Stefan Ahnhem
”As a kid, I never dreamt of being a writer. Putting letters in the right order to form words did not come easily to me. In school, while the rest of my class had Swedish lessons, a strange-smelling lady would pull me out of the classroom to play with wooden blocks painted with colourful letters.
For as long as I can remember, however, I have been a passionate storyteller. Growing up as an only child undoubtedly sparked my creativity, and all the hours spent playing by myself fed my vivid imagination. My grandfather’s rocking chair was a marvellous spacecraft able to transport me to all the planets in the universe. And the world map that my teacher stubbornly refused to pull down revealed precisely where the secret treasure was buried.
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Name: Malin Stehn
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Walter van den Berg woont in de Betuwe met zijn vrouw en zijn hond.
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Zijn vierde roman, Schuld, was 'boek van de maand' bij De Wereld Draait Door en stond op de shortlist van de Libris Literatuurprijs. -
Immanuel Mifsud
Immanuel Mifsud was born in Malta in 1967, the youngest in a working class family of eight children.
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He started writing poetry at age 16, when he co-founded the literary group Versarti. At that same age he began to work in experimental theatre groups, directing his own plays and later he directed plays by Chekhov, Dario Fo, Max Frisch, Federico Garcia Lorca, David Mamet, Harold Pinter and Alfred Buttigieg.
Immanuel Mifsud writes poetry and prose, and some of his works have been translated into various languages and published in various European countries and USA.
His 2002 short story collection L-Istejjer Strambi ta' Sara Sue Sammut (Sara Sue Sammut's Strange Stories) won the Malta National Literary Award. The same book was later nominated for -
Aslak Nore
Aslak Nore (b. 1978) grew up in Oslo. He was educated at the University of Oslo and the New School for Social Research in New York and has served in Norway’s elite Telemark Battalion in Bosnia. A modern-day adventurer, Nore has lived in Latin America and worked as a journalist in the Middle East and Afghanistan. He has published several non-fiction books and four novels. Wolfsangel (2017) was a national bestseller and won the Riverton Prize for best crime novel in Norway in 2018. The Cemetery of the Sea (2021) is the first novel in an epic literary thriller series and a huge international success and bestseller. Nore lives in Provence, France.
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Bhaskar Chattopadhyay
Bhaskar Chattopadhyay is an author, translator, columnist and screenwriter. He is best known for the Janardan Maity series and for the translation of Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's iconic novel 'Aranyak'. His primary research interest is the life, literature, art and cinema of Satyajit Ray, and he has written several books on Ray. Bhaskar has also written several screenplays, all of which are in production. He teaches screenwriting to film students and aspiring filmmakers. Bhaskar lives and works in Toronto.
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Pascal Engman
Pascal Engman is a former journalist. Affected by the increasingly threatening rhetorics towards journalists in Sweden, he took some time off and travelled to Chile, where he wrote Patrioterna: a dark thriller about what can happen when people begin to act after their vitriolic words on social media.
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Justina Kapeckaitė
Rašytoja Justina Kapeckaitė, nors pagal išsilavinimą yra medikė, kuria nuo paauglystės. Nuo seno domisi istorija, mitologija. Į kūrinius mėgsta įtraukti savo pačios patirtis, tad stengiasi jų turėti kuo daugiau ir kuo įvairesnių.
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Autorė slapyvardžiu Monokuro Yun anglų kalba yra išleidusi romaną „The Sign“ („Ženklas“). „Tyroji Aušra“– pirmoji rašytojos knyga lietuvių kalba. -
Fredrik P. Winter
Fredrik Persson Winter, writing as Fredrik P Winter, was born in Trollhättan and now lives in Gothenburg on the west coast in Sweden.
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Fredrik P Winter writes psychological thrillers, many set in the publishing industry. In 2020 his thriller The Badger was released in Sweden to high praise from the readers and thereafter sold to several foreign markets.
He has also previously published youth novels in Swedish under the pen name Fredrik Persson.
When he is not writing he works as an acclaimed lawyer specializing in intellectual property rights. Aside from his passion for writing he enjoys the usual things such as spending time with family and friends, movies, traveling and reading. He is also a hobby pilot, mainly flying gliders, and of course h -
Ana Barton
Fiindcă am fost gimnastă până mi-au calculat vârsta osoasă şi-au stabilit că despre performanţă n-o să poată fi vorba din motive de lungime excesivă, aş putea spune că am o mobilitate impresionantă. Am 40 de ani. Sunt însă atât de imatură încât aproape că mi-e ruşine să-i declar. De arătat, da, îi arăt pe toţi, deşi, uneori, parcă mai văd şi zecimale pe-acolo. De şcoală ce să zic? Am o educaţie eclectică, model toptan: Teologie, Litere, Cultură şi Civilizaţie Ebraică, Psiholingvistică. Babel ori foame. Sigur, arareori mă înţeleg pe mine şi cu mine, dar m-am lăsat şi de dramatizări. Cine sunt? Mama unei copile de 12 ani şi jumătate pe care o cheamă Rada. Cum sunt? Vie, deocamdată. Binecuvântată stare. Ce fac? Am trei caiete, unul acasă, unul
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Sophie Poldermans
Sophie Poldermans is the author of the best seller “Seducing and Killing Nazis. Hannie, Truus and Freddie: Dutch Resistance Heroines of WWII, ” a non-fiction historical account and biography of the sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen and Hannie Schaft. She personally knew Truus and Freddie Oversteegen for 20 years and worked closely with them for over a decade as a board member of the National Hannie Schaft Foundation.
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She is the founder of "Sophie's Women of War,” is a Dutch women's rights advocate who works as a self-employed author, public speaker, lecturer and consultant on women and war and human rights-related issues from a legal, historical and sociological perspective. Find out more about her and her work at: https://sophieswomeno -
Christine Nöstlinger
Christine Nöstlinger was an Austrian writer best known for children's books.
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By her own admission, Nöstlinger was a wild and angry child. After finishing high school, she wanted to become an artist, and studied graphic arts at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna. She worked as a graphic artist for a few years, before marrying a journalist, Ernst Nöstlinger, with whom she had two daughters.
The majority of Nöstlinger's production is literature for children and for young people, and she also writes for television, radio and newspapers. She centres on the needs of children in her work, with an anti-authoritarian bent. She does not shy away from tackling difficult subjects like racism, discrimination and self-isolation.
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Ingar Johnsrud
Ingar Johnsrud (b. 1974) is a renowned Norwegian journalist. Johnsrud made his literary debut in 2015 with the thriller Those Who Follow, the first installment in a planned trilogy. He has received massive attention for his sharp eye for detail, rich and innovative plotting, and confident prose. Praised by critics as a writer who will keep readers on the edge of their seats, Johnsrud has positioned himself as one of the rising stars on the Scandinavian crime fiction scene. Ingar Johnsrud lives with his wife and three children in Oslo.
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Russell Newell
A critically acclaimed author, former writer for Disney-ABC Television, and six-time Ironman, Russell Newell plunged into the world of Ironman triathlon in 2012 at Lake Placid and has explored every cutting-edge nutritional supplement and muscle recovery tool to coax his creaking body to get out of bed each morning to swim, bike, and run. He has sought every aerodynamic adjustment and equipment edge to beat his archrival, Jim Kane, in a series of races more fraught than the last ones. With a very accommodating wife, three young kids, and a baby on the way, he’s continued to race these torturous, bank account-sucking, narcotic-level addicting affairs, while poorly trying to balance his family life. His book, Irondad Life, explores just how p
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Mihail Victus
Mihail Victus (n. 1986, București) a debutat cu proză în revistă în 2009 și a obținut numeroase premii literare, la concursurile consacrate: „Marin Preda”, „Ioan Slavici”, „Mihail Sadoveanu”, „Radu Rosetti” etc. Când nu scrie, pictează, face sport sau suflă-n muzicuță. Citește în fiecare zi. Este designer de mobilier și programator CNC.
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CĂRȚI PUBLICATE
● Toate păcatele noastre, 2021, ed. Litera | roman | nominalizare Cea mai bună carte a anului (Agenția de Carte); nominalizare Tânărul prozator al anului (Gala Tinerilor Scriitori)
● Fracturi, 2019, ed. Vremea | roman | nominalizare Cea mai bună carte a anului (Agenția de Carte); laureat al Premiilor „Cristian Săileanu”
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E.O. Chirovici
Also writes under Eugen O. Chirovici and Eugen Ovidiu Chirovici.
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Eugen O. Chirovici had a career in mass-media, running a national daily newspaper and then a TV news channel. He has published over 1,000 articles in Romania and abroad. He currently holds three honorary doctorates (in Economics, Communication & History) and is a member of the Romanian Academy of Science. He is the recipient of several prizes for journalism. He lives in both the UK and New York City. -
Ioan Petru Culianu
Ioan Petru Culianu was a Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas, a philosopher and political essayist, and a short story writer. He served as professor of the history of religions at the University of Chicago from 1988 to his death, and had previously taught the history of Romanian culture at the University of Groningen.
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An expert in gnosticism and Renaissance magic, he was encouraged and befriended by Mircea Eliade, though he gradually distanced himself from his mentor. Culianu published seminal work on the interrelation of the occult, Eros, magic, physics, and history.
Culianu was murdered in 1991. It has been much speculated his murder was in consequence of his critical view of Romanian national politics. Some factions of the R -
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Nicolet Steemers
Nicolet Steemers werd geboren in Hengelo (O), studeerde gitaar aan het Twents Conservatorium en belandde via het vertalen van toneelstukken en de journalistiek in het schrijversvak. Ze brak door met het boek Zachte heelmeesters (2007), waarin een moeder vermoedt dat haar tienerdochter ernstig gemanipuleerd wordt. Daarna verschenen Lichtval (2010), over een disfunctionele toneelfamilie, en Overspel (2011), het boek bij de gelijknamige televisieserie. Zachte heelmeesters en Lichtval werden beide ook in Duitsland gepubliceerd. Het boek Tweedracht, waarin tweelingzussen door omstandigheden lijnrecht tegenover elkaar zijn komen te staan, verscheen in juni 2015 bij Uitgeverij De Geus.
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Marlene van Niekerk
Marlene van Niekerk is a South African author who is best known for her novel Triomf. Her graphic and controversial descriptions of a poor Afrikaner family in Johannesburg brought her to the forefront of a post-apartheid society, still struggling to come to terms with all the changes in South Africa. In translation by Leon de Kock, this book was critically acclaimed in the US and UK, and was filmed in 2008.
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Van Niekerk studied Languages and Philosophy at Stellenbosch University. While here, she wrote three plays for the lay theatre. In 1979 she moved to Germany to join theatres in Stuttgart and Mainz as apprentice for directing. From 1980 to 1985 she continued her studies of philosophy in The Netherlands. Back in South Africa she lectured -
Johan Høst
Johan Høst (b.1971) debuted with the action thriller The Nation’s Gambit in 2022. The book good rave reviews in the press and film rights were sold before publication. The book is the first in a planned trilogy. He works as creative director and copywriter for an advertising agency he founded. He is also a former curling player – and four time Norwegian champion in the sport. Høst was born in Denmark, but moved to Norway as a child. He now lives in Lillehammer with his wife and three adult kids.
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Sara Alexi
Best selling author Sara Alexi was born in Oxford, England. After travelling widely she now splits her time between England and a tiny rural village in the Peloponnese, in Greece, where she has renovated a stone farmhouse, whilst observing the Greek way of life and absorbing the culture.
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As a qualified psychotherapist, Sara ran her own practice for years. Her artistic nature was, during that time, confined to painting and she exhibited widely. Her move to Greece was the catalyst that began her writing.
Her 'Greek Village Series' has been very well received and provides a keenly observed, compassionate insight into the Greek people and culture, and the human condition in general.
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Irina Reyn
Irina Reyn is the author of the forthcoming novel MOTHER COUNTRY. She is also the author of THE IMPERIAL WIFE and WHAT HAPPENED TO ANNA K.
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Octavian Soviany
A debutat editorial cu volumul de versuri Ucenicia batrinului alchimist (Dacia, 1983). De-a lungul anilor a colaborat la principalele reviste literare din Romania. Este membru al Uniunii Scriitorilor din 1995. A publicat poezie (Cartea lui Benedict – Vinea, 2002; Alte poeme de moda veche – Pontica, 2004; Scrisori din Arcadia – Paralela 45, 2005; Dilecta – Cartea Romaneasca, 2006; Marii oameni ai revolutiilor – editie samizdat, seria no name, 2009), romane (Textele de la Monte Negro – Pontica, 2003; Viata lui Kostas Venetis – Cartea Romaneasca, 2011), teatru (Cinci poeme dramatice – Palimpsest, 2005) si critica (Apocaliptica textului – Palimpsest, 2008; Cinci decenii de experimentalism. Compendiu de poezie romaneasca actuala – Casa de pariur
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Tom Kristensen
Norwegian author of thrillers and suspense novels.
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Christopher Hals Gylseth
Christopher Hals Gylseth (f. 1965) er idéhistoriker og sakprosaforfatter.Han har utgitt en rekke bøker, flere av dem med tema fra andre verdenskrig. Gylseth bor i Ringerike kommune.
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Matei Călinescu
Matei Călinescu was a Romanian literary critic and professor of comparative literature at Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana.
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He attended the Ion Luca Caragiale High School in Bucharest, taking his diploma in 1952. He emigrated from Romania to the United States in 1973. Emeritus Professor at Indiana University. He lived with his wife in Bloomington, Indiana. -
Dan Doboş
DAN DOBOŞ s‑a născut la 31 iulie 1970. A urmat cursurile Universității Tehnice „Gheorghe Asachi“ din Iași, iar după absolvirea facultăţii, în 1994, a ales o carieră jurnalistică, publicînd în cei şaptesprezece ani de activitate jurnalistică peste 1000 de reportaje, editoriale şi interviuri. În prezent este redactor-șef al cotidianului Evenimentul din Iași.
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Pentru o lungă perioadă de timp a editat Supernova, cel mai longeviv supliment dedicat literaturii SF (cu apariţii între 1992 şi 2001). A publicat povestiri și articole în reviste și antologii, a tradus din Terry Pratchett (Trilogia nomilor) și Roderick Gordon și Brian Williams (seria Tunele).
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Dănuţ Ungureanu
Scriitor și jurnalist român
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Scriitor, jurnalist, scenarist, dramaturg, trainer de creative writing.
Absolvent al Facultății de Energetică din București.
A debutat în 1981, cu povestirea „Viață de familie”, în revista Știință și Tehnică. A publicat zeci de povestiri în reviste și almanahuri, numeroase scenarii de televiziune și radio. Este prezent în peste douăzeci de antologii și volume colective de povestiri, între care Anthology of European Speculative Fiction (2013), Bing, bing, Larisa (2013), Worlds and Beings (2015) etc.
Textele sale au fost distinse cu numeroase premii.
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Așteptând în Ghermana (science fiction, publicat în 1993, reeditat în 2010 și 2013, a câștigat Premiul RomCon 1994), Însemnările damei de silicon (20 -
Kenneth Hermele
Kenneth Zwi Hermele (1948-2025) var en svensk författare, ekonom och humanekolog.
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Hermeles bok En shtetl i Stockholm (2018) var nominerad till Augustpriset. -
Stefan Malmström
Stefan Malmström was born in Hässleholm, a town in southern Sweden. In his youth, Stefan was a talented athlete, in football, ice hockey and orienteering.
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When he was 17, he was manipulated into the Church of Scientology. He ended his sports career and became a kult member. He was 25 when he managed to get off the kult and then began his university education to become a journalist at Linneaus University in Växjö.
He started his professional career as a news journalist and has worked at newspapers, radio stations and television stations. He has also been a partner in a production company and has produced, written scripts and directed children's TV productions for Sweden's Television and TV4 in Sweden. When he is not writing, he gives lecture -
Eugen Ovidiu Chirovici
Also publishes under E.O. Chirovici and Eugen O. Chirovici.
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Toby Green
Toby Green is the author of five previous works of non-fiction, and his work has been translated into ten languages. He teaches the history and culture of Portuguese-speaking Africa at King’s College London.
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Bogdan Hrib
After graduating civil engineering in Bucharest, Bogdan Hrib embarked on a varied career encompassing the professions of photographer, journalist (from 1991), advertising agency director (1992) and book editor (from 1993).
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Bogdan Hrib’s debut as a crime fiction writer came in 2007 with Filiera grecească (The Greek Connection), the first book in the Stelian Munteanu series. It was followed by Blestemul manuscrisului (The Curse of the Manuscript, 2008), Somalia, Mon Amour (2009), Ucideți generalul (March 2011), translated and published by Profusion Publishers as Kill the General (November 2011). The novel Ultima fotografie (The Last Photograph, 2012) is not crime fiction.
The most recent novel signed by Bogdan Hrib is (Patimile doamnei ministru -
Laura Nureldin
M-am născut pe 11 octombrie 1979, la Iași, din mamă bucureșteancă și tată sudanez. Despre tata am aflat la 35 de ani că trăiește, deci ăsta ar putea fi următorul meu roman :)
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Am scris de când mă știu. Pe pereți, pe hârtie, în desfășurătorul de jurnal, pe blog. Acum, la „bătrânețe”, m-am apucat de scris povești.
Nici studiile, nici funcția nu mă recomandau pentru asta – sunt absolventă de Psihologie și am lucrat ca prezentator de știri din 2002 până în 2018. Am început cu un jurnal în engleză, am terminat cu ediții speciale și jurnale de weekend.
Îmi scriu cărțile în engleză, cu viteza medie de două pagini per pahar de vin. De fapt, sunt povești care se scriu singure; doar că personajele au nevoie de o dactilografă care să le spună istoria. Car -
Kristine Getz
Kristine Getz (f. 1983) er fra Bærum utenfor Oslo. Hun har studert i Dublin, Irland, men er nå bosatt i Denver, Colorado. Hun er kjent for å ha blogget om spiseforstyrrelsen sin. "Hvis jeg forsvinner, ser du meg da?" (2012) er hennes første bok og er en gripende og nådeløst ærlig historie om ti år med spiseforstyrrelser.
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