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  • Poppy Adams
    Poppy Adams has worked as a documentary filmmaker for the BBC and the Discovery Channel. She lives with her husband and three children in London, where she is working on her next book.

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    The Sister
  • Sara Nisha Adams
    Sara Nisha Adams is a writer and editor. She lives in London and was born in Hertfordshire to Indian and English parents. Her debut novel The Reading List is partly inspired by her grandfather, who ...

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    The Reading List
  • Scott Adams
    At the risk of pointing out the obvious, Scott Adams is the creator of the popular Dilbert cartoons.

    What started as a doodle has turned Scott Adams into a superstar of the cartoon world. Dilbert ...

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    Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!
  • Taylor Adams
    Taylor Adams is the author of several acclaimed thrillers including Hairpin Bridge and No Exit. No Exit has been published in 32 languages and was recently released as a Hulu Original film. Adams ...

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    The Last Word
  • Gil Adamson
    Gil Adamson
    Gil (Gillian) Adamson is the author of two books of poetry, Primitive (1991) and Ashland (2003), and a collection of short stories, Help Me, Jacques Cousteau (1995). The Outlander is her first ...

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    The Outlander

  • Glenn Adamson
    Glenn Adamson is Head of Graduate Studies and Deputy Head of Research at the Victoria & Albert Museum. He is also author of The Craft Reader (Berg, 2009) and Thinking Through Craft (Berg, 2007).

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    Craft
  • Mansoor Adayfi
    Mansoor Adayfi is a writer and former Guantánamo Bay Prison Camp detainee, held for over 14 years without charges as an enemy combatant. Adayfi was released to Serbia in 2016, where he struggles ...

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    Don't Forget Us Here
  • Siobhan Adcock
    Siobhan Adcock received her MFA in fiction from Cornell University, and her short fiction has appeared in several literary magazines. She has worked as a writer and editor for Epicurious, Gourmet.com,...

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    The Barter

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