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Simon Armitage

U.K. Poet Laureate
Forward Prize, UK
Translation: Sir Gawain
Lyricist: The Scaremongers

Carol Ann Duffy

Poet Laureate of UK
Playwright
Poems: Bees • Rapture
Children's: The Tear Thief

Aminatta Forna

Award-winning Novelist
Acclaimed Memoirist
Issues of War and Peace
The Memory of Love

Isabella Hammad

Award-winning Novelist
Palestine Book Award
O. Henry Prize
5 Under 35 Honoree

Sir Andrew Motion

UK Poet Laureate (1999-09)
Dylan Thomas Prize Winner
Biographer and Novelist
Autobiographical Prose

Pádraig Ó Tuama

Acclaimed Irish Poet
Theologian and Mediator
Peace & Reconciliation
LGBTQ Inclusion

Maya C. Popa

Romanian-American Poet
North American Book Prize
Womens Issues
Poetry: American Faith

Robin Robertson

Acclaimed Scots Poet
Forward Prize Winner
Translator of Transtromer
New Version: Medea