Simon Garfield

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1. Simon Garfield

   Author of Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World, Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries of Postwar Britain, The Nation's Favourite: True Adventures of Radio 1

2. Simon Winchester

   Author of Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883, The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology, The Meaning of Everything

3. Henry Petroski

   Author of The Book on the Bookshelf, The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They, The Pencil; A History of Design and Circumstance

4. Richard Fortey

   Author of Life: An Unauthorised Biography, Earth: An Intimate History, Dry Store Room No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum

5. Nella Last

   Author of Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of Housewife, 49, Nella Last's Peace: The Post-War Diaries Of Housewife, 49, Nella Last in the 1950s: The Further Diaries of Housewife, 49

6. E. M. Delafield

   Author of The Diary of a Provincial Lady, Consequences, Thank Heaven Fasting

7. Elizabeth Taylor

   Author of Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont, Angel, A View of the Harbour

8. Mark Radcliffe

   Author of Showbusiness: The Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Nobody, Thank You for the Days: A Boys' Own Adventures in Radio and Beyond, Northern Sky

9. Dorothy Whipple

   Author of Someone at a Distance, They Were Sisters, High Wages

10. John Emsley

    Author of The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus

11. Dava Sobel

    Author of Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time, Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love

12. Alan Bennett

    Author of Untold Stories, Writing Home, Telling Tales

13. David Kynaston

    Author of Austerity Britain: 1945-51, Family Britain: 1951-57

14. Mollie Panter-Downes

    Author of Good Evening Mrs. Craven: The Wartime Stories of Mollie Panter-Downes, One Fine Day

15. Stuart Maconie

    Author of Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North, Cider with Roadies, Adventures on the High Teas: In Search of Middle England

16. Neil MacGregor

    Author of A History of the World in 100 Objects

17. Mark Kurlansky

    Author of Salt: A World History, Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World

18. Victoria Finlay

    Author of Color: A Natural History of the Palette

19. Amy Butler Greenfield

    Author of A Perfect Red

20. Andrew Martin

    Author of The Necropolis Railway, The Blackpool Highflyer, The Lost Luggage Porter