Authors & Thinkers — C


C. E. Morgan

C・E・モーガン


Writer

C. E. Morgan (born 1976) is an American novelist. She studied English and voice at Berea College and earned a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. She received a Whiting Award in 2013 and a Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in 2016. Her novel "The Sport of Kings" won the 2016…

C. H. F. Velzel

フェルツェル


Optical researcher

C. H. F. Velzel is an optics researcher and educator. His career has included industrial metrology at Philips and later teaching and consultancy in optics. He coauthored What Is Light? and has written on practical subjects such as lens design, connecting optical principles with their applications.

C. Keith Conners

C.カイス・コナーズ


Author on child development and…

C. Keith Conners wrote about the relationship between food, childhood development and behaviour. Feeding the Brain explores how diet relates to growth and brain function. The book connects research with the concerns of parents and educators seeking to understand information about children and food.

Cade Metz

ケイド・メッツ


Journalist, New York Times technology…

Cade Metz is an American journalist specializing in artificial intelligence and Silicon Valley. As a longtime technology reporter for *The New York Times*, he has covered the rapid evolution of machine learning, AI research, and the companies shaping the field. His best-known book, "Genius Makers:…

Calder Walton

カルダー・ウォルトン


Historian,…

Calder Walton is a British historian and intelligence scholar. He is affiliated with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School, where his research focuses on intelligence, espionage, cyber conflict, and national security. His work examines the history of…

Caleb Gayle

カレブ・ガイル


Journalist

Caleb Gayle is an American journalist and historian whose work explores race, identity, and overlooked chapters of American history. A professor of journalism at Northeastern University and a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, he is known for bringing Black and Indigenous…

Camonghne Felix

カモングネ・フェリックス


Poet, essayist, political communication…

Camonghne Felix is an American poet, essayist, and political communications strategist. Raised in the Bronx, she teaches writing at The New School and has worked on political movements and electoral campaigns. In “Let the Poets Govern: A Declaration of Freedom,” Felix brings Black radical literary…

Candice Millard

キャンディス・ミラード


Journalist, Writer

Candice Millard is an American nonfiction author and former writer and editor for National Geographic. Renowned for her meticulously researched and vividly written narrative histories, she brings pivotal historical events to life through the experiences of the people who shaped them. Her acclaimed…

Candida R. Moss

キャンディダ・モス


Bible Scholar

Candida R. Moss (born 1978) is a British biblical scholar and historian of early Christianity, and the Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham. Born in London, she studied theology at the University of Oxford and earned her doctorate at Yale University. She taught at…

Carey K. Morewedge

ケアリー・K・モアウェッジ


Social psychologist

Carey K. Morewedge is a social psychologist who studies decision-making and consumer behavior. He is Professor and Chair of Marketing at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, where he uses experiments to examine how people judge the value of experiences, money, possessions, digital…

Carissa Véliz

カリッサ・ヴェリツ


Philosopher, Associate Professor at…

Carissa Véliz is a philosopher specializing in privacy, digital ethics, and AI ethics. She is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford, as well as a Tutorial Fellow at Hertford College. Her research examines the ethical and…

Carl Benedikt Frey

カール・B・フレイ


Economist, Economic Historian, Oxford…

Carl Benedikt Frey is a Swedish-German economist and economic historian specializing in artificial intelligence, automation, technological change, and the future of work. He is the Dieter Schwarz Associate Professor of AI & Work at the Oxford Internet Institute and Director of the Future of Work…

Carl E. Schorske

カール・E・ショースキー


Cultural historian, professor emeritus…

Carl E. Schorske (1915–2015) was an American historian and intellectual historian. After graduating from Columbia University, he earned his Ph.D. in History from Harvard University. He taught at the University of California, Berkeley and later at Princeton University, where he became one of the…

Carl E. Walter

カール・E・ウォルター


Consultant, businessman, management…

Carl E. Walter (born 1947) is an American investment banker and specialist in Chinese finance. He spent approximately two decades working in China, participating in the restructuring and overseas listings of state-owned enterprises. He played a leading role in China’s first overseas initial public…

Carl Erik Fisher

カール・エリック・フィッシャー


Psychiatrist, bioethicist, author

Carl Erik Fisher is an addiction psychiatrist, bioethics scholar, and author whose work addresses ethical, legal, and policy questions in psychiatry and neuroscience. He studied vocal performance and biology at the University of North Carolina, then spent a year singing opera and studying…

Carl Öhman

カール・オーマン


Political scientist, information ethics…

Carl Öhman is a political scientist and information ethics researcher studying the politics and ethics of artificial intelligence and the governance of data left after death. He studied sociology and comparative literature at Uppsala University, then completed a master’s degree at the Oxford…

Carl Sagan

カール・セーガン


Astronomer, writer, science fiction…

Carl Sagan (1934–1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, astrobiologist, and author. After earning his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, he joined the faculty of Cornell University, where he became one of the world's leading authorities on planetary science and the search for…

Carl von Clausewitz

カール・フォン・クラウゼヴィッ…


Soldier, military scholar

Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831) was a Prussian military officer and military theorist. He entered the Prussian army at a young age and served during the Napoleonic Wars. Opposed to Prussia's alliance with France in the invasion of Russia, he entered Russian service before later returning to the…

Carla Power

カーラ・パワー


Journalist, Writer

Carla Power (born 1966) is an American journalist and nonfiction writer. She spent parts of her childhood in Iran, India, Afghanistan, and Egypt and studied modern Middle Eastern studies at the University of Oxford. A former foreign correspondent for Newsweek, she has reported on Muslim societies,…

Carlo Rovelli

カルロ・ロヴェッリ


Theoretical physicist, founder of loop…

Carlo Rovelli (born 1956) is an Italian theoretical physicist and author. He is one of the founders of loop quantum gravity, a leading approach to unifying quantum mechanics and general relativity, and his research explores the nature of space, time, and gravity. A professor at Aix-Marseille…

Carlos Eire

カルロス・アイル


Historian, Professor of History and…

Carlos Eire (1950–) is a Cuban-born American historian. A professor at Yale University, he specializes in early modern European history, the Reformation, Catholicism, and the history of religion. In 1962, following the Cuban Revolution, he was sent to the United States without his parents as part…

Carmen Reinhart

カーメン・ラインハート


Economist, international economics…

Carmen Reinhart (born 1955) is an American economist and professor at the Harvard Kennedy School. She has also served as Chief Economist of the World Bank and held senior positions at the International Monetary Fund. Her research focuses on international finance, macroeconomics, sovereign debt, and…

Carmine Gallo

カーマイン・ガロ


Author, Keynote Speaker, News Anchor

Carmine Gallo is an American communication adviser and instructor. After working as a journalist covering business and technology for outlets including CNN, he began coaching executives and entrepreneurs in presentation, storytelling, and leadership communication. He also teaches in executive…

Carol Anderson

キャロル・アンダーソン


Black issues researcher, Emory…

Carol Anderson is an American historian and the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of African American Studies at Emory University. Her research examines race, public policy, and the history of civil and human rights. In "White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide," Anderson traces how advances…

Caroline Elkins

キャロライン・エルキンズ


Historian, African/African American…

Caroline Elkins (born 1969) is an American historian and Professor of History at the Harvard University. Her research focuses on the history of the British Empire, colonialism, Africa, human rights, and decolonization, with particular emphasis on state violence and detention systems under imperial…

Caroline Fraser

キャロライン・フレイザー


Writer

Caroline Fraser (born 1959) is an American nonfiction writer and editor whose work explores history, biography, religion, and the environment. Acclaimed for combining rigorous historical research with compelling narrative, she has written extensively on the people, places, and ideas that have…

Carolyn Dewar

キャロリン・デュワー


McKinsey San Francisco Office: Senior…

Carolyn Dewar is a Canadian-born management consultant, a senior partner at McKinsey & Company, and the founder and global co-leader of its CEO Practice. She studied economics and international relations at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Her work spans financial services, technology, and…

Carter Malkasian

カーター・マルカシアン


Historian, Dean of the Department of…

Carter Malkasian is an American military historian and defense policy scholar. He earned a doctorate in the history of war from the University of Oxford and served as a civilian adviser to the U.S. military and State Department in Iraq and Afghanistan. He later advised the commander of U.S. forces…

Caspar Henderson

キャスパー・ヘンダーソン


Journalist

Caspar Henderson is a British writer and journalist based in Oxford, England. Educated at the University of Cambridge, he has spent more than three decades writing about science, energy, the environment, and human rights. His work has appeared in "Financial Times," "The Guardian," "Nature," "New…

Cass R Sunstein

キャス・サンスティーン


Legal scholar

Cass R. Sunstein (born 1954) is a legal scholar whose research spans constitutional and administrative law, legal philosophy, and behavioral economics. He graduated from Harvard College in 1975 and Harvard Law School in 1978. After teaching and conducting research at the University of Chicago, he…

Catherine D'Ignazio

キャサリン・ディグナツィオ


Feminist data literacy researcher,…

Catherine D'Ignazio is an American data scholar and designer whose work examines the intersections of data science, feminism, and social justice. She is an Associate Professor of Urban Science and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Director of the Data + Feminism Lab.…

Catherine M. Saunders

キャサリン・サンダーズ


Clinical psychologist

Catherine M. Saunders was an American clinical psychologist who specialized in grief counseling, research, and education for more than three decades. Drawing on both her professional experience and the personal loss of her young son, she dedicated her career to helping people understand and cope…

Cathy O'Neil

キャシー・オニール


Data scientist, mathematician

Cathy O'Neil (born 1972) is an American mathematician, data scientist, and specialist in algorithmic auditing. She earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard University and taught mathematics at Barnard College before working as a quantitative analyst at the hedge fund D. E. Shaw. She later worked…

Cecilia Rikap

セシリア・リカップ


Economist

Cecilia Rikap is an Argentine economist and associate professor at University College London, where she serves as Head of Research at the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. Her work examines the international political economy of science, technology, and innovation, with particular…

Charles A. O'Reilly

チャールズ・A・オライリー


Business scholar, professor at Stanford…

Charles A. O'Reilly III is an American management scholar and the Frank E. Buck Professor of Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business. His research focuses on organizational behavior, leadership, innovation, and organizational change. Together with Michael L. Tushman, he developed the…

Charles Baxter

チャールズ・バクスター


Novelist, Essayist, Poet

Charles Baxter (1947–) is an American novelist, essayist, poet, and longtime teacher of creative writing. Born in Minneapolis, he has written extensively about desire, loneliness, family tensions, and the instability of ordinary lives. His novel “The Feast of Love,” a finalist for the 2000 National…

Charles C Mann

チャールズ・C・マン


Journalist, Writer

Charles C. Mann (born 1955) is an American journalist and author reporting on science, technology, history and the environment. A correspondent for The Atlantic, Science and Wired, he has written for newspapers and magazines as well as HBO and the television series Law & Order. He has been a…

Charles D. Ellis

チャールズ・D・エリス


Investment consultant, author

Charles D. Ellis (born 1937) is an investment consultant and author specializing in financial institutions and long-term investment policy. He graduated from Yale in 1959, earned an MBA at Harvard Business School, and received a doctorate from New York University. Following work in financial…

Charles Darwin

チャールズ・ダーウィン


Natural scientist, geologist, biologist

Charles Darwin (1809–1882) was a British naturalist. From 1831 to 1836, he travelled aboard HMS Beagle, observing and collecting plants, animals, and fossils in South America, the Galápagos Islands, and elsewhere. In “The Voyage of the Beagle,” his account of the journey, he described the places…

Charles Frazier

チャールズ・フレイジャー


Novelist

Charles Frazier (born 1950) is an American novelist who draws on the history and landscape of his native North Carolina. His debut novel, “Cold Mountain” (『コールドマウンテン』), follows a soldier trying to return home during the American Civil War and the woman waiting for him. It won the 1997 National Book…

Charles Singer

チャールズ・シンガー


Researcher in the history of science…

Charles Singer (1876–1960) was a British historian of science and medicine born in London. He studied zoology at Oxford before training in medicine and practicing as a physician. He subsequently turned to historical research and taught at Oxford and University College London. Tracing changing…

Charlie English

チャーリー・イングリッシュ


Journalist, Writer

Charlie English is a British journalist and nonfiction writer. Raised in Yorkshire, he studied at Imperial College and City University, London. He began his journalism career in Peshawar, Pakistan, before joining The Guardian, where his positions included arts editor and head of international news.…

Charlotte Higgins

シャーロット・ヒギンズ


Writer, Journalist

Charlotte Higgins is a British journalist and chief culture writer for The Guardian. Born in Stoke-on-Trent, she studied Classics at Balliol College, Oxford. Alongside her reporting on art, literature, and music, her books explore how ancient stories and material remains shape later cultures and…

Charlotte McConaghy

シャーロット・マコーナギー


Novelist, Screenwriter

Charlotte McConaghy is an Australian novelist and screenwriter. She began writing fantasy as a teenager, publishing adventures for younger readers and fiction set in dystopian worlds before moving into adult literary fiction. She holds a master’s degree in screenwriting from the Australian Film…

Cheryl Strayed

シェリル・ストレイド


Writer

Cheryl Strayed (born 1968) is an American author and essayist whose work explores loss, resilience, family, and self-discovery. She is best known for her memoir *Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail*, which recounts her solo journey along the Pacific Crest Trail after the death of…

chiba masaya

千葉 雅也


Philosopher, Associate Professor,…

Masaya Chiba (born 1978) is a Japanese philosopher and novelist. A professor at the Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences at Ritsumeikan University, he specializes in contemporary French philosophy and representation studies while also writing on literature, art, and culture. He…

CHIBA Satoshi

千葉 聡


Evolutionary biologist, Professor,…

Satoshi Chiba (born 1960) is a Japanese evolutionary biologist and ecologist, and Professor Emeritus at Tohoku University. He earned his Ph.D. in Science from the University of Tokyo and held academic positions at Shizuoka University and Tohoku University, where he became one of Japan's leading…

CHIBA Yasunori

千葉 康則


Author on brain and memory

Yasunori Chiba writes about memory and brain function. His work considers how memory changes with age. It invites readers to think of memory not only as stored information but also as a network shaped by experience.

chihaya akane

千早 茜


Novelist

Akane Chihaya (1979–) is a Japanese novelist whose fiction explores desire, loss, renewal, and the human body through vivid depictions of nature, food, and everyday life. She made her literary debut by winning the Subaru Novel Prize for New Writers in 2008 with "Uogami" ("Fish God"), which also…

Chihiro Nishijima

西島 千尋


Music education scholar

Chihiro Nishijima is a music education researcher studying the history of music education and relationships formed through musical activity. She graduated from Kanazawa University in 2004 and completed its master’s programme in education and doctoral programme in human and socio-environmental…

Chikara Suzuki

鈴木 主税


Translator

Chikara Suzuki (1934–2009) translated works on history, economics, management, and international affairs and led the translation group Bokujinsha. His translation of William Manchester’s The Glory and the Dream, a history of modern America, received the Japan Translation Publishing Culture Award.…

Chikyu Shototsu Showakusei Kenkyukai

地球衝突小惑星研究会


Science book author group

Chikyu Shototsu Showakusei Kenkyukai authored a book about asteroid impacts on Earth. It considers impact scale and probability, possible consequences and human responses. The work connects questions about past mass extinction with future risks across astronomy and Earth science.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

チママンダ・ンゴズィ・アディー…


Writer

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977) is a Nigerian novelist and essayist whose work explores colonialism, migration, race, gender, and identity from a distinctly African perspective. Celebrated for her vivid storytelling and moral clarity, she has become one of the most influential literary voices…

chinen mikito

知念 実希人


Novelist, Physician

Mikito Chinen (born 1978) is a novelist and physician whose writing ranges from medical mysteries and suspense to detective stories for children. Born in Okinawa Prefecture, he graduated from Jikei University School of Medicine and began working as a physician in 2004. He received the Shimada…

CHINO Eiichi

千野 栄一


Linguist, Translator

Eiichi Chino (1932–2002) was a Japanese linguist and translator of Czech literature. Born in Tokyo, he studied Slavic languages at Charles University in Prague and served as a professor at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. In “Gaikokugo Jotatsuho,” his guide to learning foreign languages, he…

Chloe Aridjis

クロエ・アリジス


Novelist

Chloe Aridjis is a Mexican American novelist who was born in New York and grew up in the Netherlands and Mexico. After studying at Harvard University, she earned a doctorate from the University of Oxford, where her research focused on nineteenth-century French poetry and magic. Alongside her…

cho namuju

チョ・ナムジュ


Novelist

Cho Nam-joo (1978–) is a South Korean novelist. After studying sociology at Ewha Womans University, she worked for about a decade as a television scriptwriter on current-affairs and social-issue programs before beginning her literary career with a prize-winning novel. Her best-known work, “Kim…

Choruko

ちょる子


Individual investor, PR/IR consultant

Choruko is a Japanese individual investor, PR/IR consultant, and author. Inspired by her family, she began investing in stocks in 2011 with an initial capital of ¥2.4 million and started trading more actively during maternity leave in 2019. Focusing primarily on contrarian swing trading in…

Chris Anderson

クリス・アンダーソン


Publishing entrepreneur, author, TED…

Chris Anderson (born 1957) is a publishing entrepreneur, author, and chairman of TED whose work has focused on sharing knowledge through publishing and online media. Born in Pakistan, he graduated from Oxford University in 1978 in philosophy, politics and economics. After working in newspapers and…

Chris Anderson

クリス・アンダーソン


Technology journalist, editor,…

Chris Anderson (born 1961) is a technology journalist, editor, and entrepreneur whose writing examines digital technology and changing business models. Born in London, he earned a physics degree at George Washington University and studied quantum mechanics and science journalism at the University…

Chris Barnard

クリス・バ-ナ-ド


Behavioral biologist

Chris Barnard was a British biologist who studied animal behaviour and ecology at the University of Nottingham. His teaching and writing on biological inquiry emphasized forming hypotheses and designing experiments, helping students move from learning facts to testing questions for themselves.

Chris Hedges

クリス・ヘッジズ


Journalist

Chris Hedges (1956–) is an American journalist, nonfiction writer, and longtime war correspondent. He studied English literature at Colgate University and earned a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School. After working for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, and The…

Chris Miller

クリス・ミラー


Economic historian, associate professor…

Chris Miller is an American historian and author, and a professor at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. His work focuses on international history, economic history, and the geopolitics of technology, with particular attention to semiconductors, supply chains, U.S.–China relations, and Russian…

Chris Whitaker

クリス・ウィタカー


Novelist

Chris Whitaker is a British novelist whose crime fiction explores damaged families and communities, guilt, and forgiveness. Born in London, he worked as a financial trader before turning to fiction. His debut novel, “Tall Oaks” (2016), follows the disappearance of a young child and the secrets and…

Christian Bommarius

クリスティアン・ボンマリウス


Journalist

Christian Bommarius (born 1958) is a German journalist whose work focuses on law, politics, and modern German history. Born in Frankfurt am Main, he studied German literature and law. After working as a journalist, including as a correspondent covering Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court, he…

Christine Bondi

クリスティ-ヌ・ボンディ


Mathematics book editor

Christine Bondi edited New Applications of Mathematics, a collection connecting mathematical ideas with practical problems. Its treatment of computation, probability, and other topics presents mathematics as a tool for understanding the world, helping students see uses beyond formal classroom…

Christine Schutt

クリスティン・シャット


Novelist/short story writer

Christine Schutt (1948–) is an American novelist and short story writer whose compressed prose and vivid imagery explore loneliness, loss, and unease within families and intimate relationships. She earned an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University. Her debut novel, “Florida,” was a…

Christine Webb

クリスティン・ウェッブ


Primatologist, Assistant Professor,…

Christine Webb is an American primatologist, animal behavior researcher, and environmental scholar. An Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at New York University, she studies the social behavior, cognition, and emotions of nonhuman primates while also examining how human exceptionalism has…

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Christobel Kent

クリストベル・ケント


Novelist

Christobel Kent is a British novelist whose work includes Italian-set crime fiction and psychological suspense about violence within families and intimate relationships. Born in London, she grew up in London and Essex, spending part of her childhood aboard a Thames sailing barge at Maldon with…

Christopher Blattman

クリストファー・ブラットマン


Economist, Political scientist

Christopher Blattman is a Canadian-born economist and political scientist who studies conflict, organized crime, poverty, and economic development. He studied economics at the University of Waterloo, completed a master’s degree in public administration and international development at Harvard’s…

Christopher Sorrentino

クリストファー・ソレンティーノ


Novelist

Christopher Sorrentino (1963–) is an American novelist and essayist. Born in New York City, he is the son of novelist Gilbert Sorrentino and grew up in a family of Italian and Puerto Rican heritage. “Trance,” a fictional reconstruction of the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst and her…

Christopher Wylie

クリストファー・ワイリー


Data consultant

Christopher Wylie (born 1989) is a Canadian-born data scientist. He studied law at the London School of Economics, earning an LLB in 2013. A former research director at the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, he became a whistleblower in 2018, exposing the misuse of Facebook users’…

Chung Haeok

丁 海玉


Korean court interpreter/translator/poet

Chung Hae-Ok (born 1960) is a Korean-language court interpreter, translator, and poet and a second-generation Korean resident of Japan, born in Kawasaki. She graduated from Seoul National University in 1984 with a degree in Korean history. Registered on the Osaka High Court’s list of interpreter…

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Claire Askew

クレア・アスキュー


Poet, Novelist

Claire Askew (born 1986) is a Scottish poet and novelist who also works in creative-writing education. Raised in the rural Scottish Borders, she studied English literature and creative writing at the University of Edinburgh, earning a PhD in Creative Writing and Contemporary Women’s Poetry. After…

Claire Keegan

クレア・キーガン


Novelist

Claire Keegan (born 1968) is an Irish writer acclaimed for her exquisitely crafted short fiction and novellas. Known for her spare, elegant prose and extraordinary emotional precision, she explores family, love, loneliness, and the quiet tensions of rural Irish life. Her best-known works include…

Claire Stapleton

クレア・ステイプルトン


Communication consultant, labor activist

Claire Stapleton is an American writer, communications consultant, and labor activist. During her twelve years at Google, she worked in internal communications and marketing before helping organize the 2018 global employee walkout, in which approximately 20,000 workers protested the company’s…

Claire Weekes

クレア・ウィ-クス


Doctor/Writer

Claire Weekes was an Australian physician and author who wrote for people experiencing anxiety. She initially studied zoology before training in medicine and entering general practice. Drawing partly on her own experience, her books explain bodily responses to fear and offer an accessible approach…

Claude St. John

クロード・セント・ジョン


Pen name by Tod Sacerdoti

Claude St. John is the author name used for the AI-assisted nonfiction book "The Scaling Curve: Dario Amodei, Anthropic, and the Race to Build and Survive Superintelligence." Rather than a conventional human author, the name represents a project created by entrepreneur Tod Sacerdoti using…

Claudia Goldin

クラウディア・ゴールディン


Economic historian, labor economist,…

Claudia Goldin (born 1946) is an American economist and economic historian, and a professor at Harvard University. Her work focuses on labor economics, economic history, and gender inequality, with particular attention to women's education, employment, wages, and career trajectories over the long…

Claudia Koonz

クローディア・クーンズ


Historian

Claudia Koonz (born 1940) is an American historian and professor emerita at Duke University. Her research examines Nazi Germany, gender history, and the moral beliefs and popular culture that encouraged ordinary citizens to support dictatorship. In “Mothers in the Fatherland: Women, the Family, and…

Claudia Rankine

クラウディア・ランキン


Poet, Professor at Yale University

Claudia Rankine (born 1963) is a Jamaican-born American poet, essayist, and playwright whose innovative work blends poetry, prose, criticism, and visual art to explore race, identity, memory, and social injustice. Widely regarded as one of the most influential literary voices of her generation, she…

Clayton Christensen

クレイトン・M・クリステンセン


Management scholar, Businessperson

Clayton M. Christensen (1952–2020) was a management scholar and entrepreneur who studied technological innovation and business growth. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brigham Young University in 1975, an M.Phil. in applied econometrics from Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1977, and an…

Clint Smith

クリント・スミス


Poet, Journalist

Clint Smith is a poet and journalist concerned with race and historical memory. Raised in New Orleans, he studied at Davidson College and earned a doctorate in education at Harvard. He taught high-school English in Maryland before becoming a staff writer at The Atlantic. How the Word Is Passed…

Clive Finlayson

クライブ・フィンレイソン


Zoologist, paleoanthropologist,…

Clive Finlayson (born 1955) is a Gibraltarian evolutionary ecologist whose research spans human evolution and avian biogeography. Born in Gibraltar, he studied zoology at the University of Liverpool, earned a doctorate from Oxford University in 1980, and subsequently completed a master’s degree in…

Colin Asher

コリン・アッシャー


Journalist, Biographer

Colin Asher is an American journalist and biographer. He earned a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and his work has appeared in The New Republic, The Baffler, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. In “The Midnight Special: The Secret Prison History of…

Colin Dexter

コリン・デクスター


Mystery writer

Colin Dexter (1930–2017) was a British crime novelist and the creator of Inspector Morse. A former classics teacher, he set the series in Oxford, where Morse and his colleague Sergeant Lewis investigate crimes through close attention to testimony, clues, and contradictions. The first novel, “Last…

Colin Joyce

コリン・ジョイス


Journalist

Colin Joyce (born 1970) is a British journalist from Romford, east London. He graduated from the University of Oxford, where he studied ancient and modern history. After arriving in Japan in 1992, he worked as a high school English teacher, joined Newsweek Japan, and served as Tokyo correspondent…

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Colin M. Fisher

コリン・M・フィッシャー


Organizational behaviorist

Colin M. Fisher is an organizational behavior scholar whose research examines group dynamics, creativity, improvisation and leadership. He studied jazz trumpet at the New England Conservatory of Music and improvisation in the arts at New York University. As a professional musician, he was a…

Colson Whitehead

コルソン・ホワイトヘッド


Writer

Colson Whitehead (born 1969) is an American novelist and essayist. After graduating from Harvard University, he worked as a writer for The Village Voice before launching his literary career. Widely regarded as one of the foremost voices in contemporary American fiction, Whitehead is known for his…

Colum McCann

コラム・マッキャン


Novelist

Colum McCann (1965–) is an Irish novelist born in Dublin and based in New York. After working as a journalist, he moved to the United States. “Let the Great World Spin,” which connects the lives of New Yorkers on the day Philippe Petit walked between the towers of the World Trade Center in 1974,…

Conan Doyle

アーサー・コナン・ドイル


Novelist, Physician

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) A British novelist and physician, born in Edinburgh, Scotland. After studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, he practiced as a doctor while pursuing a career as a writer. He created Sherlock Holmes, the detective whose extraordinary powers of observation and…

Connie Chung

コニー・チャン


Journalist, newscaster

Connie Chung (born 1946) is an American journalist and television news anchor. A pioneering figure in broadcast journalism, she became the first Asian American and one of the first women to co-anchor a major U.S. network evening newscast. Over a career spanning several decades, she worked for CBS,…

Cormac McCarthy

コーマック・マッカーシー


Novelist

Cormac McCarthy (1933–2023) was an American novelist. In “All the Pretty Horses,” sixteen-year-old John Grady Cole loses the prospect of inheriting his family’s ranch and rides into Mexico with a friend. There he encounters love and violence. The novel won the 1992 National Book Award. “No Country…

Cory Doctorow

コリイ・ドクトロウ


Science fiction writer, Journalist

Cory Doctorow (born 1971) is a Canadian-British science fiction author, journalist, activist, and technology commentator. Born in Toronto, he is a Special Advisor to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and is internationally recognized for his work on digital rights, copyright, privacy,…

Craig Whitlock

クレイグ・ウィットロック


Department of Defense/National Security…

Craig Whitlock is an American journalist and investigative reporter for The Washington Post. He has spent many years covering national security, defense policy, intelligence agencies, and conflicts in Afghanistan and the Middle East. Known for his investigative reporting based on public records,…

Cristina Garcia

クリスティーナ・ガルシア


Novelist

Cristina García (born 1958) is a Cuban-born American novelist who moved to the United States with her family as a young child. Her debut novel, “Dreaming in Cuban,” follows three generations of women divided by the Cuban Revolution: Celia remains in Cuba and supports the revolution, her daughter…

Cristina Rivera Garza

クリスティーナ・リベラ・ガルサ


Author, University of Houston professor

Cristina Rivera Garza (born 1964) is a Mexican novelist, poet, essayist, historian, and distinguished professor at the University of Houston. Trained in sociology and Latin American history, she is renowned for her innovative writing that blends fiction, memoir, history, and archival research to…

Curtis Yarvin

カーティス・ヤーヴィン


Software developer, political…

Curtis Yarvin (born 1973) is an American software developer and political essayist. He created the decentralized computing platform Urbit and co-founded Tlon, the company established to develop it. Writing under the name Mencius Moldbug on the blog "Unqualified Reservations," he helped shape the…

Cynthia Barnett

シンシア・バーネット


Environmental journalist

Cynthia Barnett is an American environmental journalist whose reporting focuses on water resources and climate change around the world. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and other publications, and she teaches environmental journalism at the University…

Cynthia Monahon

シンシア・モナハン


Child psychologist

Cynthia Monahon is a child psychologist specializing in psychological trauma. She worked in children’s mental health services in Northampton, Massachusetts. Children and Trauma explains responses to frightening experiences and shows how parents and professionals can help children regain a sense of…

Cynthia Ozick

シンシア・オジック


Novelist, Critic

Cynthia Ozick (born 1928) is an American novelist and critic whose fiction and essays explore Jewish history, faith, and the memory of the Holocaust. The Shawl (『ショールの女』) portrays a mother trying to protect her infant daughter in a concentration camp and living with the loss that follows. Her essay…