21 Authors Whose Faces You've Never Seen . . . Until Now
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For those of us who are addicted to reading, you can feel like you really know your favorite authors. We all have that moment when we flip back to the author's page to see what they look like, but those small, often black-and-white shots are hardly satisfying. It's fun to see what these writers really look like, especially since you've probably spent so much time with them, so we've compiled pictures of some of today's hottest authors to indulge your curiosity.
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E L James
The Fifty Shades of Grey writer hails from London and got her start writing fan fiction that would become her megahit.
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John Green
Green's name is now on everyone's lips after his novel The Fault in Our Stars was adapted into a hit movie.
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Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl's author was a TV critic for Entertainment Weekly before she started writing full time.
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Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games trilogy author has also penned another bestselling series, The Underland Chronicles.
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Nicholas Sparks
Sparks has written dozens of romances that make you cry, including The Notebook and The Best of Me.
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Helen Fielding
The creator of Bridget Jones most recently released the latest book in the British heroine's saga: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.
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Veronica Roth
Roth, in her twenties now, started writing the Divergent series when she was a college student.
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Stephenie Meyer
The Twilight author's zeitgeisty vampire series has sold over 100 million copies worldwide.
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Chuck Palahniuk
The author of Fight Club and Beautiful You didn't start writing fiction until his mid-30s.
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Sophie Kinsella
The woman (whose real name is Madeleine Sophie Wickham) responsible for the Shopaholic series resides in London.
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Emily Giffin
The Atlanta-based author specializes in fiction aimed toward women, like Something Borrowed and Something Blue.
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Jonathan Tropper
The writer of novels This Is Where I Leave You and One Last Thing Before I Go also created the TV show Banshee.
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Diana Gabaldon
The Outlander author is an American, though the series takes place primarily in Scotland.
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Maria Semple
Where'd You Go, Bernadette's author is also a screenwriter, having written for TV series Beverly Hills, 90210 and Arrested Development.
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Paula Hawkins
Hawkins was writing romantic comedy fiction until she hit paydirt with her hit thriller The Girl on the Train in 2015.
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Rainbow Rowell
Rowell writes fiction both for (Landline) adults and young adults (Eleanor & Park).
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