ABOUT THE AUTHOR Roopa Pai is a well-known children’s author, who is also a computer engineer and journalist. Pai lives in Bangalore and has published over 20 books. She started her literary journey as an article writer for the Deccan Herald. Chanakya: the Master Statesman was her first book, which was published in 2004. Pai Read more…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kristin Harmel has been working as a professional writer since she was sixteen. She has had a long magazine writing career that included articles published in Glamour, Ladies’ Home Journal, Travel + Leisure, Every Day with Rachael Ray, and many more. The author was also a frequent contributor to the national television Read more…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR R. K. Narayan is Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami, commonly known as R. K. Narayan, was born on October 10, 1906 in Madras (Chennai). He is popular for his stories based in the fictional town called Malgudi. Narayan used humor as an effective tool to highlight different social issues. He received the second Read more…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a Spanish author. He started his literary journey in 1993 with El Príncipe de la Niebla, which won the Edebé Literary Prize for young-adult fiction. His first adult novel was La Sombra del Viento. Published in 2001, the book was translated as The Shadow of the Wind by Read more…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Carlos Ruiz Zafón was a Spanish author, born in the city of Barcelona. He moved to Los Angeles in 1990, and had a short stint in screen writing. Ruis Zafón started his literary journey in 1993 with the young-adult fiction El Príncipe de la Niebla (English: The Prince of Mist), which won Read more…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Eleanor Catton is a Man Booker Prize-winning novelist from New Zealand. Eleanor was born in Canada and raised in New Zealand. The Rehearsal (2008) was her debut novel, which not only garnered many prizes, but was even adapted into a film in 2016. Published in 2013, her second novel, The Luminaries, went Read more…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ruskin Bond is one of India’s most well-known authors. He has penned down many memorable characters and stories over a career spanning more than seven decades. Although he did not specialize in a specific genre at first, he is now one of India’s most celebrated children’s authors. Ruskin Bond has an impressive Read more…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR William Kent Krueger has been known for his mystery and crime-fiction series revolving around the main protagonist named Cork O’Connor. A companion of Krueger’s first standalone novel titled Ordinary Grace, This Tender Land has topped several bestseller charts since its release. These include The New York Times, USA Today, and the Wall Read more…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Louise Penny is the author of the #1 New York Times and the Global and Mail bestselling series of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels (Still Life, A Fatal Grace, and The Cruelest Month). Louise Penny’s first novel, Still Life, also got the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards. Read more…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Hermann Hesse (born July 2, 1877, Calw, Germany—died August 9, 1962, Montagnola, Switzerland) was a German novelist and poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946. Hesse’s works were centered on the individual’s effort to break out of the established modes of civilization to find his essential spirit and Read more…