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Debra Austin

Debra Austin is the pen name of Debra Grubb, who grew up in rural Minnesota, not far from Lake Wobegon. She has a BA in physics from Carleton College and an MD from the University of Southern California. Her husband has a black belt in astrophysics and her children are all above average. Paleoanthropology is her longti....[more]

Stoney Compton

Elizabeth Cunningham

Elizabeth Cunningham is the direct descendant of nine generations of Episcopal priests. She grew up hearing rich (sometimes terrifying) liturgical and biblical language. When she was not in church or school, she read fairytales and fantasy novels or wandered in the enchanted wood of an overgrown, abandoned estate next ....[more]

Dave Duncan

Fantasy author Dave Duncan was born in Scotland in 1933. He graduated from the University of St. Andrews in 1955 and moved to Canada. He worked for 31 years as a geologist in the petroleum industry. He started writing novels in 1984 and became a full-time author in 1986. He has written over 30 novels including the seri....[more]

Kathy Herman

Kathy Herman is no stranger to the Christian publishing industry. Before becoming a bestselling author and award-winning poet, Herman worked on staff at the Christian Booksellers Association for five years. She gained eleven years of bookstore experience as a children's products specialist and drew on that expertise t....[more]

Teel, 3rd McClanahan

Teel McClanahan is an Arizona native and a firm believer that in the changing future of the publishing industry, there will be room in "the long tail" for MicroPublishers and authors of revolutionary and sometimes unusual fiction. Along with experimental poetry, can't-put-it-down serial fiction, and engaging short fict....[more]

Robert J. Sawyer

Robert J. Sawyer was born in Ottawa on April 29, 1960, but raised in Toronto. In 1980, while still in high school, Sawyer submitted a short story to the the Rochester Museum and Science Center, which was running a contest for light show ideas. Sawyer didn't win, but the Museum purchased his story Motive anyway and it r....[more]

Kingsley Amis

Sir Kingsley William Amis was an English author who wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, short stories, radio and television scripts, books concerning social criticism, and was considered one of the “angry young men” of the 1950s. Moreover, as of 2008 The Times ranked him 9th on their list of 50 greatest B....[more]

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Emily Jane Brontë (July 30, 1818 - December 19, 1848) Brontë was born in Thornton, Yorkshire, England to Patrick Brontë (an Anglican Minister) and Maria Branwell Brontë, the fifth of six children. Both of her parents were writers, her mother having published an essay and her father having published four books and some ....[more]

Orson Scott Card

Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections, Literary Criticism, Reference, Religion, Social Science

Orson Scott Byron Walley Card, was born in 1951 and studied theater at Brigham Young University. He received his B.A. in 1975 and his M.A. in English in 1981. He wrote plays during that time, including Stone Tables (1973) and the musical, Father, Mother, Mother and Mom (1974). A Mormon, Scott served a two year mission ....[more]

Newt Gingrich

Biography & Autobiography, Fiction, History, Law, Medical, Political Science, Religion, Self-help

Newt Gingrich is one of the most colorful politicians in 20th century America. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1970, Gingrich rose to the position of Speaker when the Republicans gained control of Congress in 1995. A staunch conservative, Gingrich gained nationwide recognition with the successful ....[more]

Peter Ackroyd

Art, Biography & Autobiography, Fiction, History, Juvenile Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, Performing Arts

Peter Ackroyd was born in London in 1949. He graduated from Cambridge University and was a Fellow at Yale (1971-1973). A critically acclaimed and versatile writer, Ackroyd began his career while at Yale, publishing two volumes of poetry. He continued writing poetry until he began delving into historical fiction with Th....[more]