Tuesday Top Ten: Worldwide Authors

Having done UK and US authors, I turn my attention to authors from elsewhere in the world for today's Tuesday Top Ten. Here they are in no particular order.

1) Haruki Murakami (Japan/1949-)
2) Hannah Kent (Australia/1985-)
3) Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014)
4) Peter Carey (Australia/1943-)
5) Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Spain/1964-)
6) Paulo Coelho (Brazil/1947-)
7) Geraldine Brooks (Australia/1955-)
8) Gao Xingjian (China/1940-)
9) Salman Rushdie (India/1947-)
10) Martin Zusak (Australia)