Mark Haddon is the author of the bestselling novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time," which won 17 literary prizes, including the Whitbread Award. Michael Rosen is the author of the bestselling children's book "We're Going on a Bear Hunt." Zadie Smith is the author of the bestselling "White Teeth," "The Autograph Man," and" On Beauty," which was short listed for the Man Booker Prize, and won the Orange Prize for Fiction. She is a reviewer for "Harper's," is a professor at New York University, and lives part of the time in New York City. Carmen Callil is the founder of Virago Press, has chaired the judging panel of the Booker Prize, and was a judge for the Man Booker International Prize in 2011. Jeanette Winterson is the Whitbread Prize-winning author of 10 novels, including "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" and "Written on the Body." Tim Parks has won several awards and been short listed for the Man Booker Prize. His works include "An" "Italian Education, Italian Neighbors," and "Teach Us to Sit Still." Blake Morrison is the author of "And When Did You Last See Your Father?"Dr. Maryann Wolf is the author of "Proust and the Squid." Nicholas Carr is the author of "The Big Switch" and the bestselling" The Shallows," a 2011 Pulitzer Prize nominee. Jane Davis is the director and founder of the UK national charity The Reader Organisation.