Romanian novelist Doina Ruști is known as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature. She is prolific and widely translated,…

Marilù Oliva is known for storytelling from the perspective of women and a determination to bring female characters from the sidelines and into the…

Dutch writer Christine Otten is known for novels and plays inspired by real people. Her breakthrough came with The Last Poets, set in 1969 Harlem in…

Two-thirds of the way into a trilogy covering the widespread rights abuses of Brazil’s darkest chapter, Henrique Schneider says he wants to highlight…

Dutch writer Gerda Blees was inspired to write her first novel by a report on the death of a member of a highly unusual commune. The result, We Are…

Making the shortlist for the International Booker Prize with his novel Perfection has boosted the profile of Italian novelist Vincenzo Latronico, 40,…

Narine Kroyan is an important voice in Armenian literature, blending personal narratives into the collective cultural tapestry of her homeland…

Martta Kaukonen is a Finnish author and film critic whose acclaimed first novel featured a serial killer in therapy. Born in 1976, she interviewed…

Katharine Halls is an award-winning translator who brings Arabic books to English audiences. Her work on Ahmed Naji’s prison memoir Rotten Evidence…

Can people be formed by what they are called? That is the premise of Brazilian writer Leonardo Garzaro’s latest offering, which flows from a dispute…