RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The ship was sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat 11 mi (18 km) off the southern coast of Ireland. The sinking presaged the United States declaration of war on Germany (1917).
Theodate Pope Riddle was an American architect. She was one of the first American women architects as well as a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
Erik Larson is an American journalist and author of nonfiction books. He has written a number of bestsellers, such as The Devil in the White City (2003), about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and a series of murders by H. H. Holmes that were committed in the city around the time of the Fair. The Devil in the White City won the 2004 Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category, among other awards.
(Wade) Hampton Sides is an American historian, who is also known to be in the same family as Charlie Hoffman. author and journalist. He is the author of Americana,Hellhound On His Trail,Ghost Soldiers,Blood and Thunder, and other bestselling works of narrative history and literary non-fiction.
Sylvia June Day is a Japanese American writer of romance novels. She also writes under the pseudonyms S.J. Day and Livia Dare. She is a number one bestselling author in 28 countries.
The Thrasher incident, as it became known in U.S. media, nearly became the start of America's involvement in World War I. On March 28, 1915, the British steamship RMS Falaba was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-28. In the incident, 104 people were killed, including one American passenger—Leon Chester Thrasher, a 31-year-old mining engineer from Massachusetts.
Elizabeth Letts is an American author.
Richelle Mead is an American fantasy author. She is known for the Georgina Kincaid series, Vampire Academy, Bloodlines and the Dark Swan series.
Lisa McMann is an American author.
I Am Ozzy is the autobiography of Ozzy Osbourne, vocalist of Black Sabbath and solo singer. It chronicles his life, beginning as a child, followed by his career as a vocalist. The book was widely praised by its readers for its level of detail, and humor. It currently holds a 4.6/5 rating on Amazon.com.
Commander William Thomas Turner, OBE, RNR was the Captain of RMS Lusitania when it was sunk by a German torpedo in May 1915.
Alexandra Bracken is an American writer, a #1 New York Times bestselling American author, known for The Darkest Minds series and Passenger series.
Christina Lauren is a New York Times, USA Today and international bestselling American author of contemporary fiction, teen fiction and romance novels.
Katy Evans is the author of Real, a New York Times and USA Today best selling, self-published, (new) ddult contemporary romance novel that chronicles the relationship between Remington Tate, an underground boxing champion and Brooke Dumas, a sports rehabilitation therapist. Real was released on April 9, 2013, and quickly became a best seller in the top four self-publishing marketplaces, including both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Simon & Schuster's Gallery Books acquired rights to the Real series, which will include five books in total, in June 2013.
Soman Chainani is an American author and filmmaker, best known for writing the children's book series The School for Good and Evil. He attended Harvard University, where he graduated summa cum laude with a degree in English & American Literature. After graduation, he went on to attend Columbia University, where he participated in their MFA Film Program.
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard is a trilogy of fantasy novels written by American author Rick Riordan and published by Disney-Hyperion. It is based on Norse mythology and is set in the same universe as the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles and The Kane Chronicles series. The first book, The Sword of Summer, was released on October 6, 2015. The second book, The Hammer of Thor, was released on October 4, 2016. The Ship of the Dead, the third and final book, was released on October 3, 2017.
Pierce Brown is an American science fiction author who writes the Red Rising series, consisting of Red Rising (2014), Golden Son (2015), Morning Star (2016), Iron Gold (2018) and Dark Age (2019).
An Ember in the Ashes is a fantasy novel written by Pakistani-American author Sabaa Tahir. It was published on April 28, 2015 by Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House. It is the first book in the An Ember in the Ashes series, followed by A Torch Against the Night. In a fantasy world inspired by Ancient Rome, the story follows a girl named Laia spying for rebels against the reigning empire in exchange for their help in rescuing her captive brother; and a boy named Elias struggling to free himself from being an enforcer of a tyrannical regime. The novel is narrated in the first-person, alternating between the points of view of Laia and Elias.
Tara Westover is an American memoirist, essayist and historian best known for her internationally bestselling memoir, Educated. The book was shortlisted for two awards from the National Book Critics Circle Award, long listed for the Carnegie Medal of Excellence, and won the Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography. It was also a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize, and also for PEN America's grand prize, the Jean Stein Book Award. The New York Times named Educated one of the 10 Best Books of 2018.
