Find Authors
By Background

Discover books where the author's background brings authenticity and depth.

Selected searches: science-fiction by a physicist military fiction by a military officer cyberpunk by a computer scientist historical fiction by a historian science-fiction by a mathematician crime-fiction by a lawyer popular science by a biologist
Shape Thumb
Shape Thumb
Shape Thumb
Shape Thumb
Shape Thumb
Shape Thumb
journalists who wrote autobiography
Showing 1-8 out of 604 results
Jim Bouton
Jim Bouton (1939-2019)

baseball player, journalist

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

Foul Ball
Ball Four
Strike Zone
I'm glad you didn't take it personally
Ball four
"I managed good, but boy did they play bad."
Ball Four, Plus Ball Five
Ball Four Plus Ball
Ball four
I Managed Good, but Boy did they Play Bad written and edited with Neil Offen.
Karola Bloch
Karola Bloch (1905-1994)

architect, journalist

  • University of Zurich

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

Aus meinem Leben
Die Sehnsucht des Menschen, ein wirklicher Mensch zu werden
Natur, Arbeit, Ästhetik
"Denken heisst überschreiten"
Hans Massaquoi
Hans Massaquoi (1926-2013)

journalist, opinion journalist

  • University of Illinois system

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

Destined to Witness
Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger. Arbeitsheft.
Hänschen klein, ging allein...
Gustav Regler
Gustav Regler (1898-1963)

journalist

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

The owl of Minerva
The great crusade
Das Grosse Beispiel
Der grosse Kreuzzug
Das Ohr des Malchus. Eine Lebensgeschichte
Keine bleibende Stadt (No continuing city)
Keine bleibende Stadt (No continuing city) ;: Sterne der Dammerung (Werke / Gustav Regler)
A land bewitched
Das Ohr des Malchus
Ruhrtiger, Locarno-Engel und rote Matrosen
Wasser, brot und blaue bohnen
Die Saat
Der verlorene Sohn
L' Aretino, romanzo
Wolfgang Paalen
Le divin Arétin
Juanita
The bottomless pit
Verwunschenes Land Mexiko
Gustav Regler, 1898-1963, Saarländer-Weltbürger
Die Saat
Werke
Sterne der Dämmerung
Im Kreuzfeuer
Marielouise
Terre bénie, terre maudite
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Elizabeth Wurtzel (1967-2020)

lawyer, autobiographer, journalist

  • Harvard University, Yale Law School

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

More, now, again
Prozac nation
Bitch
Averroes (1126-1198), oder, der Triumph des Rationalismus
The Secret of Life
Nación Prozac
Radi cal sanity
Bitch - Ein Loblied auf gefährliche Frauen
Prozac Nation (Movie Tie-In)
Verdammte Schone Welt Mein Leben Mit Der Psycho-Pille
The Bitch Rules
Nacion Prozac
Radical Sanity
Prozac Nation 8ct
Prozac Nation 12-copy
Full frontal fiction
Het land Ritalin
Laurie Lee
Laurie Lee (1914-1997)

poet, autobiographer, journalist

  • Marling School

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

Cider with Rosie
As I walked out one midsummer morning
A moment of war
The illustrated Cider with Rosie
A rose for winter
I can't stay long
Red Sky at Sunrise
Cider with Rosie
Rosie ou le Goût du cidre
Two women
The firstborn
The sun my monument
Selected poems
The Laurie Lee Collection
Des Sommers ganze Fülle
Laurie Lee; [poems]
The voyage of Magellan
The Sun My Monument (Phoenix Living Poets)
To War in Spain
Cider with Rosie & As i walked out one summer morning
All That Glitters... the Show Business Autobiography of Laurie Lee
The wonderful world of transportation
Laurie Lee A Folio
My many-coated man
Transports et civilisations
The wonderful world of transport
THE POCKET POETS LAURIE LEE
Un beau matin d'été
We made a film in Cyprus
Cuando parti una manana de verano
Man must move
Un Instante En La Guerra
The bloom of candles
A Laurie Lee selection
As I walked out one midsummer morning, with a moment of war (cassette) read by Kenneth Branagh. 2cassettes
Rob Sheffield
Rob Sheffield (born 1966)

journalist, music critic

  • University of Virginia, Yale University

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

Talking to Girls About Duran Duran
Love Is a Mix Tape
Dreaming the Beatles
Talking to girls about Duran Duran
Turn around bright eyes
How Leaders Learn to Boost Creativity in Teams
On Bowie
Heartbreak Is the National Anthem
Innovation Leadership in Practice
Mit Mädchen über Duran Duran reden
Ann Powers
Ann Powers (born 1964)

journalist, music critic, critic

  • San Francisco State University, University of California, Berkeley

View on Open Library
View on Wikipedia

Tori Amos, piece by piece
Weird like us
Best music writing 2010
Good booty
Tori Amos - Piece by Piece
Rock She Wrote
Tori Amos Piece by Piece