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...
Mark Twain

Mark Twain

male, deceased (1910)
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, writer, and lecturer. Twain is most noted...
Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

male, deceased (1849)
Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the...
Stephen King

Stephen King

male, 62 years old
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror and fantasy novels....
O. Henry

O. Henry

male, deceased (1910)
O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter. Porter's 400 short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, characterization...
James Joyce

James Joyce

male, deceased (1941)
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish expatriate writer, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. He...
Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O'Connor

female, deceased (1964)
Mary Flannery O'Connor (b. March 25 1925, Savannah, Georgia - d. August 3 1964, Baldwin County, Georgia) was an American author.
Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman

male, 48 years old
Neil Richard Gaiman was born on November 10, 1960 in Portchester, England. He is the author of numerous science fiction and fantasy works,...
Raymond Carver

Raymond Carver

male, deceased (1988)
Raymond Clevie Carver, Jr. (May 25, 1938 - August 2, 1988) was an American short story writer and poet. Carver is considered a major American...
William Faulkner

William Faulkner

male, deceased (1962)
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American novelist and poet whose works feature his native state of Mississippi. He is regarded as one of the most...