Simon Ball studied at Brasenose College, Oxfordand Christ’s College, Cambridge. He teacheshistory at the University... Read more »
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Toni Bentley danced with George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet for ten years. She is... Read more »
Laurence Bergreen is a prize-winning biographer and journalist. He is the author of Voyage to... Read more »
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Xandra Bingley rode and trained ponies before she started work at seventreen for MI5. She... Read more »
Patrick Bishop worked as senior correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. He is the author of... Read more »
Regula Bochsler is a TV journalist, reporter and producer. She lives in Switzerland.
Rodney Bolt was born in South Africa and read English at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge... Read more »
John Brewer is Eli and Edye Broad Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences at the... Read more »
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Terence Brown is Associate Professor of English and a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. He... Read more »
Bill Bryson’s many books include, most recently a short biography of Shakespeare as part of... Read more »
Madeleine Bunting is a columnist on the Guardian. She joined the paper in 1989 as... Read more »
Michael Burleigh is the author of eight well-received works of history. His two-part history of... Read more »
Paula Byrne was born in Birkenhead and has a PhD from the University of Liverpool,... Read more »
Natasha Illum Berg was born in Denmark and now lives in Tanzania. She is the... Read more »
David Baddiel was born in 1964 in Troy, New York, but grew up and lives... Read more »
Paul Bailey’s first novel, At the Jerusalem (1967), won three prizes, including the Somerset Maugham... Read more »
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Malcolm Balen is the author of the biography Kenneth Clarke (1994), A Very English Deceit... Read more »
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J. G. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai, China where his father was a... Read more »
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Sara Banerji was born in England but lived for much of her adult life in... Read more »
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Sonny Barger was a founder in 1957 of the Oakland, California chapter of Hell’s Angels,... Read more »
Nicola Barker was born in Ely in 1966 and spent part of her childhood in... Read more »
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Andrea Barrett was born in 1954 and grew up on Cape Cod. She studied at... Read more »
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At the age of forty-three, on 8 December 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, a well-known Parisian, suffered... Read more »
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Ishmael Beah came to the United States when he was seventeen and graduated from Oberlin... Read more »
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Simone de Beauvoir was born in Paris in 1908. She took a degree in philosophy... Read more »
Colin Beavan is a magazine journalist writing for ‘Esquire’ and ‘Atlantic Monthly’. He gained his... Read more »
Derek Beaven is the author of three novels: Newton’s Niece was published in 1994, Acts... Read more »
Frederic Beigbeder was born in 1965 and lives in Paris. He works as a publisher,... Read more »
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James Gabriel Berman (whose father invented the Rolodex) is a graduate of Harvard University and... Read more »
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Mackenzie Bezos was born and raised in northern California and studied creative writing at Princeton... Read more »
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Thomas Blaikie is a writer and English teacher. He reviews for the Spectator and the... Read more »
Tony Blair was the leader of the Labour Party from May 1994 until June 2007.
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Philipp Blom is a journalist, translator, novelist and historian. He has previously translated Geert Mak’s... Read more »
One of the greatest literary critics in the world today, Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor... Read more »
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Joanna Blythman is Britain’s leading investigative food journalist and an influential commentator on the British... Read more »
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Paul Bogard is a widely published author of journalism, creative nonfiction, and scholarship whose work... Read more »
Dermot Bolger was born in Finglas, north Dublin in 1959, founded The Raven Arts Press... Read more »
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Jane Borodale gained her MA from Wimbledon School of Art. She has written and exhibited... Read more »
Michael Boulter is the Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of East London. He is... Read more »
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Tom Bower is an investigative journalist noted for his unauthorized biographies of controversial power-brokers including... Read more »
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David Boyle, author of Funny Money (Jan 1999) is a writer and journalist specialising in... Read more »
Michael Bracewell is the author of several novels, including Perfect Tense (2001) and one full-length... Read more »
Tim Bradford is a freelance writer and illustrator. He has written for NME, When Saturday... Read more »
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Jill Duchess of Hamilton, former newspaper journalist in both Australia and Fleet Street, was born... Read more »
Andrew Bridgeford is a lawyer and historian who has been published in the Journal of... Read more »
Dr John Briffa is a practising doctor and award-winning health writer who has contributed to... Read more »
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Zeppotron co-founder Charlie Brooker is the creator of tvgohome.com, a hugely successful comedy website that... Read more »
Geraldine Brooks was born and raised in Australia. After moving to the USA she worked... Read more »
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Lynda Brown is a familiar face and voice from her appearances on television’s Gardener’s World... Read more »
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Will Buckley is a sports writer for the Guardian. He has published In a Perfect... Read more »
Jonathan Buckley was born in Birmingham, and has contributed to and edited a number of... Read more »
Veronica Buckley was born in New Zealand. She has worked in diverse fields from music... Read more »
Katherine Bucknell was born in Saigon and grew up in Washington, D.C. She is a... Read more »
Judy Budnitz was born in 1973 and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from... Read more »
Charles Bukowski is one of America’s best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose and, many... Read more »
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Catherine L. Burns is a successful actress having appeared as a regular character on the... Read more »
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William Burroughs was born in St Louis, Missouri in 1914. The son of a successful... Read more »
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Christopher de Bellaigue was born in 1971. He studied at Cambridge and writes for Granta... Read more »