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BARBARA COMYNS (1907-1992)(pseudonym of Barbara Comyns Carr, née Bayley, first married name Pemberton)Black humor, tragedy, and childish innocence characterize Comyns’ odd little novels. Although Our Spoons Came from Woolworth’s (1950) and The Vet’
Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humourist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889).
Joseph Stein (May 30, 1912 – October 24, 2010) was an American playwright best known for writing the books for such musicals as Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba.
Lucius Morris Beebe (December 9, 1902 – February 4, 1966) was an American author, gourmand, photographer, railroad historian, journalist, and syndicated columnist.
Maria Teresa Andruetto (born 26 January 1954) is an Argentine writer. She has written poems, novels, drama and children’s books. For her “lasting contribution to children’s literature” she received the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2012.
Murathan Mungan (born 21 April 1955 in Istanbul) is a Turkish author, short story writer, playwright and poet.
Pat Mora (born in El Paso, Texas, on January 19, 1942) is a Mexican American, Latina author of poetry, nonfiction and children’s books. She is a graduate of Texas Western College (now University of Texas at El Paso). A popular presenter, she received
Abe Burrows (December 18, 1910 – May 17, 1985) was an American humorist, author, and director for radio and the stage. He won a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize.
Sarah Zettel (born December 14, 1966) is an American science fiction, fantasy and mystery author.
Stefanie Zweig (19 September 1932 – 25 April 2014) was a German Jewish writer and journalist. She is best known for her autobiographical novel, Nirgendwo in Afrika [Nowhere in Africa] (1995), which was a bestseller in Germany. The novel is based on