Born in 1945, at Qormi, Malta, the son of Lawrence and Kathleen-Joan neè Whitcher, Dr Joseph F. Grima was educated at St Monica School, The Lyceum and the University of Malta from where he graduated BA(Hons), MA and PhD in History and also obtained a Diploma in Educational Administration and Management. He is also a member of the Malta Institute of Management. He was awarded bursaries by the Council of Europe and attended courses in Naples, London, Tarquinia, York and Lecce. During a career wholly connected with Education, he was a teacher of History in Secondary Schools, Junior Lyceums, Sixth Forms, visiting lecturer/examiner in History at the University of Malta, and chairman/member of a number of boards in MATSEC, the local Matriculation Board.

 He worked in the Education Division as Head of Department of History, Assistant Head of School, Head of School and retired on pension in 2006 in the grade of Assistant Director of Education. Between 2003 and 2006 he was a member of the European Union’s Education Sub-Committee based in Brussels and was the Education Ministry’s representative at the Arts Faculty Board of the University of Malta from 2000 to 2009.

Joseph Schirò is head emeritus of the Conservation Division within Heritage Malta. He had a long career in paper conservation and was instrumental in the opening of the graduate school for conservation in Malta.

Joseph is one of the new faces on the Maltese literature field. He started to write short stories at the age of 10 and has several unpublished works waiting in line. His debut came in September 2010, when at 28 years old, he successfully published his first book entitled Misteru Ark-Anum. His main interest concerns mostly on plots that are heavy on mystery, suspense, wordplay, twists and drama, with a pinch of humour.

The author is a dedicated fan of Agatha Christie (whom he admits has had a big influence on his work and occasionally mentions her in his books) and Stephen King. Lately he also became absorbed in Dan Brown’s and J K Rowling’s works falling in love with their writing techniques and narration style. Furthermore he’s also influenced by the work of Maltese author Anton Grasso, although he tries to avoid too much negativity when writing.

Joseph Vella twieled fl-1967 u attenda l-Iskola Primarja tal-Istat, Raħal il-Ġdid; imbagħad il-Kulleġġ Missjunarju ta’ San Pawl, ir-Rabat. Studja fl-Università ta’ Malta mnejn kiseb Grad ta’ Baċellerat Ġenerali, Grad ta’ Baċellerat bl-Unuri bit-teżi L-ilsien Malti fil-Gazzetti tal-Emigranti Maltin tal-Eġittu; u Maġisteru fl-Arti, permezz tat-teżi Proposta għaż-Żamma u l-Iżvilupp tal-Vokabularju Tekniku f’Qasam Magħżul (Il-Ġeografija).

Għallem il-Malti fi Skola Sekondarja tal-Istat, Santa Venera; fl-Iskola Post-Sekondarja Giovanni Curmi, in-Naxxar; u bħalissa huwa Lekċerer Anzjan fil-Kulleġġ Minuri Ġ.F. Abela, l-Imsida; fejn ħoloq u huwa l-koordintaur tal-‘Klabb għall-Qari u l-
Kitba bil-Malti’, klabb li jħeġġeġ u jippromwovi l-qari u l-kitba fost l-istudenti.

Born at Zejtun on the 12 November 1945, Baldacchino was brought up in Paola only a stone’s throw away from the Schreiber Sports Ground. This could not but effect his life and from a very early age, he showed a great love for football.  He received his education at St Joseph’s Technical School and the Technical Institute, Paola.  After serving with the RAF for five years, Baldacchino worked for a number of years as a design draughtsman with local contracting companies on local and international contracts.  In 1976 he joined the Education Department as an instructor and taught electrical engineering until he retired in 2006.

After trying his luck as a footballer with very moderate success, he decided instead to write about Maltese football history.  Early sessions at the National Library convinced him from the start that Maltese Football has a story all of its own.  He was soon engrossed in his work and what started merely as a thing of reference soon grew into an obsession, resulting in the history of Maltese football which has been hailed both locally and abroad as one of the monumental works of the history of football.

Dr Karmenu Mallia twieled Ħal Qormi nhar id-9 ta’ Novembru 1929.

Ħareġ ġabriet ta’ poeżija bil-Malti, bl-Esperanto, bl-Ingliż u t-Taljan u bil-Franċiż; rumanz tiegħu oriġinali bl-Esperanto deher ftit snin ilu fi New York; qaleb għall-Esperanto u ħareġ żewġ antoloġiji ta’ Poeti Maltin; kiseb l-ewwel premju mill-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb għal traduzzjoni fl-Esperanto ta’ rumanz Malti; rumanzier; artikolista bil-Malti, bl-Ingliż u bl-Esperanto; diversi premjijiet letterarji Malta u barra; wieħed mit-tliet ġudikanti fil-konkors internazzjonali tal-poeżija bl-Esperanto, imniedi kull sena mill-Universala Esperanto-Asocio.

Kelly Vero was born in Nottingham, UK. She’s been involved in music, film, TV and video games for the last 20 years; writing, lecturing and producing.

Knowing Home, a collection of stories set in her home town was Kelly’s first foray into books. Blood for Blood: Summer Girl is her debut novel set in and around Malta; where she now lives, enjoying the sun, sea, cocktails and manicures as well as the trappings of 7,000 years of civilisation on a beautiful island.

Lawrence Gatt twieled ir-Rabat, Malta, fit-12 ta’ Mejju 1941. Ħa l-edukazzjoni tiegħu fil-Liċeo u fl-Università ta’ Malta minn fejn iggradwa bħala perit fl-1967. Miżżewweġ lil Agnes née Sciberras u għandhom tlitt itfal – Louiselle, Etienne u Joseph.

Ikkontesta l-elezzjoni ġenerali f’isem il-Partit Nazzjonalista għall-ewwel darba fl-1971 u ġie elett. Baqa’ jiġi elett fl-erba’ elezzjonijiet li ġew wara. Hekk għal ħamsa u għoxrin sena rrappreżenta l-kostitwenti tiegħu fil-Parlament.

Lawrence Muscat was born in London but has lived in Malta from a very young age.  He is married to Eleanor and has two children. He is a professional accountant and works as a Chief Financial Officer with one of Malta’s largest group of companies. His dedication towards his family is his main ambition in life, however he has a number of hobbies as well, the oldest one of which had always been his passion for writing. Since the age of 14 he used to write short stories which he never tried to publish. A few years ago, he was encouraged to publish one of his stories, which led to the publication of the well known book in Maltese – Beraq Fil-Bnazzi.

Lawrence was surprised by the success of his first book, as well as with the positive feedback and encouragement he received. Apart from a number of TV interviews, just two weeks after this book was out for sale, he was approached by one of Malta’s most popular radio stations to have his story read on air. In November of 2012 he released his second written works – Meta L-Anġli Jibku. Comments received from the readers were even more encouraging than before.

Leli (1968) Xlukkajr imrobbi ż-Żejtun, jaħdem mad-Dipartiment tat-Tifi tan-Nar u ilu President tal-Assoċjazzjoni tal-Protezzjoni Ċivili għal tnax-il sena. Huwa wkoll il-President tal-Għaqda tal-Malti – Università. In-novelli tiegħu dehru f’diversi ġurnali u magazins, kif ukoll f’Sekwenzi ta’ Tluq (2010) u Skariġġi (2012). Ħa sehem f’għadd ta’ ljieli letterarji organizzati minn diversi għaqdiet fosthom Inizjamed, l-Għaqda tal-Malti – Università u l-Moviment Graffiti. Fost premjijiet oħra, hu rebbieħ tat-tieni edizzjoni tal-Konkors Nazzjonali tal-Letteratura għaż-Żgħażagħ (2011), u l-konkors f’għeluq il-50 sena ta’ It-Torċa. Artiklu mill-ewwel teżi tiegħu ġie ippubblikat f’Il-Malti (2011)u  qed jittama li jippubblika t-teżi tal-Masters li titrattaIl-Letterarjetà tan-Narrattiva ta’ Ġużè Ellul Mercer. Eventwalment għadu kemm ippubblika l-ewwel ktieb tiegħu Storja Maqsuma li huwa l-manuskritt rebbieħ tal-konkors u mmirat għal udjenza addolexxenti.