Find Authors
By Background
Discover books where the author's background brings authenticity and depth.
John Grisham (born 1955)
lawyer, politician, film producer, actor, television producer, missionary, jurist
- Mississippi State University, University of Mississippi
Mario Benedetti (1920-2009)
journalist, poet, playwright, politician
José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955)
philosopher, pedagogue, sociologist, mathematician, literary critic, opinion journalist, politician, poet, translator, essayist
- Universidad Central, University of Deusto
Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)
political scientist, mathematician, philosopher, economist, politician, historian, translator, in-home tutor, philosopher of law
- University of Oxford, University of Oxford
Camilo José Cela (1916-2002)
poet, politician, journalist, essayist, film actor
- Centro Universitario Villanueva
Annie Besant (1847-1933)
essayist, orator, journalist, editor, politician, feminist, theosophist, suffragist, women's rights activist, civil rights advocate, freedom fighter
- Birkbeck, University of London
Aurobindo Ghosh (1872-1950)
poet, translator, philosopher, essayist, literary critic, professor, politician, civil servant, revolutionary, yogi, principal, editor, Vice-principal
- St Paul's School, University of Cambridge
Booth Tarkington (1869-1946)
playwright, politician
- Princeton University, Purdue University