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 […]
Today marks the burning down of the historic Globe Theatre in London, 1613. The theatre was built by Lord Chamberlain’s Men, part of which was, of course, William Shakespeare.
Author Suzanne Collins (website) said she got the idea for The Hunger Games while surfing channels and seeing people competing on a reality show and footage of the invasion of Iraq. The two blurred and an idea was formed.
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 […]
