August 13

Kamila Shamsie

Kamila Shamsie (born August 13, 1973) Pakistani novelist – Home Fire (2017)

Read more about Kamila Shamsie

Kamila Shamsie talks about her writing
 here


Ibram X Kendi

Ibram X Kendi (born Ibram Henry Rogers) (born August 13, 1982) – U.S. author, historian - How to be an Antiracist (2019)

Read about Kendi's ideas expressed in his book
How To Be an Antiracist here

Kendi speaks on the history of racism and
five great thinkers of the 19th and 20th centuries
 here


Amélie Nothomb

Amélie Nothomb (born August 13?, 1967) – Belgian novelist – The Character of Rain

Read a review of Nothamb's book Strike Your Heart here

Watch an interview (in French) with Amélie Nothomb
 here