Poet, critic, translator, and poetry professor Ilya Kaminsky was born in Odessa, then Soviet Union, in 1977. After contracting mumps at the age of four, he became hard of hearing. In 1993, he immigrated to the United States with his family and settled in Rochester, New York. There, at the
Lauren Groff was born in Cooperstown, New York, in 1978. She made her debut in 2008 with »The Monsters of Templeton«. The troubled archaeology student Willie Upton returns to her hometown of Templeton, New York, where her family has been for centuries. But the question of her father’s identity remains
born in Berlin in 1982, studied biology with a focus on zoology, botany, ecology, and genetics at the Humboldt University in Berlin and subsequently worked as a research assistant, focusing on the genetics of plants. As a guide at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, he gives guided tours and workshops.
Kate Allen was born in Massachusetts. She began writing stories while still in high school. She studied creative writing at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, worked as a teacher, and raised a family before writing her debut novel, »The Line Tender« in 2019. The main character is twelve-year-old Lucy Everhart,
Claudia Rankine was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1963. In 1970 she emigrated with her family to the USA. She studied at Williams College in Massachusetts and Columbia University in New York City and was a longtime instructor at Pomona College in Claremont, California. Since her poetry debut »Nothing in
Angeline Boulley was born in 1965, and is a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. She is a former director of the Office of Indian Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Her debut novel, »Firekeeper’s Daughter« [2021], is about eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine. The daughter of
American illustrator and writer David Wiesner was born in Bridgewater, New Jersey in 1956. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in illustration in 1978. In 1980, Wiesner made his debut with »Honest Andrew«, an illustration of a text by Gloria
The poet Paul Muldoon was born in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland in 1951 and grew up in the rural region of the Moy. He studied English language and literature at Queen’s University in Belfast, where he later worked for the BBC, producing mostly radio broadcasts before moving on to
born in Chicago in 1948, teaches economics at Brown University. He was the first Black professor on the economics faculty at Harvard, published numerous papers, and lectured around the world. His research focuses on microeconomics, industrial economics, welfare economics, and income distribution, among other topics. In addition, he writes on
Jean Hanff Korelitz was born in New York City in 1961. She studied at Dartmouth College and Clare College, Cambridge. She made her debut in 1996 with the legal thriller »A Jury of Her Peers«. In it, a New York lawyer defends a homeless man suspected of murdering a schoolgirl.
Meron Hadero was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and arrived in the United States as a refugee via Germany during her childhood. She studied history and American studies at Princeton University, attended Yale Law School, and completed a master’s program in creative writing at the University of Michigan. Her short
born in 1961 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; is an author and journalist. He is a staff writer for »The New Yorker« and the former editor-in-chief of »The Paris Review«. He caused a sensation in 1998 with his award-winning debut work on the genocide in Rwanda, »We Wish to Inform You That
