Annam Manthiram wrote her first story when she was in kindergarten. It was about an evil pig and an evil family and had a happy ending. She was hooked after that. Since, Annam has written two novels, The Goju Story and After the Tsunami (Stephen F. Austin State University Press, 2011; Finalist, 2012 NM/AZ Book Awards). Her short story […]
On the crossing of Victoria and Harriet Street, stood a massive block of grey apartment building. Up in the front of each flat, balconies jutted out like open match boxes, creating a blind spot for the incoming traffic. It posed an undeniable threat to the traffic on the road. Notwithstanding, the building had much to […]
Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction novelist, blogger and technology activist. He is the co-editor of the popular weblog Boing Boing (boingboing.net), and a contributor to many magazines, websites and newspapers. He is a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org), a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, […]
Cornelia Funke is a German-born author and illustrator best known for her novels Dragon Rider, The Thief Lord, and her immensely popular Inkheart trilogy. Cornelia is an internationally best selling and award winning author, and her novel Dragon Rider spent 78 weeks on the top of the New York Times bestseller list. She’s also been […]