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Manuel Puig Facts

Manuel Puig (born Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne) (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990) was an Argentine author.

Howard Jacobson Facts

Howard Jacobson (I)Writer | ProducerHoward Jacobson was born on August 25, 1942. He is a writer and producer, known for Seriously Funny: An Argument for Comedy (1996), The Many Lovers of Miss Jane Austen (2011) and Rebels of Oz: Germaine, Clive, Barr

Horace McCoy Facts

Horace McCoy (April 14, 1897 – December 15, 1955) was an American writer whose hardboiled novels took place during the Great Depression. His best-known novel is They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1935), which was made into a movie of the same name in

Theodore Dreiser Facts

Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (/ˈdraɪsər, -zər/; August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack

Dennis McDougal Facts

Dennis McDougal (born November 25, 1947) is an American author and newspaper journalist. He has been called “L.A.’s No. 1 muckraker.” His book, Privileged Son, was described as “illuminating reading for anyone interested in 20th-century Los Angeles o

Rob Grant Facts

Robert Grant is a British comedy writer and television producer, who was born in Salford and studied Psychology at Liverpool University for two years.

Sarojini Sahoo Facts

Sarojini Sahoo (Odia: ସରୋଜିନୀ ସାହୁ) (born 1956) is an Orissa Sahitya Academy Award winner Indian feminist writer, a columnist in The New Indian Express and associate editor of Chennai-based English magazine Indian AGE, who has b

Charles Brockden Brown Facts

Charles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810), an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period, is generally regarded by scholars as the most important American novelist before James Fenimore Cooper. He is t

Robert Silverberg Facts

Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is a prolific American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, a Grand Mast

Leon Uris Facts

Leon Marcus Uris (August 3, 1924 – June 21, 2003) was an United States Marine and author, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. His two bestselling books were Exodus (published in 1958) and Trinity (publi

David Goodis Facts

David Loeb Goodis (March 2, 1917 – January 7, 1967) was an American writer of crime fiction, noted for his prolific output of short stories and novels epitomizing the noir fiction genre. A native of Philadelphia, Goodis alternately resided there an

Enrique Jardiel Poncela Facts

Enrique Jardiel Poncela (15 October 1901, Madrid – 18 February 1952) was a Spanish playwright and novelist who wrote mostly humorous works.