Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

male, 62 years old
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with his second novel, "Midnight's Children" (1981),...
Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez

male, 82 years old
Gabriel José García Márquez, also known as Gabo is a Colombian novelist, journalist, publisher, political activist, and recipient of the 1982 Nob...
Charles de Lint

Charles de Lint

male, 57 years old
Charles de Lint (born December 22, 1951) is a Canadian fantasy author and Celtic folk musician. It is often said that, along with Terri Windling,...
Cordwainer Bird

Cordwainer Bird

male, 75 years old (California)
Harlan Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American writer of short stories, novellas, essays, and criticism. His literary and television...
Lucius Shepard

Lucius Shepard

male, 62 years old
Lucius Shepard (born August 1947, Lynchburg, Virginia, though stories and articles published under his name from 1952-1955 in Collins Magazine...
Angela Carter

Angela Carter

female, deceased (1992)
Angela Carter was an English novelist and journalist, known for her post-feminist magical realist and science fiction works.
Laura Esquivel

Laura Esquivel

female, 59 years old
Laura Esquivel is a Mexican author. She was born the third of four children of Julio César Esquivel, a telegraph operator, and his wife Josefa V...
Lewis Shiner

Lewis Shiner

male, 58 years old
Lewis Shiner (December 30, 1950, Eugene, Oregon) is an American writer. Shiner began his career as a science fiction writer, identified early on...
Geoffrey Philp

Geoffrey Philp

male, 51 years old
Geoffrey Philp (born March 14, 1958) is a Jamaican poet, novelist, and playwright. He is the author of the novel, "Benjamin, My Son" and five...
Luisa Valenzuela

Luisa Valenzuela

female, 70 years old
Luisa Valenzuela (b. November 26, 1938, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a postmodern novelist and short story writer. She is a writer of magical...