Inspiration
Some of my favorite inspiring authors. Click an image below to learn more.
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Neil Gaiman is an award-winning author of books, graphic novels, short stories, and films for all ages. His titles include Norse Mythology, Coraline, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neverwhere, and the Sandman series of graphic novels, among other works. His fiction has received Carnegie, Hugo, World Fantasy, and Eisner awards. The second season of the Emmy-nominated adaptation of his novel American Gods was released in 2018. Born in the UK, he now lives in the United States.
— Simon & Schuster
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Jennifer Niven is the Emmy Award-winning #1 New York Times and International bestselling author of ten books, including All the Bright Places and Holding up the Universe. Her books have been translated in over 75 languages, and All the Bright Places has won literary awards around the world. It was named a Best Book of the Year by Time Magazine, NPR, the Guardian, and others. The film starring Elle Fanning, Justice Smith, and Luke Wilson, is now streaming on Netflix, with a script by Jennifer and Liz Hannah.
— Goodreads
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J. K. Rowling was born in 1965, and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent. She studied at Exeter University, where she gained a French and Classics degree. As a postgraduate she moved to London to work at Amnesty International, doing research into human rights abuses in Francophone Africa. She started writing the Harry Potter series during a Manchester to London King's Cross train journey. This first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997), was an unprecedented success. The novels in the series which have succeeded it have won numerous awards and been translated into over sixty languages. The Harry Potter books have exceeded sales of 300 million copies.
— British Council on Literature
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Adam Silvera was born and raised in the Bronx. He has worked in the publishing industry as a children’s bookseller, at a literary development company, and as a book reviewer of children’s and young adult novels. His debut novel, More Happy Than Not, received multiple starred reviews and is a New York Times bestseller, and Adam was selected as a Publishers Weekly Flying Start. He is also the author of History Is All You Left Me and They Both Die at the End. Adam lives in New York City.
- Penguin Random House