Stephen King

Stephen King

male, 62 years old
novelist, the dark tower, American novelist, Hearts in Atlantis, fantasy, National Book Foundation…novella
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror and fantasy novels....
Henry James

Henry James

male, deceased (1916)
death by stroke, author, writer, Irish-American, point of view, British…novella
Henry James, OM (–), son of theologian Henry James Sr. and brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James, was an...
Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka

male, deceased (1924) (New York, United States)
prag, From Prague, Das Schloß, Die Verwandlung, German-language, czech…novella
What will be my fate as a writer is very simple. My talent for portraying my dreamlike inner life has thrust all matters into the background; my...
Truman Garcia Capote

Truman Garcia Capote

male, deceased (1984) (Alabama)
in cold blood, gay, breakfast at tiffany's, from New York City, From Long Island, Edgar Award winner…novella
Truman Capote was born in New Orleans on the 30th September 1924. Born as "Truman Streckfus Persons " to a 16yr old beauty queen and a salesman...
John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

male, deceased (1968)
From Salinas, California, Cinema of the United States, Academy Award for Best Story, Dust Bowl, nomination for Best Story, Stanford University alumni…novella
John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27 1902 - December 20 1968) was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. A...
Kelley Armstrong

Kelley Armstrong

female, 41 years old
as of May 2007, crime novel, Canadian women writer, Women of the Otherworld, Fanshawe College alumni, To date…novella
Kelley Armstrong (born 1968) is a Canadian author, primarily of fantasy works. She has published seven fantasy novels to date, all set in the...
Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand

female, deceased (1982)
atlas shrugged, objectivist, philosopher, novelist, the fountainhead, writer…novella
Ayn Rand (March 6 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher, best known for creating a...
James White

James White

male, deceased (1999)
Worldcon Guest of Honor, starship, science fiction fan, science fiction, alternate history, author…novella
James White (April 7, 1928 - August 23, 1999) was a prolific Northern Irish author of science fiction novellas, short stories, and novels. He is...
Mircea Eliade

Mircea Eliade

male, deceased (1986)
sacred and profane, Shamanism, La Nuit Bengali, University of Chicago Divinity School, fascism, Iron Guard…novella
Mircea Eliade was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. He was a leading...
Ian R. MacLeod

Ian R. MacLeod

male, 53 years old
science fiction writer, Voyages by Starlight, The House of Storms, alternate universe, The Summer Isles, The Great Wheel…novella
Ian R. MacLeod was born in Solihull, United Kingdom. He is a science fiction and fantasy author. He is the author of the novels "The Light Ages"...