Our Authors

DR. SARVEPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN was the first Vice President of India (1952-1962), and the second President of India (1962-1967). Among the many honours he received were a British Knighthood (1931) and the Bharat Ratna (1954). His birthday is celebrated in India as Teacher’s Day.

E.P.Thirumalai is a motivational speaker and creative writer, a practising Chartered Accountant for more than 3 decades. He is an active Lion and Charter President of Lions Club with 104 Charter members which has created a history in membership. He is very well connected with many social and service organisations involving himself for the continuous improvement and self development of the people.

David Marcum plays The Game with deadly seriousness. He first discovered Sherlock Holmes in 1975 at the age of ten, and since that time, he has collected, read, and chronologicized literally thousands of traditional Holmes pastiches in the form of novels, short stories, radio and television episodes, movies and scripts, comics, fan-fiction, and unpublished manuscripts. He has edited over sixty books, most Sherlockian-related anthologies, and is the author of nearly 90 Sherlockian pastiches (so far), some published in anthologies and others collected in his own books, "The Papers of Sherlock Holmes", "Sherlock Holmes and A Quantity of Debt", and "Sherlock Holmes – Tangled Skeins". He has edited over 800 Holmes pastiches and over sixty books, including several dozen traditional Sherlockian anthologies, including the ongoing series "The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories", which he created in 2015. This collection is now up to 30 volumes, with several more in preparation. He was responsible for bringing back August Derleth’s Solar Pons for a new generation, first with his collection of authorized Pons stories, "The Papers of Solar Pons", and then by editing the reissued authorized versions of the original Pons books. He is now doing the same for the adventures of Dr. Thorndyke.

Ian Wallis is a senior data and analytics leader, experienced programme manager and frequent conference speaker on data and analytics. He has delivered some of the largest data programmes in the UK.

Luis S.R. Vas is a renowned author who is into journalism, publishing and corporate communications. He is the author of several books and articles and his areas of interest are self-development and management. His other books are Skill for Excellence, Discover the Power of Your Inner Self and the Mind of J Krishnamurti.

IRA RIFKIN is an award-winning religion journalist who has been honored by the Associated Church Press, the Religion Newswriters Association, the American Jewish Press Association, and the Society of Professional Journalists. He was formerly news producer at Beliefnet.com, a multi-faith Web magazine, and a national correspondent for Religion News Service.

Luis S.R. Vas is a renowned author who is into journalism, publishing and corporate communications. He is the author of several books and articles and his areas of interest are self-development and management. His other books are Skill for Excellence, Discover the Power of Your Inner Self and the Mind of J Krishnamurti.

Og Mandino left the presidency of Success Unlimited, the Chicago-based magazine, with a positive mental attitude in 1976, at the age of 52. He then devoted himself full time to writing and lecturing. As one of the most sought after speakers in the country, he was inducted as a member of the International Speakers Hall of Fame.

Robert Van de Weyer, is the minister of a flourishing Church in Cambridge devoted to the unity of religions. He is also the editor of 'The Global Spirit Library' and over 50 books relating to World Religions.

M. Anil Ramesh is the Director at Siva Sivani Institute of Management, India. He has 30 years of experience working for prestigious organisations in India and abroad. Riya Grover is an Associate Professor at the Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Noida, Constituent of Symbiosis International (Deemed University), India. Sabyasachi Dasgupta is an Assistant Professor of Marketing and Management at O. P. Jindal Global University.

Edward de Bono is regarded by many to be the world’s leading authority in the field of creative thinking and the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. He has written 62 books with translations in 37 languages, and he has been invited to lecture in 54 countries. He is the originator of lateral thinking which treats creativity as the behavior of information in a self-organizing information system – such as the neural networks in the brain. Among his many books is the acclaimed Six Thinking Hats.

Edwin Lefèvre was an American journalist, writer and diplomat most noted for his writings on Wall Street business. Lefèvre did work as a broker on Wall Street and was the financial writer for the New York Sun. He also wrote short stories for magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post.

Eknath Easwaran is respected around the world as one of the great spiritual teachers. He was a professor of English Literature at the University of Nagpur, India, and an established writer, when he came to the United States on the Fulbright exchange program in 1959. As founder and director of the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation and the Nilgiri Press, he taught the classics of world mysticism and the practice of meditation from 1960 till his death in 1999.

ELIZA LAY RYAN marries insights from science and the arts to offer practices that support greater creativity, resilience, and connection.

Elizabeth Clare Prophet is a world-renowned author, spiritual teacher, and pioneer in practical spirituality. For more than 30 years she helped seekers restore the memory of their one-on-one relationship with God and shared powerful spiritual tools to help them achieve their life’s purpose. Her books have been published in more than 30 languages.

Elizabeth Howell, PhD, is a Canadian journalist focusing on space exploration. Her clients include CBC, SpaceQ and Space.com

Emil Ludwig’s ‘Napoleon’ is a great book of modern times. His masterly handling of a historical subject and his superb presentation of the life of an outstanding man and a thrilling chapter of history, makes this book a classic.

ERIC MAISEL, PhD, is the author of more than 50 books on creativity and personal growth. Widely regarded as creativity coach, he is a retired family therapist and a noted leader in the movement known as critical psychology. He writes the Rethinking Mental Health blog for Psychology Today and facilitates creativity and deep writing workshops around the world.

Ernest van der Kwast is a Dutch author whose novel Mama Tandoori was an international bestseller.