Boris Akunin (pen-name of Grigory Chkhartishvili) – famous as Russia’s leading detective and crime writer, Akunin also writes ‘serious’ literary novels as well as essay
On 17 May 2017 Balla and Ivana Dobrakovová were the first two Slovak authors to board the EurolitNetwork train to fame at Waterstones Piccadilly, with Rosie Goldsmith welcoming th
Ivana Dobrakovová graduated from Bratislava’s Comenius University with a degree in English and French (translation and interpreting). She is based in Turin where she works as a
Vesna Goldsworthy is Serbian – born in Belgrade in 1961, but living in London since 1986. She writes in English, her third language. She is Professor of Creative Writing at U
Vaseem Khan is the bestselling author of the Baby Ganesh Detective Agency novels, a cosy crime series based in Mumbai, India and featuring a baby elephant. The first book in the se
Rory MacLean is the author of 12 books including the ‘UK Top Ten’ Stalin’s Nose, a travelogue on eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Under the Dragon, Magic
Colombian-born Oscar Guardiola-Rivera is the author of What If Latin America Ruled the World? and Story of a Death Foretold, two award-winning accounts of Latin America today. He t
George Szirtes was born in Hungary in 1948 and came to England as a refugee in 1956. He published his first book of poems in English, The Slant Door, in 1979, which won the Faber M
Elif Shafak is an award-winning novelist, the most widely read female writer in Turkey and published in 47 languages. She is also a political commentator and an inspirational publi
Cristina Sánchez-Andrade is a powerful voice in contemporary Spanish literature, author of 8 novels. She made a splash in English and round the world with her latest novel The Wi
