William Shakespeare was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced, including Romeo and Juliet (1595), Henry V (1599), Hamlet (1601), Othello (1604), King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606), as well as a collection of 154 sonnets, which number among the most profound and influential love poetry in English. Shakespeare died in Stratford in 1616.
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Gaurav Bhatnagar
Gaurav Bhatnagar has a Ph.D. in mathematics. He has taught mathematics to many students at many
levels, at the Ohio State University, the Department of Computer Science in Delhi University, in his garage,
and online over the Internet.
Krishna Udayasankar
Krishna Udayasankar is the author of The Aryavarta Chronicles (Govinda, Kaurava, Kurukshetra), Immortal and Objects of Affection. She lives in Singapore with her family, which includes three bookish canine children, Boozo, Zana, and Maya.
Jonathan D. Ostry
Jonathan D. Ostry is deputy director of the research department at the International Monetary Fund, where his work on financial globalization and inequality has been influential in bringing about a shift in the IMF’s stance on these issues. His many books include Taming the Tide of Capital Flows (2017). His work on inequality and unsustainable growth has been cited by, among others, Barack Obama.
Prakash Loungani
Prakash Loungani is assistant director in the IMF’s Independent Evaluation Office. Known for his work on the difficulty of forecasting recessions, he blogs as The Unassuming Economist.
Andrew Berg
Andrew Berg is deputy director of the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development. He previously served at the U.S. Treasury, including as deputy assistant secretary for East Asia and Latin America in 2000-2001 and chief economist of the Mexican Task Force in 1995-1996.
Rituparna Sarkar
Rituparna Sarkar is a graduate of the National Institute of Design in animation film design and an
entrepreneur running her own design studio for the last eight years, creating illustrations, designs and films for
various brands.
Neil Johnson
Neil Johnson is a copywriter and Creative Director of an international advertising firm in Singapore. He led a travelling life thanks to his Dad’s naval career, and grew up in India and Europe. Neil is married with two grown up children and Singapore has been home since 1993. While growing up, his children – like all children – asked umpteen questions. The answers to those questions have become the stories he writes.
Joel Chin
Joel Chin is an art director and Creative Director of the same international advertising firm in Singapore. He and Neil worked on this book while putting in long hours ‘bouncing’ ad campaign ideas. A very early riser who walks faster than most, he tries to channel this restlessness into ideas that travel across multiple platforms. He has since illustrated children’s books, created 3D steel and ice sculptures and designed alphabet furniture to promote reading.
Jane Austen
JANE AUSTEN (1775-1817). Rightfully having earned the place of one of the most widely read authors in English Literature, her works of romantic fiction are well known for her social commentary of the happenings of the 18th century.
Jane Austen, the daughter of a clergyman, was born in Hampshire in 1775, and later lived in Bath and the village of Chawton. As a child and teenager, she wrote brilliantly witty stories for her family’s amusement, as well as a novella, Lady Susan. Her first published novel was Sense and Sensibility, which appeared in 1811 and was soon followed by Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma. Austen died in 1817, and Persuasion and Northanger Abbey were published posthumously in 1818.