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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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.

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 […]

Albert Alla

Born in the South of France, Albert Alla moved back and forth between St Tropez and Nice

Shani Boianjiu

Shani Boianjiu was born in 1987 in Jerusalem, and she served in the Israeli Defense Forces for two

Gyles Brandreth

BBC One Show reporter, Radio 4 Just A Minute regular and master raconteur, multiple five-star award-

John Bradshaw

John is a biologist who founded and directs the world-renowned Anthrozoology Institute, based at

Dan Burt

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

Tom Cheshire

Author of The Explorer Gene, Tom Cheshire read Classics at Cambridge University, where he

Susan Choi

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

Jonathan Coe

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

Emma Cook

EMMA COOK is an editor at The Guardian and a writer specialising in parenting,

Joan Breton Connelly

JOAN BRETON CONNELLY is a classical archaeologist

Andrew Davidson

Andrew Davidsonis an award-winning journalist; he was the author of The Sunday Times

Tonke Dragt

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

Umberto Eco

UMBERTO ECO is an Italian writer, philosopher, semiotician and literary critic.

Dave Eggers

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

Shereen El Feki

Shereen El Feki is a writer, broadcaster, and academic. She started her professional life in the

Mike French is the owner and senior editor of the prestigious literary

Andrea Gillies

Andrea Gillies has had a diverse career, encompassing writing, publicity work, travel and reference

Caroline Goyder

Caroline Goyder is a voice, presentation and public speaking expert and mentor, and a popular speaker

Stephen Grosz

Stephen Grosz is a practising psychoanalyst—he has worked with patients for more than twenty-five

Matt Haydock

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

Alexandra Heminsley

Alexandra Heminsley is a journalist, broadcaster and ghostwriter.

Victoria Hislop (Editor)

Victoria Hislop’s first novel, The Island, was number one for eight consectutive weeks and has sold

Justin Huggler

Justin Huggler, former foreign correspondent for The Independent, author of Burden of the Desert

Nigel Jones

Nigel Jones is former deputy editor of History Today and a former reviews editor for BBC

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

Emma Kavanagh

Emma Kavanagh was born and raised in South Wales. After graduating with a PhD

Gideon Lewis-Kraus

Gideon Lewis-Kraus has written for numerous US publications, including Harper’s, The Believer,

Yiyun Li

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

William Nicholson

William Nicholson is the author of Reckless and Motherland. His plays include Shadowlands and Life Story.

Jamie Mason

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

Jonathan Mayo

JONATHAN MAYO is a freelance TV and radio producer who has written scripts for over 20 BBC

Megan McArdle

Megan McArdle is a columnist for Bloomberg View, she is the author of The Upside of Down

Al Murray

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

Lipika Pelham

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

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.

Ben Ramalingam

BEN RAMALINGAM is an independent researcher, consultant and writer specialising

Nick Reyniers

Nick studied Illustration and Animation at university where he discovered his passion for character

Michael Russell

Author of The City of Strangers, after reading English at Oxford, Michael joined Yorkshire Television

Laetitia Rutherford

Laetitia Rutherford grew up in London, apart from holidays spent with her maternal family in France.

Ali Smith

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

Juan Pablo Villalobos

Juan Pablo Villalobos was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1973. His first novel, Down the Rabbit Hole

Martyn Waites

Martyn Waites was born and raised in Newcastle Upon Tyne. He has written nine novels

Fay Weldon

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

Gong Ji-Young

GONG JI-YOUNG is one of Korea’s most beloved and critically acclaimed novelists. She has sold