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Nina Lakhani is a senior reporter for Guardian US, known for her insightful journalism

Ilya Leutin was born in 1986 in Kemerovo, West Siberia, USSR, into an indigenous Siberian family. In Moscow, he studied creative writing at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute and film directing at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. His first book, Ravshan’s Real Stories (published in 2012 under the nom de plume “Ravshan Saleddin”) was longlisted for Russia’s prestigious National Bestseller Award and shortlisted for the Debut Prize. Published in the UK by Paper + Ink, it was an English PEN Award winner.

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Lewis is a voluminous and witty writer whose groundbreaking work on Peter Sellers changed perceptions of the comedian and British humour. Likewise, his Seasonal Suicide Notes hit a nerve in UK culture. Upcoming work includes volumes on UK comedians, his Welsh background, and his consuming interest in Richard Burton.

Lightbown is an art historian and former director of Metal Works at The Victoria and Albert Museum. His latest volume on Crivellli is published by Yale University Press.

Luttwak is a military historian who has published groundbreaking works on war culture in ancient times. He is a founding member of IISS and a frequent commentator and adviser to world governments. Luttwak writes for journals including The London Review of Books. The Rise of China vs The Logic of Strategy is his most recent title, published by Harvard UP in 2012.

Alice Maddicott is a writer and artist from Somerset, England and the author of Cat Women and Tender Maps.

McKay was a writer of true crime books with Paul Ferris and Tommy Campbell.

Jamie Mollart runs his own advertising agency and has won awards for marketing. Over the years he has been widely published in magazines, been a guest on well-respected podcasts and blogs, and Patrick Neate called him 'quite a writer' on the Book Slam podcast. His novel, The Zoo, is published by Sandstone Press.

Mozley studied at King's College, Cambridge and went on to live in Buenos Aires and London. Her debut novel Elmet, was released by John Murray in 2017 to critical acclaim and, alongside winning the Polari Prize, was shortlisted for the Booker prize. Her second novel Hot Stew, also published by John Murray, was released in March 2021.

Victoria Nelson is an award-winning writer of fiction, memoir, literary criticism, and travel writing. Her work is lauded by Cynthia Ozick, Marina Warner and Neil Gaiman. Her books Gothicka and The Secret Life of Puppets were widely acclaimed studies on the literary supernatural and uncanny. She penned the introduction to Compulsory Games, a Robert Aickman anthology for the USA. Nelson currently splits her time between teaching a MFA Creative Writing Program at Goddard College, Vermont and UC Davis.

Eminent Hollywood script doctor, and former actor, Norman's first horror novels will come out from JournalStone next year.

Robert is a journalist specialising in football in Eastern Europe. His book 'Blood and Circuses' (Biteback, 2020), focuses on the fringes of the former communist world, and investigates how the game has helped heal social fractures in these regions.

O'Brien is internationally recognised for his contributions in human and comparative genetics. For 25 years he was Chief of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. O'Brien has authored and co-authored over 750 scientific articles and edited 14 science volumes. His popular science book, Tears of the Cheetah, is published by St. Martin's Press.

Emy Onuora is a Liverpool based writer and lecturer on issues of race, ethnicity and sport. 'Pitch Black', his history of black footballers in Britain, was a lead title for Biteback Publishing.

Christopher Othen is an English writer based in Eastern Europe. His career has spanned law, journalism, and teaching. He writes about mercenaries, war crimes, political extremists, and once drank with a man who knew Bin Laden. Othen's books include ‘Franco's International Brigades’ (2013), ‘Katanga 1960-63: Mercenaries, Spies, and the African Nation that Waged War on the World’ (2015), ‘Lost Lions of Judah: Haile Selassie’s Mongrel Foreign Legion’ (2017), and ‘Soldiers of a Different God: How the Counter-Jihad Created Mayhem, Murder, and the Trump Presidency’ (2018), 'The King of Nazi Paris' (2020), 'The Men from Miami' (2022), 'The Polish Mafia' (2024).