December 20

Scholastique Mukasonga

Scholastique Mukasonga (born December 20, 1956) Rwandan novelist

Read about Scholastique Mukasonga here

Watch an interview (in French) with Scholastique Mukasonga
here

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Abdulrazak Gurnah (born December 20, 1948) U.K. novelist; 2021 Nobel Prize Literature - Afterlives (2020)

Read more about Abdulrazak Gurnah here

Watch an interview with Gurnah
here

Nalo Hopkinson

Nalo Hopkinson (born December 20, 1960) Jamaican-Canadian novelist / short story writer – Brown Girl in the Ring

An interview with Nalo Hopkinson here

Nalo Hopkinson on some of her favorite books
here

Kate Atkinson

Kate Atkinson (born December 20, 1951) U.K. novelist, playwright

Read a guide to Atkinson's crime novels here

Kate Atkinson at the Edinburgh Book Festival
here

Väinö Linna

Väinö Linna (born December 20, 1920) Finnish novelist – Tuntematon sotilas / The Unknown Soldier (1954)

Read the Authors Calendar article about Väinö Linna