Order of Kiese Laymon Books
Kiese Laymon is an American author out of Mississippi. He is best known for writing Heavy: An American Memoir, which won the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, the 2018 Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose, and the Austen Riggs Erikson Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media. (more…)
Order of Kjell Ola Dahl Books
Kjell Ola Dahl is a Norweigan author best known for writing the Oslo Detectives series of Nordic noir. (more…)
Order of Joe Pulizzi Books
Joe Pulizzi is an author of thriller novels and non-fiction books. He is best known as an entrepreneur, but is also a speaker and podcaster. He has been at the helm of multiple startups, including Content Marketing Institute, which offers advisory services for innovative organizations such as HP, AT&T, Petco, LinkedIn, SAP, the Gates Foundation and many others. Joe has delivered keynote speeches for events and organizations including SXSW, NAMM, Fortune Magazine’s Leadership Summit, Nestle, General Motors, Oracle, DuPont, SAP, HP and Dell. (more…)
Order of Joan Druett Books
Joan Druett is a New Zealand author of historical fiction and non-fiction books. She specializes in maritime history. Joan earned her B.A. in English literature from Victoria University of Wellington. She worked as a biology and English literature teacher for years. She also travelled abroad to Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Middle East. Joan didn’t get published until she was 40, but she had always wanted to since she was a teenager. She and her husband Ron have two sons and six grandchildren. (more…)
Order of Jessie Mihalik Books
Jessie Mihalik is an American author of science fiction novels. She writes the Rogue Queen and the Consortium Rebellion series. Jessie has a degree in Computer Science and is a software engineer by trade. She now writes full-time from her home in Central Texas. She loves all things geekdom has to offer, and can be found playing video games with her husband (in co-op), playing the newest board games, as well as hiking and reading. (more…)
Order of Jessica Moor Books
Jessica Moor is an English author of literary thriller novels. She studied English at Cambridge before earning her MA degree in Creative Writing at Manchester University. She has also spent time working in the violence against women and girls sector, which has inspired her first novel (The Keeper). (more…)
Order of Jerome K. Jerome Books
Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927) was an English author and humourist. He is best known for the travelogue Three Men in a Boat. He was born in Caldmore, Walsall, England. Jerome spent some time as a stage actor, and after trying to become a journalist, essayist and short story writer, he finally found success writing about his experiences as an actor, and he would continue basing his work off his real-life experiences. (more…)
Order of Saul Black Books
Saul Black is an English author best known for writing the Valerie Hart series of books. The first book in the series is The Killing Lessons, released in 2015. Saul Black is actually a pen name used by British author Glen Duncan. (more…)
Order of Jennifer Steil Books
Jennifer Steil is an American author of fiction and non-fiction books. She has lived in several different countries. She edited a newspaper in Yemen, where she lived for four years. She was pregnant when she was kidnapped, which became the beginning of her novel The Ambassador’s Wife. Later, she and her infant daughter were evacuated after her British diplomat husband was attacked by a suicide bomber. She has moved around a lot since, drawing from these experiences for her novels. (more…)
Order of Sally Hepworth Books
Sally Hepworth is a bestselling author best known for writing The Good Sister and Mother In Law. She had Mother In Law optioned for a TV series by Amy Poehler. (more…)