Best of British: top 25 authors list announced

Waterstone's bookshop chain in the UK has named 25 British authors it believes will be the brightest stars for the next 25 years. Rather than a 'literary' list, Waterstone's wanted to name those authors that the 'ordinary reader' would choose. The list is reproduced on the Guardian website. It includes authors such as Jasper Fforde (The big over easy; The fourth bear), Julia Golding (Diamond of Drury Lane) and Louise Welsh (Tamburlaine must die; The bullet trick).