Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist who has written several books on science, particularly evolution. His most recent publication, "The Greatest Show On Earth," has been a return to his evolutionary roots coming after his book 'The God Delusion' which, along with his television programmes, debates, and lectures as an Oxford University academic, have made him one of the most recognizable faces in modern atheism.
Cassandra Clare was born to American parents in Teheran, Iran and spent much of her childhood traveling the world with her family, including one trek through the Himalayas as a toddler where she spent a month living in her father’s backpack. She lived in France, England and Switzerland before she was ten years old. Since her family moved around so much she found familiarity in books and went everywhere with a book under her arm.
Joanne Rowling, (born 31 July 1965), better known under the pen name J.K. Rowling is a British author best known as the creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, the idea for which was conceived whilst on a train trip from Manchester to London in 1990. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies, and been the basis for a popular series of films.