Our authors
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Britain
Beryl Bainbridge
Beryl Bainbridge was the author of seventeen novels. The Dressmaker, The Bottle Factory Outing, An Awfully Big Adventure, Every Man For Himself and Master Georgie were all finalists... -
Australia
Tim Baker
Born in Sydney, Tim Baker moved to Italy in his early 20s and lived in Spain before moving to Paris as director of consular operations at the Australian embassy in France. His short fiction has appeared... -
Italy
Alessandro Barbero
Alessandro Barbero is the author of The Battle: A New History of Waterloo (Walker & Co., 2005), Charlamagne: Father of a Continent, and Master Pyle’s Bella Vita and Other People’s Wars... -
France
Muriel Barbery
Muriel Barbery ’s novels include the New York Times bestseller, The Elegance of the Hedgehog (Europa, 2008), and Gourmet Rhapsody (Europa, 2009). She is also the author of The... -
France
Catherine Bardon
Catherine Bardon is a French writer who divides her time between France and the Dominican Republic. She is the author of Les Deracines, which has sold over 600,000 copies and won numerous... -
Italy
Alessandro Baricco
Alessandro Baricco, beloved by readers worldwide for his innovative take on magical realism, his atmospheric novels and memorable characters, is one of Italy's bestselling and most critically acclaimed... -
Britain
Laura Barnett
Laura Barnett is an author, arts journalist, and theater critic. Her first book, Versions of Us, was a number-one best seller, and her award-winning short stories have been published in... -
Italy
Fabio Bartolomei
Fabio Bartolomei works in advertising and lives in Rome. Alfa Romeo 1300 and Other Miracles is his first novel. -
Britain
Richard Beard
Richard Beard is the author of four novels, including Damascus (Arcade, 1999), a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and Dry Bones (Secker & Warburg, 2004). He has written three works... -
Australia
Kavita Bedford
Kavita Bedford is an Australian-Indian writer with a background in journalism, anthropology and literature. Her writing has appeared in Guernica, The Guardian and she was a recent Churchill... -
Austria
Alex Beer
Alex Beer was born in Bregenz, Austria, and studied archeology. She now lives in Vienna. This is her English-language debut. -
France
Gaëlle Bélem
Gaëlle Bélem was born in Saint-Benoît, Réunion. The Rarest Fru it is her English-langauge debut. -
Germany
Gioconda Belli
Gioconda Belli was born in Nicaragua. She is famous throughout the world for her novels and her poetry. The Butterfly Workshop is a story both for children and for adults who have not lost the... -
France
Bénédicte Belpois
Bénédicte Belpois spent her childhood in Algeria, she now lives in Franche-Comté where she works as a midwife. It was during a long stay in Spain that she began to write Suiza, her first... -
France
Tonino Benacquista
Tonino Benacquista was born in France in 1961. He is a screenwriter, cartoonist, dramaturge, and the author of four crime novels published by Bitter Lemon Press, among them Holy Smoke. Benacquista... -
Argentina
Miguel Benasayag
Miguel Benasayag, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on June 4, 1953, is a philosopher, psychoanalyst, and researcher in epistemology. A guerilla fighter, he was arrested and imprisoned for 4... -
Ghana
Kobby Ben Ben
Kobby Ben Ben was born and bred in Ghana. No One Dies Yet is his first novel. -
Italy
Stefano Benni
Stefano Benni is widely considered one of Italy’s foremost novelists. His trademark mix of biting social satire and magical realism has turned each of his books into a national bestseller. His many... -
Georgia
Levan Berdzenishvili
Born in 1953 in the Black Sea coastal city of Batumi, Levan Berdzenishvili is the author of numerous books and essays on Ancient Comedies, Modern Society and Latin. -
France
Anne Berest
Anne Berest ’s first novel to appear in English, The Postcard (Europa, 2023), was a national bestseller, a Library Journal, NPR, and TIME Best Book of the Year, a ... -
France
Claire Berest
Claire Berest is the author of the novels Mikado (2009), The Empty Orchestra, Bellevue (2016), Rien n’est noir, winner of the ELLE Readers Grand Prize, and two works of... -
Italy
Franco Bernini
Franco Bernini ’s screenplay for The Grey Zone won the Grolla d’oro Prize for Best Screenplay. He teaches screenwriting at the Italian National Film School. He has written three novels... -
Italy
Romano Bilenchi
Romano Bilenchi was born near Siena, Tuscany, in 1909. He was a member of the Italian Resistance during the Fascist period and in the years following the end of WWII became an active member of the... -
Italy
Piero Boitani
Piero Boitani is one of Italy’s most renowned philologists and literary critics. An expert on ancient myths, medievalist, and a Dante scholar, he is currently Professor of Comparative Literature...