Elsa Morante (18 August, 1812 – 25 November, 1985), born in Rome, Italy, was an Italian poet, translator, children’s book author and novelist.
George Moore was an Irish novelist, poet, critic, and writer. Mr. Moore is often said to be the great modern Irish novelist, known for his book Esther Waters
Ida Tarbell (5 November, 1857 – 6 January, 1944) was an author, biographer, lecturer, educator and an early pioneer of investigative journalist.
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by Hazel Gaynor tells of Grace Darling, a celebrated heroine, and her ancestor a hundred years later.
Giosuè Carducci (27 July, 1835 – 16 February, 1907) was a Nobel Prize winning Italian poet and author born in a small town in Tuscany, Italy
Crime author Patricia Cornwell Ms. Cornwell, a Miami Florida native, created the well known medical examiner Kay Scrapetta.
Karl Friedrich wrote the historical fiction Wings: A Novel of World War II Flygirls. a book about the US Army’s Women Airforce Service Pilot or WASP