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Keith Miller is an American citizen, but has spent most of his life in East and North Africa. His first novel, The Book of Flying, was published by Riverhead Books in 2004. Ursula K. Le Guin said of the book that it was “original in concept, elegant in language, funny, cruel, and tender,” and Booklist called it “A beau....[more]

Ken Follett

Architecture, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Criticism, Political Science, Social Science, True Crime

Well known as a writer of international best sellers, Ken Follett was born in Wales and began his career as a newspaper reporter in Wales and in London. His first bestselling novel, The Eye of the Needle, won the Edgar Award and was adapted as a film starring Kate Nelligan and Donald Sutherland. He followed this succes....[more]

Michael Lassell

Michael Lassell (1947 - ) is a professional writer and editor. Born in New York City; July 15, 1947 * Parents: Michael Joseph Lassell (1917-2006) and Catherine Elizabeth (née Harneit) Lassell (b. 1920); no siblings * Education: Great Neck South High School (grad. 1965); Colgate University (B.A. 1969); California Insti....[more]

John Updike

Architecture, Art, Biography & Autobiography, Drama, Fiction, History, Humor, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections, Literary Criticism, Music, Performing Arts, Poetry, Religion, Sports & Recreation

American novelist, poet, and critic John Updike was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on March 18, 1932. He received an A.B. degree from Harvard University, which he attended on a scholarship, in 1954. After graduation, he accepted a one-year fellowship to study painting at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxfo....[more]

John A. Rice

Architecture, Biography & Autobiography, Music

Titus Burckhardt

TITUS BURCKHARDT, a German Swiss, was born in Florence in 1908 and died in Lausanne in 1984. An eminent member of the perennialist school, he is perhaps best known to the general public as an art historian. He won much acclaim for producing and publishing the first successful full-scale facsimiles of the Book of Kells,....[more]

Sarah Susanka

Best-selling author, architect and cultural visionary Sarah Susanka is leading a movement to redefine the American home and lifestyle. Her "build better, not bigger" approach to residential architecture has been embraced across the country, and her "Not So Big" philosophy is evolving beyond our physical habitations and....[more]

Edward Albee

Edward Albee was born on March 12, 1928. He was adopted as an infant by Reid Albee, the son of Edward Franklin Albee of the powerful Keith-Albee vaudeville chain. He was raised in great affluence and sent to preparatory and military schools. ending his formal education after a year and a half at Trinity College in Hart....[more]

Tag Goulet

Marcel Duchamp

Architecture, Art, Games

Michael Larsen

Born and educated in New York City, Michael Larsen worked for Bantam, William Morrow and Pyramid (now part of Berkley). He and his wife Elizabeth Pomada and started Larsen-Pomada Literary Agents in San Francisco in 1972. They are founding members of Association of Authors’ Representatives and have sold books,mostly by ....[more]

Tracy Kidder

Architecture, Biography & Autobiography, Education, Fiction, Law, Medical, Technology & Engineering

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Architecture, Art, Family & Relationships, Fiction, House & Home

Barbara Taylor Bradford, Writer Barbara Taylor Bradford was born in Upper Armley, Leeds, in Yorkshire to Winston and Freda Taylor. Freda Taylor was a children's nurse and nanny and introduced her daughter to books at the age of four. At the age of fifteen, Barbara was working as a typist for the Yorkshire Evening Post.....[more]

Sandra Dallas

Architecture, Art, Biography & Autobiography, Crafts & Hobbies, Fiction, History, Travel

Ruth Greenstein

Architecture, Technology & Engineering

Jim Woods

Architecture

Clarke Snell

Katherine Gleason

Katherine A. Gleason has approximately thirty books to her credit, including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft (co-authored with Denise Zimmermann). In addition to adult books, she has written numerous books for young people. She particularly enjoys researching books about animals, science, and far awa....[more]

Kurt Boone

I have been writing since high school. Now on my thirtheen manuscript and 6 independently published books. I write stories about life in New York City and Urban America in poetry, essays and memoirs. I have been feature in the New York Daily News and the New York Times. My stories have been adapted for television, ....[more]