ABOUT THE AUTHOR John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist, and academic. He was born on January 3, 1892 in Orange Free State (now Part of South Africa). He moved to England at the age of three. Tolkien was a voracious reader since his childhood days. He studied in King Edward’s school Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Enid Mary Blyton was born in East Dulwich, United Kingdom, on August 11, 1897. She was the eldest of the three siblings. An accomplished children’s author, Blyton’s books have been bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies worldwide. Blyton wrote on diverse topics like education, natural history, fantasy, and Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Enid Mary Blyton was born in East Dulwich, United Kingdom, on August 11, 1897. She was the eldest of the three siblings. An accomplished children’s author, Blyton’s books have been bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies worldwide. Blyton wrote on diverse topics like education, natural history, fantasy, and Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR George R. R. Martin is an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer, and short story writer. He was born in 1948 in New Jersey. Martin has an M.S. in journalism. He started out as a fiction writer in 1970. He also worked as a teacher to supplement his earnings in the 70s. He Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Franz Kafka was a German-speaking Czech novelist and short-story writer. He was born in 1883 in Prague. Kafka was regarded as one of the prominent figures in twentieth-century literature. In fact, the term Kafkaesque is now used to describe the typical situations one encounters in Kafka’s works. It is noteworthy that Kafka Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mark Twain was an American author from the late 1800’s. His given name was Samuel Clemens. Mark was a writer in a city newspaper before he authored the critically acclaimed The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He wrote several pieces under various pen names with Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Camilla Sten is a Swedish writer. Sten started her career in 2021 with a thriller. With two books under her belt, both in the thriller and suspense genres, Sten has quickly made a name for herself as one of the best contemporary thriller authors. Her first book, The Lost Village, climbed the Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ian Rankin is a Scottish crime-novel writer. Rankin kick-started his writing career in 1986. His first published book was The Flood. Rankin is best known for his ongoing crime novel series about an ex-military man named Inspector Rebus. The first book in the Inspector Rebus series was Knots and Crosses, published in Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, children’s book author, and filmmaker. Satrapi was born in 1979 in Rasht, Iran, and grew up in Tehran. She belonged to a politically active middle-class family. Her family had supported the revolution against the last Shah of Iran. Many of her close Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born to an aristocratic family as Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry in France in 1900. His father was a Viscount, who died when Antoine was very young. After the death of his younger brother, Antoine had to work hard to take care of his family. Antoine Read more…
