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Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto (May 13, 1881 — November 1, 1922) was a Brazilian novelist and journalist. A major figure in Brazilian Pre-Modernism, he is famous for the novel Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma, a bitter satire of the first years o
Antonio Tabucchi (24 September 1943 – 25 March 2012) was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy.
James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was an English novelist best remembered for several best-sellers, including Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips.
Nora Okja Keller (born 22 December 1965, Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean American author. Her 1997 breakthrough work of fiction, Comfort Woman, and her second book (2002), Fox Girl, focus on multigenerational trauma resulting from Korean women’s expe
Thomas Burke (29 November 1886 – 22 September 1945) was a British author. He was born in Eltham, London (back then still part of Kent).
Sarah “Sally” Sayward Barrell Keating Wood (October 1, 1759 – January 6, 1854) was an American novelist. She is considered the first American female writer of gothic fiction.She was born in York, Maine, of The American Colonies the first daughter o
Bonnie Bluh (March 29, 1926 – October 2, 2008), born Helen Celia Bluh, was a Jewish-American feminist novelist and essayist.
Caleb Carr (born August 2, 1955) is an American novelist and military historian.
Henning Georg Mankell (3February 1948 – 5October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children’s author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He was also a social critic a
Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens. He is also writing a series of Sons of Anarchy novels.
Edmondo De Amicis (21 October 1846 – 11 March 1908) was an Italian novelist, journalist, poet and short-story writer. His best-known book is Cuore, a children’s novel translated into English as Heart.
Olivia Goldsmith (January 1, 1949 – January 15, 2004) was an American author, best known for her first novel The First Wives Club (1992), which was adapted into the movie The First Wives Club (1996).