A. J. Finn

A. J. Finn has written for numerous publications, including the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post and the Times Literary Supplement. Finn’s debut novel, the Woman in the Window, has been sold in thirty-eight territories worldwide and is in development as a major motion picture from Fox. A native of

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Regarded as one of the most celebrated writers of the American 20th century, Fitzgerald’s gift was his ability to capture the very essence of the American experience in his writing, with his most famous novel The Great Gatsby, lauded as a classic even today.

FAHAD SAMAR

Fahad Samar is the best-selling author of Scandal Point and Flash Point. He studied at Bombay International School and at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai from where he graduated with a degree in English Literature. He began his career as a film-maker with Merchant-Ivory Productions in 1987. In 1993, Fahad established

Falguni Kothari

Falguni Kothari is a New York-based hybrid author. She writes in a variety of genres sewn together by the colourful and cultural threads of her South Asian heritage and expat experiences.

Farah Bashir

Farah Bashir was born and raised in Kashmir. She was a former photojournalist with Reuters and currently works as a communications consultant. Rumours of Spring is her first book.

Farahnaz Ispahani

Farahnaz Ispahani is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center and a Steering Group Member of the International Parliamentarians Panel for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFORB). She also serves on the Anti-Defamation League Task Force on Middle East Minorities. She has been a leading voice for women and

Farheen Ahmed

Farheen Ahmed is an English Hons graduate from Calcutta University, with a B.ED from Loreto House, Kolkata. She lives in Bahrain, works for a media house and is involved in a number of charity activities in support of the destitute and needy. Farheen is proud to be a member of

Farida Master

Farida Master was the former editor of Stardust, Society Fashion, Citadel magazines and the Pune Times of India. She has also hosted events like the Ford Super Model of the World, India and the India Show in Milan. Farida has also written for Herald Online, New Zealand Herald and Her

Farrukh Dhondy

Farrukh Dhondy is a writer, playwright, screenwriter and activist, who resides in the United Kingdom.

Farzana Versey

Farzana Versey writes regular columns on politics, communalism, gender, culture, society, and the media. She has written for The Asian Age, Illustrated Weekly of India, Times of India, Sunday Observer, Gentleman, Deccan Chronicle, The Friday Times (Pakistan), CounterPunch (USA) and several other print and online publications. Her poetry and short

Fathima E.V.

Fathima E.V. is a writer and translator. Her translation of Subhash Chandran's A Preface to Man (2016) won the V. Abdulla Translation Award in 2017 and the 2018 Crossword Book Award for Fiction in Translation. She is a co-translator of Delhi: A Soliloquy by M. Mukundan. Fathima is currently working as an Associate Professor at

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Feroz Rather

Feroz Rather is currently a doctoral student of Creative Writing at Florida State University and his work has appeared in The Millions, The Rumpus, The Southeast Review, Caravan, Warscapes, Berfrois, and Himal. His most recent essay, 'Poet in Srinagar', appeared in the anthology Mad Heart, Be Brave: On the Poetry

Fiona Brand

Fiona Brand lives in the sunny Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Now that both her sons are grown, she continues to love writing books and gardening. After a life-changing time in which she met Christ, she has undertaken study for a bachelor of theology and has become a member of

Fiona Fernandez

Fiona Fernandez is a historian at heart with a time-traveller's soul. As Associate Editor at Mid-day and through her outspoken protagonists Sir PM and Lady Flora, in her weekly column Bombaynama, Fiona highlights Mumbai's multi-layered urban histories, the conservation of its UNESCO World Heritage Sites and its citizen champions. H for Heritage:

Firdous Ali

Firdous Ali was an accomplished linguist and translator. Hewas proficient in Kashmiri, Urdu, Persian, Punjabi and English, and had aprodigious knowledge of the poetry of Indian and Persian languages and anencyclopaedic knowledge of the history of Indian cinema. “

Firoz Meeran

Firoz Meeran is the vice chairman of Group Meeran, ME Meeran Foundation. He heads the family office of Group Meeran and is also the managing director of Scoreline Sports.

FLAP Books

HarperCollins brings you the FLAP series: a series that promises hours of fun, learning, activity and play for your child. The exciting range of activity book in this early learning series will develop basic concepts in young children. FLAP stands for fun, learning, activity and play.

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Foreword by ANDREW HARVEY Annotation by JACK MAGUIRE

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was an English-American author and playwright. She is best known for her incredibly popular novels for children, including Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden.

Francesca Gibbons

Francesca Gibbons worked as a copywriter at a marketing agency before leaving to focus on her career as a children’s author. The Shadow Moth is her debut novel. It was inspired by the gardens she visited as a child, and her love of folklore and monsters. It is the first

FRANCIS WHEEN

Francois Gautier

Francois Gautier is a French journalist who has been the South Asia correspondent for the largest French daily, Le Figaro, for over ten years. He is the author of a number of books and has written regular columns for publications such as Outlook and The Indian Express. Namrita Gautier is

Frank L Baum

Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919) was an American children’s book author, best known for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and several other works (55 novels in total, plus four “lost” novels, 83 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts,

Frank Ryan

Originally qualified as a doctor, Frank Ryan is now one of the pioneers of the role of viruses in evolution. He is emeritus consultant physician at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, the Linnaean Society of London and the Royal Society of Medicine. He

Fraser Doherty

Fraser Doherty, named one of the ‘30 under 30’ entrepreneurs in the world by Inc. magazine, is one of the most successful young entrepreneurs in the UK today. His company SuperJam is a global success selling millions of jars a year. He was commended by the Queen for ‘services to

Frederic Martel

Frederic Martel has a doctorate in sociology and is a researcher. He is a columnist for France Info, and has, for eight years, presented Soft Power, a programme on French culture devoted to the creative industries and the Internet. He has written nine books, including Mainstream, which was an international

Frederick S. Starr

S. Frederick Starr is the founding chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute/Silk Road Studies Program, a research and policy centre affiliated with Johns Hopkins’s School of Advanced International Studies and the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Stockholm. A past president of Oberlin College and the Aspen Institute, he

Friedrich Engels

Friedrich Engels (1820–1895) was a German philosopher and co-author of The Communist Manifesto alongside Karl Marx. Born in Barmen, Prussia, Engels played a crucial role in shaping Marxist theory. His works, including The Condition of the Working Class in England, explored class struggles and historical materialism. As a committed socialist,