Authors
Emilie Tschanz
Emilie Tschanz was born and raised in the small village of Zweisimmen in the Berenese Oberland part of the canton of Bern, Switzerland. After attending primary school in Zweisimmen, she moved on to high school in Gstaad, and will graduate with her Matura in 2022. In addition to her keen interest in writing, Emilie is a high-level competitive sailor. She is a member of the Gstaad sailing club and in 2018 was selected for the Swiss Talent Pool of the Swiss Sailing Team. In addition to sailing, Emilie loves travelling, horseback riding and ...
Dr Alistair Tulloch
Born and raised in Scotland, AJ Tulloch trained as a doctor at Aberdeen University before undertaking his two-year National Service in the RAF. Having qualified as a GP in 1950 he worked in Coventry for two years before becoming a partner in a practice in Bicester. He developed special interests in Structured Records Systems, something that could have saved the NHS millions and care of the elderly.In 1987, at the age of 61, he retired and since then has travelled widely, accompanied by his wife Christine. These adventures have taken them all ...
Pavlina Valavanidou
Pavlina Valavanidou was born in 1961 in Athens, Greece. After graduating from school she spent her working life as a bank employee. She has recently retired from the bank and has turned her hand to writing. She is a mother of two sons. Pavlina enjoys walking, swimming and reading. Pavlina still lives in Greece.
Angela Valentine
After leaving school at age16, August 1952, Angela Valentine worked as an agricultural apprentice. After three years, she passed her test and entered the Agricultural College in Regensburg. After graduating Angela spent three years in Finland, England and Ireland. When she returned, she went to Business college and ended up working for the German Railways in Basel. She later went on to London to work for the German airline, Lufthansa for ten years. She married a New Zealander and had two children, Sarah and Peter. Once Angela's children had ...
AG Venera
AG Venera was born in a small town in Bulgaria in 1958. She permanently moved to the States in 1997 and lives in Phoenix, Arizona. She is currently a realtor and author, having written numerous self-help publications and inspirational quotes, with three books already published. She has a BS in Chemistry and her hobbies include music, reading, dancing, thinking and observing.
Pamarty Venkataramana
Pamarty Venkataramana, an eminent jurist, poet, and thinker of the 21st century, has received the honour of being named the ‘Prophet of New Age Literature’. ‘The Whispering Star’ is the first book of short stories he has published. His books of spiritual poetry - ‘In A Blink’, ’Chasing A Shadow’ and ‘A Master’s Piece’ - have been widely appreciated and run into many reprints.
Carin Vijfhuizen
This book is for anyone who is interested in the intricacies of daily life that allow us to discover and develop our treasures through which we make ourselves and others of value and our lives worthwhile by valuing.
Florence Vilen
Florence Vilen was born and still resides in Stockholm, Sweden. She is a third-generation female university graduate in her family. Along with reading and writing, Florence is interested in the humanities, botany, gemmology, languages and gardening. Her favourite styles of writing are belles-lettres and haiku, especially in Swedish.
Ivica Vlahovic
ABOUT THE AUTHOR MIROSLAV KRLEŽAMiroslav Krleža, is the most prominent figure in modern Croatian literature. He was born in 1893 in Zagreb, then the part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He enrolled at the Austro-Hungarian military academy in Budapest. Having been inspired with the ideas of unification of southern Slavs, he was demoted and sent to the Galician trenches as a common soldier in WW l. The trench warfare haunted him and left deep scars evident in his work. A man of rugged, powerful intellect and extensive knowledge.ABOUT ...
Vacy Vlazna (ed.)
Samah Sabawi is a Palestinian-Canadian-Australian writer, commentator and playwright. Her writings have been published in various media outlets and her poetry has been featured in several magazines and books. Samah is a policy advisor to the Palestinian policy network, AlShabaka, and a former public advocate for Australians for Palestine. Her roots in war torn besieged Gaza has shaped her identity and humanity. Dr Ramzy Baroud was born in a refugee camp in Gaza. His first line of creative writing was the opening of a poem in Arabic, ...
Peter Voice
About the author:Peter Voice attended Forest Boys’ School in Horsham, West Sussex. He studied French and Economics at Kingston Polytechnic, including an academic year at the University of Rennes, Brittany. He subsequently worked for the Civil Service in London, and also lived and worked in Brussels for several years. More recently, he spent over 15 years as a tour manager, accompanying groups of American students and adults on cultural trips in the UK and continental Europe.About the illustrator:Christian Gastaldello studied graphic ...
Dr. Issam Wadi
With over forty years in the Oil and Gas industry, Dr. Wadi is an authority in the field with a focus on research, engineering and design of oil and gas plants and systems. He was involved in major oil and gas projects, studies, consultancies and initiatives, all around the world. He has special interests in the application of advanced technology into the energy industry to improve performance and economics. Dr. Wadi became a regular speaker at many international oil, gas and relevant technology conferences. Dr Wadi has special research ...
Amy Walter
Amy Walter is a dyslexic fourteen year old who declares herself a book dragon. She has had a love for books and stories thanks to her Nana (Grandmother) who conjured up the most imaginative fantasy stories. She started writing books at the age of eleven, determined that her dyslexia would not hold her down. She currently goes to a private high school and lives with her mother, father, brother and six dogs in Johannesburg.
Andreas Walter
Andreas Walter was born in 1958 in Sonneberg, a town in southern Thuringia, Germany. He completed his school-leaving exams and military service without any problems. Then he studied medicine for four years in Leipzig and Erfurt but had to drop out due to severe psychological problems. He later resumed his studies, only to ultimately give them up when diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He then worked in the wholesale trade for toys and handicrafts for three more years. Since 1991, he has been receiving a disability pension. For a long time, ...
Bella Waxman
Bella Waxman wrote her first piece of creative writing in high school in Yorkshire. Trained in architecture, on graduating, Bella worked in the UK, Canada and Australia. After also working in marketing and management, then journalism, Bella finally settled on full time writing. In addition to writing her trilogy comprising The Enigma, The Nymph, and The Mirror, Bella now writes short stories and contributes to newspaper columns. Bella corresponds regularly with newspapers in the UK and Australia and has extensive knowledge of both countries ...
Andrew Wells
Andrew Wells attended the High Pavement Grammar School, Nottingham; University of Cambridge, UK and Harvard Business School, USA. A restless traveller, Andrew has worked in more than 60 countries in pursuit of his passion for all things associated with water, accumulating a wealth of anecdotes about fascinating people, local customs and curious situations everywhere. From the UK, he has also pursued his engineering consultancy career living in Italy, Hong Kong, Singapore and China, from where, working for his parent consultancy firm in ...