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Saadat, Shayma

Shayma Saadat is a Pakistani-Afghan of Iranian ancestry. A Cambridge-trained economist, she was born in Lahore and grew up in Pakistan, the USA, Nigeria, Kenya, Bangladesh and the UK. Last year Shayma moved from Rome, where she worked for the United ...

Sabatini, Rafael

Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950) was one of the foremost writers of historical and adventure fiction of his time. Born in 1875 in Jesi, Italy, the son of an Italian father and Scottish mother, he came to work in Liverpool at the age of 17 and stayed in E...

Sapper

‘Sapper’ was the pseudonym of Herman Cyril McNeile, born in 1888. He was the creator of Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond, the hefty, ugly, charming, xenophobic, and apparently brainless British ex-army officer who foils the activities of an international cr...

Saunders, Kate

Kate Saunders began her career as a professional actor but moved into journalism following the publication of her first novel in 1986. She has written two literary novels, THE PRODIGAL FATHER and STORM IN THE CITADEL, and has edited an anthology (REV...

Scammell, Michael

Michael Scammell was born in Britain, and for the past thirty years has lived and worked in the United States. Formerly at Cornell, he is now Professor of English at Columbia University in New York. He is a past president of American PEN. His biog...

Scarfe, Alex

Alex Scarfe was born in London in 1981. He completed a postgraduate fine art degree in 2008, having received his BA degree in 2004. He now works as an artist and freelance illustrator. He is the co-author of Will and Kate’s Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, pub...

Scarfe, Rory

Rory Scarfe was born in London in 1983. He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford in 2005 and has since worked in radio production and publishing. He is the co-author of Will and Kate’s Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, published by Simon & Schuster. ...

Scholar, Richard

Richard Scholar teaches French literature at Oxford. His first book, THE JE-NE-SAIS-QUOI IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: ENCOUNTERS WITH A CERTAIN SOMETHING (OUP, 2005), examined the fortunes of an expression that writers such as Montaigne, Shakespeare, and ...

Schutt, Sita

Sita Schutt works as an international coordinator for a privately funded charity. She taught for five years at Bilkent University in Turkey, and has worked in Rajasthan for the charitable Veerni Project on women’s health and literacy. Her London Uni...

Showalter, Elaine

Elaine Showalter recently retired from the post of chair of the department of English at Princeton. For many years she has been one of the foremost feminist academics and critics in the United States. She is a frequent contributor to The New York Ti...

Shute, Nevil

Nevil Shute Norway was born in 1899 and educated at Shrewsbury School and Balliol College, Oxford. Having decided early on an aeronautical career, he went to work for the de Havilland Aircraft Company as an engineer, where he played a large part in t...

Silber, Alexandra

Alexandra was born in Los Angeles in 1983. She grew up in a suburb outside Detroit, Michigan, and came to the UK in 2002 to study Acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. In 2005 she made her professional acting debut in ...

Silvester, Christopher

Christopher Silvester was educated at Lancing College and Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he read History. He was a reporter for Private Eye for 12 years and editor of the "Brutus" column on the Daily Express for three years. He has contribute...

Sinclair, Fleur

Fleur Sinclair grew up on the edge of a small town, reading, writing and recording radio serials with her best friend, drawing detailed pictures of pond life with her mum, watching old musicals with her dad and playing games of Tiddlywinks and Contra...

Skinner, Mike

Mike Skinner is a songwriter, musician and producer better known as The Streets. He is currently writing a book about himself and a bunch of other stuff....

Smyth, Chris

Chris Smyth grew up in north London, where he still lives. He read History at Oxford, then at Cambridge did a PhD in the scientific culture of the British enlightenment. He was a Nico Colchester fellow at the Financial Times in Brussels and is now a ...

Spalding, Nick

Nick Spalding is an author who, try as he might, can't seem to write anything serious. He's worked in the communications industry his entire life, mainly in media and marketing. As talking rubbish for a living can get tiresome (for anyone other than...

Sramek, Jan

Jan Sramek trades Emerging Markets at Goldman Sachs, London. Aged 22, he was recently selected as the youngest ever member of the 100 Rising Stars of Financial Markets Under 40 list according to Financial News. Jan graduated with a First in degrees ...

Starling, Boris

Boris Starling, a star of the new generation of British thriller writers, has worked as a reporter on The Sun and The Daily Telegraph, and most recently for a company specialising in kidnap negotiation, confidential investigations and political risk ...

Stein, Ellin

Ellin Stein grew up in New York and was educated at Wellesley College and Warwick. A former theater critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, she has written for publications on both sides of the Atlantic including The New York Times, The Times, The T...

Strong, Tony

Tony Strong was born in 1962 in Uganda, though his parents came back to the UK when he was six weeks old. He read English at Oxford under the playwright and poet Francis Warner and then went on to work as an advertising copywriter at Ogilvy and Math...

Swift, Graham

Graham Swift was born in 1949 and is the author of nine novels. He is the recipient of many awards for his fiction, including the bi-annual Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for SHUTTLECOCK (1981); the Guardian Fiction Prize for WATERLAND (1983); and in ...

Authors: S
Saadat, Shayma
Shayma Saadat is a Pakistani-Afghan of Iranian ancestry. A Cambridge-trained economist, she was born in Lahore and grew up in Pakistan, the USA, Nigeria, Kenya, Bangladesh and the UK. Last year Shayma moved from Rome, where she worked for the United ...
Sabatini, Rafael
Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950) was one of the foremost writers of historical and adventure fiction of his time. Born in 1875 in Jesi, Italy, the son of an Italian father and Scottish mother, he came to work in Liverpool at the age of 17 and stayed in E...
Sapper
‘Sapper’ was the pseudonym of Herman Cyril McNeile, born in 1888. He was the creator of Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond, the hefty, ugly, charming, xenophobic, and apparently brainless British ex-army officer who foils the activities of an international cr...
Saunders, Kate
Kate Saunders began her career as a professional actor but moved into journalism following the publication of her first novel in 1986. She has written two literary novels, THE PRODIGAL FATHER and STORM IN THE CITADEL, and has edited an anthology (REV...
Scammell, Michael
Michael Scammell was born in Britain, and for the past thirty years has lived and worked in the United States. Formerly at Cornell, he is now Professor of English at Columbia University in New York. He is a past president of American PEN. His biog...
Scarfe, Alex
Alex Scarfe was born in London in 1981. He completed a postgraduate fine art degree in 2008, having received his BA degree in 2004. He now works as an artist and freelance illustrator. He is the co-author of Will and Kate’s Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, pub...
Scarfe, Rory
Rory Scarfe was born in London in 1983. He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford in 2005 and has since worked in radio production and publishing. He is the co-author of Will and Kate’s Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, published by Simon & Schuster. ...
Scholar, Richard
Richard Scholar teaches French literature at Oxford. His first book, THE JE-NE-SAIS-QUOI IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: ENCOUNTERS WITH A CERTAIN SOMETHING (OUP, 2005), examined the fortunes of an expression that writers such as Montaigne, Shakespeare, and ...
Schutt, Sita
Sita Schutt works as an international coordinator for a privately funded charity. She taught for five years at Bilkent University in Turkey, and has worked in Rajasthan for the charitable Veerni Project on women’s health and literacy. Her London Uni...
Showalter, Elaine
Elaine Showalter recently retired from the post of chair of the department of English at Princeton. For many years she has been one of the foremost feminist academics and critics in the United States. She is a frequent contributor to The New York Ti...
Shute, Nevil
Nevil Shute Norway was born in 1899 and educated at Shrewsbury School and Balliol College, Oxford. Having decided early on an aeronautical career, he went to work for the de Havilland Aircraft Company as an engineer, where he played a large part in t...
Silber, Alexandra
Alexandra was born in Los Angeles in 1983. She grew up in a suburb outside Detroit, Michigan, and came to the UK in 2002 to study Acting at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. In 2005 she made her professional acting debut in ...
Silvester, Christopher
Christopher Silvester was educated at Lancing College and Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he read History. He was a reporter for Private Eye for 12 years and editor of the "Brutus" column on the Daily Express for three years. He has contribute...
Sinclair, Fleur
Fleur Sinclair grew up on the edge of a small town, reading, writing and recording radio serials with her best friend, drawing detailed pictures of pond life with her mum, watching old musicals with her dad and playing games of Tiddlywinks and Contra...
Skinner, Mike
Mike Skinner is a songwriter, musician and producer better known as The Streets. He is currently writing a book about himself and a bunch of other stuff....
Smyth, Chris
Chris Smyth grew up in north London, where he still lives. He read History at Oxford, then at Cambridge did a PhD in the scientific culture of the British enlightenment. He was a Nico Colchester fellow at the Financial Times in Brussels and is now a ...
Spalding, Nick
Nick Spalding is an author who, try as he might, can't seem to write anything serious. He's worked in the communications industry his entire life, mainly in media and marketing. As talking rubbish for a living can get tiresome (for anyone other than...
Sramek, Jan
Jan Sramek trades Emerging Markets at Goldman Sachs, London. Aged 22, he was recently selected as the youngest ever member of the 100 Rising Stars of Financial Markets Under 40 list according to Financial News. Jan graduated with a First in degrees ...
Starling, Boris
Boris Starling, a star of the new generation of British thriller writers, has worked as a reporter on The Sun and The Daily Telegraph, and most recently for a company specialising in kidnap negotiation, confidential investigations and political risk ...
Stein, Ellin
Ellin Stein grew up in New York and was educated at Wellesley College and Warwick. A former theater critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, she has written for publications on both sides of the Atlantic including The New York Times, The Times, The T...
Strong, Tony
Tony Strong was born in 1962 in Uganda, though his parents came back to the UK when he was six weeks old. He read English at Oxford under the playwright and poet Francis Warner and then went on to work as an advertising copywriter at Ogilvy and Math...
Swift, Graham
Graham Swift was born in 1949 and is the author of nine novels. He is the recipient of many awards for his fiction, including the bi-annual Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for SHUTTLECOCK (1981); the Guardian Fiction Prize for WATERLAND (1983); and in ...