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The article presents a biography of American journalist April Ryan. It outlines her upbringing in Baltimore, Maryland, noting she wanted to be a journalist from the time she was a teenager. It describes her work as White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks (AURN) for over two decades, beginning in 1997. It says she is known for incisive coverage of race-related issues.

A biography of Vasugi V. "V.V." Ganeshananthan, the Hartford, Connecticut-born author, is presented, and it mentions several of her books which include "Love Marriage," "Hippocrates," and "A Just Country." Ganeshananthan's parents and her education at Harvard University are examined, along with several literary prizes and her experiences as a Sri Lankan American woman. The Sri Lankan Civil War, which ended in 2009, is assessed.

A biography of Melissa Lucashenko, the Brisbane, Queensland-born novelist, is presented, and it mentions several of Lucashenko's books which include "Steam Pigs," "Killing Darcy," and "Mullumbimby." Lucashenko's parents and her family's Russian and Murri Aboriginal ancestry are addressed, along with Lucashenko's education at Griffith University. Lucashenko's Dobbie Literary Award win in 1998 is examined, along with the novel "Hard Yards."

A biography of Katherena Vermette, the Winnipeg, Manitoba-born author, is presented, and it mentions several of Vermette's books such as "The Break" and A Girl Called Echo." Vermette's parents are addressed, along with her family's Métis heritage and her education at the University of British Columbia. Vermette's first poetry collection entitled "North End Love Songs" is assessed, along with the portrayal of Indigenous peoples in literature.

A biography of Park Wan Suh, the now deceased author who was born in Gaepung, Korea, is presented, and it mentions several of Park Wan Suh's books which include "Namok" and "A Sketch of the Fading Sun." Park Wan Suh's parents and his education at Seoul National University are examined, along with her role as a member of the South Korean National Academy of Arts. Park Wan Suh's literary depiction of the plight of women is assessed.

A biography of Cherie Dimaline, the Ontario-born author, is presented, and it mentions her works of short and long fiction such as "A Gentle Habit" and "The Marrow Thieves." Dimaline's Métis and Anishnaabe heritage is examined, along with her receipt of the Fiction Book of the Tear award in 2007 for her debut short story collection "Red Rooms." Young-adult dystopian novel writing and her Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature are assessed.

A biography of Esi Edugyan, the Calgary, Alberta-born author, is presented, and it mentions his works of fiction and nonfiction which include "The Second Life of Samuel Tyne" and "Dreaming of Elsewhere: Observations on Home." It states that Edugyan's parents emigrated to Canada from Ghana prior to his birth in 1978. Edugyan's education at the University of Victoria is examined, along with his novel "Half-Blood Blues."

A biography of Jane Kramer, the Providence, Rhode Island-born journalist and author, is presented, and it mentions Kramer's nonfiction books which include "Europeans," "Allen Ginsberg in America," and "The Last Cowboy." Kramer's parents are addressed, along with her education at Columbia University and her former roles at the "Village Voice" tabloid newspaper and "The New Yorker" magazine. Kramer's membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is assessed.

A biography of Bev Sellars, the British Columbia-born author, is presented, and it mentions Sellars' books which include "They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School" and "Price Paid: The Fight for First Nations Survival." Sellars' experiences as a member of the Xat'sull First Nation are examined, along with her education at the University of Victoria and her work with the First Nation Women Advocating for Responsible Mining organization.

A biography of the American novelist and short story writer William Melvin Kelley is presented. He was born on November 1, 1937 in New York City and was a gifted student, being accepted to Harvard University in 1956. After leaving Harvard early he published his first novel in 1962, "The Ivy League Negro," which explored his experiences with integration into white society. After living with his family in both Jamaica and Paris, France, he took a job in 1989 teaching creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College.

A biography of Charles Yu, the Los Angeles, California-born author, is presented, and it mentions Yu's short fiction collections which include "Third Class Superhero" and "Sorry Please Thank You: Stories." Yu's education at Columbia University Law School is examined, along with his passion for writing and the publication of his first novel entitled "How to Live Safely in a Science Fiction Universe." Father-son relations are assessed.

A biography of the writer Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay is presented. He was born on September 15, 1876, in Debanandapur, India. He received many honors in later life, including the Jagattarini Medal from the University of Calcutta in 1934. Various of his major works are also discussed including 1918's "Swami" and 1917's "Devdas,"

A biography is presented for author Augusto Roa Bastos. He was born on June 13, 1917 in Iturbe, Paraguay. In 1944, as World War II drew to a close, Roa Bastos was awarded a journalism fellowship in London, England. In 1976, Roa Bastos had to leave Argentina after a military coup and relocated to France. Several of his major works are also noted including "I, the Supreme."

A biography of the Indian author Munshi Premchand is presented. He was born as Dhanpat Rai Srivastava on July 31, 1880, in the village of Lamhi, India. In the mid-1890s, Premchand enrolled at Queen's College in Varanasi, India, and over the next several years he worked as a teacher and tutor. Various of his works are discussed including his 1907 short story collection "Soz-e-Watan" and 1922's "Premashram."

A biography is presented for author Wang Ping. She was born in 1957 in Shanghai, China, during the Cultural Revolution. Wang Ping studied English and American literature, eventually earning a bachelor's degree in 1984 in Beijing, China. Various of her works, both poetry and fiction, are also noted including her 1996 debut novel "Foreign Devil."

A biography is presented for poet Mei-mei Berssenbrugge. She was born on October 5, 1947, in Beijing, China, to a Chinese mother and an American father of Dutch descent and grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. Berssenbrugge attended first Barnard then Reed College for her undergraduate education, and then she received a master of fine arts degree from Columbia University in 1974. Active in the multicultural poetry movement of the 1970s her work retains a visual element discussed in the essay.

A biography of the poet Justin Chin is presented. He was born in Malaysia on September 8, 1969. Chin grew up in Singapore, where he attended primary and secondary school before enrolling at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Chin then moved to San Francisco in 1991, transferring into the journalism program at San Francisco State University, Several of his works are also discussed, which center around themes of his identity as an Asian American, an immigrant, and a gay writer, including "Mongrel: Essays, Diatribes, and Pranks" and "Burden of Ashes."

A biography is presented for poet Dunya Mikhail. She was born in Iraq in 1965 and attended local schools and an undergraduate degree English literature from the University of Baghdad. She has written numerous articles and essays about Iraqi culture and politics through her work as a journalist and had to flee Iraq in 1996 after coming to the attention of the government. Various of her works are noted including 2005's "The War Works Hard."

A biography is presented for poet Fady Joudah. He was born in Austin, Texas, in 1971, the second of five children. He intended to become a doctor and attended first the University of Georgia at Athens, then the Medical College of Georgia, and finally the University of Texas at Austin. He wrote poetry throughout medical school and continues to write works that combine and blend science and art, medicine and literature, the known and the unknown.

A biography is presented for the poet Hoa Nguyen. She was born in 1967 in Vietnam's Mekong Delta region. Later, Nguyen and her family moved to the U.S. and then from Minnesota to Maryland, and she grew up in the Washington, DC, metro area. She went on to study poetry at the New College of California in San Francisco, California, with the noted poets Lyn Hejinian and Tom Clark. Various of her works are noted including the poem "Do I Plunge."

A biography is presented for poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil. She was born in 1974 in Chicago, Illinois, to a Filipina mother and Malayali Indian father. She received a bachelor of arts (BA) in English from Ohio State University and went on to earn a master of fine arts (MFA) in poetry and creative nonfiction at the same school. Various of her works are noted including 2003's "Miracle Fruit."

A biography of writer Mori Ōgai is presented. He was born on February 17, 1862 in Tsuwano, Japan, and studied various subjects such as Dutch, mathematics, and medicine. He was the youngest doctor to graduate from Tokyo Imperial University. His short story "Maihime" focuses on a romance between a German dancer and a Japanese student living in Berlin. It is noted that he rift between the modern West and the traditional East was prominent in Mori's works.

A biography of Mexican America writer Josephina Niggli is presented. She was born July 13, 1910 in Monterrey, Mexico and educated in San Antonio, Texas before relocated to pursue graduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Returning to Mexico in the early 1940s, she wrote plays including "Mexican Village," "Pointers on Radio Writing" and "Step Down, Elder Brother. She died on December 17, 1983.

A biography of poet Nicholas Gage is presented. He was born on July 23, 1929 in Lia, Greece, and attended the Chandler Junior High school, where he began writing poetry. He further attended Boston University on a writing scholarship. His most celebrated book "Eleni" is discussed, which covers topics such as Greek Civil War, gender in Greek culture, religious practices.

A biography of British author Penelope Lively is presented. She was born Penelope Low on March 17, 1933 in Cairo, Egypt and in 1942 fled with her family to Jerusalem to escape the advancing Germany army during World War II. She was educated at St. Anne's College of Oxford university and began writing in her late thirties. Her works of children's literature include "Astercote" and "A Stitch in Time" and her long fiction includes "The Road to Lichfield."

A biography of Japanese poet Priest Jakuren is presented. Also known as Monk Jakuren, he was born Fujiwara no Sadanaga around the year 1139 into the Fujiwara clan. He studied verse under his uncle, the waka poet Fujiwara no Shunzei, and became a monk following the decline of his clan's prestige after the Hōgen rebellion of 1156. His poems were included in the "Shin kokinshu" anthology and hid published the collection "Jakuren hōshi shū." He died in 1202.

A biography of Japanese poet Ono no Komachi is presented. She was born around 825 and historians suggest she was an educated woman and likely a lady-in-waiting for the emperor or other court official. Legends about Komachi indicate she was cruel to others and ultimately lost her beauty and became destitute. Her poetry featured themes of sensuality, love, and melancholy and were collected in the "Kokinshu." She is believed to have died around the year 900.

A biography of Austrian author Carl Stephenson is presented. He was born November 3, 1893 in Vienna, Austria. He published works under the pen name Stephen Sorel and founded a publishing company in Germany through which he published literary criticism and short stories including "Leiningen Versus the Ants in 1937. He died in the late 1960s.

A biography of 20th-century American poet Lillian Morrison is presented. She was born October 27, 1917 in Jersey City, New Jersey and was educated at Douglass College at Rutgers university and Columbia University before beginning a career in library science while writing poetry. Her published collections include "The Break Dance Kids," "Way to Go! Sports Poems," and "Who Would Marry a Mineral?." She died January 27, 2014.

A biography of ninth century Japanese poet Ki no Tsurayuki, also known as Kino, is presented. He was born in approximately 872 and studied letters, becoming a poet of the Japanese short poetry form "waka." In 905 he was commissioned by Emperor Daigo to complete the Japanese poetry anthology the "Koki-shu." He served in several other governmental offices in Kyoto while writing poetry. He died in 945.

A biography of the Romanian-born poet Nina Cassian is presented. She was born Renée Annie Katz in 1924 in Galati, Romania and later moved to Bucharest, studying at the University of Bucharest. She published her first book of poetry "La Scara 1/1" in 1947 which didn't conform to the aesthetics of Romanian communism, after which she published works that met government criteria as well as unpublished poetry that was more antiestablishment. In 1985 while in the U.S. as a guest lecturer, circumstances in Romania forced Cassian to seek asylum where she lived until her death in 2014.

A biography of Harlan Coben, a mystery and thriller novel writer, is presented. Coben was born on January 4, 1962 in Newark, New Jersey. He studied political science at Amherst College in Massachusetts after winning a sports scholarship. His first novel "Play Dead" was published in 1990. He married pediatrician Anne Armstrong-Cohen and they have four children.

A biography of Japanese writer Hiromi Kawakami is presented. Topics discussed include her education from Ochanomizu Women's College in Tokyo, Japan, her first collection of short stories Kamisama and her novels such as Furud̄ogu Nakano sh̄oten, The Nakano Thrift Shop and Nishino Yukihiko no koi to bōke.

A biography of Indian-born American author and playwright Santha Rama Rau is presented. She was born in Chennai, India on January 24, 1923 and died on April 21, 2009 in Amenia, New York. She studied at St. Paul's Girls' School in London, England but left for the U.S. to study at Wellesley College. Her novel "Home to India" was published in 1945. She was married to U.S. diplomat and writer Faubion Bowers.

A biography of U.S. young adult fiction author Margaret Peterson Haddix is presented. She was born on April 9, 1964 in Washington Court House in Ohio and studied at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio after high school where she majored in creative writing, history, and journalism. Her prominent works include her first novel "Running Out of Time" and "Among the Hidden." She was married to a newspaper editor and they have two grown children.

A biography of U.S. author Will Hobbs is presented. He was born on August 22, 1947 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and earned his undergraduate degree as well as a master's degree from Standford University by the early 1970s. He also taught language arts and reading for 17 years and received numerous awards for his fiction including two Reading the West Book Awards. He and his wife Jean married in 1972.

A biography of U.S. author S. A. Bodeen is presented. She was born in Wisconsin in 1965 and attended the Lincoln Junior/Senior High School and earned a degree in secondary education from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. She earned recognition for her young adult novels and children's books which were inspired by her experiences in Africa. She was married to Tim Bodeen and they have two daughters.