Jon Kabat-Zinn (born June 5, 1944) is an American professor emeritus of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, scientist, writer, and meditation teacher. He is the creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). His books include *Full Catastrophe Living* (1990) and *Wherever You Go, There You Are*, among others.

Jerome David Salinger was an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye.

Michael Monroe Lewis is an American author and financial journalist.

Jonathan David Haidt is an American social psychologist and author.

Edward Samuel Herman was an American economist, media scholar and social critic.

Born in Nagasaki and raised in Britain from the age of five, **Sir Kazuo Ishiguro** has emerged as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature.