Sir Walter Scott – a poet, historian, and biographer born in Scotland, often considered both the inventor and the best practitioner of the historical novel
Israel Zangwill was a British writer and humorist who dedicated his life to causes of the oppressed, from women’s suffrage to Jewish emancipation.
Franklin Pierce Adams (15 November, 1881 – 23 March, 1960) was a writer and columnist as well as a radio personality, who wrote under the nom de plume: F.P.A.
Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie is considered to be one of the Four Greats of Norwegian literature of the 19th Century. Mr Lie was a writer, a poet, novelist.
Roald Dahl, the adored children’s author wrote 19 children’s books including James and the Giant Peach and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Sir Benjamin Disraeli was a man of many interests but today he is known most as a statesman but he was a prolific author as well.
American author Shirley Jackson (14 December, 1916 -8 August, 1965) born on this day. She is best known for her excellent short story The Lottery.
Pulitzer prize winning American author Willa Cather (7 December, 1873 – 24, April, 1947) s associated with the pioneer spirit, she lived most of her life in NYC
Yesterday I posted about H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi book The First Men in the Moon which I read because: a) I wanted to read it b) It’s a classic book c) It was for my League of Extraordinary Gentel-Man of la Book […]
More books by H. G. Wells* 1 ) First serialized in 1867 for Pearson’s Weekly but published as a book that same year. 2 ) Unlike Well’s previous novels (The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau), The Invisible Man is written […]
