{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=509","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=507","results":[{"id":26377,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Diane_Ackerman.png","name":"Diane Ackerman","bio":"Diane Ackerman has been the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the bestsellers The Zookeeper’s Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. The Zookeeper’s Wife, a little known true story of WWII, became a New York Times bestseller, and received the Orion Book Award, which honored it as, \"a groundbreaking work of nonfiction.\" A movie of The Zookeeper’s Wife, starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Brühl, releases in theaters March 31st, 2017 from Focus Features. She lives with her husband Paul West in Ithaca, New York.","raw_bio":"Diane Ackerman has been the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the bestsellers The Zookeeper’s Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. The Zookeeper’s Wife, a little known true story of WWII, became a New York Times bestseller, and received the Orion Book Award, which honored it as, \"a groundbreaking work of nonfiction.\" A movie of The Zookeeper’s Wife, starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Brühl, releases in theaters March 31st, 2017 from Focus Features. She lives with her husband Paul West in Ithaca, New York.","slug":"diane-ackerman","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/diane-ackerman","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T17:56:11.021278","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":26378,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Mila_Young.png","name":"Mila Young","bio":"Mila Young tackles everything with the zeal and bravado of the fairytale heroes she grew up reading about. She slays monsters, real and imaginary, like there's no tomorrow. By day she rocks a keyboard as a marketing extraordinaire. At night she battles with her mighty pen-sword, creating fairytale retellings, and sexy ever after tales. In her spare time, she loves pretending she's a mighty warrior, walks on the beach with her dogs, cuddling up with her cats, and devouring every fantasy tale she can get her pinkies on.","raw_bio":"Mila Young tackles everything with the zeal and bravado of the fairytale heroes she grew up reading about. She slays monsters, real and imaginary, like there's no tomorrow. By day she rocks a keyboard as a marketing extraordinaire. At night she battles with her mighty pen-sword, creating fairytale retellings, and sexy ever after tales. In her spare time, she loves pretending she's a mighty warrior, walks on the beach with her dogs, cuddling up with her cats, and devouring every fantasy tale she can get her pinkies on.","slug":"mila-young","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/mila-young","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T17:56:11.500544","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":26379,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/B.A._Shapiro.png","name":"B.A. Shapiro","bio":"B.A. Shapiro is the award-wining, NYT bestselling author of THE MURALIST and THE ART FORGER, both stories of art, mystery and history with a bit of romance thrown in. She's also written five suspense novels -- THE SAFE ROOM, BLIND SPOT, SEE NO EVIL, BLAMELESS and SHATTERED ECHOES -- four screenplays and the nonfiction book, THE BIG SQUEEZE. In her previous career incarnations, she directed research projects for a residential substance abuse facility, worked as a systems analyst/statistician, headed the Boston office of a software development firm, and served as an adjunct professor teaching sociology at Tufts University and creative writing at Northeastern University. She began her writing career when she quit her high-pressure job after the birth of her second child. Nervous about what to do next, she said to her mother, \"If I'm not playing at being superwoman anymore, I don't know who I am.\" Her mother answered with the question: \"If you had one year to live, how would you want to spend it?\" The answer: write a novel and spend more time with her children. And that's exactly what she did. Smart mother.After writing seven novels and raising her children, she now lives in Boston with her husband Dan and her dog Sagan. And yes, she's working on yet another novel but has no plans to raise any more children.","raw_bio":"B.A. Shapiro is the award-wining, NYT bestselling author of THE MURALIST and THE ART FORGER, both stories of art, mystery and history with a bit of romance thrown in. She's also written five suspense novels -- THE SAFE ROOM, BLIND SPOT, SEE NO EVIL, BLAMELESS and SHATTERED ECHOES -- four screenplays and the nonfiction book, THE BIG SQUEEZE. In her previous career incarnations, she directed research projects for a residential substance abuse facility, worked as a systems analyst/statistician, headed the Boston office of a software development firm, and served as an adjunct professor teaching sociology at Tufts University and creative writing at Northeastern University. She began her writing career when she quit her high-pressure job after the birth of her second child. Nervous about what to do next, she said to her mother, \"If I'm not playing at being superwoman anymore, I don't know who I am.\" Her mother answered with the question: \"If you had one year to live, how would you want to spend it?\" The answer: write a novel and spend more time with her children. And that's exactly what she did. Smart mother.After writing seven novels and raising her children, she now lives in Boston with her husband Dan and her dog Sagan. And yes, she's working on yet another novel but has no plans to raise any more children.","slug":"ba-shapiro","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/ba-shapiro","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T17:56:12.040972","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":26380,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Benedict_Jacka.png","name":"Benedict Jacka","bio":"","raw_bio":null,"slug":"benedict-jacka","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/benedict-jacka","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T17:56:12.616416","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":26381,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Jessica_Prince.png","name":"Jessica Prince","bio":"Born and raised around Houston, Jessica is a self proclaimed caffeine addict, connoisseur of inexpensive wine, and the worst driver in the state of Texas. In addition to being all of these things, she’s first and foremost a wife and mom. Growing up, she shared her mom and grandmother’s love of reading. But where they leaned toward murder mysteries, Jessica was obsessed with all things romance. When she’s not nose deep in her next manuscript, you can usually find her with her kindle in hand.To be in-the-know before anyone else, follow along on my website, or join my newsletter.  Connect with me everywhere else: Facebook: authorjessicaprinceInstagram: @jessprince_writesTwitter: @JessPrince2013","raw_bio":"Born and raised around Houston, Jessica is a self proclaimed caffeine addict, connoisseur of inexpensive wine, and the worst driver in the state of Texas. In addition to being all of these things, she’s first and foremost a wife and mom. Growing up, she shared her mom and grandmother’s love of reading. But where they leaned toward murder mysteries, Jessica was obsessed with all things romance. When she’s not nose deep in her next manuscript, you can usually find her with her kindle in hand.To be in-the-know before anyone else, follow along on my website, or join my newsletter.  Connect with me everywhere else: Facebook: authorjessicaprinceInstagram: @jessprince_writesTwitter: @JessPrince2013","slug":"jessica-prince","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/jessica-prince","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T17:56:13.104521","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":26382,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Steven_Brust.png","name":"Steven Brust","bio":"Steven Karl Zoltán Brust (born November 23, 1955) is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He was a member of the writers' group The Scribblies, which included Emma Bull, Pamela Dean, Will Shetterly, Nate Bucklin, Kara Dalkey, and Patricia Wrede, and also belongs to the Pre-Joycean Fellowship. by David Dyer-Bennet)","raw_bio":"Steven Karl Zoltán Brust (born November 23, 1955) is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He was a member of the writers' group The Scribblies, which included Emma Bull, Pamela Dean, Will Shetterly, Nate Bucklin, Kara Dalkey, and Patricia Wrede, and also belongs to the Pre-Joycean Fellowship. by David Dyer-Bennet)","slug":"steven-brust","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/steven-brust","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T17:56:13.614050","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":26383,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Joel_C._Rosenberg.png","name":"Joel C. Rosenberg","bio":"Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Note: This is a different person than the fantasy author, Joel RosenbergJoel C. Rosenberg is the founder of The Joshua Fund and the New York Times best-selling author of THE LAST JIHAD (2002), THE LAST DAYS (2003), THE EZEKIEL OPTION (2005), THE COPPER SCROLL (2006), EPICENTER (2006) and DEAD HEAT (2008) with more than 1.5 million copies in print. THE EZEKIEL OPTION was named by the ECPA as the Gold Medallion winner of the \"Best Novel of 2006.\" Joel, an evangelical Christian whose mother is Gentile and whose father is from an Orthodox Jewish background, previously worked with several U.S. and Israeli leaders, including Steve Forbes, former Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Natan Sharansky, and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He has been interviewed on hundreds of radio and TV shows.He and his wife have four sons and live near Washington, DC.","raw_bio":"Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Note: This is a different person than the fantasy author, Joel RosenbergJoel C. Rosenberg is the founder of The Joshua Fund and the New York Times best-selling author of THE LAST JIHAD (2002), THE LAST DAYS (2003), THE EZEKIEL OPTION (2005), THE COPPER SCROLL (2006), EPICENTER (2006) and DEAD HEAT (2008) with more than 1.5 million copies in print. THE EZEKIEL OPTION was named by the ECPA as the Gold Medallion winner of the \"Best Novel of 2006.\" Joel, an evangelical Christian whose mother is Gentile and whose father is from an Orthodox Jewish background, previously worked with several U.S. and Israeli leaders, including Steve Forbes, former Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Natan Sharansky, and former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He has been interviewed on hundreds of radio and TV shows.He and his wife have four sons and live near Washington, DC.","slug":"joel-c-rosenberg","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/joel-c-rosenberg","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T17:56:14.901138","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":26384,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Rachel_Howzell_Hall.png","name":"Rachel Howzell Hall","bio":"RACHEL HOWZELL HALL l is the critically acclaimed author and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist for And Now She’s Gone, which was also nominated for the Lefty-, Barry-, Shamus- and Anthony Awards and the Audible Originals bestseller How It Ends. A New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister with James Patterson, Rachel is an Anthony-, International Thriller Writers- and Lefty Award nominee and the author of They All Fall Down, Land of Shadows, Skies of Ash, Trail of Echoes and City of Saviors in the Detective Elouise Norton series. Her next thriller, These Toxic Things, out in September 2021, recently received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, calling the novel ‘cleverly-plotted’ and ‘a refreshing take on the serial killer theme.’Rachel is a former member of the board of directors for Mystery Writers of America and has been a featured writer on NPR’s acclaimed Crime in the City series and the National Endowment for the Arts weekly podcast; she has also served as a mentor in Pitch Wars and the Association of Writers Programs. Rachel lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter. For more information, visit  next novel And Now She’s Gone will be published in September 2020. You can find her at  and on Twitter @RachelHowzell.","raw_bio":"RACHEL HOWZELL HALL l is the critically acclaimed author and Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist for And Now She’s Gone, which was also nominated for the Lefty-, Barry-, Shamus- and Anthony Awards and the Audible Originals bestseller How It Ends. A New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister with James Patterson, Rachel is an Anthony-, International Thriller Writers- and Lefty Award nominee and the author of They All Fall Down, Land of Shadows, Skies of Ash, Trail of Echoes and City of Saviors in the Detective Elouise Norton series. Her next thriller, These Toxic Things, out in September 2021, recently received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, calling the novel ‘cleverly-plotted’ and ‘a refreshing take on the serial killer theme.’Rachel is a former member of the board of directors for Mystery Writers of America and has been a featured writer on NPR’s acclaimed Crime in the City series and the National Endowment for the Arts weekly podcast; she has also served as a mentor in Pitch Wars and the Association of Writers Programs. Rachel lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter. For more information, visit  next novel And Now She’s Gone will be published in September 2020. You can find her at  and on Twitter @RachelHowzell.","slug":"rachel-howzell-hall","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/rachel-howzell-hall","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T17:56:16.448716","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":26385,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/B._Celeste.png","name":"B. Celeste","bio":"B. Celeste is a new adult and contemporary romance author that gives voices to raw, realistic characters with emotional storylines that tug on the heartstrings.She was born and raised in upstate New York where she still resides with her four-legged feline sidekick Oliver “Ollie” Queen. Her love for reading and writing began at an early age and only grew stronger after getting a BA in English and an MFA in English & creative writing. When she’s not writing, she’s working out, binge-watching reality game shows, and spending time with her friends and family.Email: bcdwrites@gmail.com","raw_bio":"B. Celeste is a new adult and contemporary romance author that gives voices to raw, realistic characters with emotional storylines that tug on the heartstrings.She was born and raised in upstate New York where she still resides with her four-legged feline sidekick Oliver “Ollie” Queen. Her love for reading and writing began at an early age and only grew stronger after getting a BA in English and an MFA in English & creative writing. When she’s not writing, she’s working out, binge-watching reality game shows, and spending time with her friends and family.Email: bcdwrites@gmail.com","slug":"b-celeste","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/b-celeste","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T17:56:16.962026","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":26386,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Sheldon_Siegel.png","name":"Sheldon Siegel","bio":"Sheldon Siegel is a New York Times Bestselling novelist and author best known for his works of modern legal courtroom drama.Siegel was born on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. He attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, and later went on to attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an Accounting major. He graduated with a Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall at the University of California, Berkeley in 1983. He has been in private practice in San Francisco, California for over twenty years and specializes in corporate and securities law with the law firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP.Series:* Mike Daley Mystery","raw_bio":"Sheldon Siegel is a New York Times Bestselling novelist and author best known for his works of modern legal courtroom drama.Siegel was born on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. He attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, and later went on to attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an Accounting major. He graduated with a Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall at the University of California, Berkeley in 1983. He has been in private practice in San Francisco, California for over twenty years and specializes in corporate and securities law with the law firm Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP.Series:* Mike Daley Mystery","slug":"sheldon-siegel","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/sheldon-siegel","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T17:56:17.484921","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":26387,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Kim_Holden.png","name":"Kim Holden","bio":"Some of my favorite things: reading, writing, the two coolest guys on the planet (my husband and son), my bicycle (my husband built it for me), Facebook (I'm fairly certain it's an addiction at this point), iced coffee (hazelnut), and music (LOVE Sunset Sons, the 1975, Dredg, the xx, Balance and Composure, Teenage Bottlerocket, and Manchester Orchestra). I also love dreaming, which brings me to my next point. I have one bit of advice for anyone reading this ... follow your dreams. It's never too late. Get started today ... heck get started RIGHT NOW! I wanted to write a book 20 years ago. Instead I waited. And waited. I should've been writing. But I didn't. I don't do regrets, because the past is just that, the past. But let me tell you there's nothing in the world like achieving something you've dreamt about for years and years. So, get started. Make your dreams reality. I love to hear from other readers. Send me a message or find me on Facebook ( and tell what's up in your reading world.","raw_bio":"Some of my favorite things: reading, writing, the two coolest guys on the planet (my husband and son), my bicycle (my husband built it for me), Facebook (I'm fairly certain it's an addiction at this point), iced coffee (hazelnut), and music (LOVE Sunset Sons, the 1975, Dredg, the xx, Balance and Composure, Teenage Bottlerocket, and Manchester Orchestra). I also love dreaming, which brings me to my next point. I have one bit of advice for anyone reading this ... follow your dreams. It's never too late. Get started today ... heck get started RIGHT NOW! I wanted to write a book 20 years ago. Instead I waited. And waited. I should've been writing. But I didn't. I don't do regrets, because the past is just that, the past. But let me tell you there's nothing in the world like achieving something you've dreamt about for years and years. So, get started. Make your dreams reality. I love to hear from other readers. Send me a message or find me on Facebook ( and tell what's up in your reading world.","slug":"kim-holden","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/kim-holden","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T17:56:18.105460","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2},{"id":26388,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Jia_Tolentino.png","name":"Jia Tolentino","bio":"","raw_bio":null,"slug":"jia-tolentino","DOB":null,"DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/jia-tolentino","tags":null,"created":"2023-11-23T17:56:18.787852","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":2}],"description":"<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 24px;\"> The Great Poets and Writers in Indian and World History! </p>","image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_description/black.jpg"}