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Nnedi Okorafor

Nnedi Okorafor

Nigerian American author

Sally Rooney

Sally Rooney

Irish novelist

Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead

American author

Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang

American author

Ben Elton

Ben Elton

British actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and dramatist

Percival Everett

Percival Everett

American author

Han Kang, 2024 Nobel Prize winner for literature

Han Kang

South Korean writer

Francis Spellman

Francis Spellman

American Roman Catholic prelate

N.K. Jemisin

N.K. Jemisin

American author

Harold Keith

American author

Jeffrey Eugenides

Jeffrey Eugenides

American author

Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong

American writer

Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh

American author

Charles Dudley Warner

American essayist

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Elena Ferrante

Italian author

Liu Cixin

Liu Cixin

Chinese author

Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott

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John Boyne

John Boyne

Irish author

Sigrid Nunez

Sigrid Nunez

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Min Jin Lee

Min Jin Lee

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The Literary World (Famous Novels)

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