Salman Rushdie
Salman Rushdie is a renowned British-Indian author known for his literary contributions and controversial works.
Samir Puri
Puri is a lecturer in the Dept. of War Studies at King's College London and Adjunct Professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Previously he worked on counter terrorism strategy at the Foreign Office. His first two volumes were published by Routledge and his latest ground-breaking work, The Great Imperial Hangover, focuses on the legacy of empires (Atlantic Book, 2020)
Somtow
Somtow is renowned Thai-American musician and fantasy writer. He has written popular novels across Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy genres. Based in Thailand, he currently heads up a cultural centre in Bangkok.
Stephen O'Brien
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.
Sun Jung
Sun Jung has been a prolific writer since her teens, notably releasing her academic book ‘Korean Masculinities and Transcultural Consumption’ in 2011. She holds a PhD in Cultural Studies from University of Melbourne and was a research fellow at both Victoria University and the National University of Singapore before devoting herself to writing her first full-length novel ‘Bukit Brown’.
T.E.D Klein
Klein is a cult author of the horror genre. Winner of a World Fantasy Award for Best Novella. His novel The Ceremonies is an iconic tome in the horror pantheon.
Victoria Nelson
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.
William Butcher
William Butcher has taught at the École nationale d’administration, researched at Oxford, and is now a Hong Kong property developer. His books, notably for Oxford UP, Acadian and Gallimard, include 'Jules Verne inédit: Les manuscrits déchiffrés', 'Jules Verne: The Biography' (2020) and many translations and critical editions.
Yossi Alpher
Alpher is an Israeli columnist and writer on Israel/Middle East issues. Alpher is best known as the author of the prize-winning Periphery: Israel's Search for Middle East Allies. His latest volume is Death Tango (Rowman & Littlefield).