Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton, FRSL (; born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British philosopher and author. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He published "Essays in Love" (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. Other bestsellers include "How Proust Can Change Your Life" (1997), "Status Anxiety" (2004) and "The Architecture of Happiness" (2006).
Michael O'Mara Books
O'Mara Books' first publication was Alastair Burnet's biography of the Queen Mother, entitled "The ITN Book of the Queen Mother", which topped the 1985 "The Sunday Times" bestseller list. One of the publishing house's most influential publications was "Diana: Her True Story" by Andrew Morton, the second highest-selling authored work in the UK in the 1990s. The publishing house has established a reputation for high-profile autobiographies and biographies (including such bestsellers as "Anything Goes" by John Barrowman, and "My Word is My Bond" by Roger Moore), innovative humour and non-fiction ("I Before E (Except After C), The Timewaster Letters", and "The Book of Senior Moments"), as well as children's books, published under the Buster Books imprint ("The Boys' Book, The Girls' Book" and "Children's Miscellany", parts 1, 2 and 3). Successful humour titles include "Where's the Meerkat?", the number-one "Sunday Times" bestseller of Christmas 2011.