Firdous Azim is Professor of English at BRAC University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has published widely on literary, cultural and women's issues, both inside and outside the country, including The Colonial Rise of the Novel (1993). She is an active member of Naripokkho, a women's activist group in Bangladesh, and is currently working on a women activists' memoir project.
Richard Miller Flanagan (born 1961) is an Australian novelist who lives in West Hobart, Tasmania. He is the author of The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Gould's Book of Fish and The Narrow Road to the
Kay Souter is Associate Professor and Associate Dean Academic, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Australia. She has edited The Fertile Imagination: Narratives of Repr
Sara Paretsky is the author of the bestselling V.I. Warshawski novels, including, Fire Sale and Blacklist. Winner of many awards, including the Cartier Diamond Dagger award for lifetime achieveme
Shirin Kudchedkar, a distinguished feminist critic who died in 2009. She edited the Gujarati section of Women Writing in India, 2 vols., edited by Susie Tharu and K. Lalita
