by Starr | Aug 11, 2018 | Author Snapshot
Born: April 21, 1816 in Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England Died: March 31, 1855 in Haworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, England Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters whose novels became classics of...
by Starr | Jul 28, 2018 | Author Snapshot
Born: February 19, 1917 in Columbus, Georgia Died: September 29, 1967 in Nyack, New York When she was fifteen her father gave her a typewriter to encourage her story writing. In 1940, at the age of 23, writing in the Southern Gothic or perhaps Southern...
by Starr | Jul 21, 2018 | Author Snapshot
Born: July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois Died: July 2, 1961 in Ketchum, Idaho Hemingway underwent shock therapy to treat his manic depression (bi-polar disorder). The treatment obliterated his memory, which made it impossible for him to write. This was...
by Starr | Jul 14, 2018 | Author Snapshot
Born: September 15, 1890 in Torquay, United Kingdom Died: January 12, 1976 in Winterbrook, Oxfordshire Mystery writer, Dame Agatha Christie, is the best-selling novelist of all time. She was a voracious reader from an early age and published...
by Starr | Jul 7, 2018 | Author Snapshot
Born: November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri Died: April 21, 1910 in Redding, Connecticut From his experience as a licensed river pilot, Samuel Langhorne Clemens chose the pen name Mark Twain. The term “mark twain” means it is safe to sail...
