Diplomatosi alla scuola alberghiera di San Pellegrino terme, ha svolto numerosi mestieri – dal cuoco al facchino al rappresentante – prima di cominciare l’attività di giornalista freelance per varie testate, tra cui il quotidiano il manifesto.
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Militante per anni del movimento dei centri sociali, con i quali ha collezionato botte e denunce sino al 1994, è stato tra gli autori di "Antologia Cyberpunk" (Shake edizioni), e nel 1996 ha pubblicato "Italia Overground" (Castelvecchi), saggio sull’Italia delle controculture. Nel 1999 ha esordito nella fiction con "Attenti al Gorilla" (Piccola Biblioteca Oscar), dove ha fatto la sua prima comparsa l’alter ego dello scrittore, ex leoncavallino che soffre di sdoppiamento della -
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Joan Samson
Joan Samson (September 9, 1937 – February 27, 1976) was an American writer. Her only published novel was The Auctioneer, published briefly before she died of brain cancer.
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The Auctioneer, published in 1976 is described as a story that borders on horror, a story about how a community is torn apart by a single person. It has been translated to Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Catalan, Polish and French. It is considered one of the best-selling horror novels of the 1970s, selling over a million copies. -
Robert Masello
Robert Masello is an award-winning journalist, TV writer, and the bestselling author of many novels and nonfiction books. In addition to his most recent book, THE HAUNTING OF H.G. WELLS, he has written the #1 Amazon Kindle bestseller, THE EINSTEIN PROPHECY, and many other popular thrillers, including THE JEKYLL REVELATION, THE NIGHT CROSSING, BLOOD AND ICE, THE MEDUSA AMULET, and THE ROMANOV CROSS.
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He is also the author of two popular studies of the Occult -- FALLEN ANGELS AND SPIRITS OF THE DARK and RAISING HELL: A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE BLACK ARTS.
His books on writing include WRITER TELLS ALL, A FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS, and the classroom staple, ROBERT'S RULES OF WRITING.
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Cynthia Swanson
Cynthia Swanson writes psychological thrillers, often using historical settings. Cynthia’s debut novel, The Bookseller, was a New York Times bestseller, an Indie Next selection, the winner of the 2016 WILLA Award for Historical Fiction, and is slated to be a motion picture produced by Julia Roberts. The Bookseller was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award and is translated into 18 languages. Cynthia’s second novel, The Glass Forest, was a USA Today bestseller, a CAL Award finalist, has been noted in Forbes as being one of “Five Novels With a Remarkably Strong Sense of Place” and is translated into 7 languages. Her third novel, Anyone But Her, won the 2025 Colorado Book Award (Thriller), was a finalist for the 2025 WILLA Award (Mystery/Th
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Ann Pearlman
Ann Pearlman was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for INFIDELITY which was also made into a Lifetime movie. Her first novel, THE CHRISTMAS COOKIE CLUB has been translated into 6 languages and is a national and international bestseller. A GIFT FOR MY SISTER, following characters first introduced in The Christmas Cookie Club won a prize for best fiction. THE LOTTERY, the third in the series, was published in the fall of 2014.
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Ann also writes non-fiction. INSIDE THE CRIPS is the story of a gang member from L.A. and KEEP THE HOME FIRES BURNING sent Ann on a national TV, (Oprah) radio and print tour. She wrote a cookbook with her friend, and hostess of her cookie club, Marybeth Bayer, THE CHRISTMAS COOKIE COOKBOOK. OTHER -
Anna Godbersen
Anna Godbersen was born in Berkeley, California, and educated at Barnard College. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband.
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Jake Warner
Jake Warner is the co-founder and long term publisher of Nolo, America’s leading publisher of consumer law materials. He is the author of a number of Nolo titles on tenants’ rights, marriage and divorce law, and the legal rights of unmarried couples. WillMaker, the bestselling software program he helped design, has allowed millions of Americans to create their own wills and living trusts without the cost of hiring a lawyer.
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Coming of Age in Berkeley is Warner’s second novel. His first, Murder On the Air, was widely and favorably reviewed, including on page 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle book review section. Warner is also the author of a series of children’s adventure tales published by TallTales Audio including Clem, the Detective Dog and -
Paul Sussman
Paul Sussman (11 July 1966 – 31 May 2012) was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he won a Joseph Larmor Award and a boxing blue. His novels have been translated into 33 languages and are set mainly in Egypt, where he worked for many years as a field archaeologist, notably with the Amarna Royal Tombs Project in the Valley of the Kings. Among other finds, he unearthed the only items of pharaonic jewellery to have been excavated in the Valley since the discovery of Tutankhamun in 1922. As a journalist he was a long-time contributor to the The Big Issue, where he won a Periodical Publishers Association Columnist of the Year Award for his satirical "In the News" column. He has also written for, among ot
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Félix J. Palma
Félix Jesús Palma Macías, was born in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain on June 16, 1968. He attended Francisco Pacheco High School and studied Publicity at the University at Sevilla.
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His first volume of stories, El Vigilante de la Salamandra (The Lizard's Keeper) showed his ability to introduce fantasy into the every day. He is also author of the storybooks: Métodos de Supervivencia (Methods of Survival), Las Interioridades (Interiors), Los Arácnidos (The Arachnid), and El Menor Espectáculo del Mundo (The World’s Smallest Show).
Palma has also published La Hormiga que Quiso ser Astronauta (The Ant that Wanted to Become an Astronaut), Las Corrientes Oceánicas (The Ocean Currents), and El Mapa del Tiempo (The Map of Time). The Map of Time was the -
Załmen Gradowski
Załmen Gradowski (1910 - 1944) – polski więzień obozu Auschwitz-Birkenau pochodzenia żydowskiego, jeden z organizatorów buntu Sonderkommando w Krematorium IV z 1944 roku. Autor odnalezionych i wydanych po wojnie relacji.
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Alberto Caliani
Alberto Caliani nació en Ceuta, en los años de la televisión en blanco y negro, aunque desde 2021 reside en Madrid. En 2013 publicó «El secreto de Boca Verde», un thriller de aventuras con el que consiguió el primer puesto entre los más vendidos de Amazon. En 2015 le siguió «La conspiración del rey muerto», una novela histórica basada en la leyenda del rey Sebastián de Portugal. En 2017 lanza «La iglesia», un thriller sobrenatural. En 2021, Ediciones B publica «El puño del emperador», un thriller histórico en la Roma del emperador Marco Aurelio, que se alza con un doble premio HISLIBRIS a la mejor novela histórica y mejor autor español 2021. En 2023, la misma editorial publica «La sombra del impostor», donde Caliani nos traslada a un Renaci
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Dominik Dán
Dominik Dán je slovenský spisovateľ detektívnych románov. Píše pod pseudonymom, v skutočnosti nemá 56 rokov (aj keď tento údaj bol vytvorený celkom náhodne pri chybnom zadaní spisovateľovho dátumu narodenia pri vydávaní knihy) a v súčasnosti autorsky spolupracuje pri tvorbe nového slovenského seriálu Kriminálka Staré mesto.
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Leticia Sierra
Leticia Sierra was born in 1972 in Oviedo, Spain. She studied journalism at the Pontifical University of Salamanca and then worked for the publications La Nueva Espana, La Voz de Asturias, El Comercio and Tribuna de Salamanca. She has also collaborated with the radio stations COPE in Salamanca and Cadena SER in Madrid. Today she no longer practices the profession of journalist. She lives with her husband and their daughter in Noreña, Asturias.
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Carmen Mola
Agustín Martínez, Jorge Díaz and Antonio Mercero had published novels and worked as scriptwriters under their real names before coming together to write under the pseudonym Carmen Mola, which roughly translates as "Carmen's cool".
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The men, all in their 40s and 50s, denied choosing a female pseudonym to help sell the books. They had previously claimed in interviews and on their own website that Mola was a professor in her late 40s.
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Michael G. Kramer
Served Australian army, including war service in the Vietnam War in 1968 - 1969. Came home to public shunning of Vietnam Veterans and discrimination against Vietnam Veterans by potential employers. This resulted in the setting up of the first business, (contract fencing) because I could not get a job. In due course, I studied for Advanced Diploma of Egineering Technology, Associate Degree of Civil Engineering and I am now doing my Arts degree. It was during the study of the arts degree that I became interested in the history of Northern Europe and Germania during the times of Julius and Augustus Ceasar. This led to researching and writing of the second book entitled 'For the Love of Armin'. Currently studying Bachelor of Construction Manage
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María Oruña
María Oruña Reinoso es una abogada gallega que, durante su descanso por maternidad y tras llevar más de diez años ejerciendo, decidió escribir un libro para ayudar a quienes sufriesen acoso laboral.
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Así, en enero de 2013, autopublicó en BUBOK la novela La mano del arquero, de amplio contenido jurídico.Anteriormente, había realizado alguna pequeña colaboración en webs como www.galiciaencantada.com, en gallego, publicando relatos históricos como el de «A dama do vento».
En septiembre de 2015, publicó con la editorial Destino Puerto Escondido, un thriller de misterio ambientado en Cantabria que ha cosechado éxito de ventas y crítica, traduciéndose de inmediato a varios idiomas. -
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Susana Martín Gijón
Susana Martín Gijón (Sevilla, 1981) es autora de la saga "Más que cuerpos", también conocida como saga del trébol, revisión del género policíaco con la que aporta una mirada crítica de la sociedad actual.
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Tras el éxito alcanzado con "Más que cuerpos", lanza en 2014 la segunda entrega de su serie de novelas policíacas protagonizadas por la agente Annika Kaunda, "Desde la eternidad", con la capital de Extremadura y su pasado romano convertidos en protagonistas de una trama intensa y sorprendente.
En 2015 publica "Náufragos", relato vibrante finalista en prestigiosos certámenes como el Premio Literario Felipe Trigo o "La Trama/Aragón Negro" organizado por Ediciones B.
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César Pérez Gellida
Nací en Valladolid en 1974, soy Licenciado en Geografía e Historia por la Universidad de Valladolid y Master en Dirección Comercial y Marketing por la Cámara de Comercio de Valladolid.
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He desarrollado mi carrera profesional en distintos puestos de dirección comercial, marketing y comunicación en empresas vinculadas con el mundo de las Telecomunicaciones (Retecal), outsourcing (Grupo Norte) y la Industria Audiovisual (Canal Ocio Europa), hasta que en 2011, mi mujer y yo decidimos trasladarnos a Madrid con nuestro hijo para poder dedicarme en exclusiva a mi carrera de escritor. Desde abril de 2013 coloboro en el programa de la SER, Acento Robinson. -
Alberto Caliani
Alberto Caliani nació en Ceuta, en los años de la televisión en blanco y negro, aunque desde 2021 reside en Madrid. En 2013 publicó «El secreto de Boca Verde», un thriller de aventuras con el que consiguió el primer puesto entre los más vendidos de Amazon. En 2015 le siguió «La conspiración del rey muerto», una novela histórica basada en la leyenda del rey Sebastián de Portugal. En 2017 lanza «La iglesia», un thriller sobrenatural. En 2021, Ediciones B publica «El puño del emperador», un thriller histórico en la Roma del emperador Marco Aurelio, que se alza con un doble premio HISLIBRIS a la mejor novela histórica y mejor autor español 2021. En 2023, la misma editorial publica «La sombra del impostor», donde Caliani nos traslada a un Renaci
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Dolores Redondo
Dolores Redondo Meira (born 1 February 1969) is a Spanish writer of noir novels, author of the Baztán Trilogy, and winner of the 2016 Premio Planeta de Novela literary prize.
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Dolores Redondo began studying for her law degree at the University of Deusto, though she did not complete it. She studied gastronomy in San Sebastián, worked in several restaurants, and had her own before devoting herself professionally to literature. She has lived in the comarca of Ribera Navarra [es] in Cintruénigo since 2006.
Redondo began writing literature with short stories and children's stories. In 2009 she published her first novel, Los privilegios del ángel, and in January 2013 she published El guardián invisible, the first volume of the Baztán Trilogy (Spanis -
Víctor del Árbol
Víctor del Árbol was born in Barcelona in 1968 and worked for the Catalan government between 1992 and 2012. He studied history in the University of Barcelona. El abismo de los sueños (not published) was a finalist in the prestigious Premio Fernando Lara in 2003. In 2006 he won the Premio Tiflos de Novela with El peso de los muertos. In 2011 he published La tristeza del samurái (Editorial Alrevés), which has been translated to 10 different languages and has received very positive reviews. In addition, La tristeza del samurái was awarded Le Prix du polar Européen 2012 by the French publisher Le Pointe, an award won previously by Philip Kerr and Arnaldur Indridason, among others.
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Pere Cervantes
Pere Cervantes (Barcelona, 1971) és escriptor. Llicenciat en Dret per la UAB, va ser Observador de Pau per a l'ONU a Kosovo i per a la Unió Europea a Bòsnia i Hercegovina. És autor de les novel·les Esculleres (2013), No ens deixen ser nens (2014), La mirada de Chapman (2016), Tres minuts de color (2017) i Cops (2018); les dues últimes han rebut respectivament el Premi de Novel·la Cartagena Negra en 2018 i el Premi Lletres del Mediterrani 2018 a la millor novel·la negra. El chico de las bobinas és la seva nova novel·la i ja compta amb diverses traduccions internacionals, entre les quals destaquen les d'Alemanya i Itàlia.
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Mikel Santiago
Mikel Santiago nació en Portugalete (Vizcaya) en 1975. Consagró su juventud a tocar en bandas de rock y más tarde comenzó publicando relatos y novelas cortas por internet, con las que consiguió llegar a la lista de Best-Sellers en España y Estados Unidos. Su primera novela “La Última Noche En Tremore Beach” fue un éxito rotundo de crítica y publico. Ha vivido en Irlanda y Paises Bajos durante casi una década y ahora combina su actividad como escritor con una banda de rock y el mundo del software.
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Juraj Červenák
je slovenský spisovateľ s bohatou publikačnou činnosťou v slovenskom, českom a poľskom jazyku. Pochádza z obce Vyhne, ale už od detstva žije v neďalekej Banskej Štiavnici. Po ukončení štúdia na gymnáziu v roku 1992 prešiel rôznymi povolaniami od člena strážnej služby až po vedúceho kina.
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Od roku 2005 je profesionálnym spisovateľom a publicistom.
Knižne debutoval v roku 1993, odvtedy vydal vyše dve desiatky kníh, väčšinu z nich v češtine.
Presadil sa ako autor historickej fantasy so slovanskými motívmi.
Dvojdielny román Bivoj umiestňuje príbehy zo Starých povestí českých do reálneho priestoru a kontextu na sklonku 7. storočia.
Trilógia Bohatier sleduje osudy hrdinov ruských bylín počas výbojov kyjevského kniežaťa Svjatoslava.
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Melvin R. Starr
Mel Starr was born and grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. After graduating with a MA in history from Western Michigan University in 1970, he taught history in Michigan public schools for thirty-nine years, thirty-five of those in Portage, MI, where he retired in 2003 as chairman of the social studies department of Portage Northern High School. Mel and his wife, Susan, have two daughters and eight grandchildren.
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Juan Gómez-Jurado
Juan Gómez-Jurado (December 1977 Madrid, Spain) is an award winning journalist and bestselling author. He is one of the three most successful contemporary Spanish authors along with New York Times bestselling authors Javier Sierra and Carlos Ruiz Zafón. In 2016, Juan celebrated the mark of 6 million readers worldwide.
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Juan is the author of nine international bestselling novels: GOD’S SPY, THE MOSES EXPEDITION, THE TRAITOR'S EMBLEM, THE LEGEND OF THE THIEF, SCAR, RED QUEEN, BLACK WOLF and WHITE KING. They have been translated into more than 40 languages. He is also the author of the young adult science-fiction series, ALEX COLT SPACE CADET.
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Bernard Cornwell
Cornwell was born in London in 1944. His father was a Canadian airman, and his mother, who was English, a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. He was adopted and brought up in Essex by the Wiggins family, who were members of the Peculiar People, a strict Protestant sect who banned frivolity of all kinds and even medicine. After he left them, he changed his name to his birth mother's maiden name, Cornwell.
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Cornwell was sent away to Monkton Combe School, attended the University of London, and after graduating, worked as a teacher. He attempted to enlist in the British armed services at least three times but was rejected on the grounds of myopia.
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Ladislav Kužela
Doc. MUDr. Ladislav Kužela, PhD., MPH je slovenský gastroenterológ, autor mnohých odborných publikácií, vysokoškolský pedagóg, bývalý hlavný odborník MZ SR pre gastroenterológiu.
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Beate Maly
Beate Maly is an Austrian kindergarten teacher specializing in early intervention, and an author.
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James Kestrel
Formerly a bar owner, a criminal defense investigator, and an English teacher, James Kestrel is now an attorney practicing throughout the Pacific. His writing has won advance praise from Stephen King, James Patterson, Dennis Lehane, Lee Child, Meg Gardiner, James Fallows, Pico Iyer, and numerous other authors. A sailor and world traveler, Kestrel has lived in Taiwan, New Orleans, and a West Texas ghost town. He lives in Volcano, Hawaii.
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Patricia Clapp
Patricia Clapp was born in Boston and attended the Columbia University School of Journalism. Her first novel, Constance: A Story of Early Plymouth, was a runner-up for the 1969 National Book Award for Children's Literature. Her other books include, I'm Deborah Sampson, King of the Dollhouse, Dr. Elizabeth, and Jane-Emily. She also authored many plays for children.
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Antonio Runa
Antonio Runa es divulgador y generador de contenido en Internet desde el año 2008. Director desde entonces de varios podcast y colaborador de casi una docena de programas de radio tradicional y canales digitales, encuadrados algunos de ellos en el periodismo de lo inexplicable y lo insólito, amén de realizar incursiones en la locución de material televisivo y actuación de doblaje, alcanzó el éxito con el prestigioso podcast La Órbita de Endor (LODE), especializado en fantasía, ciencia-ficción y terror, con el que arrancó en 2011 y no ha cesado de ofrecer contenido voluminoso e intemporal, sin fallar ni una semana a lo largo de los años.
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Óscar de Muriel
Oscar de Muriel was born in Mexico City in 1983 and moved to the UK to complete his PhD. He is a chemist, translator and violinist who now lives and works in Manchester. The Loch of the Dead is his fourth novel, following A Mask of Shadows, A Fever of the Blood and The Strings of Murder.
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Susanne Goga
Susanne Goga-Klinkenberg is a German literary translator and author.
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Juraj Červenák
je slovenský spisovateľ s bohatou publikačnou činnosťou v slovenskom, českom a poľskom jazyku. Pochádza z obce Vyhne, ale už od detstva žije v neďalekej Banskej Štiavnici. Po ukončení štúdia na gymnáziu v roku 1992 prešiel rôznymi povolaniami od člena strážnej služby až po vedúceho kina.
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Od roku 2005 je profesionálnym spisovateľom a publicistom.
Knižne debutoval v roku 1993, odvtedy vydal vyše dve desiatky kníh, väčšinu z nich v češtine.
Presadil sa ako autor historickej fantasy so slovanskými motívmi.
Dvojdielny román Bivoj umiestňuje príbehy zo Starých povestí českých do reálneho priestoru a kontextu na sklonku 7. storočia.
Trilógia Bohatier sleduje osudy hrdinov ruských bylín počas výbojov kyjevského kniežaťa Svjatoslava.
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Samo Marec
Vyštudoval polonistiku v Banskej Bystrici a dlho pracoval v reklamnej agentúre ako copywriter. Popritom blogoval na SME a písal články na mnohé iné portály. Odišiel do Denníka N, vrátil sa. Jeho životnou ambíciou je živiť sa nie písaním, ale čítaním kníh. Lásku k peknej literatúre vyvažuje láskou k hudbe, ktorú málokto dokáže počúvať.
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Veronika Cosculluela
Veronika Cosculluela je slovenská novinárka. Vyrastala v Podkoniciach pri Banskej Bystrici. Vyštudovala žurnalistiku v Bratislave a politické vedy v Grenobli a v Belehrade. Desať rokov bola hlavne politickou redaktorkou pre rôzne slovenské médiá, naposledy v Plus 7 dní. Vždy, keď bola možnosť, namiesto rozhovorov s politikmi ju to ťahalo k reportážam. Tak sa dostala aj k téme väzenstva v čase, keď sa na Slovensku začalo počas covidovej pandémie veľa rozprávať o podmienkach ľudí vo väzniciach. Zaujímalo ju, ako rozmýšľajú o tejto téme ľudia, ktorí tento uzavretý systém tvoria. Scvrknutý svet (Absynt 2025) je jej debutovou knihou.
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Sascha Arango
Sascha Arango is one of Germany’s most prominent screenplay writers and a two-time winner of the Grimme Prize, a prestigious award for German television, for his work on the long-running detective series Tatort. His first novel, The Truth and Other Lies, will be published in more than thirteen countries in 2015. He lives in Germany.
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Helen McCloy
Helen McCloy, born as Helen Worrell Clarkson McCloy (she also published as Helen Clarkson), was an American mystery writer, whose series character Dr. Basil Willing debuted in Dance of Death (1938). Willing believes that "every criminal leaves psychic fingerprints, and he can't wear gloves to hide them." He appeared in 13 of McCloy's novels and in several of her short stories. McCloy often used the theme of doppelganger, but in the end of the story she showed a psychological or realistic explanation for the seemingly supernatural events.
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Pieter Aspe
Pieter Aspe was het pseudoniem van Pierre Aspeslag. Hij studeerde Latijn-Wetenschappen aan het Sint-Leocollege in Brugge. Na zijn humanoria volgde hij gedurende korte tijd de universitaire opleiding sociologie. Hierna werkte hij als magazijnier, verkoper, bediende, seizoenagent bij de zeevaartpolitie, fotograaf, studiemeester, handelaar in brocante, handelaar in wijn en conciërge van de Heilig-Bloedkapel in Brugge. Sinds 1996 was hij voltijds schrijver van misdaadromans.
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Pieter Aspe was the pseudonym of Pierre Aspeslag. He studied Latin-Sciences at the Sint-Leo College in Bruges.
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Marcos Aguinis
[For Spanish see below -- Para Español ver mas abajo]
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Marcos Aguinis is an author with extensive international training in literature, neurosurgery, psychoanalysis, the arts and history. “I have traveled the world, but I have also traveled across different professions.” Aguinis was born in Córdoba, Argentina in 1935,
He published his first book in 1963, and since then he has written thirteen novels, fourteen essay collections, four short story collections, and two biographies. Most of them have become bestsellers and have generated enthusiasm and controversy. Mr. Aguinis was the first author outside of Spain to receive the prestigious Planeta Award for his book “The Inverted Cross ” and his bestselling novel “Against the Inquisition” has be -
Katharina Peters
Katharina Peters (Pseudonym für Manuela Kuck) ist in Wolfsburg geboren und hat viele Jahre in Berlin und Brandenburg gelebt. Nun hat sie ihren Lebensmittelpunkt nach Schleswig-Holstein verlegt, doch sie liebt die gesamte Ostseeküste und fühlt sich heimisch auf Rügen. Sie schreibt Krimis und Thriller, Romane, Kurzgeschichten. Wichtiger Motivator, Wegbereiter und Taktgeber: Agent Dirk Meynecke.
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Jose Gil Romero
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Junto con Goretti Irisarri ha publicado las novelas CAEN ESTRELLAS FUGACES, EL MECANISMO DE LOS SECRETOS, LA CIUDAD ENCERRADA y los relatos integrados en LOS CAPÍTULOS PERDIDOS, además de cinco relatos incluidos en la colección HISTORIAS OLVIDADAS: LA SIRENA, LAS AVENTURAS DE GEPPETTO, TRES GRANDES ROBLES JUNTO A LOS AVELLANOS, NIEVE BLANCA y LOS RECUERDOS DEL HOMBRE DEL SACO.
Para Ediciones B ha escrito FEROX bajo el seudónimo Olivia Sterling.
En 2021 dieron comienzo a la saga de Elsa Braumann con LA TRADUCTORA y EL ENJAMBRE. Con Harper Collins han publicado también EL CAMINO OLVIDADO.
LA VOZ DEL VIENTO es su última novela hasta el momento y de la mano de Grijalbo. -
Stephen Hough
Stephen Hough is a British-born classical pianist, composer and writer. He became the first classical music performer to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2001, joining prominent writers and scientists who have made significant contributions in their fields. In 2009 he was named by The Economist and Intelligent Life magazines as one of 20 living polymaths. In 2010 he was named Instrumentalist of the Year at the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards. He is a Governor of the Royal Ballet Companies (The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet School). He is a patron of the charity The Nightingale Project, which takes music and art into hospitals and of Music in Prisons (Irene Taylor Trust). He was appointed
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Demian Vitanza
Marco Demian Vitanza (f. 1983) er halvt italiensk, han har vokst opp i Halden, har en master fra London School of Economics og har gått på Aschehougs dramaskole. Eller som han selv liker å si: Marco Demian Vitanza er en ansamling mennesker som bor i samme kropp. "Urak" er deres første bok.
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Dušan Mikušovič
Reportér domáceho spravodajstva Denníka N a moderátor videopodcastov V redakcii.
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Vyštudoval žurnalistiku a politológiu na Masarykovej univerzite v Brne, po škole pracoval ako copywriter.
Od roku 2013 do konca roka 2014 redaktor SME, od začiatku roka 2015 reportér Denníka N. Venuje sa domácemu spravodajstvu, politike a médiám, je autorom kníh „Matovič. Premiér v teniskách“ a "Neprišli sme vraždiť".
Získal tri Novinárske ceny. Dve v denníku SME, poslednú v Denníku N za text o skladaní tretej Ficovej vlády. Za článok o migrácii balkánskych robotníkov na Slovensko z roku 2017 a príbeh radikalizácie moslimského konvertitu z roku 2019 dostal od poroty Novinárskej ceny čestné uznanie. -
Jonas Roelens
Jonas Roelens (1990) is historicus aan de Universiteit Gent, waar hij gendergeschiedenis doceert. Zijn onderzoek focust op laatmiddeleeuwse deviante seksualiteit.
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Susana Fortes
Susana Fortes (Pontevedra, Spain, 1959) graduated in Geography and History at the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, and in American History from the Universidad de Barcelona. She has recently spent time in the USA, combining teaching Spanish in Louisiana and participating in university conferences at the Universidad Interestatal de San Francisco. She currently teaches at a secondary school in Valencia. With her first novel, Querido Corto Maltés (Dear Corto Maltés), she won the 1994 Premio Nuevos Narradores. In 2001 she was shortlisted in the Premio Primavera awarded by Espasa for her novel, Fronteras de arena (Borders of Sand). She has also published Las cenizas de la Bounty (Ashes of the Bounty; Espasa, 1998), Tiernos y traidores (Ten
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Andreas Franz
Andreas Franz (1954 - 2011) was a German author, best remembered for his numerous crime novels.
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The son of two musicians from East Germany, he later moved west with his family, and worked in numerous jobs. In 1997, he gave up his last job as a translator to become a full-time writer, quickly becoming popular through his Julia Durant series of crime/mystery novels. Franz lived near Frankfurt with his wife and four children until his death from heart failure at the age of 57. -
Jörg Maurer
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
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1953 in Bayern, ganz in der Nähe Österreichs geboren, hielt es Jörg Maurer in Garmisch-Partenkirchen nicht lange aus und ging bald nach der Schulzeit nach München, wo er Germanistik, Anglistik, Theaterwissenschaften und Philosophie studierte. Es folgten einige Jahre als Englisch- und Deutschlehrer. Nebenbei verfasste Maurer seinen ersten Roman "Föhnlage", der 2009 erschien und mit dem er viele Leser begeisterte. Neben dem Schreiben gehört Maurers Leidenschaft dem Musikkabarett. Beide zusammen präsentiert er in seinen "musik-kabarettistischen Lesungen". Wiewohl er den Lehrerberuf mochte, so hat Jörg Maurer ihn doch zugunsten der Literatur und Musik aufgege -
Inge Löhnig
Inge Löhnig (born 1957 in Munich) is a German author, best known for her series of crime novels about investigator Konstantin Dühnfort. She also publishes under the pen name of Ellen Sandberg.
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Janko Matko
Janko Matko (20. 5. 1898 - 3. 8. 1979) pripovjedač, najznačajniji predstavnik tzv. pučke književnosti. Rođen je u Brleniću kraj Krašića. Polazio je franjevačku gimnaziju u Vukovaru. Zbog slomljene noge i neprilika I. svjetskog rata prekinuo je školovanje, izučio urarski, optičarski i draguljarski obrt u Vukovaru, potom živio u Rijeci, a od 1923. u Zagrebu. Tu počinje obnašati različite dužnosti u kulturnom društvu "Hrvatski radiša" te vodi vlastitu urarsku radionicu. Godine 1932. postao je predsjednik pjevačkog društva "Zvonimir". Prvu pripovjest Doći ću kući, majko, za Božić objavio je još 1917. u vukovarskim "Sriemskim novinama", a 1938. prvi (Žrtva) od dvadesetak romana (tri su izašla posmrtno) kojima je tematikom iz nacionalne povijesti
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