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 […]
The works and life of James Joyce are celebrated annually in Dublin, Ireland on June 16 – Bloomsday. Named after Leopold Bloom, Ulysses’ protagonist
On this day in 1883 Lebanese author, poet and artist Khalil Gibran was born. Growing up in the United States, Gibran has written in English
This week I reviewed The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. While writing my post I found some interesting facts about the story
There are four hand written copies of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas known to exist. Three are in museums while the fourth was sold in 2006 for $280,000
Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) one of the most wildly read authors in English literature whose social commentary has taken on a life of its own
I recently read Bram Stoker’s Dracula and enjoyed it very much a well written story, here is a special Halloween edition of Fun Facts Friday
