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Kiley Reid is an American author out of Philadelphia who burst on the scene with her hit debut novel, Such a Fun Age. The book, according to Reid, explores “class dynamics in tiny microcultures” and this book explores how class works within the world of babysitting. The novel is set in Philadelphia where Reid herself […]
Justina Ireland is an American science fiction and fantasy author. She is best known as the author of Dread Nation and the Devils’ Nation series. She is also the author of the middle-grade Star Wars novels.
Emile Zola was a French novelist, playwright, and journalist. He is well known as the self-proclaimed leader of the literary school of French naturalism. Zola’s naturalism is a style that traces philosophically to Auguste Comte’s positivism, but also to physiologist Claude Bernard and historian Hippolyte Taine. His book, The Experimental Novel is considered a naturalistic […]
Helen Oyeyemi is a British novelist of general fiction and fantasy novels. She wrote her first novel while studying for her A-levels at high school. She studied social and political sciences at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University. During this time, she had two of her plays performed by students (and received critical acclaim). Her novel […]
Emily Bronte was an English author best known as the author of the classic piece of English literature, Wuthering Heights. In addition, she also published a book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte and Anne titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. The poems that she wrote in this edition are regarded to be […]
Jeanine Cummins is an American author best known for writing the A Rip in Heaven. In addition to that, she is also the author of multiple novels including The Outside Boy, The Crooked Branch, and American Dirt.
Bianca D’Arc is an author best known for writing paranormal romance novels. She is best known as the long running Grizzly Cove series, but she has several other book series that she’s written.
Elizabeth Acevedo is an American author best known as the author of The Poet X which won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and the Walter Award. In addition to her work as an author, she is also a […]
Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) was an American author of crime fiction novels. He is the author of the Charlie Chan series. He attended Harvard University. Biggers was never one for what was considered classic literature at the time, instead preferring the works of Rudyard Kipling and Richard Harding Davis. He got hired for by the […]
Eleanor Alice Buford Hibbert is an English author who wrote numerous novels under the pen name of Jean Plaidy. As Jean Plaidy, she wrote the popular Tudor Saga series of books as well as the Stuart Saga series and others.