Authors &Writers

Factual Information about Famous Authors & Writers

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Name Full Name Date of Birth Place of Birth Date of Death
Adamson, Joy   20/Jan/1910 Silesia (now Poland) 03/Jan/1980
Anderson, Hans Christian   02/Apr/1805 Copenhagen 04/Aug/1875
Asimov, Isaac   02/Jan/1920 Russia 06/Apr/1992
Astley, Thea Astley, Thea Beatrice May 25/Aug/1925 Brisbane, Australia  
Binchy, Maeve   28/Mar/1940 Dublin, Ireland  
Blixen, Karen   17/Apr/1885 Copenhagen 07/Sep/1962
Blyton, Enid   11/Aug/1897 London 28/Nov/1968
Bronte, Anne pseudonym: Bell, Acton 17/Jan/1820 Yorkshire, England 28/May/1849
Bronte, Charlotte pseudonym: Bell, Currer 21/Apr/1816 Yorkshire, England 31/Mar/1855
Bronte, Emily Jane pseudonym: Bell, Ellis 30/Jul/1818 Yorkshire, England 19/Dec/1848
Bunyon, John   Nov/1628 Elstow, England 31/Aug/1688
Burroughs, Edgar Rice   01/Sep/1875 Chicago, Illinois 19/Mar/1950
Camus, Albert   07/Nov/1913 Mondovi, Algeria 04/Jan/1960
Carroll, Lewis pseudonym: Dodson, Charles Lutwidge 27/Jan/1832 Cheshire, England 14/Jan/1898
Cartland, Barbara Cartland, Mary Barbara Hamilton 09/Jul/1901 Birmingham 21/May/2000
Chesterton, G.K. Chesterton, Gilbert Keith 29/May/1874 London 14/Jun/1936
Christie, Agatha (Dame) Christie, Agatha Mary Clarissa 15/Sep/1890 Devon, England 12/Jan/1976
Clarke, Marcus Hislop, Andrew 24/Apr/1846 London 02/Aug/1881
Clavell, James Clavell, James Dumaresq 10/Oct/1924 Sydney, Australia 07/Aug/1994
Cooper, James Fenimore   15/Sep/1789 New Jersey 14/Sep/1851
Defoe, Daniel   1660 London 24/Apr/1731
Dickens, Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam 07/Feb/1812 Hampshire, England 09/Jun/1870
Doyle, Arthur Conan (Sir)   22/May/1859 Edinburgh 07/Jul/1930
Doyle, Roddy   1958 Dublin, Ireland  
Dumas, Alexandre (father) 24/Jul/1802 Aisne, France 05/Dec/1870
Dumas, Alexandre (son) 27/Jul/1824 Paris, France 27/Nov/1895
Du Maurier, Daphne (Dame) 13/May/1907 London 19/Apr/1989
Durrell, Gerald Durrell, Gerald Malcolm 1925   1995
Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key 24/Sep/1896 Minnesota 21/Dec/1940
Fleming, Ian Fleming, Ian Lancaster 28/May/1908 London 12/Aug/1964
Forster, E.M. Forster, Edward Morgan 01/Jan/1879 London 07/Jun/1970
Freeman, Richard Austin   1862 London 30/Sep/1943
Furphy, Joseph pseudonym: Collins, Tom 26/Sep/1843 Victoria, Australia 13/Sep/1912
Garis, Howard R. Garis, Howard Richard 25/Apr/1873 New York (state) 06/Nov/1962
Gardner, Erle Stanley   17/Jul/1889 Massachusetts 11/Mar/1970
Greene, Graham   02/Oct/1904 England 03/Apr/1991
Greer, Germaine   29/Jan/1939 Melbourne, Aust.  
Haggard, H. Rider (Sir) Haggard, Henry Rider 22/Jun/1856 Norfolk, England 14/May/1925
Haley, Alex   11/Aug/1921 Ithaca, New York 10/Feb/1992
Hardy, Thomas   02/Jun/1840 Dorset, England 11/Jan/1928
Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Miller 21/Jul/1899 Oak Park, Illinois 02/Jul/1961
Heyer, Georgette   06/Mar/1902 Wimbledon, London 04/Jul/1974
Huxley, Aldous Huxley, Aldous Leonard 26/Jul/1894 Surrey, England 22/Nov/1963
James, Henry   15/Apr/1843 New York City 1916
Lindsay, Norman Lindsay, Norman Alfred William 23/Feb/1879 Victoria, Australia 29/Nov/1969
Keneally, Thomas   07/Oct/1935 Sydney, Australia  
Kingsley, Amis (Sir)   16/Apr/1922 London 22/Oct/1995
Kipling, Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Rudyard 30/Dec/1865 Bombay, India 18/Jan/1936
Lamb, Charles (brother) 10/Feb/1775 London 27/Dec/1834
Lamb, Mary (sister) Lamb, Mary Ann 03/Dec/1764 London 20/May/1847
Lawrence, D.H. Lawrence, David Herbert 11/Sep/1885 England 02/Mar/1930
Mann, Thomas   06/Jul/1875 Luebeck, Germany 12/Aug/1955
Maugham, W. Somerset Maugham, William Somerset 25/Jan/1874 Paris 16/Dec/1965
May Alcott, Louisa   29/Nov/1832 Pennsylvania 06/Mar/1888
McCrae, Hugh McCrae, Hugh Raymond 04/Oct/1876 Melbourne, Aust. 17/Feb/1958
Michener, James Miichener, James Albert 03/Feb/1907 Pennsylvania 16/Oct/1997
Moss, Tara   1975 Victoria, Canada  
Murdoch, Iris (Dame) Murdoch, Jean Iris 15/Jul/1919 Dublin, Ireland 08/Feb/1999
Palmer, Vance Palmer, Edward Vance 28/Aug/1885 Bundaberg, Aust. 15/Jul/1959
Pasternak, Boris Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich 10/Feb/1890 Moscow, Russia 30/May/1960
Paton, Alan Paton, Alan Stewart 11/Jan/1903 Natal, Sth. Africa 12/Apr/1988
Poe, Edgar Allan   19/Jan/1809 Boston 07/Oct/1849
Pound, Ezra Pound, Ezra Loomis 30/Oct/1885 Hailey, Idaho 01/Nov/1972
Proust, Marcel   10/Jul/1871 Auteuil, France 18/Nov/1922
Rankin, Ian   1960 Fife, Scotland  
Rendell, Ruth pseudonym: Vine, Barbara 17/Feb/1930    
Roald, Dahl   13/Sep/1916 Llandaff, Wales 23/Nov/1990
Runyan, Damon Runyan, Alfred Damon 04/Oct/1884 Manhattan 10/Dec/1946
Rushdie, Salman Rushdie, Ahmed Salman 19/Jun/1947 Bombay, India  
Scott, Walter (Sir)   15/Aug/1771 Edinburgh 21/Sep/1832
Sewell, Anna   30/Mar/1820 Norfolk, England 25/Apr/1878
Shaw, George Bernard   26/Jul/1856 Dublin, Ireland 02/Nov/1950
Shute, Nevil Orig. name: Norway, Nevil Shute 17/Jan/1899 Middlesex 12/Jan/1960
Steele, Richard (Sir) pseudonym: Bickerstaff, Isaac 1672 Wales 01/Sep/1729
Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour 13/Nov/1850 Edinburgh 03/Dec/1894
Swift, Jonathon pseudonym: Bickerstaff, Isaac 30/Nov/1667 Dublin, Ireland 19/Oct/1745
Umberto, Eco   05/Jan/1932 Alessandria, Italy  
Uris, Leon Uris, Leon Marcus 03/Aug/1924 Baltimore  
Verne, Jules   08/Feb/1828 Nantes, France 24/Mar/1905
Vikram, Seth   20/Jun/1952 Calcutta, India  
Vidal, Gore Orig. name: Vidal, Eugene Luther 03/Oct/1925 New York (state)  
Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Arthur St. John 28/Oct/1903 London 10/Apr/1966
Wharton, Edith   24/Jan/1862 New York City 11/Aug/1937
Wilde, Oscar Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills 16/Oct/1854 Dublin, Ireland 30/Nov/1900
Woolf, Virginia Woolf, Adeline Virginia 25/Jan/1882 London 28/Mar/1941
Zola, Emile Zola, Émile-édouard Charles Antoine 02/Apr/1840 Paris 28/Sep/1902

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