Lee Child is the author of thirteen Jack Reacher thrillers, including the New York Times bestsellers Persuader, The Enemy, One Shot, The Hard Way, Bad Luck and Trouble, Nothing to Lose and most recently, Gone Tomorrow. He was born in 1954 in Coventry, England, and after part-time work in the theatre, he joined Granada Television in Manchester for an eighteen-year career as a presentation director.

Always a voracious reader, he then wrote Killing Floor, the first in the Jack Reacher series. Killing Floor won both the Anthony and the Barry Awards for Best First Mystery, became a critical success and launched the series which only continues to grow in popularity. Since then, Child's novels have become top 5 New York Times bestsellers, with film rights optioned by Paramount Pictures. Foreign rights in the Jack Reacher series have been sold in thirty-nine territories, and there are more than 14 million copies in print of his novels worldwide. Child has dual residencies ...an apartment in Manhattan, and a country house in the south of France, plus whatever airplane cabin he happens to be in while travelling between the two.

His 2008 Reacher novel, Nothing To Lose, was published last year.

Lee is offering a signed hardback copy of "Gone Tomorrow" for our auction.

Please note that the cover of this book will the US version. The image shown on the listing is the UK version.

Between August 2001 and January 2002 Roger wrote three books, the first of which was called Candlemoth, shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Steel Dagger for Best Thriller.  This was purchased by Orion and published in 2003.  His second book, Ghostheart, was released in 2004, and his third book, A Quiet Vendetta, was released in August 2005. City of Lies and A Quiet Belief in Angels followed, the latter being awarded the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year for 2008.

Roger is offering a signed copy of "A Simple Act of Violence" for our auction.

The book will be personalised for the winner of the auction.

New York Times best selling author Christine Feehan has over 30 novels published, including four series. Her debut novel Dark Prince received 3 of the 9 Paranormal Excellence Awards in Romantic Literature for 1999. Since then she has been published by Leisure Books, Pocket Books, and currently is writing for Berkley/Jove. She also has earned 7 more PEARL awards.

She has made numerous bestseller lists including the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Bookscan, B. Daltons, Amazon, Barnes and Nobles, Waldenbooks, Ingrams, Borders, Rhapsody Book Club, Sirenbooks, and Walmart. Her latest book, Safe Harbor, debuted at number 1 on the New York Times. She has received numerous honors throughout her career including being a nominee for the RWA’s RITA and receiving a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times.

She has been published in multiple languages and in many formats, including audio book, e-book, large print, and hardcover.

Christine is offering signed copies of "Shadow Game", "Mind Game", "Night Game", "Conspiracy Game", "Deadly Game", "Predatory Game" and "Murder Game".

In addition, she has also put together a fantastic goodie bag!

The books will be personalised for the winner of the auction.

Ken Follett is an award-winning author with around 100 million copies of his books having been sold worldwide. Many of his books have been made into films or mini-series for TV including: Eye of the Needle, (won the Edgar award) The Key to Rebecca, Lie Down with Lions, On Wings of Eagles, The Third Twin and Code to Zero (2000).

Some of his other novels are: Triple, The Man from St Petersburg, Night over Water, A Dangerous Fortune, A Place Called Freedom, The Hammer of Eden, Jackdaws (2001 - won the Corine Prize), Hornet Flight (2002), Whiteout (2004),

His novel World Without End, published in October 2007, was the long-awaited sequel to The Pillars of the Earth, . Pillars was on the New York Times' bestseller list for eighteen weeks. It also reached the No. 1 position on lists in Canada, Great Britain and Italy, and was on the German bestseller list for six years. Chosen by Oprah Winfrey for her book club in late 2007, 'Pillars' became a best-seller again 18 years after it was first published.

Ken is offering a signed copy of "World Without End" for our auction

Note: the book will be personalised for the lucky winner!

Esther Freud was born in London in 1963.She trained as an actress before writing her first novel Hideous Kinky, published in 1991. Hideous Kinky was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and was made into a film starring Kate Winslet. In 1993 she was chosen by Granta as one of the Best of Young British Novelists. She has since written five more novels, Peerless Flats, Gaglow, The Wild,The Sea House, and most recently Love Falls, which was published in June 2007. She lives in London with her husband and three children.

Esther is offering a signed hardback copy of "The Sea House" for our auction

Note: the book will be personalised for the lucky winner!

Irish number one best-selling author Melissa Hill lives in Co Dublin. 

Her novels, Something You Should Know, Not What You Think, Never Say Never, Wishful Thinking, and All Because Of You have all been bestsellers and have been translated into many different languages including French, German, Finnish, Latvian, Spanish, Norwegian Portuguese & Brazilian. The Last to Know was published in Australia, New Zealand and Canada in Feb 2008 and in the UK in March 2008.

Melissa is offering a signed hardback copy of "Before I Forget" for our auction.

Note: the book will be personalised for the lucky winner!

“I have written my first book called Not Stupid which reached no 1 on Amazon for Living with a disability and Autism. My book gives a vivid account of what it is like to live with autism and my experiences as a wife of a person with Asperger’s syndrome. You don’t have to be knowledgeable about autism to enjoy reading the book because it covers universal issues like parenting, childhood, marriage and enterprise. I embarked on a dream founding a special school dedicated to the care and education of young people with autism, setting up Hillingdon Manor, a special school for autistic children”.

Anna is offering a signed copy of "Not Stupid" for our auction

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Dean Koontz was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He graduated from Shippensburg State College and his first job was with the Appalachian Poverty Program, where he tutored underprivileged children on a one-to-one basis. His first day on the job, he discovered that the previous occupier of his position had been beaten up by the very kids he had been trying to help. The following year was filled with challenge but also tension, and Koontz was more highly motivated than ever to build a career as a writer. He wrote nights and weekends, which he continued to do after leaving the poverty program and going to work as an English teacher. After a year and a half in that position, his wife, Gerda, made him an offer he couldn't refuse: "I'll support you for five years," she said, "and if you can't make it as a writer in that time, you'll never make it." By the end of those five years, Gerda had quit her job to run the business end of her husband's writing career.

Dean has sold more than 375,000,000 copies of his books, which are published in 38 languages.

Dean is offering a signed hardback copy of "From the Corner of His Eye" for our auction.

Marti Leimbach is the author of several novels including the international bestseller, Dying Young (1990), which was made into a major motion picture starring Julia Roberts. She subsequently wrote Sun Dial Street (1992), Love and Houses (1997), Falling Backwards (2001), Roberto: Hamster on a Mission (2005).

Marti has a son with autism which inspired her to write Daniel Isn't Talking (2006), a passionate and heartfelt novel which explores a mother’s determination to help her autistic child.

Marti is offering a signed copy of "Daniel Isn't Talking" for our auction.

The book will be personalised for the winner of the auction.

Susan Lewis is the author of twenty-one best selling novels including the highly popular A French Affair and the much acclaimed quartet of Silent Truths, Wicked Beauty, Intimate Strangers and The Hornbeam Tree.  Her memoire Just One More Day remained on the Sunday Times bestseller list for several months touching hearts both young and old, and taking many on a very nostalgic trip down their own memory lanes.  Susan's early career was spent in television production with Thames TV, before she took flight to live in the South of France, Los Angeles and once again the South of France where she now lives with her partner James, his sons Michael and Luke, and her dogs Coco and Lulabelle. 

Susan is offering two signed books for our auction: "Lost Innocence" and "Out of the Shadows".

The books will be personalised for the winner of the auction.

Alexander McCall Smith was born is Zimbabwe is the best selling author of the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.

For many years he was Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and a respected expert on medical law and bioethics.   

His books have been translated into forty-two languages. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife Elizabeth.

The Kalahari Typing School for Men is the fourth in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels by Alexander McCall Smith, set in Gaborone, Botswana, and featuring the Motswana protagonist Precious Ramotswe.

Alexander is offering a signed copy of "The Kalahari Typing School for Men" for our auction.

Jodi Picoult, 41, is the best selling author of fourteen novels: Songs of the Humpback Whale (1992), Harvesting the Heart (1994), Picture Perfect (1995); Mercy (1996), The Pact (1998); Keeping Faith (1999), Plain Truth (2000), Salem Falls (2001), Perfect Match (2002), Second Glance (2003), My Sister's Keeper (2004), Vanishing Acts (2005), The Tenth Circle (2006) and her newest novel, Nineteen Minutes, which debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list.

Jodi is offering a signed hardback bookplate of her book "Handle with Care" for our auction

Please note: this auction will go live at 5pm on Friday 3rd July

Danson Mandela Wambua is an incredible 9-year-old with the heart and mind of poet. Until Danson was eighteen months old, he appeared to be a healthy, attentive, affectionate and highly-focused baby. But after struggling with a severe respiratory condition that placed him in ICU for several days, his demeanour changed dramatically and he became listless and withdrawn. He no longer responded to his name or made any attempt to speak. We don’t know if the illness was related to his autism, but Danson was eventually diagnosed as “non-verbal autistic.”

At 7, Danson began therapy at the HALO Clinic in Austin, Texas, where at last he discovered a way to communicate, by pointing to letters on an alphabet board. Almost immediately, he began sharing not only his feelings (love for his family) and desires (an Ipod and jeans), but also his spiritual and intellectual yearnings (to understand faith, and to be challenged by complex ideas and concepts). One day in August, after a brief lesson about poetry, Danson wrote his own first poem, and he has not stopped since.

Along with poetry, he is highly skilled at mathematics, swimming and nearly any activity that captures his imagination. His other interests include horseback riding, music (especially Mozart) and hiking.

Danson and Michele are offering a signed copy of "Danson" for our auction.

Note: the book will be personalised for the lucky winner!

Ian Rankin is the UK's number 1 bestselling crime author. Famous for the acclaimed "Inspector Rebus" series which has topped the Sunday Times bestseller lists and been adapted into a major TV series.
Exit Music is the last book of the Rebus series and has shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year.

Born in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first Rebus novel was published in 1987, and the Rebus books are now translated into twenty-two languages and are bestsellers on several continents.

Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He is the recipient of four Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in 2005. In 2004, Ian won America's celebrated Edgar Award for 'Resurrection Men'. He has also been shortlisted for the Edgar and Anthony Awards in the USA, and won Denmark's Palle Rosenkrantz Prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and the Deutscher Krimipreis.

Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews and Edinburgh.

A contributor to BBC2's 'Newsnight Review', he also presented his own TV series, 'Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts'. He recently received the OBE for services to literature, opting to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons.

Ian is offering two books for our auction. "Exit Music" and " Rebus’s Favourite: The Deuchars Guide to Edinburgh Pubs by Tom Bruce-Gardyne & John Skinner." Forwarded by Ian Rankin

Darren Shan is the author of 19 novels for children and teenagers, with the 20th, Death's Shadow, published last summer. His books have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, and a movie of Cirque Du Freak is currently being filmed in New Orleans. His first novel for adults, Procession of the Dead, was published in 2008 under the name of D B Shan.

Darren is offering a very rare fully-signed 12-book set of “The Saga of Darren Shan”, also known as the Cirque Du Freak Series.

Four books can be personalised for the lucky winner if required and the rest will be signed, or all books can have plain signatures if preferred.

Photo: John Earle

He has been placed in the same category as John le Carré and Graham Greene. He has been called his generation’s finest writer of international intrigue and one of the greatest American spy novelists ever. Compelling, passionate, haunting, brilliant: these are the words that have been used to describe the work of Daniel Silva.

Daniel is offering a signed hardback bookplate of "Moscow Rules" for our auction.

Fiona Walker began her writing career at just twenty one, and had instant success with her first novel, French Relations. Since then she has written nine best-sellers, most recently the Cotswolds-based Lodes series which include Lots of Love, Tongue in Cheek and Four Play. In her trademark ‘bucolic frolics’, larger than life characters enjoy sex and laughter, as well as tears and temptation, in action-packed rollercoaster plots with the best loved-up endings in the business.

Fiona lives in cheerful chaos in Somerset with her partner, Sam, their daughter Dora, and various horses, dogs and cats, at least some of which they claim responsibility for.

Fiona is offering a signed copy of her book "Love Hunt" for our auction.

The book will be personalised for the winner of the auction.

Jacqueline Williams-Hines is the author of the No Small Victories autism awareness children's book series, an autism awareness advocate, and mother of a twelve year old son on the autism spectrum. Her books, initially written as a form of catharsis for her frustration at the communication gap she felt between her son and his peers, have become a tool for educating the public about different aspects of autism in hopes of breaking down barriers for her son in his community and beyond.

"No small victories is my anthem of empowerment for Joshua, his peers on the spectrum and indeed everyone touched by autism. There are No Small Victories...Every Accomplishment Should Be Celebrated!"

Jacqueline is offering 3 signed books for our auction: "Joshua and The Startabulous Dream Maker", "Joshua, That's Sooo Slimming!" and "The Adventures of Suther Joshua from Planet Yethican!"

Patricia's debut novel, Lottery (2008) is a funny, poignant, and wise novel about a very rich underdog who shows everyone just how little his IQ says about his smarts. It has been described by Redbook Magazine as "tickles your funny bone, tugs your heartstrings, and redefines the word 'fortunate' all at once."

Lottery is currently short listed for the Orange Prize for literature.

Patricia is offering a hardback copy of "Lottery" for our auction.

The book will be personalised for the winner of the auction.