Isabella Bird

Isabella Bird (1832-1904) was a British traveller and writer who wrote extensively of her journeys in the USA, Persia, Tibet, Kurdistan, China, Japan, and Korea. Short Biography...

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842-1914) was an American author. Short Biography: He established his reputation as a master of supernatural and psychological horror with his "Tales...

Brooke Ellison

Brooke Ellison is a famous TV writer. She started her career in 2004 with the TV show called "The Brooke Ellison Story" as a writer, director of this TV show is Christopher Reeve and...

Arnold Bennett

Arnold Enoch Bennett (1867-1931) was an English novelist. Short Biography: Coming from one of the "five towns" of the Potteries which formed the setting of his major books, he...

Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow (1915-2005) was an American novelist of Russian descent, born in Canada, who settled in Chicago with his family in 1924. Short Biography: His works include the picaresque...

Aphra Behn

Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was a English novelist and playwright, the first professional English writer. Short Biography: She was often criticized for her sexual explicitness, and...

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a magazine editor, a poet, a short story writer, a critic, and a lecturer. Biography and Career : Edgar...

James Matthew Barrie

James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet (1860-1937) was a Scottish playwright and novelist, author of "The Admirable Crichton" in 1902 and the children's fantasy "Peter Pan" in 1904. Short...

Honor de Balzac

Honor de Balzac (1799-1850) was a French novelist. Short Biography: His first success was "Les Chouans The Chouans" and "La Physiologie du marriage" (The Physiology of Marriage)...

James Graham Ballard

James Graham Ballard (1930-2009)was a British novelist, whose works include science fiction on the theme of disaster, such as "The Drowned World" in 1962, and "High-Rise" in 1975, and...

Robert Michael Ballantyne

Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish writer of children's books. Short Biography: Childhood visits to Canada and six years as a trapper for the Hudson's Bay company...

Bruno Heller

Bruno Heller was born in 1960, London, England, UK and he is a famous TV and film writer. He started his career in 1994 with the film called "Pax" as a writer, directed by Eduardo Guedes...

James Baldwin

James Baldwin (1924-1987) was an American writer, born in Harlem, New York, who portrayed the condition of black Americans in contemporary society. Short Biography: His works...

Beryl Bainbridge

Beryl Bainbridge was an English novelist, originally an actress, whose works have the drama and economy of a stage-play. Short Biography: They include "The Dressmaker" in 1973...

Eduard Bagritsky

Pen name of Eduard Dzyubin (1895-1934) was an Soviet poet. Short Biography: One of the Constructivist group, he published the heroic poem "Lay About Opanas" in 1926, and collections...

Isaak Babel

Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel (1894-1939/1940) was a Russian writer. Short Biography: Born in Odessa, he was an ardent supporter of the Revolution and fought with Budyenny's cavalry...

William Edmondstoune Aytoun

William Edntonstoune Aytoun (1813-1865) was a Scottish poet, born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Short Biography: Chiefly remembered for his "Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers" in 1848...

Alan Ayckbourn

Alan Ayckbourn in an English playwright, born on April 12, 1939 in Hampstead, London, England. Short Biography: His prolific output, characterised by his acute ear for comic dialogue...

Wystan Hugh Auden

Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) wrote some of his most original poetry, such as "Look, Stranger!" in 1936, in the 1930s when he led the influential left-wing literary group that included...

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Eleanor Atwood is an Canadian novelist, short-story writer, and poet. Short Biography: Her novels, which often treat feminist themes with wit and irony, include "The...

Miguel Angel Asturias

Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974) was a Guatemalan author and diplomat. Short Biography: He published poetry, Guatemalan legends, and novels, such as "El Senor Presidente" (The...

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) was an American science-fiction writer and writer on science, born in the USSR. Short Biography: He published about 200 books, and is possibly best known...

Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) poems, characterized by their elegiac mood and pastoral themes, include The Forsaken Merman in 1849, Thyrsis in 1867 (commemorating his friend Arthur Hugh...

Ludovico Ariosto

Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533) was an Italian poet, born in Reggio. Short Biography: He wrote Latin poems and comedies on Classical lines, including the epic poem "Orlando Furioso"...