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Daniel Handler Facts

Daniel Handler (born February 28, 1970) is an American writer and journalist. He is best known for his work under the pen name Lemony Snicket, having published children’s series A Series of Unfortunate Events and All the Wrong Questions under this ps

Ford Madox Ford Facts

Ford Madox Ford (17 December 1873 – 26 June 1939), born Ford Hermann Hueffer (/ˈhɛfər/ HEF-ər), was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, The English Review and The Transatlantic Review, were instrumental in the developme

Ted Dekker Facts

Ted Dekker (born October 24, 1962) is an author of mystery, thriller, and fantasy novels including Thr3e, Obsessed, and the Circle Series.

Peter Lovesey Facts

Peter (Harmer) Lovesey (born 1936), also known by his pen name Peter Lear, is a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detective ba

Jostein Gaarder Facts

Jostein Gaarder (born 8 August 1952) is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories and children’s books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often utiliz

Charlotte Lamb Facts

Sheila Holland, née Sheila Ann Mary Coates (22 December 1937 in Dagenham, Essex, England – 8 October 2000 in Isle of Man) was best known under the pseudonym Charlotte Lamb as a prolific romantic novelist. She signed her novels with her married or

Larry Niven Facts

Laurence van Cott Niven (/ˈnɪvən/; born April 30, 1938) — known as Larry Niven — is an American science fiction writer. His best-known work is Ringworld (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. The Science Fiction Writers

David Markson Facts

David Merrill Markson (December 20, 1927 – c. June 4, 2010) was an American novelist. He was the author of several postmodern novels, including Springer’s Progress, Wittgenstein’s Mistress, and Reader’s Block. His final book, The Last Novel, publis

Leigh Brackett Facts

Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 18, 1978) was an American writer, particularly of science fiction, and has been referred to as the “Queen of Space Opera”. She was also a screenwriter, known for her work on such films as The Big Sl

Anne Deveson Facts

Anne Barbara Deveson AO (born 19 June 1930, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya) is an Australian writer, broadcaster, filmmaker and social commentator.

Sax Rohmer Facts

Arthur Henry Ward (15 February 1883 – 1 June 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu.

Gina Kaus Facts

Gina Kaus, née Regina Wiener (21 October 1893, Vienna, Austria – 23 December 1985, Los Angeles, California) was an Austrian-American novelist and screenwriter.