V.V. James
Pen name of Vic James
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V.V. Shirwadkar (Kusumagraj)
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वि.वा. शिरवाडकर यांचे खरे नांव गजानन रंगनाथ शिरवाडकर दत्तक गेल्यामुळे त्यांचे नांव विष्णु वामन शिरवाडकर झाले. २७ फेब्रुवारी १९१२ साली त्यांचा जन्म झाला. प्राथमिक शिक्षण पिपंळगाव येथे झाले. तर माध्यमिक शिक्षण नाशिक येथील न्यु इंग्लीश स्कुलमध्ये म्हणजे आजचे जे जु. स. रुंगठा विद्यालय आहे तेथे झाले. मॅट्रिक परिक्षा ते मुंबई विद्यापीठातुन पास झाले.
१९३० साली हं. प्रा. ठाकरसी विद्यालयात ते होते तेव्हा 'रत्नाकर' मासिकातुन त्यांच्या कविता प्रसिध्द होत. अस्पृश्य समजल्या जाणार्या लोकांना काळाराम मंदिरात प्रवेश मिळावा म्हणून १९३२ साली जो सत्याग्रह झाला त्यात त्यांनी सहभाग घेतला होता, त्यामूळे बाल्यावस्थेतील त्यांच्या लिखाणाला प्रौढत्वाची लकाकी चढून हळूहळू त्यांच्या साहित्याने आकाशाला गवसणीच घातली. ज्यात त्यांनी फक्त कविताच नाही तर कथा, कादंब -
Gonzalo Moure Trenor
Nacido en Valencia en 1951.
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Estudió Ciencias Políticas en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Trabajó como periodista entre 1973 y 1989.
Fundamentalmente en radio. Dejó esta siendo director de una emisora de radio.
También en prensa, prensa especializada en música popular, televisión (como guionista) y publicidad (como creativo).
Escribe desde 1989. Primer libro publicado: Geranium, 1991 (Alfaguara). Actualmente disponible en Alianza Editorial, reeditado en 2005.
Imparte charlas en bibliotecas, clubes de lectura, colegios e institutos.
Interviene en diversos congresos de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil en España y fuera de ella. -
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The first of these, The Man in the Queue (1929) was published under the pseudonym of Gordon Daviot , whose name also appears on the title page of another of her 1929 novels, Kif; An Unvarnished History. She also used the Daviot by-line for a biography of the 17th century cavalry leader John Graham, which was entitled Claverhouse (1937).
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He writes short stories too. Some of them were gathered together in his prize-winning collection, 20th Century Ghosts.
He won the Eisner Award for Best Writer for his long running comic book series, Locke & Key, co-created with illustrator and art wizard Gabriel Rodriguez.
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Owen King
I'm the author of the novels The Curator and Double Feature, We're All In This Together: A Novella and Stories, co-editor (with John McNally) of the anthology Who Can Save Us Now, and co-author (with Mark Poirier) of the graphic novel Intro to Alien Invasion. I also co-wrote the novel Sleeping Beauties with Stephen King. My most recent work is the ongoing comic book series Self Help, co-written with Jesse Kellerman and illustrated by Mariana Ignazzi.
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My wife is the beautiful and mysterious Kelly Braffet. She has written five wonderful books, and the newest is The Broken Tower.
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This is the name she uses when writing things for grown-ups.
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Book one in her upcoming adult fantasy romance duology, A FATE FORGED IN FIRE is being published in early 2025 by Renegade books UK and Dell US with pre-empt deals with Aufbau in German and NeoN Libri in Italian
After gaining her BSc in Psychology at the University of Glasgow, she moved to the Dominican Republic. Switching the laid-back Caribbean for the sun-drenched Canary Islands a year later, she then moved to the South of France and is now fluent in three languages. As a bisexual author, having queer characters feature prominently in her novels, alongside her Scottish heritage is hugely important to her. -
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S. F. Williamson is fascinated by the way languages are born and was surrounded by them long before she undertook a degree in French and Italian.
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From her Grandma’s rolling Scottish R’s and her Nan’s ability to slip from English to Welsh, to the dialect spoken in the French village she grew up in, Steph has always known that languages are creatures that live and move and breathe.
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Brittney Arena
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When she’s not penning tales, Brittney spends her time obsessing over k-dramas, playing with her camera, and waging war against ungodly amounts of pet hair. She currently resides in North Carolina with her husband and two pups, and is always ready for the next adventure, whether it be on page or in real life. A Dance of Lies is her debut novel.
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Anna Fiteni
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Her debut YA fantasy novel, The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire, is due out on August 28th 2025 from Electric Monkey in the UK and on September 9th 2025 from Little, Brown Young Readers in the USA.