Great Writers
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American Short-Story Writer O. Henry Biography
Brief biography of American writer O. Henry, best known for short stories The Gift of the Magi and The Last Leaf. more...
James Fenimore Cooper Biography
Brief biography of American novelist James Fenimore Cooper, best-known for Leatherstocking Tales and American frontier stories. more...
Brief biography of French author George Sand, famous for her Bohemian lifestyle. Like George Eliot, Sand was a woman. more...
Brief biography of Marguerite Duras, regarded as France's most famous woman author of the late 20th century. more...
Anthony Burgess Brief Biography
Brief biography and works of author Anthony Burgess, known for his portrayal of a violent youth in his famous novel. more...
A brief biography of English novelist Kinsgley Amis who belonged to a group of British writers known as the "Angry Young Men." more...
A brief biography of Maurice Maeterlinck, best-known for plays Pellèas and Mélisande and The Blue Bird, and his involvement with French literary movement symbolism. more...
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Perhaps one of the most prolific writers of all time, Max Brand achieved success in the early 20th century, writing hundreds of novels, short stories and poems. more...
Louis L'amour - Legendary Western Storyteller
Louis L'amour became one of the most prolific western writers in history. L'amour's works include the Hopalong Cassidy novels and "Education of a Wandering Man." more...
Mary Darby Robinson (1752-1800) was one of the most prolific and well-known writers of the Romantic era (1789-1819). She wrote poetry, plays, novels, essays, translations more...
A Short Biography: Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens is most known for writing novels like Oliver Twist, but wrote numerous short stories, poetry and articles over the course of his life. more...
A Short Biography: George Orwell
Orwell is most well known for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and 1984 (1949). He wrote numerous novels, poems and literary criticism. more...
Sade, Carter & the Idea of a Moral Pornographer
In her book The Sadeian Woman Carter argues that the work of Sade is not mere pornography, but is a searing critique on the sexes and relationships between men and women. more...
By: Vickie Britton
Fyodor Dostoevsky's works continue to influence contemporary authors. His early novels set the stage for existential philosophy and modern psychology. more...
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