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Margaret Peterson Haddix is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction and suspense novels, among other genres, especially targeted at young adults. She is best known for her series The Missing and the Shadow Children. She started out as a copy editor for a newspaper, a newspaper reporter and a freelance writer.

John Winslow Irving is an American novelist of general fiction, historical fiction and political thriller novels. He is also a screenwriter, having won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1999 for the screenplay The Cider House Rules. Irving tends to use common or recurring subjects in his work that include sex workers, bears, […]

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English author who is considered to be the greatest novelist of the Victorian Era. He is best known for works such as Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and lots more. His work was praised for its humour, satire and observations of society.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish author who was best known for his works Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Although during his lifetime, he was praised and made a celebrity, he was relegated to a “second class writer” by authors such as Virginia Woolf following World War I. […]

Maeve Binchy (1940-2012) was an Irish author who wrote about small-town life in Ireland with a humourous slant. Her novels often contained surprise endings. Her success as a novelist caused her to become one of Ireland’s richest women. Binchy passed away in 2012 after a short illness.

Nicholas Evans is an English author, journalist, screenwriter and film producer. He is best known for his debut novel The Horse Whisperer, which was adapted to film by Robert Redford (who directed and starred in the film). His novel The Smoke Jumper has also been optioned.

Siri Mitchell is an American author of general, historical and romantic fiction. She is a military spouse and thus has lived all over the world and enjoys learning about different cultures. Before signing with a publisher, Siri had already written four books and received 153 rejections.

Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American author. Melville would gain fame in the 1840s, but it would be short lived and by his death, he was barely remembered. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick, which is unanimously considered to be a literary classic. However, interestingly enough, the book didn’t even sell out its […]

44 Scotland Street is a series of suspense/general fiction novels by Scottish novelist Alexander McCall Smith. The series focuses on a block of the New Town neighbourhood in Edinburgh, Scotland. The neighbourhood is full of characters, but the main character is a female student named Pat MacGregor, who lives at 44 Scotland Street.

The Godmothers is a series of women’s fiction novels by American novelist Fern Michaels. The series also has elements of suspense involved.