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Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) was Spanish novelist, playwright, and poet, the creator of Don Quixote, the most famous figure in Spanish literature. …

Hildegard G. Frey (1891-1957) an American writer, who was best famous for the The Camp Fire Girls books. The Camp Fire Girls books is a series of fict …

Edith Nesbit (1858-1924), English author and poet whose children's works were published under the name of E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on over …

Rex Ellingwood Beach (1877-1949), American author of more than 30 novels, many adapted to the screen and of which he helped produce, wrote The Silver …

Thomas Bulfinch (1796 - 1867) was an American writer, born in Newton, Massachusetts. Bulfinch belonged to a well educated Bostonian merchant family of …

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950), American lyrical poet and playwright, was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She was known …

Lord George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) was as famous in his lifetime for his personality cult as for his poetry. He created the concept of the "Byronic …

Herman Melville (1819-1891), American novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet, is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumous novell …

Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), English novelist, whose unconventional private life and determination to tackle social issues disconcerted his audience. M …

William Blake (1757–1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal fi …