Authors

IL

Imagine an American mind so enamored by the English countryside, so immersed in British aristocracy, murder, and intrigue, that she convincingly paints the fog, the tea, the centuriesold grudges, and the tweed coats better than the Brits themselves. That mind belongs to none other than Elizabeth Georgea woman who turned her love of language and character psychology into a career of plotting intricate mysteries with chilling precision.Born to Tell Tales with a Psychological TwistElizabeth George was born on February 26, 1949, in Warren, Ohio, USAa long way from the damp, cobbled lanes of London...

WL

If youve ever wandered into the dustchoked streets of Absaroka County or saddled up beside Sheriff Walt Longmire in a blizzard of secrets and justice, youve already met the shadow of Craig Johnson a modernday storyteller with the grit of an old cowboy and the irony of a man who understands that the Wild West never really disappeared it just learned how to use a cell phone.Craig Johnson was born on January 16, 1961, in Huntington, West Virginia, but dont let that East Coast origin fool you. His heart and his imagination belong entirely to the sweeping plains and windscoured badlands of the A...

PM

There are some authors who stumble upon greatness by accident. And then theres Phillip Margolin a man who calculated his path to the top with the precision of a seasoned attorney and the heart of a born storyteller. Born on April 8, 1944, in New York City, Margolins journey from the bustling streets of the Bronx to the glittering shelves of bestseller lists wasnt just fate it was a battle of grit, passion, and an unwavering belief in the power of stories.Phillip Margolins early life was anything but the stuff of leisure. After graduating from the American University in Washington, D.C., in 1...

JR

Behind the sleek, sharp moniker J.D. Robb, a name synonymous with futuristic crime thrillers, is a literary powerhouse who once dared to dominate not just one genrebut twolike a literary shapeshifter in a tailored trench coat. Born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950, in Silver Spring, Maryland, she never diedbecause, lets be honest, writers like her live on in their characters long after the last page is turned.Before she was J.D. Robb, the queen of the gritty and romantic In Death series, she wasand still isthe iconic Nora Roberts, a name that sits at the throne of romance fiction ro...

MB

If youve ever wandered through a bookstore and picked up a novel that made you question why you never learned about a certain woman in history class, chances are youve encountered the work of Marie Benedict. But Marie Benedict isnt just a historical fiction authorshes a literary detective of sorts, unearthing the lives of brilliant, silenced, and often overlooked women and resurrecting them with prose that makes you feel like youre living their lives, one page at a time.Born as Heather Terrell, Marie Benedict was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, though her exact date of birth has not been wid...

LT

Born on July 21, 1969, Lysa TerKeurst didnt step into this world holding a pen or preaching to thousandsshe walked into a storm. Before becoming the bestselling Christian author we now know and quote on coffee mugs and Pinterest boards, she was just a girl growing up in the wake of deep, private chaos. Her early life was marked by the kind of trauma most people run from, not toward her parents divorce shattered her family unit, and the sudden loss of her 16monthold sister to a rare heart condition cracked her childhood wide open.She attended Furman University in South Carolina, where her major...

SH

Born on March 25, 1946, in Kansas City, Missouri, Stephen Hunter didnt just stumble into storytellinghe locked, loaded, and fired his way into it with precision. The son of a Northwestern University speech professor and a childrens book author, Hunters childhood was filled with words, ideas, and a simmering intensity that would one day ignite into some of the finest action novels America has ever seen.Education? Hunter kept it classic and potent, graduating from Northwestern University in 1968 with a degree in journalism. Little did the world know, this softspoken graduate would soon become a ...

BS

Name Brandon SandersonBorn December 19, 1975Hometown Lincoln, Nebraska, USAEducation B.A. in English Brigham Young University, M.F.A. in Creative Writing BYUStatus Very much alive, and still conjuring words faster than most of us can read them.A Scribe of Steel and StormlightIf fantasy literature had a Mount Olympus, Brandon Sanderson would already have a throne carved in glowing mist and ancient runes. Born in the heartland of Nebraska but destined to reshape the very laws of magic, Sandersons journey from Wheel of Time torchbearer to Cosmere architect is the stuff of legendsand irony.As a ki...

TC

Born April 12, 1947Died October 1, 2013Education Loyola College now Loyola University Maryland, Bachelors in English LiteratureThere are authors, and then theres Tom Clancya bespectacled insurance salesman who cracked open the Pentagon with a pen. Yes, you read that right. Clancy was never in the military. He didnt attend West Point. He didnt have classified access. But the man wrote military thrillers so razorsharp, so eerily accurate, that the U.S. government once raised its eyebrows and asked, How the hell does he know this?Thats the legend. Thats the irony.Tom Clancya civilian with a typew...

TH

If theres one name thats synonymous with spinechilling thrillers and deeply psychological crime fiction, its Tami Hoag. Known for her razorsharp storytelling and bonedeep understanding of the human psyche, Hoag has carved a place for herself among the mostread and mostrevered crime fiction authors of our time. Her life, just like her novels, has been a fascinating mix of unexpected turns, fierce determination, and quiet genius that sneaks up on you like a killer in the dark.Born Tami Mikkelson on January 20, 1959, in Cresco, Iowa, and raised in Harmony, Minnesota, Hoag grew up in a small town ...