1. Jonathan Swift

    Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for Whigs then for Tories), and poet, famous for works like "Gulliver's Travels", "A Modest Proposal", "A Journal to Stella", "The Drapier's Letters", "The Battle of the Books", and "A Tale of a Tub". Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, although he is less well known for his poetry.

  2. Ian Lancaster Fleming

    Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 - August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Naval Officer. Fleming is best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling his adventures in twelve novels and nine short stories. Additionally, Fleming wrote the children's story "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and two non-fiction books.

  3. John Moore

    John Moore (10 November 1907 - 1967) was a British author and pioneer conservationist. He was born in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire in 1907 and died in Bristol in 1967. His most famous work was "Portrait of Elmbury", published in 1945, about life in Tewkesbury in the early 20th century. This work, along with "Brensham Village" and "The Blue Field", formed part of the 'Brensham Trilogy'.

  4. Craig Russell

    Craig Russell (born 1956), Fife, Scotland is a novelist and short story writer. His Hamburg-set thriller series featuring detective Jan Fabel has been translated into 20 languages. Craig Russell served as a police officer and worked in the advertising sector as a copywriter and creative director before becoming a full-time writer in 1990. Russell speaks fluent German and has a special interest in post-war German history.

  5. Ken Robinson

    Sir Ken Robinson, CBE (born in Liverpool in 1950) is a leading expert on innovation, creativity and human resources. He is the author of the books "The Arts in Schools: Principles, Practice and Provision" (which discuses the place of the arts in the schools' curricula) and "Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative" (which, according to "Arts Professional", "focuses on the widening gulf between academic institution teachings and the feelings, …

  6. Mark Curtis

    Mark Curtis is a British political author writing on British and US foreign policies and international development and trade issues.

  7. James Munro

    James Munro was the pseudonym of a British writer named James William Mitchell (born 1926) who, in the late 1960s, wrote four spy thrillers under this byline. The hero is a British agent named John Craig, who works, mostly reluctantly, for Department K. The books, "The Man Who Sold Death"; "Die Rich, Die Happy"; "The Money That Money Can't Buy"; and "The Innocent Bystanders" were tough-minded, well-written, and well-plotted.

  8. James Owen

    James Owen (born 1969) is a British author and journalist. Owen was born in Holland Park, London, and was educated at Eton College and University College, Oxford. After a brief period as a barrister, he worked for "The Daily Telegraph" newspaper as a journalist from 1995 - 2001. In 2004, with Guy Walters, he edited "The Voice of War", an anthology of World War II memoirs, diaries and letters. In 2005, he published "A Serpent in Eden", …

  9. Jamie Campbell

    Jamie Campbell (born March 21st, 1950, in Carshalton, Surrey) is an East Anglian author and journalist. Jamie lives in Gorleston on Sea and is mainly concerned with old local yachts and commercial sailing craft - with particular reference to the Norfolk & Suffolk Broads - inland UK waters. He has several published works to his credit including "Hamilton's Norfolk & Suffolk Broads Navigation", a biography of George Christopher Davies, …

  10. Colin Holmes

    Colin Holmes (b. 1938) is a British scholar and author. He has done much research on the subject of anti-Semitism. He has also done original research on the English language British editions of the notorious plagiarism known as the "Protocols of Zion". His original, archival, research on the subject has been published in 1977 and 1978 in the journal, "Patterns of Prejudice".

  11. Mark Barratt

    Mark Barratt is a British author. Barratt is the author of a biography of Ian McKellen, "Ian McKellen: An Unofficial Biography" (2005). His next novel, "Joe Rat", is scheduled to be released 7 February 2008.. It is about a young tosher in Victorian London. Barratt taught English for one year (2005 - 2006) at Kendrick School in Reading. Barratt is married with two children, and is currently living in Berkshire, England.

  12. Richard Templar

    Richard Templar is a British author, having written several best-selling self-development books. He has over 30 years of experience in the business world; having worked in many position for many companies - and now runs several companies of his own. He shares his path to success in a series of books, in which "Rules" are presented that the reader must follow in order to achieve success: be it in business, money, or life in general.

  13. Uel Key

    Uel Key was the pseudonym of British author Samuel Whittell Key (b. 1874), who wrote short stories regarding Prof. Arnold Rhymer, the Spook Specialist. These tales appeared in Pearson's Magazine in 1917 and 1918 and were later collected in "The Broken Fang and Other Experiences of a Specialist in Spooks" (1920). A novel concerning Prof. Rhymer, entitled "The Yellow Death", was published the following year.