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Penguin Authors

Stop and browse for an author or two!

To see the list of our great Penguin authors from Jane Austen to Benjamin Zephaniah simply select a letter from the line-up below. Why not click on a random letter and discover someone new too?

In Conversation

Get the low-down on our authors with top interviews, Podcasts, features and quick-fire Q&A's.

The Last Book of Salem Jerusalem Masters and Commanders Ground Control

Katherine Howe, author of The Lost Book of Salem, on “time travel tourism” and imagining writing as a daring cooking experiment.

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Patrick Neate author of Jerusalem recommends his top five books on music.

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Robert Andrews, author of Masters and Commanders, on the fascinating quartet of power whose collaboration brought an end to the Second World War.

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Anna Minton, author of Ground Control, on CCTV culture and the harmful effects of a society obsessed with private security.

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Penguin Tasters

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Devil May Care

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Extracts

Browse our book pages for extracts, take a peek and see if they are your cup of tea!

The Help

“Mae Mobley was born on a early Sunday morning in August, 1960.
A church baby we like to call it.”

Read an extract from Stockett’s latest novel, The Help.