A. J. Liebling, born in Manhattan in 1904, joined the staff of the New Yorker in 1935 and contributed innumerable articles to the magazine throughout his lifetime, on subjects ranging from food to boxing and France to horse racing. As a war correspondent during the Second World War, he reported from France, England and Algeria, and participated in the Normandy landings. In later life he married the writer Jean Stafford, his third wife. He died in 1963.

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A. J. Rosen is an author of YA fantasy and is known as @agatharoza on Wattpad.

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A. K. Davidson

A. O. Scott has been a film critic at the New York Times since 2000. His writing has appeared in many other publications, including the New York Review of Books, Slate, the New Yorker and the Nation. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism in 2010, Scott is currently Distinguished Professor of Film Criticism at Wesleyan University. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York. 
 
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A. O. Scott

A.S. Byatt (1936-2023) was a novelist, short-story writer and critic of international renown. Her novels include Possession (winner of the Booker Prize 1990), the Frederica Quartet and The Children’s Book, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. She was appointed CBE in 1990 and DBE in 1999, and was awarded the Erasmus Prize 2016 for her ‘inspiring contribution to life writing’ and the Pak Kyongni Prize 2017. In 2018 she received the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award.

A. S. Byatt

A. T. Williams won the George Orwell Prize for Political Writing in 2013 for his book A Very British Killing: The Death of Baha Mousa. He lives in Warwickshire.

A. T. Williams

A. W. Chase

Dubbed ‘The new queen of spy fiction’ by the Guardian newspaper, and ‘the real thing’ by the Washington Post, A.C. 'Ava' Glass is the CWA Dagger-shortlisted author of Alias Emma (The Chase), The Traitor and The Trap. The Traitor was a 2023 Richard and Judy Bookclub pick. Alias Emma was a Barnes and Noble book of the month. A former crime reporter and communications consultant, for five years Ava worked closely with spies. Her time in that world fascinated her, and the people she met back then inspire every book she writes.

A.C. Glass

A.E. Housman

Arthur Edward Waite was the designer and co-creator of the now famous Rider Waite Tarot deck. 
 
An American-born British poet and scholarly mystic, his strong interest in all esoteric matters - divination, magic, Kabbalism, alchemy and Freemasony - led to him penning a number of books. These include the Key to the Tarot, The Book of Ceremonial Magic and A New Encyclopedia of Freemasony.

A.E. Waite

A.E. Warren is the author of the Tomorrow's Ancestors series, which consists of Subject Twenty-One, The Hidden Base, The Fourth Species and The Final Rising. 
 
After spending eight years working as a lawyer, she began to write in the evenings and early mornings as a form of escapism from life in a very small cubicle with lots of files. She self-published her first novels in her spare time, which were picked up by Del Rey UK which is the science fiction/fantasy imprint of Penguin Random House. 
 
 She is an avid reader, occasional gamer and fair-weather runner. She lives in the UK with her husband, daughter and hopefully, one day, a wise border terrier named Austen.

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A.J. Ayer

A K Benedict writes crime and speculative fiction in a room filled with clowns, mannequins and Doctor Who figures. Her first novel, The Beauty of Murder, was nominated for an eDunnit award and is in development for a major 8-part TV series by Company Pictures. Her second, Jonathan Dark or The Evidence of Ghosts, came out in February 2016. She's written Torchwood audio dramas for Big Finish and her short stories have featured in anthologies including Great British Horror and Best British Short Stories. She lives in St Leonards-on-Sea with her dog, Dame Margaret Rutherford.

A.K.Benedict

A. L. Kennedy has twice been selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists and has won a host of other awards – including the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Day. She lives in Essex.

A.L. Kennedy

A.M. Ellis is a speculative fiction author and lover of everything steeped in myth and mystery. Her stories often lean into diverse voices, not only in her identity as a Black woman, but in exploring neurodivergence and mental health. A proud introvert and nostalgic gamer, she lives in Maryland, USA, with her husband and three children. Angelica is also the author of Hunt A Killer, a PERFECT SCORE novel, under the pen name A.M. Ellis, which she wrote as an IP for Scholastic in the US.

A.M. Ellis

A.N. Wilson was born in 1950 and educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is an award-winning biographer and a celebrated novelist, winning prizes for much of his work. He lives in North London.

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A.B.C. Merriman-Labor was a barrister, writer and munitions worker born in Freetown, Sierra Leone in 1877. His published works include A Series of Lectures on the Negro Race and The Story of the African Slave in a Nutshell. He also edited two editions of the Handbook of Sierra Leone. He arrived in the UK in 1904 to study law. In 1907, he organised a centenary commemoration of the abolition of the slave trade in Westminster Abbey. He later embarked on an 'entertainment-lecture' tour called Life and Scenes in Britain, travelling across thousands of miles of West, South West and Central Africa, which he expanded on to create Britons Through Negro Spectacles.

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Aabria Iyengar is an American actress and author.

Aabria Iyengar

Aaliya Jaleel is a freelance illustrator, designer, and visual development artist, currently majoring in Animation at the University of Texas at Dallas. She is also the illustrator of Under My Hijab and Muslim Girls Rise. You can visit her online at www.aaliyamj.com.

Aaliya Jaleel

Aaron Allston

After more than fifteen years of experience as a clinical psychotherapist, Dr Aaron Balick has taken the amazing insights from psychology and psychotherapy out of the consultation room and made them accessible to the wider world. 
 
He has been an ‘agony uncle’ for many years for both CBBC and BBC Radio 1, as well as on television, including BBC Worldwide, BBC 3 and BBC Learning.

Aaron Balick

Aaron Carroll

Aaron Dignan is the founder of The Ready--a global organizational transformation and coaching practice--that helps companies large and small adopt new forms of self-organization and dynamic teaming. Clients include Johnson &amp; Johnson, Microsoft, Lloyds Bank, Citibank, Boeing, Mailchimp, Airbnb, Dropbox, and charity: water. 
 
He is also the founder of Murmur--a SaaS startup that helps teams scale culture through the magic of working agreements. The Murmur platform will allow every team on the planet to define and share their ways of working. 
 
Dignan is the author of Brave New Work (2019) and Game Frame (2011), co-host of the Brave New Work podcast, and a friend to misfit toys.

Aaron Dignan

Aaron Edwards is a senior lecturer in defence and international affairs at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, specialising in terrorism and counter-insurgency. He is the author and editor of several books, including Defending the Realm: The Politics of Britain’s Small Wars Since 1945, and has lectured all over the world on aspects of national and international security. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Aaron Edwards

Aaron Robertson is a writer, an editor, and a translator of Italian literature. His translation of Igiaba Scego’s Beyond Babylon was short-listed for the 2020 PEN Translation Prize and the National Translation Award, and in 2021 he received a National Endowment for the Arts grant. His work has appeared in the New York Times, The Nation, Foreign Policy, n+1, The Point, and Literary Hub, among other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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James Patterson

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
If the mission fails, it's World War III. Any questions? 
 
Owen Taylor is about to be betrayed on his final covert mission. It will take everything he has to make it home alive, and to save the woman he loves.

The End

BookShots

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
An exile can never return... 
 
Finn O'Grady, working the night shift as a security guard in London, receives a phone call at dawn. Bridie, a woman he once loved before he left his hometown of Kilmeaden in the west of Ireland, believes she's in terrible danger and needs his help. 
 
Finn has made a new life for himself and can’t go back to the pain and tragedy he left behind in Ireland. But when Bridie's brother is found brutally murdered, Finn has no choice but to return to a life he'd tried to forget.

The Exile

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
Who is killing New York's most beautiful women? 
 
Gorgeous women are dropping dead at upscale department stores in New York City. Detective Luc Moncrief and Detective Katherine Burke are close to solving the mystery, but looks can be deceiving...

French Twist

Jen McLaughlin

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
The McCullagh Inn is now open for weddings. 
 
Jeremy Holland is exactly what Chelsea O'Kane wants in a man. After he proposes, she's ecstatic to host their wedding at the inn they built together. But it isn't long before the secrets from Chelsea's past refuse to stay buried, and they could ruin everything...

A Wedding in Maine

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
Did my brother kill your husband? 
 
Mitchum is back. His brother's been charged with murder. Nathaniel swears he didn't kill anyone, but word on the street is that he was involved with the victim's wife. Now, Navy SEAL dropout Mitchum will break every rule to expose the truth – even if it destroys the people he loves.

Malicious

Samantha Towle

Tabitha Ross

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
Three exciting romances now in one book! 
 
THE MCCULLAGH INN IN MAINE by Jen McLaughlin 
Chelsea O'Kane escapes to Maine with fresh bruises. She's ready to begin anew – until she runs into her old flame, Jeremy Holland. As he helps to fix her inn, her heart heals and they rediscover what they once loved about each other. But as the two play house, it starts to seem too good to last... 
 
SACKING THE QUARTERBACK by Samantha Towle 
Quarterback Grayson Knight has a squeaky-clean reputation in the world of American football. So when he's arrested for drug possession, lawyer Melissa St. James knows that something doesn't add up. It's clear he's hiding something, though he denies it. But there's one thing he can't deny – he wants Melissa. 
 
SEDUCING SHAKESPEARE by Tabitha Ross 
A brand-new romance, published for the very first time! William Shakespeare has fallen in love with the beautiful Marietta DiSonna. Her fiery heart has inspired his sonnets and her steady gaze, his plays. But what Shakespeare doesn't know is that all the men and women are merely players in a grand production, and even Marietta is acting a role. Unless Shakespeare can seduce her in return...

Kisses at Midnight

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
William Shakespeare has fallen in love with the beautiful Marietta DiSonna. Her fiery heart has inspired his sonnets and her steady gaze, his plays. But what Shakespeare doesn't know is that all the men and women are merely players in a grand production, and even Marietta is acting a role. Unless Shakespeare can seduce her in return...

Seducing Shakespeare

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
Harry Posehn is the best dad, the best husband... well, maybe not. 
 
Detective Teaghan Beaumont is getting closer and closer to discovering the truth about Harry Posehn. But there's a twist that she – and you, dear reader – will never see coming.

The House Husband

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
"Please don't let me fall." 
 
Since Siobhan has made it as an artist, she's ready to start a life in New York with the love of her life, billionaire Derick Miller. But their relationship has been a rollercoaster ride that has pushed Derick too far. Will Siobhan be able to win back her soul mate?

Exquisite

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
Rejected by the Navy SEALs, Mitchum is content to be his small town's unofficial private eye, until his beloved 14-year-old cousin is abducted. Now he'll call on every lethal skill to track her down-but nothing is what it seems...

Hidden

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
What is her husband's secret? 
 
Miranda Cooper's life takes a terrifying turn when an SUV deliberately runs her and her husband off a desolate Arizona road. With her husband badly wounded, she must run for help alone as his cryptic parting words echo in her head: 'Be careful who you trust.'

Come and Get Us

Codi Gary

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
The Bear Mountain days are cold, but the nights are steamy... 
 
Allie Fairchild made a mistake when she moved to Montana. Her rental is a mess, her co-workers at the trauma center are hostile and her handsome landlord, Dex Belmont, is far from charming. But just when she's about to throw in the towel, life in Bear Mountain takes a surprisingly sexy turn...

Hot Winter Nights

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
PLEASE HELP BEFORE HE KILLS ME. 
 
Travelling home for the festive season, Jon Roscoe receives a desperate cry for help. 
 
This year, Christmas with his family isn't quite as he had planned...

Kidnapped

Elizabeth Hayley

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
He’s worth millions, but he’s worthless without her. 
 
It’s been a month since her traumatic break-up with Derick, and Siobhan now lives in Detroit, where she can support herself and her painting career. But suddenly Derick’s back after flying halfway across America for her. And though Siobhan’s body comes alive at his touch, she doesn’t know if she can trust him again…

Radiant

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
Two priceless paintings disappear from a Park Avenue murder scene – French detective Luc Moncrief is in for a not-so-merry Christmas.

The Christmas Mystery

Jessica Linden

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
The Most Eligible Bachelor on Capitol Hill has met his match. 
 
Abbie Whitmore is good at her job. She knows how to protect people, and she’s always right – until Congressman Jonathan Lassiter comes along. The presidential hopeful refuses to believe that his politics have put him in danger, yet Abbie’s determined to keep him safe. But how can she protect him while she’s guarding her heart?

Bodyguard

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
Eat, drink and be murdered. 
 
Someone is poisoning diners in New Orleans' best restaurants. Now it's up to chef and homicide cop Caleb Rooney to catch a killer set on revenge – a dish best served cold.

Killer Chef

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
THE FINAL PART OF A FIVE-PART JON ROSCOE THRILLER 
 
As he races across London, can a killer help Jon Roscoe unlock the secrets of the past?

Kidnapped - Part 5

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
She’s a starving artist and he’s a billionaire playboy… 
 
Siobhan came to New York with a purpose: she wants to become a successful artist. To pay her bills in the meantime, she’s the hostess at The Stone Room, a bar for the beautiful and the billionaires. She was fine with being on her own – until tech billionaire Derick takes her breath away.

Dazzling

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
PART FOUR OF A FIVE-PART JON ROSCOE THRILLER 
 
Shots are fired at London's most exclusive hotel. 
 
Will Jon Roscoe survive?

Kidnapped - Part 4

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
The greatest story in modern history has a new chapter... 
 
Posing as newlyweds, two ruthless thieves board the Titanic to rob its well-heeled passengers. But an even more shocking plan is afoot – a sensational scheme that could alter the fate of the world's most famous ship.

Taking the Titanic

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
PART THREE OF A FIVE-PART JON ROSCOE THRILLER 
 
With his future hanging in the balance, Christmas Day brings tragedy for Jon Roscoe.

Kidnapped - Part 3

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
PART TWO OF A FIVE-PART JON ROSCOE THRILLER 
 
Good will to all men? 
 
Not to Jon Roscoe. 
 
JESUS LIVES, YOU DIE.

Kidnapped - Part 2

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
PART ONE OF A FIVE-PART JON ROSCOE THRILLER 
 
'Please help before he kills me.' 
 
Travelling home for Christmas, Jon Roscoe receives a desperate cry for help.

Kidnapped - Part 1

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
Will you marry me for $10,000,000? 
 
I am a creative, open-minded businessman with limited time and desire to play the field. This is a serious proposal. 
 
A mysterious billboard intrigues three single women in LA. But who is this Mr. Right? And is he the perfect match for the lucky winner?

$10,000,000 Marriage Proposal

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
I will avenge my husband and children. 
 
Former Marine Corps colonel Amanda Collins and her lethal team have vowed to avenge her family's murder. 
 
And they have nothing left to lose....

The Women's War

Erin Knightley

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
Ashley Montoya was in love with Mack McLeroy in high school – until he broke her heart. When an accident brings him back home to Sunnybell to recover, Ashley's determined to avoid him, but Mack can't stay away. And the more she's with him, the more she can't help but to fall into his embrace...

The Return

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
French detective Luc Moncrief joined the NYPD for a fresh start – but someone wants to make his first big case his last. 
 
Welcome to New York.

French Kiss

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
The golden boy of American football just went bad. 
 
Quarterback Grayson Knight has a squeaky-clean reputation. So when he's arrested for drug possession, lawyer Melissa St. James knows that something doesn't add up. It's clear he's hiding something, though he denies it. 
 
But there's one thing he can't deny – he wants Melissa.

Sacking the Quarterback

James Patterson’s BookShots. Short, fast-paced, high-impact entertainment. 
 
A woman violently attacked in her bed. 
 
A billionaire businessman on trial at The Old Bailey. 
 
As the world’s press gather outside London’s luxurious Tribeca hotel, can Jon Roscoe protect his own family from the terrifying consequences of the verdict?

The Verdict

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