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Edgar Allan Poe
The life of Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), poet, critic and m…
Ernest Hemingway
The life of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), ambulance driver,…
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The life of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940), chronicler of …
Flannery O'Connor
The life of Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964), the Georgia writ…
Henry James
The life of Henry James (1843–1916), the New York-born nove…
Herman Melville
The life of Herman Melville (1819–1891), the sailor turned …
John Steinbeck
The life of John Steinbeck (1902–1968), the Salinas Valley …
John Updike
The life of John Updike (1932–2009), the New Yorker writer …
Joseph Heller
The life of Joseph Heller (1923–1999), the Coney Island-bor…
Kurt Vonnegut
The life of Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007), the Indianapolis-bor…
Marjan Berk
Dutch actress, columnist and novelist (1932-2026) -- from n…
Mark Twain
The life of Mark Twain (1835–1910), the Mississippi riverbo…
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The life of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), the Salem-born…
Raymond Chandler
The life of Raymond Chandler (1888–1959), the oil executive…
Toni Morrison
The life of Toni Morrison (1931–2019), editor and novelist …
Vladimir Nabokov
The life of Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), Russian émigré, b…
William Faulkner
The life of William Faulkner (1897–1962), who invented Yokn…