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Andrea Goldsmith originally trained as a speech pathologist and was a pioneer in the development of communication aids for people unable to speak. Her first novel, Gracious Living, was published in 1989. This was followed by Modern Interiors, Facing the Music, Under the Knife, and The Prosperous Thief, which was short-listed for the 2003 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Reunion was published in 2009, and The Memory Trap was awarded the 2015 Melbourne Prize. Her literary essays have appeared in Meanjin, Australian…
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Kathy O’Shaughnessy
Kathy O’Shaughnessy has reviewed books for The Guardian, The Telegraph,…
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Diane Oatley
Diane Oatley is a writer, independent scholar, and translator.…
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Chigozie Obioma
Chigozie Obioma was born in 1986 in Akure, Nigeria. A multiple winner…
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Paul Offit
Dr Paul Offit is the director of the Vaccine Education Center at the…
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Jenni Ogden
Jenni Ogden holds a PhD in psychology, and worked as a university…
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Lynne Olson
Lynne Olson is the New York Times bestselling author of Last Hope…
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Alice E. Olsson
Alice E. Olsson is a literary translator, writer, and editor working…
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Erich Origen
Erich Origen is a comedy writer, performer, and New York…
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Beci Orpin
Beci Orpin is a triple threat in the shape of an internationally adored…
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Daniel Mallory Ortberg
Daniel Mallory Ortberg is the ‘Dear Prudence’ advice columnist at…
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Willem Jan Otten
Willem Jan Otten, who was born in 1951, is a multi-award-winning Dutch…
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David Owen
David Owen is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of more…
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Felix J. Palma
Felix J. Palma was born in Spain in 1968. Acclaimed by critics as one…
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Kat Patrick
Kat Patrick recently realised they never actually grew up, and so…
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Leonardo Patrignani
Leonardo Patrignani was born in Moncalieri, Italy, in 1980. A…
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Molly Peacock
Molly Peacock is the award-winning author of six volumes of poetry,…
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Gordon Peake
Gordon Peake was born in Northern Ireland, and gained a Bachelor of…
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Corey Pein
Corey Pein is an investigative reporter and a regular contributor to…
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Alex Pentland
Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland directs MIT’s Human Dynamics Laboratory and the…
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Irene M. Pepperberg
Dr Irene M. Pepperberg is an associate research professor at Brandeis…
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Gina Perry
Gina Perry is an Australian writer. Her feature articles, columns, and…
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Antonia Pesenti
Antonia Pesenti is a Sydney based architect and illustrator. After…
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Arthur Phillips
Arthur Phillips was born in Minneapolis in 1969 and educated at…
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Jude Piesse
Jude Piesse is an academic and writer. She holds an MA in Creative…
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Guillaume Pitron
Guillaume Pitron, who was born in 1980, is a French award-winning…
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William Pollack
William S Pollack, Ph D, is a clinical psychologist and assistant…
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David Pollock
David Pollock is a second-generation pastoralist from Wooleen Station…
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Tallulah Pomeroy
Tallulah Pomeroy is an English writer, illustrator, and artist whose…
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Steven Poole
Steven Poole is the author of Trigger Happy and Unspeak. He has written…
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Paul David Pope
Paul David Pope began working for his father, Gene Pope, Jr, publisher…
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Srdja Popovic
Srdja Popovic is a Serbian political activist and executive director of…
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Ian Porter
The first story Ian Porter wrote when he joined The Age in 1971 was…
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William Poundstone
William Poundstone is the author of more than ten non-fiction books,…
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William Powers
William Powers is a former staff writer for The Washington Post, has…
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Richard David Precht
Richard David Precht was born in 1964 and studied philosophy, history…
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Catherine Price
Catherine Price is an award-winning journalist whose written and…
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Greg Pyers
Greg Pyers grew up in the small Victorian town of Daylesford. As a boy,…
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Stephen Pyne
Stephen Pyne is an emeritus professor at Arizona State University.…
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Jonathan D. Quick
Jonathan D. Quick is a family physician, health-management specialist,…
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Kevin Rabalais
Kevin Rabalais grew up in New Orleans and now lives in Melbourne. He is…
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Russ Radcliffe
Russ Radcliffe created the annual Best Australian Political Cartoons…
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John Ratcliffe
John Ratcliffe was born in Melbourne in 1962. He began his studies in…
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Catherine Raven
Catherine Raven received her PhD in biology from Montana State…
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Andrea Reece
Andrea Reece is a translator of novels, short stories, and works of…
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Jonathan Reeder
Jonathan Reeder, a native of New York and longtime resident of…
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Robert Reich
Robert Reich is professor of public policy at the Goldman School of…
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Zalika Reid-Benta
Zalika Reid-Benta is a Toronto-based writer whose work has appeared on…
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Francesca Rendle-Short
Francesca Rendle-Short is an award-winning novelist, memoirist, and…
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Edgard Telles Ribeiro
Edgard Telles Ribeiro spent a peripatetic childhood in Marseille and…
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Jo Riccioni
Jo Riccioni was born in the UK to an Italian father and English mother.…
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Mike Richards
Mike Richards is the author of the best-selling biography The Hanged…
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Nick Richardson
Nick Richardson is an author, academic, and journalist who has written…
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Matthew Ricketson
Professor Matthew Ricketson is an academic, author, and journalist. He…
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Eloise Rickman
Eloise Rickman is a parent educator who works with clients around the…
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Thomas Rid
Thomas Rid is Professor in Security Studies at King’s College London.…
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Mark Riebling
Mark Riebling is a pathbreaking writer on secret intelligence. The…
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John Rizzo
John Rizzo had a 34-year career as a lawyer at the CIA, culminating…
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Craig Robertson
Craig Robertson is a technical writer who documents computerised…
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Emily Robertson
Emily Robertson creates her delicately organic illustrations with…
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Les Robinson
Les Robinson was a social-marketing director who noticed that…
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John Elder Robison
John Elder Robison is the New York Times bestselling author of Look Me…
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Alexandra Roesch
Alexandra Roesch is a bicultural, bilingual freelance translator based…
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Lola Rogers
Lola Rogers is a freelance translator living in Seattle. Her published…
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David Roland
David Roland has a PhD in clinical psychology, and has trained in…
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Drew Rooke
Drew Rooke is a freelance journalist based in Sydney. His work deals…
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Henriette Roosenburg
Henriette Roosenburg (1916–1972), known as ‘Zip’, was part of the Dutch…
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Fela and Felix Rosenbloom
Fela and Felix Rosenbloom were both born in Poland in the early 1920s.…
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Eric Rosencrantz
Eric Rosencrantz is a freelance translator, who over the years has…
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David Rowe
David Rowe was born in the Netherlands in 1968, and arrived in Canberra…
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Jeff Rubin
Jeff Rubin is a world-leading Canadian economist. An expert on trade…
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Samuel Rutter
Samuel Rutter is a writer and translator from Melbourne, Australia. He…
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Christopher Ryan
Christopher Ryan received his PhD in research psychology at Saybrook…
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Kate Ryan
Kate Ryan writes fiction and nonfiction and her work has appeared in…
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Madeleine Ryan
Madeleine Ryan is an Australian writer, director, and actor. She’s been…
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