Peter J. Conradi

Peter J. Conradi is English Professor Emeritus at Kingston University. He is known as the official biographer of Iris Murdoch, whose essays and letters he also collected and edited, in separate volumes. He has also written a study of Murdoch’s novels. In addition, he is the biographer of the soldier-poet Frank Thompson, the author of a […]

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Nick Potter

Nick Potter is a registered osteopath who specialises in cervical spine injuries as well as head, neck and facial pain syndromes. Since qualifying in 1993, he has split his time between his clinical practice and performance medicine. He has worked with elite track athletes, professional golfers, tennis players and Formula 1 drivers. And over the […]

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Phoebe Robinson

Phoebe Robinson is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actress who has been recognised by Bust, Vulture.com, Essence, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Buzzfeed.com as a rising star, as well as the author of the New York Times bestseller, You Can’t Touch My Hair.  Most recently, she and Jessica Williams turned their hit WNYC Studios podcast, […]

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Deena Kastor with Michelle Hamilton

DEENA KASTOR is an Olympic medallist and the American record holder in the marathon – the first American woman to run under 2:20 in the marathon. She lives in Mammoth Lakes, California. MICHELLE HAMILTON is a health and fitness journalist.  Her work has appeared in Runner’s World, Bicycling, Women’s Health and other publications.

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Sherry Turkle

Sherry Turkle has spent the last 30 years studying the psychology of people’s relationships with technology. She is the Abby Rockefeller Mauze Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT. A licensed clinical psychologist, she is the founder and director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. Turkle is the author […]

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Dan Burt

Dan Burt is a writer whose poetry and prose have appeared in PN Review , the TLS , the Financial

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Susan Choi

Susan Choi was born in South Bend, Indiana, and grew up there and in Houston, Texas. She studied

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Jonathan Coe

Jonathan Coe is a contributor to ‘Save the Story’ series, Pushkin Children’s Books. See current

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Tonke Dragt

Tonke Dragt was born in Jakarta in 1930 and spent most of her childhood in Indonesia. When she

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Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers is a contributor to ‘Save the Story’ series, Pushkin Children’s Books. See current

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Matt Haydock

Matt studied fine art and then worked as a development producer for television before leaving the

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Dinah Jefferies

Dinah Jefferies was born in Malaya in 1948 and moved to England at the age of 9. The Separation is her first book.

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Yiyun Li

YIYUN LI (b. 1972) is a prize-winning short story writer and novelist. Named by Granta

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Jamie Mason

Jamie Mason was born in Oklahoma City, but grew up in Washington, DC. She currently lives with her

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Al Murray

Al Murray is one of the most successful and recognisable comedians in the UK and best know

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Lipika Pelham

Lipika Pelham is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist who spent her childhood in a dusty Bengali

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George Prochnik

George Prochnik’s essays, poetry, and fiction have appeared in numerous journals. The Impossible Exile, Stefan Zweig At The End Of The World is out in May.

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Ali Smith

Ali Smith is a contributor to ‘Save the Story’ series, Pushkin Children’s Books. See current campaigns.

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Fay Weldon

Fay Weldon’s credits as writer of fiction include classic novels like The Life and Loves of a She Devil

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