E. 洛克哈特（E. Lockhart），哥伦比亚大学文学博士，现于哈姆莱大学教授创意写作。E. 洛克哈特是她的笔名，洛克哈特是母亲家的姓氏。洛克哈特在坎布里奇和西雅图长大。高中时她在西北大学参加暑假戏剧表演学校， 并为明尼波利斯的儿童戏剧公司工作。之后她在瓦萨学院学习绘本创作，毕业于哥伦比亚大学。目前她住在纽约地区。 洛克哈特创作了一系列畅销小说，包括《我们都是撒谎者》、《吉玛拉玛》、《窥探者》、鲁比•奥利弗四部曲等。她还以艾米丽•詹金斯的本名创作了《看不见的暗示》系列以及许多获奖绘本。她的小说《弗兰基•兰道•班克斯声名狼藉的历史》曾获得Michael L. Printz奖荣誉图书大奖、Cybils最佳青春小说奖，并且入围美国国家图书奖决选。

E. 洛克哈特（E. Lockhart），哥伦比亚大学文学博士，现于哈姆莱大学教授创意写作。E. 洛克哈特是她的笔名，洛克哈特是母亲家的姓氏。洛克哈特在坎布里奇和西雅图长大。高中时她在西北大学参加暑假戏剧表演学校， 并为明尼波利斯的儿童戏剧公司工作。之后她在瓦萨学院学习绘本创作，毕业于哥伦比亚大学。目前她住在纽约地区。 洛克哈特创作了一系列畅销小说，包括《我们都是撒谎者》、《吉玛拉玛》、《窥探者》、鲁比•奥利弗四部曲等。她还以艾米丽•詹金斯的本名创作了《看不见的暗示》系列以及许多获奖绘本。她的小说《弗兰基•兰道•班克斯声名狼藉的历史》曾获得Michael L. Printz奖荣誉图书大奖、Cybils最佳青春小说奖，并且入围美国国家图书奖决选。

石黑一雄，日裔英国小说家，1954年生于日本长崎，与奈保尔、拉什迪并称为“英国文坛移民三雄”。石黑一雄的作品并不多，但几乎每部作品都获得重要的文学奖项：《远山淡影》获温尼弗雷德•霍尔比纪念奖，《浮世画家》获惠特布莱德年度最佳小说奖，《长日将尽》获布克奖，《无可慰藉》获切尔特纳姆文学艺术奖，《浮世画家》《我辈孤雏》和《莫失莫忘》均入围布克奖决选名单；1995年英女王授予石黑一雄文学领域的大英帝国勋章，1998年获法国文学艺术骑士勋章，2017年因“以其巨大的情感力量，发掘了隐藏在我们与世界的虚幻联系之下的深渊”而获诺贝尔文学奖。

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