Sir Thomas More (1478– 1535) was a counsellor to Henry VIII of England and a revered Renaissance humanist scholar. He was executed for refusing to acknowledge the king as head of the Church of England and was eventually canonized by the Catholic Church as a result.
Ursula K. Le Guin is the author of twenty-two novels, four collections of essays, seven books of poetry, twelve children’ s books and over a hundred short stories.
China Mié ville is the award-winning author of numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including the The City and The City and This Census-Taker.
