Jan-Philipp Sendker was the American correspondent for Stern from 1990 to 1995, and its Asian correspondent from 1995 to 1999. He is the author of Cracks in the Wall, a non-fiction book about China, and the bestseller The Art of Hearing Heartbeats and The Long Path To Wisdom: Tales from Burma. His book: The Art of […]
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Patrick Cockburn is currently Middle East correspondent for The Independent and worked previously for the Financial Times. He has written three books on Iraq’s recent history as well as a memoir, The Broken Boy with his son, a book on schizophrenia, Henry’s Demons, which was shortlisted for a Costa Award and The Jihadis Return: ISIS and
Steve Hockensmith is a New York Times bestselling author for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, and a Best First Novel Edgar Award nominee for his mystery Holmes on the Range. He has also co-authored the Nick and Tesla series with “Science Bob” Pflugfelder. His book: Nick and Tesla’s High-Voltage Danger Lab
“Science Bob” Pflugfelder is an award-winning elementary school science teacher. He blows stuff up, and kids (and their parents) love it. His fun and informative approach to science has led to television appearances on The Home & Family Show, Access Hollywood, Extra, and The History Channel. He is also a regular guest on Jimmy Kimmel
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Eric Smith is Quirk Books’ marketing and social media coordinator and co-founder of the incredibly successful website Geekadelphia, dedicated to all things geek in the city of Philadelphia. Every year, he hosts the Philly Geek Awards. He’s hosted readings for the likes of Cory Doctorow and chattered online with everyone from Michael Bolton to E.L.
Gayathri Ponvannan is an author of juvenile and historic fiction – her first book, Time Racers, was published by Puffin India in 2016, and her second book, Unstoppable, was published by Hachette India in 2019. She has also written for several newspapers, anthologies and magazines. Gayathri holds an MSc in Creative Writing from the University
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Vimla Mehra is a distinguished police officer, committed to justice and empowerment for women, and has been instrumental in making the law enforcement agencies more sensitive to the problems faced by the marginalized in society. She was head of the Licensing Branch of the Delhi Police, served as Deputy Inspector General of the then nascent
Vartika Nanda is a media trainer, gender communicator, voice of women empowerment, and a media traveller. Having spent her childhood amidst the shades of terrorism in Punjab, she has devoted herself to media teaching, practice, training and creating awareness towards the issues of crime against women through media and literature. She was awarded the Stree
Sonia Bahl stumbled through school, forgot to attend college and ended up in the best place in the world: writing ads in an advertising agency. She’s made ads for everything from candy to condoms, while dreaming of changing them from 30-second spots to full-length feature films. Her day job entails writing movies. While Sonia has written advertising copy, screenplays,