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David Crystal is one of the world’s best-known and respected commentators on language. He has... Read more »
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Tim Cahill is the author of four collections of travel writing, all published by Fourth... Read more »
Peter Cameron was born in Pompton Plains, New Jersey in 1959 and grew up there... Read more »
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Eileen Campbell is an author, broadcaster and publisher. Since 1990 she has compiled five anthologies,... Read more »
James Cañón received his MFA from Columbia University in May 2004. Recipient of the 2001... Read more »
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Justin Cartwright is the author of the novel ‘Interior’ which was shortlisted for the Sunday... Read more »
David Cavanagh was born in Dublin in 1964, and was educated in Northern Ireland and... Read more »
Michael Chabon is the author of two collections of short stories, A Model World and... Read more »
Peter Chapman was brought up in North London. In the 1960s he played in goal... Read more »
Monique Charlesworth has lived in France and Germany; she is fluent in both languages. Elements... Read more »
Cheeta was just a baby when snatched from the Liberian jungle in 1932, by the... Read more »
Elizabeth J. Church, who grew up in the mountains of northern New Mexico, is the... Read more »
Guy Claxton received his D.Phil in Psychology from the University of Oxford and has developed,... Read more »
Daniel Clay is thirty-eight years old and married with no children. He lives in Hampshire... Read more »
Catherine Clement was born in Paris in 1939, and educated there. She has since lived... Read more »
Suzanne Cleminshaw was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1964, and raised in Ohio. She moved... Read more »
Craig Clevenger was born in Dallas, Texas and raised in southern California, where he studied... Read more »
Nicci Cloke was born in Cambridgeshire in 1986. She graduated from the University of Liverpool... Read more »
John Coates is a senior research fellow in neuroscience and finance at the University of... Read more »
Nick Cohen is a journalist and commentator for the Observer and Evening Standard. He is... Read more »
Paula Cohen has been a passionate Victorian for as long as she can remember, and... Read more »
John Colapinto’s articles have appeared in Vanity Fair, Esquire, Mademoiselle, US, and Rolling Stone. His... Read more »
James Collins is an established journalist who writes for the New Yorker, Spy and Time... Read more »
Lauren Collins is a staff writer for The New Yorker. A native North Carolinian, she... Read more »
Philip Collins is a columnist for The Times and an Associate Editor of Prospect magazine.... Read more »
Kate Colquhoun lives in west London and is a keen gardener. ‘A Thing in Disguise’... Read more »
Sean Condon is the author of five books, both fiction and non-fiction: Sean and David’s... Read more »
Rebecca Connell lives in South London. She graduated from Oxford University, where she read English,... Read more »
Michael Connelly is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those... Read more »
Cressida Connolly was born in 1960. She is an author, journalist and reviewer. She is... Read more »
Joanna Connors is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times,... Read more »
Gavin Corbett was born in the west of Ireland and grew up in Dublin, where... Read more »
Victoria Coren is a London-based journalist.
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Born in Essex in 1944 Bernard Cornwell was adopted at the age of six weeks... Read more »
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Peter Costello is a writer, critic and editor. He is best known as a James... Read more »
Bill Cotton had an extraordinary impact on the face of the British entertainment industry, his... Read more »
Douglas Coupland first came to prominence as the author of Generation X, which was nominated... Read more »
Amanda Craig was born in 1959. She is married with two children, lives in London... Read more »
Michael Crick is journalist, biographer and broadcaster. Born in 1958, Crick was educated at Manchester... Read more »
David Cronenberg lives in Canada. His body of work as a film director – Shivers,... Read more »
Anthony Cropper was born in Fleetwood, Lancashire. He has published two novels and a collection... Read more »
Michael Cunningham was raised in Los Angeles and now lives in New York. His first... Read more »
Michael Curtin is the author of ‘The Cove Shivering Club’, ‘The League Against Christmas’ and... Read more »
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