Photo: Bengt Gustafsson / Forflex
Sample of authors
Child, Lee
Lee Child is the pen name of the British author and television producer Jim Grant. He was born in Coventry as one of four brothers. When he was four years old, the family moved to Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, so the brothers were able to attend Orchard Primary School. When Jim was eleven years old he won a scholarship to King Edward’s School, after which he read law at the University of S...
Photo: Ulf Andersen / Getty Images (1991)
Sample of authors
Škvorecký, Josef
The Czech author, editor, translator and (film)scriptwriter Josef Škvorecký was born in Náchod, in Bohemia. He is considered to be one of the most important names in Czech literature, together with Jan Neruda, Jaroslav Hašek and Karel Čapek. One reason is that he described the problems and traumas of his home country in a convincing manner, while never hiding his interest in Western popular cult...