Dr. Harmik Vaishnav is an ardent and passionate reader and writer. He writes on language, short stories, poetry and non-fiction. He contributes to literary journals and anthologies. Harmik Vaishnav is a Limca Book of Record holder for preparing a giant English Crossword Puzzle.

One day soon to be widely held as an influential poet and writer from India, Harshada Pathare classifies this collection, A Piece of Paradise, as her favorite.  With her home in the quiet suburbs of Mumbai, she divides her time between daily job schedules and her eternal passion-poetic literature! She explores the inner feelings and vivid sentiments of human conditions, and thereafter, exploits her creative talent to captivate the minds of her readers, thus, inspiring and uplifting the spirit of poetic booklovers.

Hem Raj Bastola, permanent inhabitant of Pumdi Bhumdi, has worked as a cave guide and office assistant at Gupteshwor Mahadev Cave. He is currently working as a freelancer tourist guide. He started writing poetry from his teen age. His love of words inspires him in the field of poetry. He is father of two children.

Henry Victor – priest, professor, and poet - born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, now lives in Edmonton, continuing to write and enjoy watching his grandson Isaac Justin Victor grow. His earlier collections include the following: Stinging of the Scorpion & Other Poems (2006) and Three Faces & Other Poems (2007) are his most recent collections.

हीरा छेत्री: हिमाचल प्रदेश के सोलन शहर में जन्मे लेखक की रूचि हिंदी और इंग्लिश साहित्य में रही है! हिमाचल प्रदेश विश्वविद्यालय से इंग्लिश में स्नातकोतर की डिग्री प्राप्त की है. अपनी इसी रूचि के साथ हस्ते खेलते लेखक ने अपने मनस पटल को शब्दों में जीवंत किया है. प्रकृति के सानिध्य में प्रेम के आयामों को लेखक ने छुते हुए, प्रस्तुत कविता संग्रह में कभी विरह तो कभी मिलन को जीने की कोशिश की है!

Howard Scott has been a full-time writer for 25 years. He has published 1,300 magazine articles, 100 op-ed essays, three non-fiction books, and four short stories. Credits include the New York Times, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, Boston Magazine, Yankee, Family Circle, The Writer, and Working Woman. His book, Bee Lessons, has sold 20,000 copies and is in its third printing. Scott lives in Pembroke, Massachusetts with his wife and college-age daughter.

Hugh Gracey was educated at Charterhouse School in Godalming. He had extra tuition in Politics A level from Paul Whiteside and achieved an A grade from the London Board in 1986. He passed two degrees at the University of Sussex. He learnt to sail in Chichester harbour, at the Bosham sailing school. He worked as an intern at Dow Jones in 2000, and stood for the borough of Camden in 2006. Hugh Gracey is a playwright and saxophone musician and teacher of English.
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