Neil Gaiman
Biography of Neil Gaiman British author, screenwriter, and graphic novelist Neil Gaiman is well-known for his unique blending of mythology, fantasy, and horror. Born in Portchester, Hampshire, England, on November 10, 1960, Gaiman has made a name for himself as one of the most inventive and influential writers of his generation. His output is found […]
John Grisham
Biography of John Grisham American author, lawyer, and former politician John Grisham is widely recognised for his legal thrillers. He was raised in a working-class environment; his mother was a homemaker and his father was a construction worker. He was born on February 8, 1955, in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Early experiences in the American South, including […]
Toni Morrison
Biography of Toni Morrison Many people consider American novelist, essayist, editor, and lecturer Toni Morrison (February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019) to be among the most important and influential writers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. She was the second child in a working-class African American family of four, having been born Chloe […]
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Biography of Gabriel Garcia Marquez Colombian novelist, journalist, and Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) is well-known for creating the literary form known as magical realism and for his contributions to Latin American literature. One Hundred Years of Solitude, his most well-known book is regarded as one of the best novels of the 20th century […]
Virginia Woolf
Biography of Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) was a well-known modernist writer from England who is renowned for her novel literary achievements and her examination of the inner lives of her characters. Her writings include the novels Orlando, To the Lighthouse, and Mrs. Dalloway. She is praised for her contribution to the modernist literary movement […]
Edgar Allan Poe
Biography of Edgar Allan Poe American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was well-known for his Gothic and horrific stories. The horror and mystery pieces he created, such as stories like “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Fall of the House of Usher,” and poems like “The Raven,” are what people most […]
J.R.R. Tolkien
Biography of J.R.R. Tolkien J.R.R. Tolkien British author, philologist, and scholar (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892–1973) is well renowned for his high fantasy novels The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. He is among the greatest fantasy writers of all time thanks to his elaborate world-building, language invention, and epic storytelling. Many […]
Jane Austen
Biography of Jane Austen English novelist Jane Austen (1775–1817) is well known for her six seminal works that analyse, interpret, and make observations about the British landed aristocracy at the close of the eighteenth century. She is praised for her humour, irony, and realism, and her writings examine topics of morality, marriage, love, and socioeconomic […]