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Muriel Spark Facts

Dame Muriel Sarah Spark, DBE, CLit, FRSE, FRSL (née Camberg; 1 February 1918 – 13 April 2006) was a Scottish novelist. In 2008, the Times newspaper named Spark as No. 8 in its list of ‘the 50 greatest British writers since 1945’.

Leopoldo Alas 'Clarín' Facts

Leopoldo García-Alas y Ureña (25 April 1852 – 13 June 1901), also known as Clarín, was an Spanish realist novelist born in Zamora. He died in Oviedo.

Dany Laferrière Facts

Dany Laferrière (born Windsor Kléber Laferrière, 13 April 1953) is a Haitian Canadian novelist and journalist who writes in French. He was elected to the Académie française on 12 December 2013, and inducted in May 2015.

Marijane Meaker Facts

Marijane Meaker (born May 27, 1927) is an American novelist and short story writer in several genres using different pen names. From 1952 to 1969 she wrote twenty mystery and crime novels as Vin Packer, including Spring Fire, which is credited with l

Kyi Aye Facts

Kyi Kyi Tin-Myint, known by her pen name Kyi Aye (Burmese: ကြည်အေး) was a Burmese poet, novelist, and short story writer. Born in Yangon, she studied at University of Medicine and University of Yangon. She is credited as one of the most

Jonathan Safran Foer Facts

Jonathan Safran Foer (born February 21, 1977) is an American writer. He is best known for his novels Everything Is Illuminated (2002), Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005) and Eating Animals (2009). He teaches creative writing at New York Unive

Karin Fossum Facts

Karin Fossum (born 1954) is a Norwegian author of crime fiction, often referred to as the “Norwegian queen of crime”.

Laura Esquivel Facts

Laura Esquivel (born September 30, 1950) is a Mexican novelist, essayist, and screenwriter who has made noted contributions to Latin-American literature. Her first novel Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) became a bestseller in Mexic

Jean Bedford Facts

Jean Bedford (born 4 February 1946) is an English-born Australian writer who is best known for her crime fiction, but who has also written novels and short stories, as well as nonfiction. She is also an editor and journalist, and has taught creative

Michael Morpurgo Facts

Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL, FKC, DL (born 5 October 1943, St Albans, Hertfordshire) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children’s novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its

Herman Brusselmans Facts

Herman Frans Martha Brusselmans (born 9 October 1957) is a Flemish novelist, poet, playwright and columnist. He lives in Ghent. He one of the best-selling authors in Flanders.

Val McDermid Facts

Val McDermid (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of suspense novels featuring Dr. Tony Hill.