Amanda Downum

Amanda was born in Virginia, and has since then spent time in Indonesia, Micronesia, Missouri, and Arizona, with brief layovers in California and Colorado. She graduated from the University of North Texas with a BA in English Literature, a minor in German, and a Technical Writing certification.

Stephen King

Stephen King is the bestselling author of more than forty books. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, in Bangor, Maine.

James Patterson

James Patterson is one of the best-known and biggest selling writers of all time. He is the author of some of the bestselling series of the past decade: the Women’s Murder Club, the Alex Cross novels and Maximum Ride, and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novels and stand alone thrillers. He has won an Edgar award, the mystery world’s highest honour. He lives in Florida with his wife and son.

Robert Harris

Robert Harris is the author of Pompeii , Imperium ,Fatherland, Enigma, and Archangel, all of which were international bestsellers. His work has been translated into over thirty languages. Born in Nottingham in 1957 and after graduating with a degree in English from Cambridge University, he worked as a reporter for the BBC’s Panorama and Newsnight programmes, before becoming the political editor of the Observer and a columnist on the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph. He lives with his wife Gill Hornby and their children in a village near Hungerford