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The most-searched writers right now, with the latest news on each.
Cato the Elder
Roman politician, soldier and writer (234–149 BC)
Heinrich Heine
German writer and literary critic (1797–1856)
Svetlana Alexievich
Belarusian investigative journalist and non-fiction prose writer (born 1948)
Irvin D. Yalom
American psychotherapist and writer
Michael Chabon
American novelist, short story writer, essayist
Marilynne Robinson
American novelist and essayist (born 1943)
Veronica Roth
American author
Dmitry Glukhovsky
Russian writer and journalist
Jonathan Safran Foer
American novelist (born 1977)
Knut Hamsun
Norwegian novelist (1859–1952)
François Rabelais
French writer and humanist (died 1553)
Constantine VII
Byzantine emperor from 913 to 959
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
Amélie Nothomb
Belgian writer (born 1967)
Elfriede Jelinek
Austrian playwright and novelist
Peter Handke
Austrian writer, playwright and film director (born 1942)
Mo Yan
Chinese novelist and screenwriter
Patrick Süskind
German writer and screenwriter
Mark Tonderai
Mark Tonderai is a British-Zimbabwean entrepreneur, film director, writer, actor and former disc jockey. He is co-founder of the London-based production company Shona Productions with his wife Zoe Stewart. He directed the crime drama television series The Five which first aired in April 2016 on the Sky 1 channel.
Anita Desai
Indian novelist, University professor (born 1937)
Roberto Saviano
Italian journalist and writer (born 1979)
Banana Yoshimoto
Japanese writer
Larry Niven
American writer (born 1938)
Eoin Colfer
Irish author of children's books (born 1965)