Stephen Edwin King is an American writer and movie director of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His works have sold more than 350 million copies, which have been adapted into a number of feature movies, TV films and comic works.
Alan Oswald Moore is an English author primarily known for his work in comic works, a medium where he has created a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell.
John Locke , widely known as the Dad of Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers.
Cleo Virginia Andrews , better known as V. Andrews or Virginia C. Andrews, was an American novel writer. She started life in Portsmouth, Virginia. Andrews passed away of breast cancer at the age of 63.
Christie Golden is an award-winning writer who lives in Loveland, Colorado, United States. She has written over thirty stories and several short novels in fantasy, horror and science fiction.
She premiered Tsr's Ravenloft line of stories in 1991 with her first novel - Vampire of the Mists.
Louis Dearborn L'amour was an American writer. His works consisted primarily of Western fiction stories , however he also created historical fiction , science fiction , nonfiction , as well as poetry and short-story collections. Many of his novels were made into films.
Nicholas Charles Sparks is an internationally-bestselling American novel writer and screenwriter. He has 16 released stories, with themes that include cancer, death and love.
David Michaels is a pen name for the writers of stories in the Splinter Cell, Endwar, H. X , and Ghost Recon series, all of which were produced by Ubisoft Entertainment and developed under Ubisoft's Tom Clancy license.
Kristin Hannah is an award-winning and bestselling American author, who has won numerous prizes, including the Golden Heart, the Maggie, and the 1996 National Reader's Choice prize.
Hannah finished law colledge in Washington and practiced law in Seattle before becoming a full-time author.
Geoff Johns is an American comic book author, well known for his work for Dc Comics, where he has been Chief Creative Officer since February 2010, in particular for characters such as Green Lantern, The Flash and Superman.
Clive Eric Cussler is an American adventure novel writer and marine archaeologist. His thriller stories, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached The New York Times fiction best-seller list more than seventeen times.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pseudonym Mark Twain, was an American writer and humorist. He is most noted for his stories, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , the latter often named the Great American Novel.
Terry Pratchett, is an English novel writer, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best-known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy stories.
Karen Traviss is a science fiction writer and full-time novel writer from Wiltshire, England. Originally from the Portsmouth area, Traviss worked as both a journalist and defence correspondent before turning her attention to composing fiction.
Richard Dick Marcinko , is a former United States Navy Seal and writer. He was the first Commanding Officer of Seal Team Six and Red Cell. After leaving the Navy he became an writer, radio talk show host, military consultant, and motivational speaker.
Alice Walker is an African American writer and poet. She has written both fiction and essays about race and gender. She is best-known for the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple (1982) for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Erich Maria Remarque (born Erich Paul Remark; 22 June 1898 25 September 1970) was a German writer, most known for his anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front.
John Michael Crichton , well known as Michael Crichton, was an American writer, producer, director, and screenwriter, well known for his work in the science fiction, medical fiction, and thriller genres. His works have sold over 150 million copies worldwide, and many have been adapted into movies.
Anne Rice is a best-selling Southern American writer of metaphysical gothic fiction, Christian literature and erotica from New Orleans, Louisiana. Her works have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most widely read writers in modern history.
Larry Jeff Mcmurtry is an American novel writer, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas.
Grant Morrison is a Scottish comic book author and playwright. He is known for his nonlinear narratives and counter-cultural leanings, as well as his successful runs on titles like Animal Man, Doom Patrol, Jla, The Invisibles, New X-men, Fantastic Four, All-star Superman, and Batman.
James Albert Michener was an American writer of more than 40 titles, the majority of which were sweeping sagas, covering the lives of many generations in particular geographic locales and incorporating historical facts into the novels. Michener was known for the meticulous research behind his work.
Gwendolyn Faith Hunter is an American fantasy and thriller writer. She writes as Faith Hunter in the fantasy genre, and as Gwen Hunter in the thriller genre. She also collaborates on thrillers with Gary Leveille, under the name Gary Hunter.
Alvin Schwartz was the writer of more than fifty works dedicated to and dealing with topics such as folklore and word play, many of which were intended for young readers.
Nicholas Evans is an English journalist, screenwriter TV and movie producer and novel writer. Evans started life at in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, and educated at Bromsgrove Colledge but before studying at Oxford High school, he served in Africa with the charity Voluntary Service Overseas.
Patrick Robinson is the writer of seven international bestselling suspense thrillers, including Nimitz Class and Hunter Killer , as well as several nonfiction bestsellers. He divides his time between Ireland and Cape Cod.
Jean Marie Auel , is an American author. She is well known for her Earth's Children works, a series of stories set in prehistoric Europe that explores interactions of Cro-magnon people with Neanderthals. As of 2010 her works have sold over 45 million copies worldwide.
Joseph Staten is a bestselling American author born in San Francisco, California. The son of a theologian, Staten originally planned on becoming an actor, but dropped the idea in college.
Graham Mcneill is a British novel writer. He is well known for his Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40000, stories, and his previous role as games designer for Games Workshop.
Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction author. Often named the dean of science fiction authors, he was one of the most influential and controversial writers of the genre.
William Ford Gibson is an American-canadian speculative fiction novel writer who has been named the noir prophet of the cyberpunk subgenre. Gibson coined the term cyberspace in his short story Burning Chrome and later popularized the concept in his debut novel, Neuromancer.
Louisa May Alcott was an American novel writer. She is well known for the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo's Boys. Little Women was set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts, and released in 1868.
Betty Mahmoody is an American writer and public speaker well known for her book, Not Without My Daughter, which was subsequently made into a movie of the same name.
Newton Leroy Newt Gingrich is an American politician who served as the 58th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He is a Republican candidate in 2012 for President of the United States.
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