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Mason Locke Weems (October 11, 1759 – May 23, 1825), generally known as Parson Weems, was an American book agent and author. He was the source of some of the apocryphal stories about George Washington. The tale of the cherry tree (“I cannot tell a
born: April 1, 1970 in Budapest, Hungary
William Francis Dufty (February 2, 1916 – June 28, 2002) was an American writer, musician, and activist.
Ilya Ilf, pseudonym of Iehiel-Leyb (Ilya) Arnoldovich Faynzilberg (Russian: Илья Арнольдович Файнзильберг), (October 15 [O.S. October 3] 1897 in Odessa – April 13, 1937), was a popular Jewish Soviet author of the 1920s
Hanako, Princess Hitachi (正仁親王妃華子, Masahito Shinnōhi Hanako), born Hanako Tsugaru (津軽華子, Tsugaru Hanako) on 19 July 1940, is a member of the Japanese Imperial Family as the wife of Prince Hitachi who is the younger son of Emper
Jane Adams (born 1960 in Leicester) is a British writer of psychological thrillers. Her first book, The Greenway, was nominated for a John Creasey Award in 1995. Adams has a degree in sociology, was once lead vocalist in a folk rock band and is marri
Raichō Hiratsuka (平塚 らいちょう – usually spelled in historical kana usage 平塚 らいてう Hiratsuka Raichō, February 10, 1886 – May 24, 1971) was a writer, journalist, political activist, anarchist and pioneering Japanese feminist.
Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American journalist and sometime novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include McTeague (1899), The Oc
Dorothy Allison (born April 11, 1949) is an American writer, speaker, and member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Her writing includes themes of class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism and lesbianism. She is a self-identified lesbia
Theodorus Johannes Thijssen (Amsterdam, 16 June 1879 – Amsterdam, 23 December 1943) was a Dutch writer, teacher and socialist politician. He is best known for the book ‘Kees de Jongen’.