Halldór Laxness was born near Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1902. His first novel was published when he was seventeen. The undisputed master of contemporary Icelandic fiction, and one of the outstanding novelists of the century, he wrote more than sixty books, including novels, short stories, essays, poems, plays, and memoirs.

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Leah Lax has won awards in both fiction and nonfiction, and her work has been included in numerous anthologies and publications, both in print and online. Her work for stage has been reviewed in the New York Times and Rolling Stone magazine, and has been broadcast on NPR.

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Dan Lawton's short fiction, essays, and columns have appeared in several journals and periodicals since 2001. Above the Ground: A True Story of the Troubles in Northern Ireland is Dan's first work of nonfiction. Dan resides in San Diego, where he is a practicing lawyer and adjunct law professor.

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Robert Lawson is Associate Professor in sociolinguistics at Birmingham City University. He is the editor of Sociolinguistics in Scotland and coeditor of Sociolinguistic Research: Application and Impact.

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Elena Lawson lives in a small town in Canada with her family. She writes reverse harem fantasy romance stories full of feisty heroines, unforgettable heroes, and spellbinding romance.

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Dominic Lawson has been the president of the English Chess Federation since 2014. Chess is his passion, as he demonstrated as the presenter of "Across the Board" for BBC Radio 4, in which he simultaneously interviewed and played against such giants of the game as Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, and Hou Yifan.

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Guy Lawson is an award-winning investigative journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, GQ, Harper's, and many other publications.

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Christine Ann Lawson is a clinical social worker in private practice in Indianapolis, Indiana. She has previously served as adjunct faculty at Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis, and Butler University.

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Terra Lawson-Remer is Fellow in Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution and Legal Director at Avaaz.

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Anne Lawrence-Mathers is professor of medieval history at the University of Reading.

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Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot is the Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University and the author of eight books, including The Essential Conversation: What Parents and Teachers Can Learn from Each Other.

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Bruce Lawrence is the Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor of Religion at Duke University and the author or editor of numerous books, including Shattering the Myth: Islam Beyond Violence.

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