Pico Iyer is a respected travel writer, close confidant of the Dalai Lama, and author of several books. Jan Morris is one of the world's most celebrated and respected travel writers. She has written more than 30 books. Mark Tully is a prolific journalist for the BBC and CNN based in India. He is the author of several bestselling books. Alexander McCall Smith is a bestselling author of more than 60 books incuding the No 1. Ladies' Detective Agency series. Andrew Motion is a celebrated poet, novelist and biographer. He was Poet Laureate of the UK from 1999 to 2009. Michael Ondaatje is the bestselling author of The English Patient, In the Skin of the Lion and Anil's Ghost. Joseph Marshall III is a Native American historian, writer, teacher and actor.

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Pico Iyer is a respected travel writer, close confidant of the Dalai Lama, and author of more than ten books, including Video Night in Kathmandu, Cuba and the Night, and The Open Road.

Michael Ondaatje is a renowned novelist, memoirist, and poet. His five works of fiction include The English Patient and Anil's Ghost.

Joseph Marshall III is an influential Native American historian, writer, teacher, and actor. He is the author of 14 books, including The Lakota Way- Stories and Lessons for Living.

Paul Theroux is an acclaimed travel writer and novelist. He is the author of more than 45 books, including Picture Palace, The Mosquito Coast, and Dark Star Safari.

Andrew Motion is a celebrated poet, novelist, and biographer. He was Poet Laureate of the UK from 1999 to 2009. In addition to almost 20 collections of poetry, his books include Philip Larkin- A Writer's Life and the memoir In the Blood.

Jan Morris is one of the world's most admired travel writers. She has written more than 30 books, including the Pax Brittanica trilogy and portraits of Venice, Oxford, Manhattan, Sydney, Hong Kong, Spain, and Wales.

Mark Tully is a prolific journalist based in India, where he was the BBC Correspondent for 22 years. He is the author of more than ten books, including India in Slow Motion and No Full Stops in India.

Alexander McCall Smith is a bestselling author of more than 60 books, including The No 1. Ladies' Detective Agency series.