Literature
She described her work as "Human nature in the Midland Countries" & involving "three or four families in a country village"
Jane Austen
She's interred in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Mass. near her sisters, who were models for Beth & Meg
Louisa May Alcott
The success of "Little Women" prompted her to write in her journal, "paid up all the debts, thank the lord!"
Louisa May Alcott
This writer was born in Germantown, Penn. on Nov. 29, 1832, the second of 4 daughters
Louisa May Alcott
Besides the title role in "The Bride of Frankenstein ", Elsa Lanchester also played this writer
Mary Shelley
The same year his "The Last of the Mohicans" was published, he was named U.S. Consul at Lyon, France
James Fenimore Cooper
Alex Cross
James Patterson
Her first published writings appeared in the Shanghai Mercury when she was 7
Pearl Buck
He rescues Friday from cannibals & later rescues Friday's father as well
Robinson Crusoe
In a 1719 sequel, he & his manservant revisit the island where he was shipwrecked
Robinson Crusoe
His novella "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" was based on his own struggles in a Siberian labor camp
Solzhenitsyn
Lev Rubin in this Soviet dissident's "The First Circle" was based on 1960s Russian civil rights figure Lev Kopelev
Solzhenitsyn
This author describes "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" at a Stalinist labor camp
Solzhenitsyn
The hero's clubfoot in "Of Human Bondage" represented this author's stammer
Somerset Maugham
While serving as an ambulance driver during WWI, he finished his novel "Of Human Bondage"
Somerset Maugham
This Kenneth Grahame novel began as a series of bedtime tales told to his son starting in 1904
The Wind In The Willows
The adventures of Rat, Mole, Toad & Badger are told in this 1908 British book
The Wind in the Willows
The stories that Kenneth Grahame told his son about a mole & a toad became this 1908 classic
The Wind in the Willows
While teaching Russian literature at Cornell, he wrote his famous novel "Lolita"
Vladimir Nabokov
"Other Voices, Other Rooms" was this author's 1st published novel
Truman Capote
He said it took him "Five years to write 'In Cold Bloo
Truman Capote
In 1845 he published "The Raven and Other Poems"; the other poems include "The Conqueror Worm"
Edgar Allan Poe
Manet did illustrations for a French translation of this author's poem "The Raven"
Edgar Allan Poe
"I am Tarzan of the apes. I want you. I am yours. You are mine"
Edgar Rice Burroughs
As a war correspondant, this Tarzan creator witnessed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Chapters in a 1914 novel by this author include "Jungle Battles", "His Own Kind" & "The Call of the Primitive"
Edgar Rice Burroughs
During WWII this Tarzan creator worked as a correspondent for the L.A. Times
Edgar Rice Burroughs
"The House of Mirth", "Ethan Frome"
Edith Wharton
Born Edith Newbold Jones, she published "The House of Mirth" under this, her married name
Edith Wharton
Her major works, including "The Age of Innocence", were written while living in France, where she moved in 1907
Edith Wharton
She first wrote "Ethan Frome" in French, then later translated it into English
Edith Wharton
Sinclair Lewis dedicated "Babbitt" to this author of "The Age of Innocence"
Edith Wharton
This "Age of Innocence" author launched her career with a how-to book on "The Decoration of Houses"
Edith Wharton
Ford Madox Ford, in the ‘20s, hadn’t “read more than six words†by this man before vowing to “publish everything he sent meâ€
Ernest Hemingway
He dedicated “Across The River And Into The Trees†“to Mary with loveâ€
Ernest Hemingway
"Absalom, Absalom!"
Faulkner
John Updike called this author's "The Metamorphosis" "An indubitable masterpiece"
Franz Kafka
The Prague tombstone of this German-language writer who died in 1924 is inscribed in Hebrew
Franz Kafka
If his "Time Machine" took you back to the 1880s, you'd find him working as an apprentice draper
H.G. Wells
"I had no idea of originating an American flapper... I simply took girls whom I knew very well" & "used them for my heroines"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"This Side of Paradise"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Budd Schulberg based the alcoholic central character of "The Disenchanted" on this "Gatsby" author
F. Scott Fitzgerald
In 1938 actor Orson presented this novelist's "The War of the Worlds" on radio
H.G. Wells
Nicodemus Frapp is a narrow-minded evangelist in "Tono-Bungay", a 1909 novel by this author of "The Time Machine"
H.G. Wells
In this Orwell novel, the Ministry of Peace, also known as Minipax, concerns itself with war
1984
This 1949 novel features a society dominated by such slogans as "War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength"
1984
Her 1997 bestseller "violin" might keep you up nights; not the playing of it, the reading of it
Anne Rice
In 1998 her "Pandora" came out of the box as the first of her "New Tales of the Vampires"
Anne Rice
This author seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1997-11-27_DJ_22.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> was born Howard Allen O'Brien; her name was soon changed [Woman with fairly short black hair shown]
Anne Rice
With "Pandora", she recently began a new series of vampire tales
Anne Rice
"Oliver Twist" & "A Tale of Two Cities" are among the classic novels by this British author
Charles Dickens
"It's all right, Miles," Spade told him. "Come in. Miss Wonderly, this is Mr. Archer, my partner"
Dashiell Hammett
The book-of-the-month club calls this Dostoyevsky work "the greatest crime novel ever written"
Crime and Punishment
The title wrongdoing in this novel is the murder of a pawnbroker & her sister by Raskolnikov
Crime and Punishment
In "Julia", Jane Fonda played Lillian Hellman & Jason Robards played this author, her lover
Dashiell Hammett
In 1965 Lillian Hellman re-issued 5 of his detective novels
Dashiell Hammett
The full title of this Spanish novel includes "de la Mancha, El Ingenioso Hidalgo"
Don Quixote
This Spaniard rides a bony old nag named Rocinante on his quests
Don Quixote
This character's squire was Sancho Panza
Don Quixote
This knight errant's steed in Rocinante, a draft horse originally belonging to his neighbor
Don Quixote
"'My goodness! My gracious!' they shouted. 'My word! It's something brand new! It's an elephant-bird'"
Dr. Seuss
"The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T" in 1953 was the 1st live-action feature film from this author's works; a 2nd was released in 2000
Dr. Seuss
A publisher bet him that he couldn't write a book using 50 or fewer words; the result was "Green Eggs and Ham"
Dr. Seuss
His unladylike horror story "The Cask of Amontillado" was first published in Godey's Lady's Book, in 1846
(Edgar Allan) Poe
This author's old third-floor room at 85 W. 3rd in Greenwich Village is haunted; residents hear "tell-tale" signs
(Edgar Allan) Poe
A scientist tests poison on his own daughter in this American author's 1840s story "Rappaccini's Daughter"
(Nathaniel) Hawthorne
Born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804, one of his ancestors was a judge at the Salem Witchcraft Trials in 1692
(Nathaniel) Hawthorne
He first wrote about a woman doomed to wear the letter in his 1838 story "Endicott and the Red Cross"
(Nathaniel) Hawthorne
He penned a campaign biography for Franklin Pierce and pinned "The Scarlet Letter" on Hester Prynne
(Nathaniel) Hawthorne
"Princess Daisy"
Judith Krantz
Following up her 1978 bestseller, she dished out "Scruples Two" in '92
Judith Krantz
From 1949-1956 this "Princess Daisy" author was a fashion editor for Good Housekeeping
Judith Krantz
One of his last collections of tales, "Uncle Remus and the Little Boy", was published posthumously in 1910
Joel Chandler Harris
He had the year's bestselling novel a record 7 years in a row with 7 different titles, ending in 2000
John Grisham
He wrote "A Time To Kill" while serving in the Mississippi House of Representatives
John Grisham
In 1996, 7 years after giving up law, he returned to a Mississippi courtroom & won a case for an old client
John Grisham
In 1997 this author of "The Firm" & "The Rainmaker" published a new legal thriller, "The Partner"
John Grisham
In 2003 he returned with a new legal thriller, "The King of Torts"
John Grisham
With no "Time to Kill", he recently turned out another legal thriller, "The Street Lawyer"
John Grisham
"In the world according to Garp, we're all terminal cases", wrote this novelist
John Irving
"The 158-Pound Marriage", "The Cider House Rules", "A Son of the Circus"
John Irving
Before he was famous he drove around with a license plate that read "Garp"
John Irving
He said his 1994 novel "A Son of the Circus" "Isn't about India. I don't know India. I was there only once"
John Irving
A novel set during the Depression earned this author a 1940 Pulitzer Prize & contributed to him winning a Nobel Prize in 1962
John Steinbeck
He described the setting of "Cannery Row" as "A poem, a stink...a habit, a nostalgia, a dream"
John Steinbeck
He led a marine biology expedition to Baja California & later wrote about it in "The Sea of Cortez"
John Steinbeck
He was born in Salinas, California; his father was treasurer of Monterey County
John Steinbeck
Shortly after "The Grapes of Wrath" was published, he embarked on an expedition to Mexico
John Steinbeck
The author who wrote "Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink"
John Steinbeck
His 1996 book "Golf Dreams: Writings On Golf" includes excerpts from his "Rabbit" novels
John Updike
In 1964 he won a National Book Award for his novel "The Centaur"
John Updike
With his "Rabbit At Rest", he turned to today's news for his 2006 novel "Terrorist"
John Updike
Among his novels featuring spy George Smiley are "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" & "Smiley's People"
John le Carré
In 1996 this author of "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" spun a new story, "The Tailor of Panama"
John le Carré
The success of "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" allowed him to quit the foreign office to write full time
John le Carré
Edgar Stillman Kelley's symphony "Gulliver" was inspired by a novel by this satirist
Jonathan Swift
In 1726, he received 200 pounds for his tale of Lemuel Gulliver, the only time he was paid for his writing
Jonathan Swift
In 1745 he bequeathed his estate to be used for the founding of a hospital for the mentally ill in Dublin
Jonathan Swift
In his journal of 1710 to 1713, he referred to himself as "Presto"
Jonathan Swift
Made dean of St. Pat's @ Dublin. Will pen "Travels". Pls publish "Journal to Stella" after my death
Jonathan Swift
The "Catch" is that this satirical writer was born in Brooklyn in 1923 (not '22)
Joseph Heller
When he began writing "Catch-22", he was an advertising writer for TIME magazine
Joseph Heller
"We Were The Mulvaneys" is one of this Princeton professor's more than 25 novels since 1964
Joyce Carol Oates
20th century American critic & novelist Carol
Joyce Carol Oates
Her 2000 novel "Blonde" is, of course, about Marilyn Monroe
Joyce Carol Oates
In 2001 this novelist & short story writer's "We Were the Mulvaneys" was chosen for Oprah's Book Club
Joyce Carol Oates
She says her Gothic-style novels, like "Bellefleur", are "not exactly parodies" but "parodistic"
Joyce Carol Oates
She said, “I didn't realize I had an imagination until I wrote ‘Scruples’â€
Judith Krantz
This 19th century sci-fi writer foretold the artificial satellite in his story "The Begum's Fortune"
Jules Verne
This author of "Around the World in Eighty Days" also wrote librettos for operettas
Jules Verne
In 2000 this writer, with more than 100 million copies of novels in print, had a new species of dinosaur named for him
Michael Crichton
This novelist who wrote about gorillas in "Congo" is on the board of the Gorilla Foundation
Michael Crichton
Peer Gynt, the title character of his 1867 play, is based on a legendary Norwegian folk hero
Ibsen
This Norwegian was in his early 20s when he wrote his first play, "Catalina", in 1850
Ibsen
"A Bird's Eye View of Paris" & "The Bells" are chapters in this 1831 novel
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Esmeralda earns her living by dancing with her goat, Djali, in this novel
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quasimodo gets plastic surgery & really rings Esmeralda's bell
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Novel in which Hawthorne wrote, "On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth,...appeared the letter A"
The Scarlet Letter
The title object of this 1850 novel is described as "so fantastically embroidered and illuminated upon her bosom"
The Scarlet Letter
Poet who wrote, "Before I built a wall I'd ask to know what I was walling in or walling out"
Robert Frost
This poet's annual Christmas greeting for 1949 featured "On a tree fallen across the road"
Robert Frost
Though he won a Pulitzer for "New Hampshire", you'll find this poet's remains in a cemetery in Vermont
Robert Frost
The Samoans built a road to this novelist's house called “The Road of the Loving Heartâ€
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Samoans gave him the title "Tusitala", or "Teller of Tales"
Robert Louis Stevenson
This "Kidnapped" author wrote about a real journey he made in "Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes"
Robert Louis Stevenson
This "Treasure Island" author's "Silverado Squatters" was based on the journal he kept on his honeymoon
Robert Louis Stevenson
1719 novel about a mariner who lived 8 & 20 years all alone in an uninhabited island
Robinson Crusoe
He left his heart & the remains of 2 wives "Far From The Madding Crowd" at Stinsford Church near Dorchester
Thomas Hardy
He left his heart & the remains of 2 wives "Far From the Madding Crowd" at Stinsford Church near Dorchester
Thomas Hardy
In his youth, this author of "The Mayor of Casterbridge" played the fiddle at weddings & dances
Thomas Hardy
Roman Polanski's film "Tess" was based on his novel "Tess of the D' Urbervilles"
Thomas Hardy
The title of his novel "Far From the Madding Crowd" is found in "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
Thomas Hardy
This "Return of the Native" author's first novel, "Desperate Remedies", was published in 1871
Thomas Hardy
"You Can't Go Home Again" until you name this author who wrote it
Thomas Wolfe
He was born at home Oct. 3, 1900 in Asheville, N.C. & later found out you can't go home again
Thomas Wolfe
His "The Bonfire of the Vanities" was first published as a serial in Rolling Stone
Thomas Wolfe
His lover, stage designer Aline Bernstein, helped him publish "Look Homeward, Angel"
Thomas Wolfe
In Asheville his gravestone bears the line "The last voyage, the longest, the best" from "Look Homeward, Angel"
Thomas Wolfe
The New York Times Magazine has called him "King of the Techno-Thriller"
Tom Clancy
In 1894 Mark Twain took this character "Abroad"; 2 years later, he became a "Detective"
Tom Sawyer
In an 1896 sequel, this Mark Twain title character turned "Detective"
Tom Sawyer
In this 1883 children's classic, a parrot named Captain Flint squawks, "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!"
Treasure Island
Controversial even when serialized in the "National Era", it sold over 300,000 copies in book form in 1852
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This "Lolita" author remembers his childhood in St. Petersburg in his memoir "Speak, Memory"
Vladimir Nabokov
Like Dickens, this "Vanity Fair" contemporary left his last novel, "Denis Duval", unfinished
William Makepeace Thackeray
In one scene in this 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, Daisy Buchanan hits Myrtle Wilson with her car
The Great Gatsby
One of the original titles of this 1925 novel was "Among Ash Heaps and Millionaires"
The Great Gatsby
This 1925 novel contains the line "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy"
The Great Gatsby
Buried treasure found on an islet in the Tuscan Archipelago makes this character wealthy
the Count of Monte Cristo
In an 1844 novel, Edmond Dantes disguises himself as Abbe Busoni & this title noble
the Count of Monte Cristo
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, Nick Carraway lives next door to this title character
the Great Gatsby
"A Journal of the Plague Year" by D.D.
Daniel Defoe
"For never man had a more faithful, loving, sincere servant, than Friday was to me"
Daniel Defoe
1720's "The Adventures of Captain Singleton" was his next novel after "Robinson Crusoe"
Daniel Defoe
After offending both sides in a religious dispute, this "Moll Flanders" author was sentenced to the pillory
Daniel Defoe
Jonathan Swift called this Crusoe creator "So...dogmatical a rogue, that there is no enduring him"
Daniel Defoe
Published in 1724, his last major work of fiction was "Roxana", about a courtesan, not a castaway
Daniel Defoe
Published posthumously in 1970, his first novel, "A Happy Death", features a protagonist named Patrice Mersault
Albert Camus
"After Many A Summer Dies the Swan" is a 1939 novel by this author of "Brave New World"
Aldous Huxley
Before he disappeared in 1914, this "Dictionary" writer penned such ghost stories as "The Haunted Valley"
Ambrose Bierce
His works about the war include the essay "What I Saw of Shiloh" & the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
Ambrose Bierce
In his "Devil's Dictionary", a bore is defined as "A person who talks when you wish him to listen"
Ambrose Bierce
He didn't have a "Sister Carrie" when he was born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1871
Theodore Dreiser
His 1925 novel "An American Tragedy" was based on a real life murder case
Theodore Dreiser
Published in 1915, "The 'Genius' " is a semi-autobiographical novel by this author of "Sister Carrie"
Theodore Dreiser
Songwriter Paul Dresser, who changed the spelling of his name, was this "Sister Carrie" author's brother
Theodore Dreiser
It was curtains for Hercule Poirot in her 1975 mystery "Curtain"
Agatha Christie
It's no mystery that she was born in 1890 in Devon, England, wrote 67 novels under this name & 6 as Mary Westmacott
Agatha Christie
It's no mystery that this Englishwoman wrote romantic fiction under the pen name Mary Westmacott
Agatha Christie
Astronaut Dave Bowman is brought back to life in his recent novel "3001: The Final Odyssey"
Arthur C. Clarke
He helped cover the Apollo 12 & 15 space missions with Walter Cronkite & Wally Schirra
Arthur C. Clarke
He won a Hugo Award for a 1973 novel
Arthur C. Clarke
He wrote the "2001", "2010", "2061" & "3001" Odyssey books
Arthur C. Clarke
In January 1999 this author issued a public statement reminding the world the third millennium really begins Jan. 1, 2001
Arthur C. Clarke
This author of "2010: Odyssey Two" sold his first science fiction stories while in the RAF during WWII
Arthur C. Clarke
"A Tangled Skein" was this author's original title for "A Study in Scarlet"
Arthur Conan Doyle
After his son Kingsley Doyle was killed in World War I, he became a devoted spiritualist
Arthur Conan Doyle
In addition to "A Study in Scarlet" & "The White Company", his stories include the spooky "The Brown Hand"
Arthur Conan Doyle
After slaying Grendel, the title character of this epic poem becomes King of the Geats & rules for 50 years
Beowulf
Even Grendel would love Seamus Heaney's new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic about this title geat
Beowulf
Northumbria in the "Age of Bede" or Mercia in Offa's reign are guesses as to where & when this work was created
Beowulf
From the early 1900s, his "The First Men in the Moon" & "The War in the Air" proved eerily prophetic
H.G. Wells
He wrote his 1848 novel "Dombey and Son" while living in Switzerland
Charles Dickens
His "Pickwick Papers" was originally published serially under the pseudonym Boz
Charles Dickens
In 1858 W.M. Thackeray quarreled with this author in the so-called Garrick Club Affair
Charles Dickens
Deptford trilogist Robertson Davies
Canada
This author said that he was acting in a play with his kids when he came up with the idea for "A Tale of Two Cities"
Charles Dickens
"David Copperfield" is considered his most autobiographical novel
Charles Dickens
"Shadows On The Grass" is a collection of African vignettes by this Danish baroness
Isak Dinesen
Karen Christence Blixen-Finecke
Isak Dinesen
Male pen name used by Danish baroness Karen Blixen for "Out Of Africa"
Isak Dinesen
He was 50 yards from victory in Britain's 1956 Grand National Steeplechase when his horse gave out
Dick Francis
"1984" was a 1949 book by Eric Blair written under this pen name
George Orwell
He became a Roman Catholic 14 years before publishing "The Power and the Glory"
Graham Greene
He wrote "Our Man in Havana" & "The Third Man" as well as the screenplays for them
Graham Greene
His 1958 novel "Our Man in Havana" takes place in pre-Castro Cuba
Graham Greene
This author of espionage novels like "Our Man in Havana" was a popular candidate for the prize
Graham Greene
A trip to India inspired his 1922 novel "Siddhartha"
Hermann Hesse
A visit to India inspired <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-04-11_DJ_06.jpg" target="_blank">his</a> novel "Siddhartha", published in German in 1922
Hermann Hesse
One review called his "Steppenwolf" "the ultimate novel of intellect in despair"
Hermann Hesse
"Cross", a 2006 bestseller, is his 12th thriller featuring Alex Cross
James Patterson
His Alex Cross thrillers include "Roses are Red" & "Violets are Blue"
James Patterson
Since coming on the beat, he's had more N.Y. Times bestsellers than any other author, including over 20 in the last 5 years
James Patterson
This "Kiss The Girls" author also wrote the jingle "I don't want to grow up, I'm a Toys 'R' Us kid"
James Patterson
"Slaughterhouse Five" (1969)
Kurt Vonnegut
Besides "The Prince", he is also known for his "Discourses on" Livy
Machiavelli
In "The Prince" he wrote, "It is far safer to be feared than loved"
Machiavelli
In the 16th century he wrote, "Whoever wishes to found a state…must start with assuming that all men are bad…"
Machiavelli
Sebastian de Grazia's Pulitzer-winning bio of this Italian "In Hell" mentions "The Prince" in 2 chapter titles
Machiavelli
19th century American essayist & novelist David
Henry David Thoreau
Charles Ives named the fourth movement of his "Concord Sonata" for this man who pondered a pond
Henry David Thoreau
Emerson encouraged me to start keeping a journal, which I did until a few months before my death in 1862
Henry David Thoreau
From 1845 to 1847 he lived in a cabin he built on the shore of Walden Pond
Henry David Thoreau
He hated "busyness" & built the cabin he lived in: A very hidden author
Henry David Thoreau
In the 1840s he wrote, "I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government"
Henry David Thoreau
The land on which he built a small cabin in 1845 was owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
This pal of Emerson was known for a little "Civil Disobedience"
Henry David Thoreau
Urged to make his peace with God, this "Walden" author replied, "I did not know we had ever quarreled"
Henry David Thoreau
"The Bostonians" by H.J.
Henry James
1904's "The Golden Bowl" was one of my last novels; I later became a British subject
Henry James
After moving to Europe, this New Yorker wrote his 1890 novel "The Tragic Muse" about the art world of Europe
Henry James
Anne Edwards' biography of this author is titled "Road to Tara"
Margaret Mitchell
He was 4 years old when his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri in 1839
Mark Twain
He wrote "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" as a sequel to "Tom Sawyer"
Mark Twain
Sadly, her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, died just 10 days after her birth
Mary Shelley
She met poet Percy in the spring of 1814, eloped to France with him in July & married him in 1816
Mary Shelley
"Rappaccini's Daughter" is one of the short stories featured in his "Mosses From An Old Manse"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The Celestial Railroad" from his "Twice-Told Tales" is a parody of John Bunyan's works
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The Pygmies" & "The Pomegranate Seeds" are 2 of his "Tanglewood Tales"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
From 1846 to 1849, he was surveyor of the port of Salem, Mass.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
He gave Hester a scarlet "A"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
He wrote "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys" to capitalize on the success of "The Scarlet Letter"
Nathaniel Hawthorne
His last completed novel, "The Marble Faun", was published in 1860
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Roger Chillingworth, Ethan Brand, Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In 1900 he published his first collection of stories, "The Son of the Wolf"
Jack London
In this novel, Bill Sikes kills Nancy
Oliver Twist
This "parish boy" hero is born in a workhouse & becomes one of Fagin's thieves
Oliver Twist
This Dickens novel about a foundling is subtitled "The Parish Boy's Progress"
Oliver Twist
This Dickens title orphan was given his name by Mr. Bumble
Oliver Twist
<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-12-25_DJ_02.jpg" target="_blank">She</a>'s noted for her novels of life in China
Pearl Buck
She's buried at her Penn. farm, & the name on her tombstone is written in Chinese rather than English
Pearl Buck
This author of "The Good Earth" based the heroine of her 1938 novel "This Proud Heart" on herself
Pearl Buck
This author of "The House of Spirits" once worked for the U.N.'s food & agriculture organization
Isabel Allende
In 1905 this "Call of the Wild" author ran for mayor of Oakland, California as a Socialist
Jack London
Born in 1547, this Spanish author always craved the fame of his contemporary Lope de Vega
Cervantes
Chapter 83 of this Herman Melville novel is entitled "Jonah Historically Regarded"
"Moby Dick"
In this novel, Capt. Ahab says his men have been hired to "chase that white whale on both sides of land"
"Moby Dick"
Novel in which Ishmael, feeling "a damp, drizzly November" in his soul, goes to work on a whaler
"Moby Dick"
Queequeg, a tattooed cannibal, is Starbuck's harpooner aboard the Pequod in this 1851 novel
"Moby Dick"
"I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me"
A.A. Milne
Author seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-06-21_FJ.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> with his son
A.A. Milne
He based many of his children's stories on his son Christopher Robin & the boy's stuffed toys
A.A. Milne
He first wrote about Christopher Robin in the verse book "When We Were Very Young"
A.A. Milne
His son Christopher said, my father "got to where he was by climbing upon my infant shoulders"
A.A. Milne
In "Vespers" he wrote, "Hush, hush, whisper who dares, Christopher Robin is saying his prayers"
A.A. Milne
In 1922 he published "The Red House Mystery"; in 1928 "The House At Pooh Corner"
A.A. Milne
Rabbit, Piglet, Eeyore
A.A. Milne
"Curtain: Poirot's last case" was supposed to be published after her death but was released during her lifetime
Agatha Christie
"Sleeping Murder", her last Miss Jane Marple novel, was published posthumously in 1976
Agatha Christie
"The Mirror Crack'd" is one of several of her novels to feature Miss Jane Marple
Agatha Christie
Hmm... a murderer has somehow escaped from a locked room in her 1938 mystery "Hercule Poirot's Christmas"
Agatha Christie
In 1930, 2 years after divorcing Archibald Christie, she married archaeologist Max Mallowan
Agatha Christie
In 1954 she became the first recipient of the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America
Agatha Christie
"Peyton Farquhar was dead; his body...swung gently from...the Owl Creek Bridge"
Ambrose Bierce
Author of "The Devil's Dictionary", at 71 he went south of the border & was never seen again
Ambrose Bierce
"The Moon Lady" was the first children's book by this author of "The Joy Luck Club"
Amy Tan
On a 1987 trip to China, this author of "The Joy Luck Club" met 2 of her half-sisters for the first time
Amy Tan
She departed from the theme of Chinese-American mothers & daughters with 2005's "Saving Fish From Drowning"
Amy Tan
She turned her short story collection "Wind and Water" into the bestseller "The Joy Luck Club"
Amy Tan
This author of "The Joy Luck Club" was born in California shortly after her parents immigrated to the U.S.
Amy Tan
"Three Sisters" (1901)
Anton Chekhov
"The Thorn Birds"
Colleen McCullough
"The Rainbow" by D.H.L.
D.H. Lawrence
He completed "The Brothers Karamazov" shortly before his 1881 death in St. Petersburg
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
1726: "Where in the World Is Lemuel?"
Gulliver's Travels
(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-07-02_J_26.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Rosenborg Castle Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark.</a>) In one translation of an 1868 work, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-07-02_J_26a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> author calls Denmark's Rosenborg "the Castle of the Roses, as beautiful as the flower that gave it its name"
Hans Christian Andersen
First editions of his "The Portrait of A Lady" & "The Bostonians" each have 3 voulmes
Henry James
His novel "Daisy Miller" opens at the Trois Couronnes hotel in Vevey, Switzerland
Henry James
The "Iliad", The "Odyssey"
Homer
A 1900 collection of his short stories was titled "The Son of the Wolf"
Jack London
During the Russo-Japanese War, this "Call of the Wild" author served as a reporter for Hearst
Jack London
In addition to Buck & White Fang, this author wrote about Jerry, an Irish terrier pup
Jack London
Some of his stories of the Yukon were published in the 1910 collection "Lost Face"
Jack London
"Buffalo Girls" & "The Evening Star" are among this "Lonesome Dove" author's recent novels
Larry McMurtry
"Horseman, Pass By", the first novel by this Texan, was made into the movie "Hud" in 1963
Larry McMurtry
Concluding a 4-book series, his 2004 novel "Folly and Glory" features Kit Carson, William Clark & Jim Bowie
Larry McMurtry
He set "The Last Picture Show" & "Texasville" in the fictional town of Thalia
Larry McMurtry
He wrote "Cadillac Jack" & "Lonesome Dove" after "Terms of Endearment"
Larry McMurtry
2 old Quakers, Captain Peleg & Captain Bildad, are part-owners of the Pequod in this 1851 novel
Moby Dick
"Morning, Noon & Night" was a 1995 bestseller by this author of "The Other Side of Midnight"
Sidney Sheldon
"The Sign of Four" (1890)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1970: "For the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions" of Russian literature
Solzhenitsyn
He was imprisoned after writing a letter critical of Stalin & wrote "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" on his experiences
Solzhenitsyn
Although this "Of Human Bondage" author earned a medical degree, he never practiced medicine
Somerset Maugham
He based "The Moon and Sixpence" on the life of Gauguin, but his character was British
Somerset Maugham
4 years after "The Red Badge of Courage", he wrote "The Blue Hotel", considered one of his finest short stories
Stephen Crane
He wrote "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky", "The Blue Hotel" & "The Red Badge of Courage"
Stephen Crane
1992: "Waiting to Exhale"
Terry McMillan
Her bestseller "Waiting to Exhale" focused on 4 black women living in Phoenix & hoping to find Mr. Right
Terry McMillan
She co-wrote the screen adaptation of her 1996 novel "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"
Terry McMillan
This "Waiting To Exhale" author's first published novel was 1987's "Mama"
Terry McMillan
"The Miller's Tale" is one of the naughtiest of these famous Chaucer stories
The Canterbury Tales
It consists of a story-telling contest to pass the time on a trip to the shrine of St. Thomas A Becket
The Canterbury Tales
Late 14th century: "A Miller, a Reeve & a Nun Walk into a Bar"
The Canterbury Tales
Russell, a fox, appears in "The Nun's Priest's Tale" of this Chaucer work
The Canterbury Tales
The Knight's Tale, the Friar's Tale, & the Nun's Priest's Tale are part of this larger group
The Canterbury Tales
Stephen Crane established his reputation with this novel of the Civil War
The Red Badge of Courage
Stephen Crane subtitled this novel "An Episode of the American Civil War"
The Red Badge of Courage
This Stephen Crane classic is subtitled "An Episode of the American Civil War"
The Red Badge of Courage
This classic by Stephen Crane is subtitled "An Episode of the American Civil War"
The Red Badge of Courage
"The Pastor and His Parishioner" is Chapter 17 of this classic novel
The Scarlet Letter
A puritanical tale: "A Note From Miss Johansson"
The Scarlet Letter
Characters in this Hemingway novel include Jake Barnes, Lady Brett Ashley & Pedro Romero, a bullfighter
The Sun Also Rises
Hemingway took the title of this novel about journalist Jake Barnes from a passage in Ecclesiastes
The Sun Also Rises
Jake Barnes gets a prescription for Viagra & settles down with Lady Brett Ashley
The Sun Also Rises
In 1998 he brought back ex-Navy Seal & former CIA agent John Clark in the techno-thriller "Rainbow Six"
Tom Clancy
"L'art d'etre grand-pere" is a not so miserables poetry collection by this author
Victor Hugo
His poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" says, "I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above"
William Butler Yeats
In 1884 she moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska & later fictionalized it as the town of Hanover in "O Pioneers!"
Willa Cather
James Fenimore Cooper wrote "The Pioneers" & she wrote "O Pioneers!"
Willa Cather
Pioneering Nebraska novelist seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-02-14_J_07.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> in 1915
Willa Cather
She dedicated "O Pioneers!" to her fellow novelist Sarah Orne Jewett
Willa Cather
She set "Death Comes For The Archbishop" in New Mexico, not on the Nebraska prairie
Willa Cather
She wrote for the Nebraska State Journal & the Pittsburgh Leader before penning "My Antonia"
Willa Cather
Ray Bradbury & producer-dir. John Huston co-wrote the screenplay based on this Melville classic
"Moby Dick"
The whaling ship in this classic novel had 3 harpooners: Tashtego, Daggoo & Queequeg
"Moby Dick"
Book one of this Willa Cather novel is entitled "The Shimerdas"
"My Antonia"
Novel in which Willa Cather wrote, "The Shimerdas were the first Bohemian family" in the area
"My Antonia"
The title of this Willa Cather novel refers to a certain Ms. Shimerda
"My Antonia"
When Antonia Shimerda is introduced in this novel, she's "a girl of fourteen" with curly, wild-looking hair
"My Antonia"
Henry Fleming shares a tent with a loud soldier & a tall soldier in this Stephen Crane novel
"The Red Badge of Courage"
Many are ready to demonstrate their bravery at the start of this 1895 Stephen Crane novel
"The Red Badge of Courage"
Stephen Crane published this classic book about the Civil War when he was 23
"The Red Badge of Courage"
This Stephen Crane novel is set during the Battle of Chancellorsville
"The Red Badge of Courage"
Union soldier Henry Fleming is the hero of this 1895 Civil War novel
"The Red Badge of Courage"
"'All for one and one for all!' 'Excellent!' cried D'Artagnan"
(Alexandre) Dumas
Called "a French Sir Walter Scott", he's known for novels such as "Les Trois Mousquetaires"
(Alexandre) Dumas
He wrote "The 3 Musketeers"; his son wrote "Camille"
(Alexandre) Dumas
The "pere" of this 19th c. French novelist was born out of wedlock to a marquis & a black slave woman of Santo Domingo
(Alexandre) Dumas
C. Auguste Dupin
(Edgar Allan) Poe
He pondered weak & weary over many a curious volume at 230 N. Amity Street in Baltimore
(Edgar Allan) Poe
He responded to an admirer that "Nothing was omitted in 'Marie Roget' but what I omitted myself"
(Edgar Allan) Poe
19th c. author known for writing about a "venerable mansion" with "seven acutely peaked gables"
(Nathaniel) Hawthorne
1949: "Big Brother & The Holding Co.: A Winston Smith Novel"
1984
I sat there with Winston / We sat there, we 2 / But when busted for thoughtcrime / I knew I was through
1984
This author who wrote about "The Princess Who Could Not Laugh" made us smile with "Winnie-the-Pooh"
A.A. Milne
In 1971 this novelist was named Dame Commander in the Order of the British Empire
Agatha Christie
She described "And Then There Were None" as "a better piece of craftsmanship than anything else" she wrote
Agatha Christie
She gave her share of the film rights to "Witness For The Prosecution" to her daughter Rosalind
Agatha Christie
She introduced Hercule Poirot in her first novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles"
Agatha Christie
She introduced Hercule Poirot in her very first novel, "The Mysterious Affair At Styles"
Agatha Christie
"The Stranger", "The Plague"
Albert Camus
1957: This Frenchman who wrote "The First Man" & "The Plague"
Albert Camus
A rat infestation takes its toll on a French town in this Algerian-born author's "The Plague"
Albert Camus
Algerian-born Frenchman who wrote "The Stranger" before he worked for the resistance during WWII
Albert Camus
He was no "Stranger" to the Nobel Prize for Literature, winning in 1957
Albert Camus
His "Myth of Sisyphus" outlined his theory of the absurd
Albert Camus
A savage named John has educated himself by reading Shakespeare in "Brave New World" by this man
Aldous Huxley
An eye ailment contracted at Eton School ended his plans to study biology, like his brother Julian
Aldous Huxley
He based Mark Rampion in "Point Counter Point" on his friend D.H. Lawrence; Philip Quarles was based on himself
Aldous Huxley
In 1937 this "Brave New World" author left Europe for a new home in the United States
Aldous Huxley
This "Brave New World" author's 1921 novel "Crome Yellow" abounds with eccentric characters
Aldous Huxley
After his return to Russia in 1994, this former dissident was given his own TV talk show
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
After several years living in Vermont, he returned to Russia amid fanfare in 1994
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
His novel "Cancer Ward" originally was banned in the Soviet Union
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
This "Gulag Archipelago" writer taught mathematics while in exile in central Asia
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
"The Autobiography of Malcolm X" was "told to" this deeply rooted author
Alex Haley
A conversation he had with Miles Davis became the first of the “Playboy Interviews†in 1962
Alex Haley
He's the former Coast Guard journalist seen here who helped popularize genealogy
Alex Haley
His 1988 book "A Different Kind of Christmas" was based on a story outline for the TV film "Roots: The Gift"
Alex Haley
"For men may come and men may go, but I go on forever", this "Lord" of poetry babbled in "The Brook"
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Byron was Lord Byron from age 10; this poet had to wait until his 70s, in 1884
Alfred Lord Tennyson
In a poem dedicated to this lord, Longfellow wrote, "Poet! I come to touch thy lance with mine"
Alfred Lord Tennyson
This English lord dedicated an 1880 volume of poetry to his grandson, who was also named Alfred
Alfred Lord Tennyson
"The Color Purple"
Alice Walker
"The Way Forward Is With A Broken Heart" is a largely autobiographical story collection by this "Color Purple" author
Alice Walker
Anthropologists pose as missionaries in "By The Light of My Father's Smile" by this author of "The Color Purple"
Alice Walker
Her fourth novel, "The Temple of My Familiar", featured several characters from "The Color Purple"
Alice Walker
She taught Black Studies at Jackson State College before she wrote "The Color Purple"
Alice Walker
This African-American author's works include the 500,000-year-spanning "Temple of My Familiar"
Alice Walker
"I am the vampire Lestat. I'm immortal. More or less"
Anne Rice
"Memnoch The Devil" is the fifth book in this author's "Vampire Chronicles"
Anne Rice
"Memnoch The Devil", "The Queen Of The Damned", "Interview With The Vampire"
Anne Rice
"The Tale of the Body Thief" is this author's fourth & latest novel about the vampire Lestat
Anne Rice
1990: "The Witching Hunt"
Anne Rice
Among the items that have been sold on her website are a Coven party fan & Lestat cologne & wine
Anne Rice
On "You Made Me A Bloodsucking Monster!", vampires Lestat & Louis confront their creator, this author
Anne Rice
On Halloween one of her fan clubs hosts a "Gathering of the Coven" party in New Orleans
Anne Rice
She called her book "Vittorio the Vampire" a vampire version of "Romeo and Juliet"
Anne Rice
She leaves vampires behind for the tale of an ancient Babylonian spirit in "Servant of the Bones"
Anne Rice
She published "Exit To Eden" under the pen name Anne Rampling
Anne Rice
She says that "Blood Canticle" just may be her last Vampire Chronicle
Anne Rice
The vampire Lestat takes a journey through Hell in her 1995 novel "Memnoch the Devil"
Anne Rice
This author created the Vampire Lestat, the "bad boy of the bloodsucking world"
Anne Rice
He insisted "The Cherry Orchard" was "A comedy, in places even a farce"; some may disagree
Anton Chekhov
In a work by this dramatist, Trepliov kills a sea gull, the symbol of his broken dreams
Anton Chekhov
Written in 1900, "In the Ravine" is one of this Russian playwright's finest stories
Anton Chekhov
It's no mystery; he was knighted in 1902 for his work defending British policy in the Boer War
Arthur Conan Doyle
This British physician and novelist based his Holmes character on one of his university professors
Arthur Conan Doyle
"Schindler's List" maker Thomas Keneally
Australia
Colleen McCullough used to drive a bus in this, her native country
Australia
Richard Rowe's 1869 adventure tale "The Boy in the Bush" follows the exploits of a 14-year-old settler in this country
Australia
The Jindyworobak Movement of the 1930s celebrated this country's Aboriginal culture
Australia
"Atlas Shrugged" is the fullest fictional presentation of this author's philosophy, objectivism
Ayn Rand
Her novel "The Fountainhead" was rejected by 12 publishers, some of whom declared it too controversial
Ayn Rand
In "The Fountainhead", she wrote "Great men can't be ruled"
Ayn Rand
In 1949 she adapted her novel "The Fountainhead" for the big screen
Ayn Rand
She dedicated both "Atlas Shrugged" & "The Fountainhead" to Frank O'Connor
Ayn Rand
She once said "The Fountainhead" was "only an overture" to her "Atlas Shrugged"
Ayn Rand
She published her last novel, "Atlas Shrugged" in 1957, when she was 52
Ayn Rand
"The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies" was a follow-up to her stories of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny
Beatrix Potter
Her illustrations for 1890's "A Happy Pair" included elegantly dressed rabbits
Beatrix Potter
Illustrator of Flowers & Fungi, she also wrote children's tales like "Peter Rabbit"
Beatrix Potter
Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny are just a few of this British author's hare-brained protagonists
Beatrix Potter
She always kept rabbits on her farm, Hill Top, so children wouldn't be disappointed if they stopped for a visit
Beatrix Potter
She illustrated the piggies seen here
Beatrix Potter
The illustrator of 1902's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit"
Beatrix Potter
The real first name of this Peter Rabbit creator was Helen
Beatrix Potter
This author of "The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle" looked a bit like Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle when she wore a frilled white cap
Beatrix Potter
Though written in 1906, her story of "The Sly Old Cat" wasn't published until 1971
Beatrix Potter
The hero of this Old English poem dies killing a dragon that attacked his people, the Geats
Beowulf
The title character of this epic poem is the nephew of King Hygelac of the Geats
Beowulf
He based Lara in "Dr. Zhivago" on his mistress Olga Ivinskaya
Boris Pasternak
His "Dr. Zhivago" aroused so much opposition in the Soviet Union that he said "Nyet" to the Nobel Prize in 1958
Boris Pasternak
Published in 1931, "Safe Conduct" is an autobiographical work by this "Doctor Zhivago" author
Boris Pasternak
This "Doctor Zhivago" author's father, Leonid, was a painter & illustrator of Tolstoy's works
Boris Pasternak
While he wrote a lot of poems, "Doctor Zhivago" was his only novel
Boris Pasternak
"The Lady Of The Shroud", "The Mystery Of The Sea", "Dracula"
Bram Stoker
His 1904 horror novel "The Jewel of Seven Stars" is much less famous than his "Dracula"
Bram Stoker
His first novel, "The Snake's Pass", was published in 1890, 7 years before "Dracula"
Bram Stoker
Once a drama critic in his native Dublin, he toured the U.S. as an actor's manager, but never visited Romania
Bram Stoker
1938's "Out Of The Silent Planet" was the first sci-fi novel by this Narnia creator
C.S. Lewis
A series of dreams he had about lions helped inspire his Narnia books
C.S. Lewis
Books based on his BBC Radio lectures during WWII include "The Screwtape Letters" & "Mere Christianity"
C.S. Lewis
He called his fifth Narnia novel "The Horse and His Boy"
C.S. Lewis
His "Screwtape Letters" & other works examining Christianity were first heard on the BBC or serialized in newspapers
C.S. Lewis
Dorothy Livesay, a native of this North American country, won the Governor General's Award for poetry twice
Canada
From 1967 to 1978 Joyce Carol Oates taught English at the University of Windsor in this country
Canada
Sir John Buchan wrote "The 39 Steps" before he became Governor-General of this North American country
Canada
A poem on the death of Philip II's wife was one of the earliest works by this "Don Quixote" author
Cervantes
He used incidents from his captivity as a pirates' slave for "Don Quixote"
Cervantes
In "Exemplary Tales", a 1613 collection, he claimed to be the first to write short stories in Castilian
Cervantes
In a 1605 prologue, this Spaniard tells the reader that he has written an "invective against books of chivalry"
Cervantes
It took him 10 years to come out with "Don Quixote Part II"
Cervantes
Published in 1613, his "Exemplary Tales" are believed to be the first short stories written in Castilian
Cervantes
This "Don Quixote" author was called the "Maimed of Lepanto" for wounds suffered in battle
Cervantes
"Dombey and Son", "Hard Times", "Our Mutual Friend"
Charles Dickens
4 years before writing "Little Dorrit", he wrote his wife that their daughter "Little Dora...is suddenly stricken ill"
Charles Dickens
Of all his books, he said he liked "David Copperfield" the best
Charles Dickens
Queen Victoria called his death "A very great loss. He had ... the strongest sympathy with the poorer classes"
Charles Dickens
Readers in 1860-61 picked up copies of "All The Year Round" to read installments of his "Great Expectations"
Charles Dickens
This 19th C. novelist's name gave us an adjective that's used to mean squalid or impoverished
Charles Dickens
Wilkins Micawber, Samuel Pickwick, Bob Cratchit
Charles Dickens
As a medical student at Moscow University, he wrote stories under the name Antosha Chekhonte
Chekhov
By 1890 this author & playwright had written hundreds of short stories, including "The Steppe"
Chekhov
He wrote his last short story, "The Betrothed", shortly before his play "The Cherry Orchard"
Chekhov
Perhaps best known for his plays, such as "Uncle Vanya", he was also a famed short-story writer
Chekhov
Credited to Luo Guanzhong, "All Men Are Brothers" is a famous tale about an outlaw gang of this country
China
Hans Christian Andersen's "The Nightingale" sang its sweet melodies for the emperor of this country
China
J.G. Ballard's experiences in this country during World War II shaped his novel "Empire of the Sun"
China
Li Po, who lived over 1,000 years ago, was one of this country's greatest poets
China
Many say that Tu Fu was this country's greatest poet
China
In "The October Horse", this "Thorn Birds" author recounts the romance of Caesar & Cleopatra
Colleen McCullough
The latest tome from this author of "Tim" is "The First Man in Rome"
Colleen McCullough
This "Thorn Birds" author is an admitted Scrabbleholic; she likes to play daily
Colleen McCullough
Dostoevski novel in which Raskolnikov, a young student, kills an old woman pawnbroker
Crime And Punishment
"If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake" refers to a murderer in this 1866 novel
Crime and Punishment
In this 1866 Dostoevsky novel, a student named Raskolnikov murders an old woman pawnbroker & her sister
Crime and Punishment
"Women in Love" with this author can find the ranch he lived on in the '20s near Taos, New Mexico
D.H. Lawrence
He was living in Italy when he wrote "Lady Chatterley's Lover"
D.H. Lawrence
His first novel "The White Peacock" preceded "Sons and Lovers" by 2 years
D.H. Lawrence
In 1912 he eloped with Freida von Richthofen, sister of the famed aviator
D.H. Lawrence
In 1913 he published his first book of poems as well as "Sons and Lovers"
D.H. Lawrence
In his 1913 novel "Sons And Lovers", Miriam is based on his close friend Jessie Chambers
D.H. Lawrence
Mrs. Morel in "Sons and Lovers" is based in part on his own mom
D.H. Lawrence
On publication in 1915, his "The Rainbow" was labeled obscene & banned, & unsold copies were destroyed
D.H. Lawrence
"The Big Knockover", a collection of his stories & short novels, was edited by Lillian Hellman
Dashiell Hammett
He claimed that as a Pinkerton detective, he had worked the Fatty Arbuckle & Nicky Arnstein cases
Dashiell Hammett
It doesn't take a P.I. like his Sam Spade to find this man's grave at Arlington; it's in Section 12, Lot 508
Dashiell Hammett
Sam Spade
Dashiell Hammett
A jockey who raced in the Grand National, his mysteries usually have a horse-racing theme
Dick Francis
In May 1973 Sports Illustrated ran one of his short stories under the title "A Day of Wine and Roses"
Dick Francis
This mystery author was a racing correspondent for the London Sunday Express for 16 years
Dick Francis
At one time this author owned his own magazine, Master Humphrey's Clock, in which he published "Barnaby Rudge"
Dickens
At the start of a novel by this author, Dombey is 48 years old & son, 48 minutes
Dickens
He first used the pseudonym Boz in the August 1834 issue of “The Monthly Magazineâ€
Dickens
In 1824 his dad was thrown into debtor's prison; he was withdrawn from school & forced to work in a factory
Dickens
Marley & Co. weren't his only spirits; he also wrote about ghosts in "The Haunted House"
Dickens
Cervantes' Alonso Quijano changes his name to this, after reading romances of chivalry
Don Quixote
Chapter 8 of this 17th century work begins, "They came in sight of thirty, forty windmills"
Don Quixote
He promised that if Sancho Panza became his squire, he'd make him governor of an island
Don Quixote
Published in Spain in 1605, this classic of world literature was an instant hit
Don Quixote
Sancho Panza calls him "The Knight of the Sad Countenance"
Don Quixote
Sancho Panza rides a donkey named Dapple in this Cervantes novel
Don Quixote
Some say this classic Cervantes novel is a veiled attack on the Catholic Church
Don Quixote
Spanish thinker Ortega y Gasset said that heroism is within all of us in "Meditations on" this literary character
Don Quixote
The band called "They Might Be Giants" ultimately gets its name from a phrase said by this title hero in a 1605 work
Don Quixote
A member of the Algonquin Round Table, this petite brunette wrote a story called "Big Blonde"
Dorothy Parker
Her epitaph "Excuse My Dust" is famous; fewer know that it's on a plaque at NAACP HQ, where her ashes are buried
Dorothy Parker
In 1994 Ferber & Fitzgerald also appeared when Jennifer Jason Leigh played this witty writer
Dorothy Parker
In a 1931 issue of The New Yorker, she quipped, "Theodore Dreiser should ought to write nicer"
Dorothy Parker
We wonder if this witty gal wrote dialogue for "A Star Is Born" while sitting at a round table
Dorothy Parker
As of 1996 he had 5 of the 15 bestselling children's books ever, led by "Green Eggs and Ham"
Dr. Seuss
His 1986 story "You're Only Old Once!" is "A Book for Obsolete Children"
Dr. Seuss
In 1991 the N.Y. Times said English was "too skimpy for so rich an imagination"; his language & meter were irresistible
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Geisel, better known by this pseudonym, wrote "I Wish That I Had Duck Feet" under the name Theo. LeSieg
Dr. Seuss
His 1954 play "Under Milkwood", was originally written for radio
Dylan Thomas
In "A Refusal To Mourn the Death" of a child, he wrote, "After the first death, there is no other"
Dylan Thomas
Poet who relived his boyhood in “A Child's Christmas in Walesâ€
Dylan Thomas
Saint Martin's Churchyard in Laugharne, Wales is where this poet wound up after drinking himself to death
Dylan Thomas
This hard-drinking Welshman was residing in NYC's Chelsea Hotel when he met an untimely demise in 1953
Dylan Thomas
"Bad Man From Bodie" was the British title of this "Ragtime" author's first novel "Welcome To Hard Times"
E.L. Doctorow
"The Book of Daniel", "Ragtime"
E.L. Doctorow
His novels "Ragtime" & "World's Fair" were both set in NYC before WWII
E.L. Doctorow
This "Ragtime" author's initials stand for Edgar Laurence
E.L. Doctorow
"Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Edgar Allan Poe
A new theory says this author died of rabies, not alcoholism or drug abuse, October 7, 1849
Edgar Allan Poe
An epigraph he used on one story says, "our hearts though stout and brave, still, like muffled drums are beating"
Edgar Allan Poe
D.H. Lawrence called him "an adventurer into the vaults and... horrible underground passages of the human soul"
Edgar Allan Poe
D.H. Lawrence said this writer of "The Bells" "sounded the horror and the warning of his own doom"
Edgar Allan Poe
First published in 1835, "Berence" has been called "his most horrifying tale"
Edgar Allan Poe
He set 2 of his stories, "The Balloon Hoax" & "The Gold-Bug", on Sullivan's Island, S.C., where he'd served in the army
Edgar Allan Poe
He wrote "The Murders In The Rue Morgue" shortly after becoming editor of Graham's Magazine
Edgar Allan Poe
He wrote “The Bells†& “Annabel Lee†at his farmhouse in the Bronx
Edgar Allan Poe
His famous story "The Tell-Tale Heart" tells us, "It was not the old man who vexed me, but his evil eye"
Edgar Allan Poe
His story "Ms. Found in a Bottle" was the prize-winning entry in an 1833 newspaper contest
Edgar Allan Poe
In 1836 he marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia Clemm, for whom it is thought he wrote "Annabel Lee"
Edgar Allan Poe
In 1843 his story "The Gold Bug" won a $100 prize from the "Dollar Newspaper" in Philadelphia
Edgar Allan Poe
Mathew Brady took the photo seen here of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-02-14_J_01.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> author & West Point dropout
Edgar Allan Poe
Roderick & Madeline are the doomed twins in his scary 1839 story "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Edgar Allan Poe
He's interred at his former home at 18354 Ventura Blvd. in Encino, not Tarzana, California
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzana, California is named for his most famous character
Edgar Rice Burroughs
She co-authored a book about "The Decoration of Houses" before writing "The House of Mirth"
Edith Wharton
"Called Back" is the epitaph on this poet's Amherst grave
Emily Dickinson
Her headstone at West Cemetery in Amherst says she was "BORN DEC. 10, 1830 CALLED BACK MAY 15, 1886"
Emily Dickinson
In 1914, 146 of this late American's poems were published by her niece under the title "The Single Hound"
Emily Dickinson
She wrote, "Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed"
Emily Dickinson
"Any Woman's Blues" was a 1990 novel by this "Fear Of Flying" author
Erica Jong
Her career took off after publishing "Fear of Flying" in 1973
Erica Jong
Her next book after "Fear of Flying" was a poetry collection, "Loveroot"
Erica Jong
Reviewing her "Fear oF Flying" in 1973, John Updike said it had "class & sass, brightness & bite"
Erica Jong
She was a poet before turning to fiction with "Fear of Flying"
Erica Jong
She's also a poet, but she's more famous for her "Fear of Flying"
Erica Jong
"All stories, if continued far enough, end in death..." he wrote in "Death in the Afternoon"
Ernest Hemingway
"In Love and War" showed this author as an ambulance driver wounded in WWI & falling for his nurse
Ernest Hemingway
A rum smuggler is the central character in his 1937 novel "To Have and Have Not"
Ernest Hemingway
Activities at a Key West, Fla. festival honoring this author include a running of the bulls & a short story contest
Ernest Hemingway
After leaving the Mayo Clinic, this author committed suicide July 2, 1961 at his Ketchum, Idaho home
Ernest Hemingway
Chapter 2 in a 1932 work of his begins, "The bullfight is not a sport in the Anglo-Saxon sense of the word"
Ernest Hemingway
Enjoying some fishing near Havana, Cuba, he's the writer seen here
Ernest Hemingway
Faulkner said this writer "has no courage" & "has never used a word where the reader (may need) a dictionary"
Ernest Hemingway
He took the title of his "For Whom The Bell Tolls" from a work by John Donne
Ernest Hemingway
His "Fictional Memoir" about his last African safari was published in 1999, 38 years after his death
Ernest Hemingway
His 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises" has been published in England as "Fiesta"
Ernest Hemingway
His famous story "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" was originally published in Esquire in 1936
Ernest Hemingway
His story, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", was first published in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1936
Ernest Hemingway
In 1922 this novelist said of Ezra Pound, "He's teaching me to write, and I'm teaching him to box"
Ernest Hemingway
In 1961 John F. Kennedy helped this man's widow get permission to go to Cuba to pick up her late husband's papers
Ernest Hemingway
In a letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald, he wrote, "We are going in to Pamplona tomorrow. Been trout fishing"
Ernest Hemingway
In the movie "In Love & War", Chris O'Donnell played this American author wounded in Italy during WWI
Ernest Hemingway
Injured on the Austro-Italian front of July 8, 1918, he also crossed the English Channel with U.S. forces on D-Day
Ernest Hemingway
The film "In Love and War" draws on the diary of Agnes Von Kurowsky, who got to know this author in WWI
Ernest Hemingway
This American adventurist armed his boat & hunted German subs in the Caribbean during WWII: Weighty man, sneer
Ernest Hemingway
This American novelist created the old fisherman Santiago & the young bullfighter Pedro Romero
Ernest Hemingway
This author's home where he wrote "To Have And Have Not" is now a nat'l landmark in Key West, Fla.
Ernest Hemingway
You can tour the house at 907 Whitehead Street in Key West where he wrote "For Whom The Bell Tolls"
Ernest Hemingway
<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-04-28_DJ_07a.jpg" target="_blank">Scottie</a>, daughter of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-04-28_DJ_07.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> author, grew up to be a journalist & Washington socialite
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Early collections of his stories include "Flappers And Philosophers" & "Tales Of The Jazz Age"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Great-grand nephew of Francis Scott Key, he was the voice of the Jazz Age
F. Scott Fitzgerald
He published "Flappers and Philosophers", his first book of short stories, in 1920, the year he married Zelda
F. Scott Fitzgerald
He wrote amateur musical comedies at Princeton about 10 years before "The Great Gatsby"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
His 2 middle names were Scott & Key
F. Scott Fitzgerald
In 1940 at age 44 he died of a heart attack at his Hollywood home while reading his Princeton Alumni Weekly
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Saul Bellow said this "Jazz Age" author "couldn't distinguish between innocence and social climbing"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sheilah Graham got material for 3 memoirs for her affair with this author
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Jazz Age's Scott
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The success of his first novel, "This Side of Paradise", allowed him to marry Zelda
F. Scott Fitzgerald
This "Tender is the Night" author was one of the many writers who had a crack at the script for "Gone with the Wind"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Zelda Sayre broke her engagement with him (a broke adman) in 1919, but married him (now a successful novelist) in 1920
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Requiem for a Nun" was his sequel to "Sanctuary"
Faulkner
"Sartoris" published in 1929 was his first novel to deal with Yoknapatawpha County
Faulkner
A hard journey through Mississippi with a smelly corpse is the subject of his "As I Lay Dying"
Faulkner
American novelist & short story writer who created Yoknapatawpha County
Faulkner
He was born in New Albany, Mississippi in 1897, but soon moved with his parents to Oxford, Mississippi
Faulkner
The Snopes family appeared in 6 of his novels, including "The Hamlet", "The Town" & "The Mansion"
Faulkner
"Did I request thee, maker, from my clay to mould me man ..." is the epigraph to this 1818 novel
Frankenstein
In the original tale, Elizabeth, the bride of this man, is strangled by the monster
Frankenstein
The "X-Files" episode entitled "Post-Modern Prometheus" was an update of this classic 1818 tale
Frankenstein
This Mary Shelley tale is told through the letters of an Arctic explorer named Walton
Frankenstein
1915's "The Metamorphosis" is one of the best-known works by this Czech-born author
Franz Kafka
In due process you can tell us his "Der Prozess" was metamorphosed into English as "The Trial"
Franz Kafka
He knew firsthand about "Crime and Punishment"; he spent 4 years in a Siberian prison labor camp
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2000-07-10_DJ_19.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> in 1849 for the crime of conspiracy, he barely escaped the punishment of death
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
This author of "Crime and Punishment" wrote "The Idiot" while on the run from creditors
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"Middlemarch" is one of her masterpieces
George Eliot
19th century author Mary Ann Evans wrote under this pen name
George Eliot
She created Adam Bede, Silas Marner & Daniel Deronda
George Eliot
She was 38 when her first works of fiction were published; "Adam Bede" came out 2 years later
George Eliot
William Dean Howells wrote of Silas Lapham & she wrote of "Silas Marner"
George Eliot
Big Brother could tell you his real name was Eric Arthur Blair
George Orwell
He's buried in Oxfordshire under a headstone that says "Here Lies Eric Arthur Blair"
George Orwell
In 1949 he wrote, "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever"
George Orwell
In 2002 Christopher Hitchens published a book called "Why" this great anti-totalitarian writer "Matters"
George Orwell
Not surprisingly, in 1984 his "1984" was a bestseller
George Orwell
On his 1950 death, this man who looked into the future was called "The Wintry Conscience of a Generation"
George Orwell
With the proceeds from "Animal Farm" he bought a home on the Hebridean island of Jura
George Orwell
"Francois le Champi" is an 1848 novel by this woman who liked to wear men's clothes
George Sand
A wild romance with Alfred de Musset inspired this Frenchwoman with a masculine name to write "Elle et lui"
George Sand
Born Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, she chose this pseudonym for her 1st novel, 1832's "Indiana"
George Sand
Her first novel was written in collaboration with another author using the joint pseudonym Jules Sand
George Sand
When the people of Nohant, France refer to "the Chateau", they mean the home of this 19th C. woman
George Sand
Among the places visited in this novel are Glubdrubdib, an island of sorcerers, & Luggnagg
Gulliver's Travels
In this novel, one of the inhabitants of Brobdingnag is described as being "as tall as an ordinary spire-steeple"
Gulliver's Travels
So on again, o again, from Laputa to Glubbdubdrib / I'm giving up, something something a Flubbdubgrib
Gulliver's Travels
This 1726 satire reported the existence of Mars' 2 moons 151 years before Asaph Hall discovered them
Gulliver's Travels
As a youth, this "War of the Worlds" author studied biology under the great scientist Thomas H. Huxley
H.G. Wells
This author of "The Time Machine" coined the phrase "the war that will end war"
H.G. Wells
(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-11-20_J_12.jpg" target="_blank">Jon of the Clue Crew stands next to a statue in the harbor of Copenhagen, Denmark.</a>) This author once said that "<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-11-20_J_12a.jpg" target="_blank">The Little Mermaid</a>" was the only one of his stories he felt moved by when he wrote it
Hans Christian Andersen
Cecil Bodker is the only Dane to win the coveted 51-year-old award named for this countryman
Hans Christian Andersen
Danny Kaye played a cobbler who gained fame as this writer of fairy tales
Hans Christian Andersen
Danny Kaye sang "Inchworm" & "Thumbelina" in a delightful musical about this children's author
Hans Christian Andersen
He published the first 4 of his fairy tales in an 1835 pamphlet; "The Tinder Box" was among them
Hans Christian Andersen
He wrote "O.T.: A Danish Romance" & lived a fairy tale life: Christian
Hans Christian Andersen
He wrote "The Snow Man", "The Snowdrop", "The Ice Maiden" & "The Snow Queen"
Hans Christian Andersen
His "Eventyr, fortalte for Born", or "Fairy Tales, Told for Children" was published in 1835
Hans Christian Andersen
In a fairy tale by this Danish author, the Snow Queen takes little Kay away in her sleigh to her icy palace
Hans Christian Andersen
In the 1830s he wrote, "'But he has nothing on at all,' said a little child at last"
Hans Christian Andersen
This Danish fairy tale author wrote an autobiography called "The Fairy Tale of My Life"
Hans Christian Andersen
This author was born in a slum in Odense, Denmark on April 2, 1805
Hans Christian Andersen
"'Do all lawyers defend n-negroes, Atticus?' 'Of course they do, Scout'"
Harper Lee
Her 1960 classic begins, "When he was nearly 13, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow"
Harper Lee
In "Capote", Catherine Keener portrayed this Southern novelist, on the cusp of publication
Harper Lee
In 1991 the U. of Alabama awarded this "To Kill A Mockingbird" author an honorary Doctor of Letters degree
Harper Lee
This author was born in 1926, the daughter of Amasa, an Alabama lawyer, & Frances, whose maiden name was Finch
Harper Lee
"The American Woman's Home" was co-written by Catharine Beecher & this famous sister
Harriet Beecher Stowe
19th c. feminist Catharine Beecher wrote "The American Woman's Home" with this more famous sister
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Britannica says her 1852 novel helped "solidify both pro- and antislavery sentiment"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Catharine Beecher, a promoter of higher education for women, was the sister of this famous author
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Topsy, an impish black girl
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Troubled by the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, she wrote what became an immediate bestseller
Harriet Beecher Stowe
You know her 1852 antislavery novel, but maybe not her 1870 "The Ghost in the Mill"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Green Hills of Africa", "A Moveable Feast", "The Nick Adams Stories"
Hemingway
(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-11-03_DJ_07.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in the JFK Library & Museum.</a>) The Kennedy Library has a fine collection of the papers & mementos of this writer, including an antelope that he shot on safari
Hemingway
His "A Moveable Feast" calls Fitzgerald's talent as natural as the pattern of the dust on a butterfly's wings
Hemingway
Jack, son of this author, took his fly rod on a parachute jump into WWII occupied France, claiming it was an antenna
Hemingway
This author was the son of a doctor, & he made the father of his alter ego Nick Adams a doctor, too
Hemingway
This son also rose on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois
Hemingway
While he was in Spain in 1959, he wrote "The Dangerous Summer", a story about rival bullfighters
Hemingway
While serving as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross in World War I, he was wounded in Italy
Hemingway
(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-10-17_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew strolls in Washington Square, New York.</a>) As a boy <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-10-17_DJ_26a.jpg" target="_blank">he</a> lived right here in the area & later wrote "Washington Square", whose heroine prefers it to any other habitation
Henry James
Nicole Kidman, Helena Bonham Carter & Cybill Shepherd have all starred in films based on this man's works
Henry James
Olive Chancellor was into woman's lib in his 1886 novel "The Bostonians"
Henry James
One of the USA's greatest novelists, he lived most of his life, from 1876 to 1916, in England
Henry James
Oscar Wilde wrote "The Picture of Dorian Gray" & he wrote "The Portrait of A Lady"
Henry James
(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-11-11_DJ_08.wmv">Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.</a>) This American novelist, more associated with whales, visited the Galapagos & mused on the tortoise as a symbol of the two sides of existence, with its dark topside & bright underside
Herman Melville
After picking up his book "Moby Dick", you might be relieved to know he wrote short stories too
Herman Melville
An 1853 fire at his publisher's warehouse burned the remaining stock of his books, including "Moby Dick"
Herman Melville
As a youngster this "Billy Budd" author worked in his brother's fur store in Albany
Herman Melville
He dedicated "Moby Dick" to his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
He followed his 1850 sea tale "White-Jacket" with another sea tale about a white object
Herman Melville
He lived for several weeks among the cannibalistic Typee before he wrote the book of the same name
Herman Melville
His book, "Omoo", is subtitled "Adventures in the South Seas"
Herman Melville
His first novel, "Typee", in 1846, was based on his experiences when he deserted a whaler in the south Pacific
Herman Melville
In 1839, at age 19, he joined the crew of the freighter St. Lawrence that ran between NYC & Liverpool
Herman Melville
In 1842 he & a shipmate jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands & lived for a month with the Typee tribe
Herman Melville
In 1842 he lived with cannibals in the Taipi Valley in the Marquesas; his novel "Typee" was based on the experience
Herman Melville
J.N. Reynolds' "Mocha Dick", about a white whale, was published 12 years before this man's "Moby Dick"
Herman Melville
Published in 1849, "Redburn: His FIrst Voyage" was based on this author's first voyage as a cabin boy
Herman Melville
Taji & Jarl are deserters from a whaling ship in his 1849 novel "Mardi"
Herman Melville
The manuscript for "Billy Budd" was found among his papers & published in 1924, 33 years after his death
Herman Melville
This seafaring author had a lot to "wail" about: his somber 1852 novel "Pierre" is semi-autobiographical
Herman Melville
You'll find whaleboats not only in his masterpiece but also in his story "Benito Cereno" & his novel "Mardi"
Herman Melville
"Demian" is a Bildungsroman by this German novelist & poet
Hermann Hesse
As well as the "Iliad" & "Odyssey", a number of hymns are attributed to him
Homer
Britannica states that the name "Agora" was first found in the work of this ancient Greek poet
Homer
In the 6th century B.C., Greeks used his "Iliad" & "Odyssey" as textbooks
Homer
His monumental collection "La Comedie Humaine" encompasses about 90 novels & stories
Honore De Balzac
"Les Chouans" in 1829 was the first novel this "La Comedie Humaine" author published under his own name
Honore de Balzac
He spent almost 20 years writing the novels & stories that have since become known as "The Human Comedy"
Honore de Balzac
This French author's original surname was Balssa before his father changed it
Honore de Balzac
This Norwegian wrote his play "An Enemy of the People" while living in Rome
Ibsen
This playwright was born in March 1828 in Skien, a small lumbering town of Norway
Ibsen
This playwright's title guy takes on a new troll king in "Trollbusters! The Return of Peer Gynt"
Ibsen
He wrote the short story "Nightfall", a science fiction classic, in 1941 when he was 21 years old
Isaac Asimov
His 1950 classic "I, Robot" contains 9 related stories about (what else?) robots
Isaac Asimov
This Russian-born author & scientist who died in 1992 said, "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them"
Isaac Asimov
This writer's "Foundation" was published in a one-volume paperback with a novel by Poul Anderson
Isaac Asimov
"Aphrodite: A Memoir Of The Senses" is a 1998 novel from this "House Of The Spirits" author
Isabel Allende
"Barrabas came to us by sea" is how this female author began "The House of the Spirits"
Isabel Allende
"Of Love and Shadows", "The House of the Spirits"
Isabel Allende
"The House of the Spirits" is the first novel by this Lima-born woman
Isabel Allende
"The Stories of Eva Luna" is a collection by this Chilean woman with political connections
Isabel Allende
After her uncle Salvador was overthrown & died in a military coup, she & her family fled Chile
Isabel Allende
First & last name of the writer whose uncle became the president of Chile in 1970
Isabel Allende
Her 2003 memoir was titled "My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile"
Isabel Allende
In "Out of Africa", she wrote of raising a gazelle named lulu
Isak Dinesen
It reportedly took him about 10 years to write "The Catcher in the Rye"
J.D. Salinger
The first line of his 1951 novel mentions a "lousy childhood ... and all that David Copperfield kind of crap"
J.D. Salinger
Ward Stradlater, Robert Ackley, Holden Caulfield
J.D. Salinger
Zowie! This author of "Franny and Zooey" was once apprenticed to a pig slaughterer in Poland
J.D. Salinger
As a child, she liked to play witches & wizards with her friends Ian & Vikki Potter
J.K. Rowling
Her initials stand for Joanne Kathleen
J.K. Rowling
In 2007 Forbes estimated her earnings at $1 billion; Author! Author!
J.K. Rowling
She uses her initials because it was feared that boys might avoid books written by a Joanne Kathleen
J.K. Rowling
She was an English teacher by day in Portugal when she began using her mornings to write about wizards
J.K. Rowling
While out of work, she wrote much of her first Harry Potter book at a cafe while her daughter napped
J.K. Rowling
"The Silmarillion", his prequel to "Lord of the Rings", was published after his death
J.R.R. Tolkien
"The Two Towers" (1954, book 2 of a trilogy)
J.R.R. Tolkien
After several decades off it, works by this man seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-10-26_FJ.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> returned to the New York Times Bestseller List in 2003
J.R.R. Tolkien
Bilbo Baggins
J.R.R. Tolkien
His middle names were Ronald Reuel
J.R.R. Tolkien
In 1917 he began "The Silmarillion", a history of Middle Earth before the Hobbits appeared
J.R.R. Tolkien
This "Lord of the Rings" author served as Merton professor of English at Oxford from 1945 to 1959
J.R.R. Tolkien
This author of "The Lord of the Rings" was born in South Africa & brought to England at age 4
J.R.R. Tolkien
While grading school papers, he came up with the line "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit"
J.R.R. Tolkien
In 1900 the Atlantic Monthly published his story "An Odyssey of the North", his literary breakthrough
Jack London
This "Call of the Wild" author reported on the Russo-Japanese War for the Hearst newspapers
Jack London
This author of "The Son of the Wolf" & "The Sea-Wolf" called his home "Wolf House"
Jack London
"Mercedes of Castile" is a lesser-known novel by this author of "The Leather-Stocking Tales"
James Fenimore Cooper
"The Deerslayer" was the last written, but first chronologically, of his "Leatherstocking Tales"
James Fenimore Cooper
"The Red Rover" is a sea novel by this author of "The Last of the Mohicans"
James Fenimore Cooper
"The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish" is this author's 1829 novel about King Philip's War
James Fenimore Cooper
Frontier writer Fenimore
James Fenimore Cooper
He prefaced chapters IX & X of his novel "The Pathfinder" with quotes from "As You Like It"
James Fenimore Cooper
Henry March in his novel "The Deerslayer" is nicknamed Hurry Harry because he's always on the move
James Fenimore Cooper
His 5 "Leatherstocking Tales" portray Natty Bumppo from his youth to his death over 60 years later
James Fenimore Cooper
His novels include "The Prairie", "The Pioneers", & "The Pathfinder"
James Fenimore Cooper
Wah-Ta!-Wah, Uncas, Chingachgook
James Fenimore Cooper
"Dubliners" is a collection of short stories by this Irish author
James Joyce
As an assistant to this author, Samuel Beckett had to fight off the advances of his daughter Lucia
James Joyce
Ezra Pound gave an enthusiastic review to "Dubliners", a collection of short stories by this Irish author
James Joyce
In 1939 he wrote, "O tell me all about Anna Livia! I want to hear all about Anna Livia... Tell me all. Tell me now"
James Joyce
In the last years of his life, he devoted many of his working hours to "Finnegans Wake"
James Joyce
Ironically, it was Gertrude Stein who observed of this Irishman, "People like him because he is incomprehensible"
James Joyce
Many of the Dublin locales he personally frequented are featured in his book "Ulysses"
James Joyce
Seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-10-25_DJ_03.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> is a portrait of this author as a middle-aged man
James Joyce
This Irishman's first & most understandable novel was "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
James Joyce
This Irishman's many prose innovations included the use of stream of consciousness
James Joyce
While at University College, Dublin, he wrote the essay "The Day of the Rabblement", attacking the Irish Literary Theatre
James Joyce
"Tales of the South Pacific"
James Michener
From 1944 to 1946 he served as a naval historian in the south Pacific
James Michener
He published "Hawaii" the same year Hawaii became a state
James Michener
He wrote about Polish life in "Poland" & the history of South Africa in "The Covenant"
James Michener
This "Roses are Red" author also inspired a TV show with his "Women's Murder Club" series
James Patterson
"Northanger Abbey"
Jane Austen
A manipulative widow goes husband-hunting in "Lady Susan", finally published in 1871, 54 years after her death
Jane Austen
Anne has been convinced not to marry Wentworth in this woman's novel "Persuasion"
Jane Austen
Born in 1775, showed "Sensibility" in 1811, never married, died in 1817
Jane Austen
Illness prevented her from finishing "Sanditon"; "Northanger Abbey" was published posthumously
Jane Austen
In "Emma" she wrote, "Half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other"
Jane Austen
In "The Janeites", a story by Rudyard Kipling, a group of soldiers have a deep admiration for this author
Jane Austen
John Murray, Lord Byron's publisher, also put out this woman's "Emma" & "Mansfield Park"
Jane Austen
Longfellow said this "Pride And Prejudice" author's writings "Are a capital picture of real life"
Jane Austen
She dedicated her 1816 novel "Emma" to his royal highness, the Prince Regent
Jane Austen
She died on July 18, 1817 after dealing with some pride & prejudice in her day
Jane Austen
She rewrote "Elinor and Marianne" off & on for more than a decade before it became "Sense and Sensibility"
Jane Austen
She wrote "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice" & "Northhanger Abbey" between 1795 & 1798
Jane Austen
She wrote in "Emma", "One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other"
Jane Austen
Tourists may visit the Chawton, England home of this sensible 19th C. novelist, still popular today
Jane Austen
"I never liked long walks", says the heroine of this Charlotte Bronte novel
Jane Eyre
The infamous Lowood School in this novel was based on a real school that Charlotte Bronte attended at age 8
Jane Eyre
The last chapter of this Charlotte Bronte novel begins with the words "Reader, I married him"
Jane Eyre
William Makepeace Thackeray wrote that "Some of the love passages" of this Charlotte Bronte work "made me cry"
Jane Eyre
"Bred en bawn in a brier-patch, Brer Fox"
Joel Chandler Harris
"Little Mr. Thimblefinger And His Queer Country" is a children's book by this creator of Uncle Remus
Joel Chandler Harris
This author of the Uncle Remus stories also wrote "Wally Wanderoon and His Story-Telling Machine"
Joel Chandler Harris
A library at Mississippi State University has a room honoring this "Pelican Brief" author
John Grisham
An attorney must search the Brazilian rain forest for a missing heir in his novel "The Testament"
John Grisham
In 2000 he published "The Brethren" about 3 imprisoned ex-judges
John Grisham
He wrote of a cross-country trek with a poodle in "Travels with Charley"
John Steinbeck
In 1936 the San Francisco News sent this man to investigate living conditions among migrant workers
John Steinbeck
In June 1998 a museum dedicated to this author opened in Salinas, California
John Steinbeck
In a 1947 novelette, he told of a great pearl, how it was found & how it was lost again
John Steinbeck
"Rabbit At Rest"
John Updike
He may have put his rabbit to rest, but in 1996 he published a new family saga, "In The Beauty Of The Lilies"
John Updike
His fourth & he says final Rabbit Angstrom novel is "Rabbit at Rest"
John Updike
A former spy himself, he described his spy George Smiley as "short, fat, and of a quiet disposition"
John le Carré
In a poem he named himself Cadenus, an anagram of Decanus, or "Dean"
Jonathan Swift
"God Knows", a 1984 novel by this "Catch-22" author, is a satire narrated by King David
Joseph Heller
His experiences as a bombardier in WWII were the basis of the novel "Catch-22"
Joseph Heller
In WWII he flew 60 combat missions as a bombardier with the U.S. Army Air Forces in Europe
Joseph Heller
John Yossarian
Joseph Heller
Her first published novel was "Scruples" in 1978
Judith Krantz
In the late 1940s this "Princess Daisy" author worked as a fashion publicist in Paris
Judith Krantz
This "Scruples" author dishes the dirt on herself in "Sex and Shopping: Confessions of A Nice Jewish Girl"
Judith Krantz
An 1870 novel by this man mentions Moby Dick as well as a sea monster called a Kraken
Jules Verne
Captain Nemo & Phileas Fogg
Jules Verne
For 35 years straight, he published a new novel each year, including "From the Earth to the Moon"
Jules Verne
His "Voyages Extraordinaires" include one "From the Earth to the Moon" & one "To the Center of the Earth"
Jules Verne
His 19th century novels such as "The Mysterious Island" foretold the submarine, the aqua lung & TV
Jules Verne
In 1887 this science fiction author wrote a novel about the U.S. Civil War, "North Against South"
Jules Verne
Rejected in 1863 when its autos & subways seemed too fantastic, his "Paris au XXIeme Siecle" was finally published in 1994
Jules Verne
"God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater", "Timequake", "Mother Night"
Kurt Vonnegut
"Welcome to the Monkey House", "Galapagos", "Player Piano"
Kurt Vonnegut
He subtitled his 1973 novel “Breakfast of Championsâ€, “Or Goodbye Blue Monday!â€
Kurt Vonnegut
In 1991 on cable television he introduced stories from his book "Welcome to the Monkey House"
Kurt Vonnegut
His WWII imprisonment in a Dresden slaughterhouse inspired "Slaughterhouse-Five"
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
This "Breakfast of Champions" author once put breakfast on the table by selling Saabs on Cape Cod
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
This "Breakfast of Champions" author once ran a Saab auto dealership
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
This author based the character Philboyd Studge in "Breakfast of Champions" on himself
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
He wrote 14 books about Oz, & some short stories too
L. Frank Baum
In 1890 he witnessed a mild cyclone in Aberdeen, South Dakota, fodder for his most famous novel
L. Frank Baum
In 1900 he sent the Library of Congress $2.20 to copyright his "The Navy Alphabet" & another, more "Wonderful", book
L. Frank Baum
In 1900 he wrote the line, "The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick"
L. Frank Baum
This wonderful author of Oz sometimes wrote books for boys under the pen name Captain Hugh Fitzgerald
L. Frank Baum
Under the name Laura Bancroft, he wrote about Twinkle & Chubbins in Nature Fairyland after taking us to Oz
L. Frank Baum
In 1997 he published "Comanche Moon", a prequel to his "Lonesome Dove"
Larry McMurtry
Her "Little House in the Big Woods" begins in Wisconsin
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Her 1933 book "Farmer Boy" describes the childhood of her husband, Almanzo Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
In 1941 she wrote "Little Town on the Prairie"
Laura Ingalls Wilder
In 1977 a reconstruction of her "Little House" was put on the original site 13 miles southwest of Independence
Laura Ingalls Wilder
She didn't start writing her "Little House" novels until she was in her 60s
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Burr Oak, Iowa hotel in which this "Little House on the Prairie" author briefly lived is a museum
Laura Ingalls Wilder
"Happy families are all alike" begins his "Anna Karenina"
Leo Tolstoy
"Kholstomer" by this "War And Peace" author is a satire on human beings from a horse's point of view
Leo Tolstoy
"Two Hussars" is a short story by this author of the very long novel "War and Peace"
Leo Tolstoy
After this epic Russian novelist didn't win in 1901, he wrote a letter declining the prize thereafter
Leo Tolstoy
His "Anna Karenina" was originally published in installments between 1875 & 1877
Leo Tolstoy
His epic novel "War And Peace" features over 500 characters
Leo Tolstoy
His father was also a count; his mother was Princess Volkonskaya
Leo Tolstoy
As well as kids' books, this 19th century author wrote "Examples in Arithmetic" & other math textbooks
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Lewis Carroll
Concerning his "Alice in Wonderland" books, he said, "I meant nothing but nonsense"
Lewis Carroll
He began his "Jabberwocky" poem, " 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves..."
Lewis Carroll
His grave is marked "REV. CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON. FELL ASLEEP JAN. 14, 1898. AGED 65 YEARS"
Lewis Carroll
In 1865 he wrote the line "You're nothing but a pack of cards!"
Lewis Carroll
In addition to his "Alice" books, he wrote many math works including "Euclid and His Modern Rivals"
Lewis Carroll
"Jo's Boys" was the second sequel to this 19th century novel
Little Women
Chapter 25 of this book is called "The First Wedding" & it described Meg's marriage to John Brooke
Little Women
In "Good Wives", the second part of this novel, Aunt March dies & leaves her home, Plumfield, to Jo
Little Women
In this novel, Jo March becomes a writer & marries Friedrich Bhaer, a middle-aged professor
Little Women
Professor Bhaer, introduced in this 1868 novel, may have been based on William Rimmer, a teacher Louisa May Alcott knew
Little Women
"To The Far Blue Mountains" was one of this western author's Sackett sagas
Louis L'Amour
<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-04-11_DJ_13.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> Western author grew up listening to tales of his great-grandfather, who was scalped by the Sioux
Louis L'Amour
He introduced the Sackett family in his 1960 Western novel "The Daybreakers"
Louis L'Amour
This bestselling Western author wrote about the Sackett family in more than a dozen novels
Louis L'Amour
This western author stopped using pen names soon after the publication of "Hondo " in 1953
Louis L'Amour
Buried at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Mass., she died 2 days after her father, Bronson
Louisa May Alcott
Henry James called her "the Thackeray, the Trollope, of the nursery and the schoolroom"
Louisa May Alcott
Her home Orchard House was the model for whre the March family lived in her most famous novel
Louisa May Alcott
She followed up "Little Women" with "An Old-Fashioned Girl" & "Aunt Jo's Scrap Bag"
Louisa May Alcott
She wrote "Jo's Boys" in 1886, a second sequel to her 1860s novel
Louisa May Alcott
Her recently-discovered work "Lost Laysen" was published in 1996, the 60th anniv. of "Gone With The Wind"
Margaret Mitchell
In "Gone with the Wind" she wrote of "the usual masculine disillusionment in discovering that a woman has a brain"
Margaret Mitchell
In Macmillan's spring 1936 catalog, her upcoming novel was misidentified as "Come with the Wind"
Margaret Mitchell
In September 1941 this author christened the warship Atlanta, also known as "The Mighty A"
Margaret Mitchell
In the early 1920s she scandalized Atlanta society by doing a provocative dance at a debutante ball
Margaret Mitchell
She left the Atlanta Journal in 1926 after injuring her ankle, & spent the next ten years writing a novel
Margaret Mitchell
She sometimes joked that she was writing a sequel to her famous novel to be titled "Back With the Breeze"
Margaret Mitchell
"Calaveras County" & "Hannibal" are entries in R. Kent Rasmussen's book this man "A to Z"
Mark Twain
"The Pilgrim From Hannibal"
Mark Twain
An article that he wrote about his riverboat days was eventually expanded into "Life on the Mississippi"
Mark Twain
Armor-clad knights face off in a game of baseball in an 1889 work by this author
Mark Twain
Articles he wrote for the Atlantic Monthly in 1875 became Chapters IV to XVII in "Life on the Mississippi"
Mark Twain
Edgar Lee Masters wrote that this "genius from Missouri" had "affection for his fellows, yet... despised them"
Mark Twain
From 1862 to 1864 he wrote for the Territorial Enterprise newspaper in Virginia City, Nevada
Mark Twain
He launched his lecturing career in 1866 with a talk later titled "Our Fellow Savages of the Sandwich Islands"
Mark Twain
He wrote about fictional children Willie Mufferson, Joe Harper, & Sid Sawyer
Mark Twain
His travels to Europe aboard the steamship Quaker City were documented in "The Innocents Abroad"
Mark Twain
In "Following the Equator", this humorist wrote, "Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it"
Mark Twain
In 1852 his story "The Dandy Frightening the Squatter" appeared in The Carpet-Bag, a humorous paper
Mark Twain
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens first used this pseudonym on February 3, 1863 in Virginia City's Territorial Enterprise
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens first used this pen name in 1863 while with the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nev.
Mark Twain
The Palace Hotel in S.F. has played host to such luminaries as Oscar Wilde & this "Prince and the Pauper" scribe
Mark Twain
This creator of Huck Finn has been called the first major American writer born west of the Mississippi
Mark Twain
When his father died in 1847, he had to leave school & work as a printer's apprentice at the Hannibal Courier
Mark Twain
"Before I Say Good-Bye" is her 22nd romantic thriller, so it's no mystery -- she's good
Mary Higgins Clark
"Deck The Halls", a Christmas thriller, was a joint effort by Carol Higgins Clark & this author, her mom
Mary Higgins Clark
Several of her suspense novels including "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" derive their titles from old songs
Mary Higgins Clark
This "The Cradle Will Fall" author's first book was a biography of George Washington
Mary Higgins Clark
This author of "A Cry in the Night" & "We'll Meet Again" is known as the queen of suspense
Mary Higgins Clark
This thriller writer was set when she earned $1 million for the paperback rights to "A Stranger Is Watching"
Mary Higgins Clark
"I beheld the wretch--the miserable monster whom I had created"
Mary Shelley
After her husband Percy died, this author urged one of Washington Irving's friends to fix them up
Mary Shelley
In 1851 she was laid to rest in an English churchyard along with husband Percy's heart & a copy of his "Adonais"
Mary Shelley
"The Andromeda Strain", "Jurassic Park"
Michael Crichton
He brought back the dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park" & "The Lost World"
Michael Crichton
He published "The Andromeda Strain" in 1969, during his last year in medical school
Michael Crichton
In 1969 & 1970 this "Andromeda Strain" author was a fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Michael Crichton
In 1993 this author sold the film rights to "Disclosure" for about $3.5 million before it had been published
Michael Crichton
This "Jurassic Park" author once taught anthropology at Cambridge University
Michael Crichton
This author who gave us the giant reptiles of "Jurassic Park" stands 6'9"
Michael Crichton
Ayn Rand once cited this late Mike Hammer author as her favorite popular writer
Mickey Spillane
He created Mike Hammer & played the part in the 1963 film "The Girl Hunters"
Mickey Spillane
He wrote comic book stories for "Captain America" & "Captain Marvel" before hitting it big with "I, the Jury"
Mickey Spillane
Mike Hammer
Mickey Spillane
This author introduced detective Mike Hammer in "I, The Jury"
Mickey Spillane
Harpooneers in this novel include Tashtego, Daggoo & Queequeg, a cannibal
Moby Dick
Ishmael called him the incarnation of "all the subtle demonisms of life and thought"
Moby Dick
Melville's white whale tale
Moby Dick
In 1852 this "Scarlet Letter" author wrote a campaign biography for his friend Franklin Pierce
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The "Old Manse" in Concord where he & his wife Sophia lived from 1842 to 1845 was rented from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The Naked and the Dead", "Existential Errands", "The Executioner's Song"
Norman Mailer
He discussed Ali vs. Foreman in his book "The Fight" & in the 1996 film "When We Were Kings"
Norman Mailer
He wrote his 1948 novel "The Naked and the Dead" while he was enrolled at the Sorbonne
Norman Mailer
In January 2003 Provincetown proclaimed this "Naked and the Dead" author's day, in honor of his 80th birthday
Norman Mailer
This late author of controversial books like "Oswald's Tale" had 6 wives, including the one he stabbed
Norman Mailer
This novelist & author of "Advertisements for Myself" celebrated his 80th birthday on Jan. 31, 2003
Norman Mailer
He wrote many short stories with surprise endings including "The Gift of the Magi"
O. Henry
In 1904 this short story author's first book, "Cabbages and Kings", was published
O. Henry
Is 1906 collection "The Four Million" contained some of his best-known stories, including "The Gift of the Magi"
O. Henry
We'll give you a chocolate bar if you'll name this short story writer born Sept. 11, 1862 in North Carolina
O. Henry
William Sydney Porter
O. Henry
Chapter 48 of this English novel deals with "The Flight of Sikes"--Bill Sikes
Oliver Twist
Dickens' boy who was sold by the orphanage after asking for a second bowl of porridge
Oliver Twist
In chapter 10, "The whole mystery of the handkerchiefs, and the watches, and the jewels... rushed upon" this title boy's "mind"
Oliver Twist
In chapter 52 of this novel, a boisterous crowd is gathering for Fagin's execution
Oliver Twist
A scandalous Irishman, my parents were also writers: I lace words
Oscar Wilde
Ambrose Bierce described this "Earnest" playwright as "That sovereign of insufferables"
Oscar Wilde
Born in 1854, was well-read in Gaol for 2 years, Paris-ed away in 1900
Oscar Wilde
His preface to "The Picture of Dorian Gray" says, "There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book"
Oscar Wilde
Reviewing "An Ideal Husband", G.B. Shaw said this fellow Irishman "has the property of making his critics dull"
Oscar Wilde
Sebastian Melma was the name used by this Irish playwright while in exile
Oscar Wilde
"Much Obliged, Jeeves", this author's last collection of Bertie-&-Jeeves stories, was published in 1971
P.G. Wodehouse
He wrote his stories about Bertie Wooster & his manservant Jeeves over a period of about 50 years
P.G. Wodehouse
His first & middle names were Pelham Grenville, but his friends called him "Plum"
P.G. Wodehouse
Sean O' Casey sniped that this author of "Jeeves" was "English literature's performing flea"
P.G. Wodehouse
This author of "The Man With Two Left Feet" & "My Man Jeeves" was a prisoner of the Germans during WWII
P.G. Wodehouse
Born Neftali Reyes, this Nobel-winning Chilean poet penned "Elementary Odes" in 1954
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet to whom Massimo Troisi delivered mail as "The Postman"
Pablo Neruda
Great Chilean poet known for his "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair"
Pablo Neruda
His father disapproved of his poetry writing, so Chile's Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto adopted this pen name
Pablo Neruda
This poet was Chile's ambassador to France when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971
Pablo Neruda
Adam & Eve confront the big man himself & discuss this 1667 Milton poem on "I Can't Believe You Evicted Me!"
Paradise Lost
In 1671, Milton wrote "Paradise Regained", a sequel to this
Paradise Lost
In this epic poem about leaving heaven, John Milton created Pandemonium, the capital of Hell
Paradise Lost
This work says, "Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven"
Paradise Lost
"Sons", the second novel in her "House of Earth" trilogy, traces the lives of Wang Lung's 3 sons
Pearl S. Buck
1938: "For her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China"
Pearl S. Buck
Best-known for her books about China, she published her "American Triptych" as John Sedges
Pearl S. Buck
Her book "All Men Are Brothers" is actually a translation of a Chinese classic
Pearl S. Buck
In 1949 this Nobel Laureate founded Welcome House, an adoption agency specializing in Asian-American children
Pearl S. Buck
In the 1930s she wrote biographies of her father & mother, who were Presbyterian missionaries to China
Pearl S. Buck
Try to un"earth" a copy of "Imperial Woman", this American woman's 1956 novel about the last empress of China
Pearl S. Buck
"I Married a Communist", "The Human Stain" & "American Pastoral" make up a recent trilogy by this novelist
Philip Roth
"Letting Go" was the 1st full-length novel by this author of "Goodbye, Columbus"
Philip Roth
"The Great American Novel", "Zuckerman Bound", "Portnoy's Complaint"
Philip Roth
A writer named Nathan Zuckerman is featured in several books by this author
Philip Roth
He reviewed films & TV for the New Republic before his first book, "Goodbye, Columbus", was published in 1959
Philip Roth
He's won 2 Nat'l Book Awards: for "Goodbye, Columbus" in 1960 & for "Sabbath's Theater" 35 years later
Philip Roth
Nathan Zuckerman, Trick E. Dixon, Alexander Portnoy
Philip Roth
1996 bestsellers by this author include "Vampire Breath" & "Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns"
R.L. Stine
He began his "Goosebumps" series with 1992's "Welcome to Dead House"
R.L. Stine
The paperbacks in this writer's "Goosebumps" series have numbers as well as titles
R.L. Stine
This author is famous for giving readers "Goosebumps" & leading them down "Fear Street"
R.L. Stine
"With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame..."
Ray Bradbury
He publicly objected to the name of a 2004 documentary for infringing on the title of one of his books
Ray Bradbury
He wrote the screenplay to the 1983 Disney film "Something Wicked This Way Comes", which was based on his 1962 novel
Ray Bradbury
His story "I Sing the Body Electric!" was adapted as an episode of "The Twilight Zone"
Ray Bradbury
In 1947 he published his first story collection, "Dark Carnival"; the "Martian Chronicles" came 3 years later
Ray Bradbury
In 1979 a play based on his novel "Fahrenheit 451" was produced in Los Angeles
Ray Bradbury
"The Twits" is the tale of a perfectly dreadful couple by this author of "James and the Giant Peach"
Roald Dahl
Born of Norwegian descent in 1916, he was given the first name of a famous Norwegian of the time
Roald Dahl
His widow Felicity said he would have loved the new "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" movie; he hated the old one
Roald Dahl
This "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" author wrote of his days in the RAF in "Going Solo"
Roald Dahl
This creator of Willy Wonka wrote in a hut whose decor included bits of his own spine from an operation
Roald Dahl
This quintessential New Englander published his first book of poems, "A Boy's Will", while living in England in 1913
Robert Frost
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Oahu, Hawaii) When this Scottish-born author took refuge in Samoa, he was known as Tusitala, or "story-teller"
Robert Louis Stevenson
Graham Greene was born 10 years after this distant writer relative of his died in the South Seas
Robert Louis Stevenson
Shortly after writing "Catriona", a sequel to "Kidnapped", he died on the island of Samoa
Robert Louis Stevenson
This Daniel Defoe character was born in the year 1632 in the city of York, of a good family
Robinson Crusoe
This title character of an 18th c. novel was the son of a man named Kreutznaer, but his name gets Anglicized
Robinson Crusoe
"Just So Stories", his 1902 collection for children, was the only book he also illustrated
Rudyard Kipling
Bombay-born author whose 1st novel was "The Light That Failed"
Rudyard Kipling
Born in India, this English author was the youngest person to win a Nobel prize in literature
Rudyard Kipling
He dedicated his 1888 book "Plain Tales From The Hills" "To the wittiest woman in India"
Rudyard Kipling
He wrote the poem "Gunga Din" to honor the Bhisti, the natives who aided British soldiers in India
Rudyard Kipling
His "Jungle Book" prose begins, "It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee Hills..."
Rudyard Kipling
His first "Jungle Book" was so popular that he published his "Second Jungle Book" in 1895
Rudyard Kipling
His stores include "The Man Who Was" and "The Man Who Would Be King"
Rudyard Kipling
In the era of colonialism, this British author wrote, "Take Up the White Man's Burden"
Rudyard Kipling
It's said that this "Kim" author's autograph was so prized in the 1890s that many of his personal checks were never cashed
Rudyard Kipling
Mowgli's song "Against People" appears in this author's "Second Jungle Book"
Rudyard Kipling
The Asian travels of 1944 winner Johannes Jensen got him dubbed Denmark's this British writer who won in 1907
Rudyard Kipling
This author of "The Jungle Book" lived in Vermont for 4 years
Rudyard Kipling
This author's "The Man Who Would Be King" has been called the perfect short story
Rudyard Kipling
Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle" & he wrote "The Jungle Book"
Rudyard Kipling
After a fatwa was issued against him in February 1989, he went into hiding under police protection
Salman Rushdie
Author & involuntary recluse seen here
Salman Rushdie
His 1981 novel "Midnight's Children" wasn't quite as controversial as "The Satanic Verses"
Salman Rushdie
In 1990 this "Satanic Verses" author published the children's book "Haroun & The Sea Of Stories"
Salman Rushdie
This controversial Bonbay-born Brit is the author of "Midnight's Children" & of the cake slogan "Naughty but nice"
Salman Rushdie
"'...Why look'st thou so?'--'With my crossbow I shot the albatross'"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"Lyrical" English poet Taylor
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
This Devonshire-born man rhymed about an "Ancient Mariner"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
You can visit the home of this poet and buddy of Wordsworth on Lime Street in the Village of Nether Stowe
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
After winning an Oscar & a Tony, he tried his hand at novels like "The Naked Face" & "The Other Side of Midnight"
Sidney Sheldon
One of the world's bestselling novelists, he created TV's "I Dream of Jeannie"
Sidney Sheldon
This author of "The Other Side of Midnight" co-wrote the screenplay for "Easter Parade"
Sidney Sheldon
A teacher of philosophy until her first novel was published, her best-known work is "The Second Sex"
Simone De Beauvoir
Best known for her romance with Sartre, she also had a fling with Chicago novelist Nelson Algren
Simone de Beauvoir
She based the characters of Anne & Robert in her novel "The Mandarins" on herself & Jean-Paul Sartre
Simone de Beauvoir
She fictionalized her affair with Nelson Algren in "Les Mandarins", & based the heroine's husband on Sartre
Simone de Beauvoir
This "Second Sex" author taught philosophy for 12 years before writing her first novel
Simone de Beauvoir
"The Chronicler of Main Street"
Sinclair Lewis
"The Man from Main Street" is a collection of this Nobel Prize winner's essays
Sinclair Lewis
A collection of his letters, "From Main Street to Stockholm", was published posthumously in 1952
Sinclair Lewis
His father Emmet, a country doctor, gave him much of the background for Dr. Kennicott in his novel "Main Street"
Sinclair Lewis
In order to write his 1922 novel "Babbitt", this author studied real estate
Sinclair Lewis
The Reader's Encyclopedia said, "He loved the... main streets of America even as he deplored them"
Sinclair Lewis
This "Babbitt" author published his 1st novel, "Hike And The Aeroplane", under the pseudonym Tom Graham
Sinclair Lewis
When he died in 1951, his ashes were returned to Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Sinclair Lewis
A little detective work in a Hampshire churchyard & you'll find the grave of this "PATRIOT, PHYSICIAN & MAN OF LETTERS"
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
His Sherlock Holmes was partly based on a teacher at Edinburgh University
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The unimaginative Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-06-30_J_03.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from New York's Central Park.</a>) Central Park's Literary Walk features <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-06-30_J_03a.jpg" target="_blank">Robert Burns</a> & <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-06-30_J_03b.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> great novelist & <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-06-30_J_03b.jpg" target="_blank">countryman</a>, both sculpted by John Steell of Aberdeen
Sir Walter Scott
Already a successful poet, in 1814 he started his career as a novelist with a tale of the Highlands
Sir Walter Scott
Ellen Douglas is the title character of this Scottish author's "The Lady of the Lake"
Sir Walter Scott
Richard Middlemas gets crushed by an elephant in "The Surgeon's Daughter", an 1827 tale by this Edinburgher
Sir Walter Scott
The defense of Douglas Castle in 1306 is the subject of this Edinburgh native's 1832 novel "Castle Dangerous"
Sir Walter Scott
This Scot is buried at Dryburgh Abbey near a view he so loved that his horses paused there on the way to his funeral
Sir Walter Scott
"A Sport of Nature" is the story of a black activist's white wife in this, author Nadine Gordimer's homeland
South Africa
Most of Nadine Gordimer's novels including "July's People" are set in this country where she grew up
South Africa
Nadine Gordimer
South Africa
Nadine Gortimer, born in the Transvaal in this country, had her 1st story published when she was 15
South Africa
Henry Fleming, the hero of "The Red Badge of Courage", reappeared in his short story "Lynx-Hunting"
Stephen Crane
His "Red Badge Of Courage" first appeared in shortened form in the Philadelphia press
Stephen Crane
"Sister Carrie" was Theodore Dreiser's 1st novel, and "Carrie" was this author's
Stephen King
"The Dead Zone", "The Dark Half", "It"
Stephen King
"The Stand"
Stephen King
1990 bestsellers included Sidney Sheldon's "Memories of Midnight" & this author's "Four Past Midnight"
Stephen King
Among this author's bestsellers are "Misery" & "The Tommyknockers"
Stephen King
Annie Wilkes, John Coffey, Carrie White
Stephen King
He wrote his 1982 novel "The Running Man" under the pseudonym Richard Bachman
Stephen King
In "Comics Review" in 1965, "I was a Teenage Grave Robber" was his first published work; he's still going strong
Stephen King
In 1990 he reissued "The Stand" with nearly 500 more pages than the original
Stephen King
In 1996 he simultaneously published "The Regulators" as Richard Bachman & "Desperation" under this name
Stephen King
In the early '70s, this master of horror taught English at Maine's Hampden Academy
Stephen King
Peter Straub & this master of horror were good friends long before they collaborated on "The Talisman"
Stephen King
Peter Straub collaborated with this man on the wildly successful best-seller, "The Talisman"
Stephen King
Randall Flagg, a character created by this man, is aka Nyarlathotep, Walter Padick & Walter O'Dim
Stephen King
Richard Bachman
Stephen King
This author once had a newsletter devoted to him titled "Castle Rock"
Stephen King
When his 1978 novel "The Stand" was reissued in 1990, it was about 50% longer than the original
Stephen King
While attending Lisbon Falls High School in Maine, this horror author published a newspaper, The Village Vomit
Stephen King
A month after "The Bell Jar" was published in 1963, she took her own life
Sylvia Plath
Gwyneth Paltrow portrayed her in the early days of her marriage to fellow poet Ted Hughes
Sylvia Plath
Gwyneth Paltrow was this poet, struggling with depression & hubby Ted Hughes
Sylvia Plath
In the '50s, she taught English at Smith College, then worked as a secretary at a Boston psychiatric clinic
Sylvia Plath
The knight is the first character to tell his story in this Chaucer classic
The Canterbury Tales
No Brontes, just Dantes / Got sent off to D'if / But with Danglars, that Danglars! / He had a big beef
The Count Of Monte Cristo
Don't "count" on missing "You Stole My Life, I'm Paying You Back!" featuring this 1844-45 Dumas classic
The Count of Monte Cristo
Some early reviewers objected to the realistic depiction of Archdeacon Frollo's death in this classic
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Ernest Hemingway's only Pulitzer Prize came in 1953 for this short novel about a Cuban named Santiago
The Old Man And The Sea
1952 novel that begins off the coast of Cuba, & ends on shore 3 days later
The Old Man and the Sea
In this Hemingway story, a fisherman named Santiago was once an arm wrestler known as "El Campeon"
The Old Man and the Sea
This tale for which Hemingway won a Pulitzer was a revision of his earlier story "On the Blue Water"
The Old Man and the Sea
At the end of this novel, Reverend Dimmesdale reveals publicly that he is the father of Hester Prynne's daughter
The Scarlet Letter
At the end of this novel, the title object "ceased to be a stigma which attracted the world's scorn and bitterness"
The Scarlet Letter
Chapter 13 of this classic novel is called "Another View of Hester"
The Scarlet Letter
Chapter 14 of this classic American novel is entitled "Hester and the Physician"
The Scarlet Letter
Chapter 6 of this Hawthorne classic is titled "Pearl"
The Scarlet Letter
Hester looked at the frock / she looked in dismay / "Do you have it in something/ other than 'A'?"
The Scarlet Letter
Hemingway's epigraph to this novel includes a Biblical passage that begins, "One generation passeth away..."
The Sun Also Rises
Lady Brett Ashley elopes with a bullfighter in this Hemingway novel
The Sun Also Rises
This Hemingway novel about the "Lost Generation" is told from the viewpoint of Jake Barnes
The Sun Also Rises
This children's story describes Toad Hall as "a dignified old house of mellowed red brick"
The Wind in the Willows
"Our Exploits at West Poley" is a children's book by this "Tess of the D' Urbervilles" author
Thomas Hardy
"The Mayor of Casterbridge"
Thomas Hardy
1873's "A Pair Of Blue Eyes" was the first novel he put his name on; "Far From The Madding Crowd" was second
Thomas Hardy
After the public outcry over his "Jude The Obscure", this author never wrote another novel
Thomas Hardy
Due to negative public reaction to "Jude the Obscure", he abandoned writing novels for the last 33 years of his life
Thomas Hardy
Tho he "looked homeward" to North Carolina, he lived in NYC because "You Can't Go Home Again"
Thomas Wolfe
"He wanted it because it was a ring of power, and if you slipped that ring on your finger, you were invisible"
Tolkien
He made recordings reading from some of his own works, including "Poems and Songs of Middle-earth"
Tolkien
He originally wrote "The Hobbit" to entertain his kids
Tolkien
If you're in the "hobbit" of reading his books, try his non-hobbit tale "Farmer Giles Of Ham"
Tolkien
Rohan, or Riddermark, is an important realm of Middle-Earth in books by this author
Tolkien
"The Sebastopol Sketches", "The Cossacks", "The Death of Ivan Ilyich"
Tolstoy
<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-03-03_J_21.mp3">Da, "War and Peace" published in complete form 2day. Liking 1869. Is very good year</a>
Tolstoy
Christopher Plummer was nominated for an Oscar for playing this Russian author in 2009's "The Last Station"
Tolstoy
Turgenev regarded this author of "The Cossacks" as the "great author of the Russian land"
Tolstoy
As his novel "Executive Orders" begins, Jack Ryan has just become president of the U.S.
Tom Clancy
Before playing "Patriot Games", all his military experience was in ROTC at Loyola College in Baltimore
Tom Clancy
In 1989 both the hardcover & paperback editions of his “Cardinal of the Kremlin†were bestsellers
Tom Clancy
In addition to techno-thrillers, he's also written such nonfiction works as "Submarine" & "Fighter Wing"
Tom Clancy
Marko Ramius, John Kelly (aka Mr. Clark), Jack Ryan
Tom Clancy
President Reagan called this man's first novel "The Hunt for Red October" the "perfect yarn"
Tom Clancy
This character once asked Becky Thatcher, "Do you love rats?"
Tom Sawyer
This title character in an 1876 novel asks, "Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?"
Tom Sawyer
When he first saw Becky Thatcher, "a certain Amy Lawrence vanished out of his heart and left not even a memory"
Tom Sawyer
(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-04-24_DJ_07.jpg" target="_blank">Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from outside of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.</a>) A vision of little scraps of Sunday dresses in <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-04-24_DJ_07a.jpg" target="_blank">this author</a>'s "Song of Solomon" refers to the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church
Toni Morrison
A graduate of Howard University, she won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993
Toni Morrison
Books by this Nobel Prize winner include "Love", "Beloved" & "Tar Baby"
Toni Morrison
In 1977 her "Song of Solomon" became the first Book-of-the-Month Club selection by a black author in 37 years
Toni Morrison
Milkman is the son of Ruth & Macon Dead in her novel "Song of Solomon"
Toni Morrison
She taught at Howard University before writing "Song of Solomon"
Toni Morrison
She was a senior editor at Random House while she was writing the novel "Beloved"
Toni Morrison
Thanks to Oprah, her 1970 novel "The Bluest Eye" was a bestseller in 2000
Toni Morrison
When featured on "Oprah", her 1977 novel "Song of Solomon" returned to the bestseller list in 1996
Toni Morrison
Jim Hawkins narrates this 1883 novel
Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins, the Hispaniola's cabin boy, narrates this Robert Louis Stevenson tale
Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney outfits the schooner Hispaniola & hires its crew in this 1883 tale
Treasure Island
Harper Lee helped him research an article which developed into the work "In Cold Blood"
Truman Capote
In 1958 he wrote, "Brazil was beastly but Buenos Aires was the best. Not Tiffany's, but almost"
Truman Capote
In November 1959 he arrived in Holcomb, Kansas to begin 6 years of research for "In Cold Blood"
Truman Capote
Joel Knox is the teenage hero of this "In Cold Blood" author's novel "Other Voices, Other Rooms"
Truman Capote
Kurt Vonnegut wrote "Breakfast of Champions" & he wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
Truman Capote
Philip Seymour Hoffman was him, writing "In Cold Blood"
Truman Capote
Rudyard Kipling wrote "The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly" & he created Holly Golightly
Truman Capote
10 years after this novel, Harriet Beecher Stowe was shocking again with "Lady Byron Vindicated"
Uncle Tom's Cabin
George Shelby dedicates his life to abolition in this Harriet Beccher Stowe novel
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Lincoln called it "the book that caused the big war"
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This 1852 work was subtitled "Life Among the Lowly"
Uncle Tom's Cabin
"Les chatiments" is a group of satirical poems attacking Napoleon III by this creator of Quasimodo
Victor Hugo
Before "Les Miserables", he attacked the French penal system in the novel "Claude Gueux"
Victor Hugo
Chapters in an 1831 work by this author include "Maitre Jacques Coppenole" & "A Tear for a Drop of Water"
Victor Hugo
He began a novel called "Les Miseres" as early as 1840; it was finished in 1861 with a different title
Victor Hugo
In 1833 a French historian said that this author had built "a cathedral as solid as the foundations of the other (one)"
Victor Hugo
In his 80th year, the Paris street where he lived was renamed for this "Hunchback of Notre Dame" author
Victor Hugo
This author of "Les Miserables" wrote to his future wife that "It seems to me that what I feel is not of Earth"
Victor Hugo
When this author of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" died in 1885, his body lay in state under the Arc De Triomphe
Victor Hugo
"The Window" & "Time Passes" are sections of her stream-of-consciousness novel "To the Lighthouse"
Virginia Woolf
"To the Lighthouse"
Virginia Woolf
Her "To the Lighthouse" revolves around visits by the Ramsay family to its summer home on the Isle of Skye
Virginia Woolf
In 1941, before taking her final dip, she wrote her sister Vanessa, "I am certain now that I am going mad again"
Virginia Woolf
Literary history was shaped in 1905 when this female author moved from 22 Hyde Park to 46 Gordon Square
Virginia Woolf
Money & "A Room of One's Own" are needed if a woman is to be a writer, she asserted in a 1929 essay
Virginia Woolf
Nicole Kidman (in a prosthetic nose) portrayed "The Hours" of this author
Virginia Woolf
Nicole Kidman spent "The Hours" in a fake nose as her
Virginia Woolf
Playwright Edward Albee asked "Who's afraid of" this respected British novelist
Virginia Woolf
The fashionable but suffering Clarissa Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
This British author dedicated her 1928 novel "Orlando" to Vita Sackville-West
Virginia Woolf
This British author seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-02-14_J_11.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> first "Bloom"ed in 1882
Virginia Woolf
"Invitation to a Beheading" is an anti-utopian novel by this author of "Lolita"
Vladimir Nabokov
Composer Rachmaninoff lent this Russian-born novelist the money to come to the U.S. in 1940
Vladimir Nabokov
Starting in 1948 at Cornell, he lectured on books written in his native language, like "Dead Souls" & "Anna Karenina"
Vladimir Nabokov
This "Lolita" author began writing in English while living in France
Vladimir Nabokov
(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-04-07_J_15.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.</a>) Novel in which Moscow was without its inhabitants & the soldiers were sucked into her, radiating from the Kremlin
War and Peace
Natasha Rostova marries Pierre Bezukhov in this classic Tolstoy novel
War and Peace
Our copy of this 1865-69 Tolstoy work is 1,444 pages long
War and Peace
Tolstoy's first full-length novel, it includes a cast of more than 500 characters
War and Peace
"It is said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper, whose head had been carried away by a cannon ball"
Washington Irving
A group of 19th c. authors is called the Knickerbocker Group after his pen name
Washington Irving
Among his pen names were Jonathan Oldstyle, Gentleman & Diedrich Knickerbocker
Washington Irving
Diedrich Knickerbocker
Washington Irving
During the War Of 1812, this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies of Naval commanders
Washington Irving
He rejected offers to run for Congress & Mayor of New York & to be Van Buren's Secretary of the Navy
Washington Irving
He was born in NYC on April 3, 1783, toward the end of the Revolutionary War, & named for one of the war's heroes
Washington Irving
He wrote "A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus" & "A History of New York"
Washington Irving
He's the author whose work is presented here, with a little help from our friend Wishbone
Washington Irving
One contributor to "Knickerbocker" magazine was this author, who used Knickerbocker as a pseudonym
Washington Irving
Sunnyside, the old Dutch home he remodeled in Tarrytown, N.Y., was made a public shrine in 1947
Washington Irving
The "History of New York... by Diedrich Kickerbocker" was actually written by him
Washington Irving
While in Paris in the 1820s, this "Rip Van Winkle" author co-wrote plays with John Howard Payne
Washington Irving
While working at the U.S. embassy in Madrid, this Knickerbocker knocked out a Columbus bio
Washington Irving
The heroine of her 1923 novel "A Lost Lady" is based on Mrs. Silas Garber, wife of a governor of Nebraska
Willa Cather
The town of Red Cloud, Nebraska has a historical center devoted to this author
Willa Cather
This author of "My Antonia" set her last novel, "Sapphira And The Slave Girl", in Virginia, her home state
Willa Cather
A poem by this 1923 Nobel Prize winner is heard here: ("I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made")
William Butler Yeats
A poet who became a senator of the Irish Free State: I'm a subtle wit, really
William Butler Yeats
The title of this poet-playwright's 1893 book "The Celtic Twilight" became a synonym for the Irish literary revival
William Butler Yeats
"A Rose For Emily" is a well-known short story by this author of "The Sound And The Fury"
William Faulkner
"Absalom, Absalom!"
William Faulkner
"The Reivers"
William Faulkner
A degenerate bootlegger named Popeye abducts college coed Temple Drake in his 1931 novel "Sanctuary"
William Faulkner
He ventured from Oxford to Hollywood to write for the movies, including "The Big Sleep"
William Faulkner
His third published novel, "Sartoris", was the first he set in Yoknapatawpha County
William Faulkner
In his 1938 work "The Unvanquished", the Sartoris family copes with the Civil War
William Faulkner
Nobel Prize-winning Mississippian seen here
William Faulkner
Sherwood Anderson helped this Mississippi author publish his first novel, "Soldiers' Pay"
William Faulkner
Sherwood Anderson told him, write about what "you know... that little patch... in Mississippi where you started from"
William Faulkner
Stores around the town square of Oxford, Mississippi closed during his funeral at St. Peter's Cemetery
William Faulkner
This Mississippian's first novel, "Soldier's Pay", was recommended to a publisher by Sherwood Anderson
William Faulkner
This author's "The Bear" is one of many stories dealing with the McCaslins of Yoknapatawpha County
William Faulkner
Towrard the end of World War I, this Mississippi-born author joined the Royal Air Force in Canada
William Faulkner
British novelist & satirist Makepeace
William Makepeace Thackeray
Much of this "Vanity Fair" author's novel "Henry Esmond" takes place during the reign of Queen Anne
William Makepeace Thackeray
Some consider this author's "The History of Henry Esmond" his greatest work, not "Vanity Fair"
William Makepeace Thackeray
This "Vanity Fair" author's novel "The Virginians", is a sequel to "Henry Esmond"
William Makepeace Thackeray
"The story of Nat Turner had been long gestating in my mind, ever since I was a boy", said this novelist
William Styron
He modeled Sophie in "Sophie's Choice" on a woman he met while living in Brooklyn
William Styron
In 1990's "Darkness Visible", this "Sophie's Choice" author wrote of his struggle with depression
William Styron
This "Sophie's Choice" author set his 1st novel, "Lie Down in Darkness", in his native Virginia
William Styron