Walter Macken

Walter Macken was an Irish writer of short stories, novels and plays.

Originally an actor, principally with the Tadhbhearc in Galway, and The Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway in MJ Molloy's The King of Friday’s Men and his own play Home is the Hero. He also acted in films, notably in Brendan Behan’s The Quare Fellow. With the success of his third book, Rain on the Wind, he devoted his time to writing. His plays include Mungo’s Mansion (1946) and Home is the Hero (1952).

His novels include I Am Alone (1949); Rain on the Wind (1950); The Bogman (1952); and the historical trilogy Seek the Fair Land (1959), The Silent People (1962) and The Scorching Wind (1964). His short stories were collected in The Green Hills (1956), God Made S

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Conrad W. Baars

Conrad W. Baars, M.D., (January 2, 1919 – October 18, 1981) was a Catholic psychiatrist. His most prominent work is with Dr. Anna Terruwe in the study of the human emotional life. Their general idea is that many emotional disturbances in a human stem from a lack of experiencing unconditional love during his or her life. He and Terruwe are known for their model of Emotional Deprivation Disorder and a different approach to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

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Eleanor H. Porter

Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter (December 19, 1868 – May 21, 1920) was an American novelist. She was born as Eleanor Emily Hodgman in Littleton, New Hampshire on December 19, 1868, the daughter of Llewella French (née Woolson) and Francis Fletcher Hodgman. She was trained as a singer, attending New England Conservatory for several years. In 1892, she married John Lyman Porter and relocated to Massachusetts, after which she began writing and publishing her short stories and later novels. She died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 21, 1920 and was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
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John Brendan Keane

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Cornell Woolrich

Cornell Woolrich is widely regarded as the twentieth century’s finest writer of pure suspense fiction. The author of numerous classic novels and short stories (many of which were turned into classic films) such as Rear Window, The Bride Wore Black, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Waltz Into Darkness, and I Married a Dead Man, Woolrich began his career in the 1920s writing mainstream novels that won him comparisons to F. Scott Fitzgerald. The bulk of his best-known work, however, was written in the field of crime fiction, often appearing serialized in pulp magazines or as paperback novels. Because he was prolific, he found it necessary to publish under multiple pseudonyms, including "William Irish" and "George Hopley" [...] Woolrich lived a l
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Niall Williams

Niall Williams studied English and French Literature at University College Dublin and graduated with a MA in Modern American Literature. He moved to New York in 1980 where he married Christine Breen. His first job in New York was opening boxes of books in Fox and Sutherland's Bookshop in Mount Kisco. He later worked as a copywriter for Avon Books in New York City before leaving America with Chris in 1985 to attempt to make a life as a writer in Ireland. They moved on April 1st to the cottage in west Clare that Chris's grandfather had left eighty years before to find his life in America.

His first four books were co-written with Chris and tell of their life together in Co Clare.

In 1991 Niall's first play THE MURPHY INITIATIVE was staged at Th
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José Mauro de Vasconcelos

José Mauro was born in Rio de Janeiro on February 26 of 1920. His family was very poor, and when he was still very young, he migrated to Natal where relatives took care of him. Entering the Medical Faculty, José abandoned the course of studies in his second year and returned to Rio de Janeiro.[citation needed] There he worked as a boxing instructor and even as a painter's model.

José iniciated his literature with the novel Banana Brava. His greatest success was his novel Meu Pé de Laranja Lima, that tells about his own personal experiences and the shocks he suffered in his childhood with the abrupt changes of life.

José was part Indian and part Portuguese. He passed his childhood in Natal. When he was 9 years old, he learned to swim, and with
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Seichō Matsumoto

Seicho Matsumoto (松本清張, Matsumoto Seichō), December 21, 1909 – August 4, 1992) was a Japanese writer.

Matsumoto's works created a new tradition of Japanese crime fiction. Dispensing with formulaic plot devices such as puzzles, Matsumoto incorporated elements of human psychology and ordinary life into his crime fiction. In particular, his works often reflect a wider social context and postwar nihilism that expanded the scope and further darkened the atmosphere of the genre. His exposé of corruption among police officials as well as criminals was a new addition to the field. The subject of investigation was not just the crime but also the society in which the crime was committed.

The self-educated Matsumoto did not see his first book in print u
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Fintan O'Toole

Fintan O'Toole is a columnist, assistant editor and drama critic for The Irish Times. O'Toole was born in Dublin and was partly educated at University College Dublin. He has written for the Irish Times since 1988 and was drama critic for the New York Daily News from 1997 to 2001. He is a literary critic, historical writer and political commentator, with generally left-wing views. He was and continues to be a strong critic of corruption in Irish politics, in both the Haughey era and continuing to the present.

O'Toole has criticised what he sees as negative attitudes towards immigration in Ireland, the state of Ireland's public services, growing inequality during Ireland's economic boom, the Iraq War and the American military's use of Shannon
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Keigo Higashino

Associated Names:
* Keigo Higashino
* 東野圭吾 (Japanese)
* 東野圭吾 (Traditional Chinese)
* ฮิงาชิโนะ เคโงะ (Thai)

Keigo Higashino (東野圭吾) is one of the most popular and biggest selling fiction authors in Japan—as well known as James Patterson, Dean Koontz or Tom Clancy are in the USA.

Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co.　(presently DENSO). He won the Edogawa Rampo Prize, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago (After School) at age 27. Subsequently, he quit his job and started a career as a writer in Tokyo.

In 1999, he won the Mystery Writers of Japan Inc award for the novel Himitsu (The Secret), which was translated into English by Kerim Yasar and pu
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William B. Irvine

William B Irvine is professor of philosophy at Wright State University. The author of seven books, including A Guide to the Good Life, he has also written for the Huffington Post, Salon, Time, and the BBC. He lives in Dayton, Ohio.
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Claire Keegan

Claire Keegan was raised on a farm in Wicklow. She completed her undergraduate studies at Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana and subsequently earned an MA at The University of Wales and an M.Phil at Trinity College, Dublin.

Her first collection of stories, Antarctica, was a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year. Her second, Walk the Blue Fields, was Richard Ford’s book of the year. Her works have won several awards including The Hugh Leonard Bursary, The Macaulay Fellowship, The Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, The Martin Healy Prize, The Olive Cook Award, The Kilkenny Prize, The Tom Gallon Award and The William Trevor Prize, judged by William Trevor. Twice was Keegan the recipient of the Francis MacManus Award. She was also a Wingate
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Sarah Cohen-Scali

Sarah Cohen-Scali is a French writer. She also publishes under the pseudonym Sarah K. She holds a degree in philosophy and studied dramatic arts before beginning her career writing for children. She has published around twenty books for young readers as well as for adults, particularly crime novels. She began writing at the age of 29.
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Jo Nesbø

Jo Nesbø is a bestselling Norwegian author and musician. He was born in Oslo and grew up in Molde. Nesbø graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics with a degree in economics. Nesbø is primarily famous for his crime novels about Detective Harry Hole, but he is also the main vocals and songwriter for the Norwegian rock band Di Derre. In 2007 Nesbø also released his first children's book, Doktor Proktors Prompepulver.

Series:
* Harry Hole
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Phùng Quán

Năm 1945, ông tham gia Vệ quốc quân, là chiến sĩ trinh sát Trung đoàn 101 (tiền thân là Trung đoàn Trần Cao Vân). Sau đó ông tham gia Thiếu sinh quân Liên khu IV, đoàn Văn công Liên khu IV.
Đầu năm 1954, ông làm việc tại Cơ quan sinh hoạt Văn nghệ quân đội thuộc Tổng Cục Chính trị Quân đội Nhân dân Việt Nam (tiền thân của Tạp chí Văn nghệ Quân đội).
Tác phẩm đầu tay Vượt Côn Đảo của ông được giải thưởng của Hội Nhà văn Việt Nam năm 1955. Về quá trình viết tác phẩm này, trong di cảo hồi ký "Tôi đã trở thành nhà văn như thế nào" do Nhà xuất bản Văn Nghệ thành phố Hồ Chí Minh xuất bản năm 2007, ông kể nhiều chi tiết rất thú vị về sự ngẫu nhiên và tình cờ đưa ông từ một người lính trở thành một nhà văn và những oan khuất phải gánh chịu nhưng với
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Luis Sepúlveda

(Ovalle, Chile, 1949 – Oviedo, España, 2020) Luis Sepúlveda was a Chilean writer, film director, journalist and political activist. Exiled during the Pinochet regime, most of his work was written in Germany and Spain, where he lived until his death.

Author of more than thirty books, translated into more than fifty languages, highlighting An Old Man Who Read Love Stories (Tusquets Ed., 2019) and The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Him to Fly (Tusquets Ed., 1996). Among his numerous awards are the Gabriela Mistral Poetry Award (Chile), the Primavera Novel Award (Spain) and the Chiara Award for Literary Career (Italy). Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France, and doctor honoris causa by the universities of Toulon (France) an
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Jane Casey

She studied English at Jesus College, Oxford, followed by an mPhil in Anglo-Irish Literature at Trinity College, Dublin
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Annet Schaap

Annet Schaap wilde altijd al tekenaar worden, of schrijver, of ontdekkingsreizigster.

Ze studeerde aan twee kunstacademies en een schrijversschool.

Sinds 1991 illustreerde ze bijna 200 kinderboeken en is in Nederland het meest bekend door haar tekeningen bij de succesvolle Hoe Overleef Ik-serie van Francine Oomen. Maar ze illustreerde ook veel boeken van andere geliefde schrijvers, zoals Janneke Schotveld, Manon Sikkel, Jacques Vriens, Annie M.G. Schmidt en Astrid Lindgren.

Met haar Canadese man Tom en hun zoontje Jonas (2009) trok ze een paar jaar lang in een camper door Noord en Midden Amerika. Lees hier meer over hun avonturen: http://www.annetschaap.com/category/r...

Nu woont ze weer gewoon in Utrecht en tekent en schrijft om en om.
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Hector Malot

Hector Malot was a French writer born in La Bouille, Seine-Maritime. He studied law in Rouen and Paris, but eventually literature became his passion. He worked as a dramatic critic for Lloyd Francais and as a literary critic for L'Opinion Nationale.
His first book, published in 1859, was Les Amants. In total Malot wrote over 70 books. By far his most famous book is Sans Famille (Nobody's Boy, 1878), which deals with the travels of the young orphan Remi, who is sold to the streetmusician Vitalis at age 10. Sans Famille gained fame as a children's book, though it was not originally intended as such.
He announced his retirement as an author of fiction in 1895, but in 1896 he returned with the novel L'amour Dominateur as well as the account of hi
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Máirtín Ó Cadhain

Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906 – 18 October 1970) was one of the most prominent Irish language writers of the twentieth century.

Máirtín Ó Cadhain was born in Cois Fharraige in the Connamara Gaeltacht in 1906. He is best known for his major novel, Cré na Cille (Dublin, Sáirséal agus Dill, 1949). It has been translated into English as Graveyard Clay, and into many other languages, including Danish and Norwegian. However, it was not published in English until 2015.

His short story collections include Idir Shúgradh agus Dáiríre, 1939, and An Braon Broghach, 1948, from which Eoghan Ó Tuairisc translated stories published under the title Road to Bright City (Dublin, Poolbeg Press, 1981); An tSraith ar Lár, (1967); and An tSraith Dhá Thógáil (1970).
A nati
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Nguyễn Nhật Ánh

Nguyễn Nhật Ánh là tên và cũng là bút danh của một nhà văn Việt Nam chuyên viết cho tuổi mới lớn. Ông sinh ngày 7 tháng 5 năm 1955 tại huyện Thăng Bình, Quảng Nam.

Cuộc đời và sự nghiệp

Thuở nhỏ ông theo học tại các trường Tiểu La, Trần Cao Vân và Phan Chu Trinh. Từ 1973 Nguyễn Nhật Ánh chuyển vào sống tại Sài Gòn, theo học ngành sư phạm. Ông đã từng đi Thanh niên xung phong, dạy học, làm công tác Đoàn Thanh niên Cộng Sản Hồ Chí Minh. Từ 1986 đến nay ông là phóng viên nhật báo Sài Gòn Giải Phóng, lần lượt viết về sân khấu, phụ trách mục tiểu phẩm, phụ trách trang thiếu nhi và hiện nay là bình luận viên thể thao trên báo Sài Gòn Giải Phóng Chủ nhật với bút danh Chu Đình Ngạn. Ngoài ra, Nguyễn Nhật Ánh còn có những bút danh khác như Anh Bồ Câu,
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Tô Hoài

Nhà văn Tô Hoài (1920-2014) là một trong những cây bút văn xuôi tiêu biểu của văn học Việt Nam hiện đại. Ông là tác giả của hàng trăm cuốn sách thuộc nhiều thể loại: Truyện ngắn, tiểu thuyết, bút ký, tự truyện... Trong số đó nổi tiếng nhất là tác phẩm Dế Mèn phiêu lưu ký viết cho thiếu nhi từ những năm trước Cách mạng.
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Nguyên Hồng

Sinh trưởng trong một gia đình nghèo, mồ côi cha, từ nhỏ theo mẹ ra Hải Phòng kiếm sống trong các xóm chợ nghèo.

Nguyên Hồng ham đọc sách từ nhỏ. ông thường dành tiền thuê sách để đọc và dường như đọc hết những quyển sách mình thích ở cửa hàng cho thuê sách tại Nam Định. Loại sách Nguyên Hồng thích thuở nhỏ là truyện lịch sử Trung Hoa, trong đó những nhân vật có khí phách ngang tàng, trung dũng, những hảo hán chiếm cảm tình của ông nhiều nhất.

Nguyên Hồng bắt đầu viết văn từ năm 1936 với truyện ngắn "Linh Hồn" đăng trên Tiểu thuyết thứ 7. Đến năm 1937, ông thực sự gây được tiếng vang trên văn đàn với tiểu thuyết "Bỉ Vỏ". Tiểu thuyết "Bỉ vỏ" là bức tranh xã hội sinh động về thân phận những "con người nhỏ bé dưới đáy" như Tám Bính, Năm Sài Gòn.
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William Maxwell

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William Keepers Maxwell Jr. was an American novelist, and fiction editor at the New Yorker. He studied at the University of Illinois and Harvard University. Maxwell wrote six highly acclaimed novels, a number of short stories and essays, children's stories, and a memoir, Ancestors (1972). His award-winning fiction, which is increasingly seen as some of the most important of the 20th Century, has recurring themes of childhood, family, loss and lives changed quietly and irreparably. Much of his work is autobiographical, particularly concerning the loss of his mother when he was 10 years old growing up in the rural Midwest of America and the house where he liv
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Nguyễn Triệu Luật

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Doo Vandenis

Là một bạn trẻ thuộc thế hệ gen Z, học Công nghệ thông tin và đam mê viết truyện, Doo Vandenis được biết đến là tác giả của những tác phẩm trinh thám bí ẩn hấp dẫn và đầy cuốn hút.

Cô cũng hoạt động năng nổ trên các trang web sáng tác văn học và tác phẩm do cô viết được đông đảo bạn trẻ Việt Nam yêu mến và đánh giá cao. Những câu chuyện của Doo Vandenis thường xoay quanh những tình huống khó khăn, những bí mật được giấu kín, cuộc chiến giữa thiện – ác, và cả những cú “twist” ngoạn mục, khiến độc giả không thể rời mắt khỏi trang sách.

Các manh mối được cô cài cắm khéo léo, mỗi trang sách mở ra là người đọc đang vén một lớp rèm của bí ẩn, để rồi đến cuối cùng, mọi người đều phải thốt lên: “Ồ, hóa ra là vậy”.
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Michael Magee

Michael Magee was born and grew up in West Belfast. He is the fiction editor of The Tangerine, and his work has appeared in Winter Papers, The Stinging Fly, and The Lifeboat, and in The 32: An Anthology of Irish Working-Class Writing. He recently received his PhD in creative writing from Queen’s University, Belfast.

In 2014, he published his first novel, The Blame, with Salt Publishing under the name Michael Nolan.

His second novel, Close to Home, was published by Hamish Hamilton in 2023.
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