Haruki Murakami is a bestselling award-winning Japanese writer whose work has been translated into 50 languages. He is known for exploring genres like science fiction, fantasy, and crime fiction, and has become known for its use of magical realist elements. Inspired by authors like Raymond Chandler, Kurt Vonnegut, and Richard Brautigan, Haruki Murakami’s most notable…
Before transitioning to his career as a novelist, Richard Osman garnered fame as a prominent English television presenter, producer, and comedian. His television journey began in the realm of British game shows, where he played a pivotal role in creating and hosting “Pointless” for BBC One alongside Alexander Armstrong, a partnership that continued until 2022….
American novelist, Linda Castillo started her literary career writing romance and romantic suspense novels, but she’s mostly known today for the successful Kate Burkholder series. Crime thrillers that are set in Amish country, those novels are about Kate has been asked to return to Painters Mill as Chief of Police. Linda Castillo’s other passion is…
From a young age, Elizabeth Strout was drawn to writing things down and spent hours in the local library. In 1982, she graduated and received a law degree, and had her first story published in New Letters magazine. She rose to prominence in 1998 with her book Amy and Isabelle, adapted into a television movie…
Jean-Luc Bannalec is a French-sounding pseudonym used by German editor, publicist, photographer, and writer Jörg Bong. He used it to write his Brittany Mystery series. The series follows the cantankerous Parisian-born Commissaire Georges Dupin and his team as they investigate a murder mystery in the Britanny province, a peninsula in the west of France. How…
Ex-freelance journalist, John Connolly is now an Irish author who is known for writing supernatural crime thrillers, young adult fantasy, and science-fiction series. Connolly is mostly known for his series of novels starring the anti-hero private detective Charlie Parker, a former police officer hunting the killer of his wife and daughter. Since 2009, he has…
British author Lisa Jewell used to work in fashion retail. But after being made redundant, she accepted a challenge from her friend that led her to write the first three chapters of what would become her first novel, Ralph’s Party. Since then, she wrote a sequel to Ralph’s Party, but also a lot of standalone…
Best-selling American author Patricia Cornwell doesn’t really need an introduction. Her series about the investigations of medical examiner Kay Scarpetta turned this former reporter into one of the biggest names on the literary scene, and one of the most influential. Dr. Kay Scarpetta is a forensic pathologist who uses her expertise to solve crimes –…
A former journalist for United Press International and CNN, Daniel Silva is today mostly known for his work as a bestselling writer of thriller and espionage novels. Silva always wanted to write, but it was not after a good decade working as a journalist that he tried his hand at writing a novel. His first…
Born on 30 March 1959 in Essex, England to Irish Catholic, Martina Cole is the youngest of five children. Before becoming a writer, Cole has been a cleaner, a wine waitress, an agency nurse, and a supermarket shelf-stacker. Her breakthrough came in 1991 with Dangerous Lady, and since then, Martina Cole has published more than…
Ann Cleeves, a renowned English author, has left an indelible mark in the world of crime fiction, with her most notable works encompassing The Vera Stanhope novels, which have been adapted into the beloved TV detective series Vera, and the enthralling Jimmy Perez novels forming the basis for the captivating Shetland series. In 1986, Ann…
Kate Mosse is an English writer and broadcaster, mostly known for her book Labyrinth. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked in publishing. She also writes for various newspapers and magazines, is a regular guest on UK radio and television, and has presented a few shows. Mosse was appointed Officer of the Order of the…
