Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

male, deceased (1961)
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Nicknamed "Papa", he was part...
Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

male, deceased (1992) (Russia)
Dr. Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920- April 6, 1992, was a Russian-born American Jewish author and biochemist, a highly successful and...
Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer

male, deceased (2007) (Manhattan, New York, United States)
Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter and film director. Along with Truman...
Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson

male, deceased (2005)
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author. He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting in which...
Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins

male, deceased (1889)
William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and writer of short stories. He was hugely popular...
Simon Winchester

Simon Winchester

male, 65 years old
Simon Winchester, OBE, is a British author and journalist. Winchester studied geology at St Catherine's College, Oxford before working in Africa...
Sam Harris

Sam Harris

male, 42 years old
Sam Harris (born 1967) is an American writer. He is the author of "The End of Faith" (2004), which was inspired by the September 11, 2001 attacks,...
Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

male, deceased (1930)
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May, 1859 - 7 July, 1930) was a Scottish born author most noted for his stories about the detective...
Anita Diamant

Anita Diamant

female
Anita Diamant (born June 27, 1951) is an American author of fiction and non-fiction books. She is perhaps best known for her novel "The Red Tent"...
Richard Preston

Richard Preston

male, 55 years old
Richard Preston (b. August 5, 1954) is a "New Yorker" writer and bestselling author of books about alarming infectious disease epidemics and...