Yann Martell Matthew Kneale Daniel Defoe Jean Claude Izzo Benjamin Kunkel Edgar Hilsenrath Frances Fyfield Robert Van Gulik Anonymous Victor Pelevin Erma Bombeck Lao Tsu Samuel Richardson Peter Robertson Nino Ricci Ross Macdonald Oliver Sacks Ellen Gilchrist Fielding Arthur Golden Robert B. Parker Val Mcdermid Janet Fitch John D Mcdonald Alice Sebold Enid Blyton Truman Capote Martin Amis Yann Martel P.G. Wodehouse Mitch Albom Ben Elton Jeffrey Eugenides Alice Munro Bill Bryson Paulo Coelho Toni Morrison Stephen Fry Heinrich Böll Heinrich Heine John Updike Italo Calvino Elizabeth George Ann Patchett Margaret Atwood Michael Chabon Henning Mankell Lee Child Dave Eggers