Peter Ackerman has made two books with Max Dalton. Their first book,...
Gilbert Adair was a Scottish novelist, poet, film critic and journalist. He...
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Elissa Altman is the award-winning author of the memoirs Motherland, Treyf, and...
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Guillaume Apollinaire was born Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary Kostrowicki in Rome to...
Aharon Appelfeld was a novelist who resided in Israel but wrote little...
Edward Ardizzone, born in 1900 in French Indochina, became a war artist...
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William H. Armstrong is best known for his Newbery Medal-winning novel Sounder,...
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Mary Azarian grew up on a small farm in Virginia, where she...
Isaac Babel was arguably the greatest Russian Jewish author of the past...
Nathalie Babel was the daughter of Isaac Babel, the great Russian-Jewish writer....
Joan Baez is a dynamic force of nature. Her commitment to music...
Kit Bakke lives in Seattle, where it doesn't rain nearly as much...
Linda Bamber teaches in the English Department of Tufts University. Her poetry...
John Banville, is an Irish novelist, adapter of dramas, and screenwriter. Recognised...
Susan Barba's first book Fair Sun was awarded the Anahit Literary Prize...
Nicolas Barker of the British Library is also editor of The Book...
Kate Barnes was Maine’s first official Poet Laureate. She was also a...
John S. Barrett worked for many years as a cardiologist before turning to...
Thomas E. Bator is a managing partner of Nichols & Pratt, LLP,...
Charles Baudelaire was a French poet who also produced notable work as...
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Lina Beard was the sister of Adelia Beard and Daniel Beard. With...
Ann Beattie has been included in four O. Henry Award Collections, in...
Faith Andrews Bedford was born in Salem, Massachusetts at the close of...
Brendan Behan is widely regarded as one of the great Irish writers...
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Ben Belitt was born in New York City and received is B.A....
Dennis Belloc was born in La Rochelle, France in 1949. His childhood...
David Bellos is Meredith Howland Pyne Professor of French Literature and Professor...
Ludwig Bemelmans is best known as the author and illustrator of the...
Sue Bender, who lives in Berkeley, has a special affection for the...
Lucia Berlin was an American short story writer who rose to sudden...
Janet Berliner was born in South Africa, and fled her homeland under...
Suzanne Berne is the author of five novels: The Blue Window, The...
Henry Beston was a founding spirit of the modern environmental movement. A...
Käthi Bhend was born in Olten, Switzerland in 1942. After graduating with...
Valerie Biebuyck is a lawyer in Rutland, Vermont. Her writings for young...
Dalya Bilu is the translator of A.B. Yehoshua, Aharon Appelfeld, and many...
Brian C. Black is Distinguished Professor of History and Environmental Studies at...
Allen Blagden, born in 1938, began formally painting in 1948 at the...
Clark Blaise is the author of numerous novels, memoirs, short story collections,...
Quentin Blake is one of the UK's living cultural treasures. He has...
Richard Lowell Blevins was born in Ohio and holds degrees from Kent...
Nancy Boutilier is a poet, reporter, columnist, and professor at Oberlin College....
Peter Bowler lives near Brisbane in Australia with his wife Diane and,...
W.E. Bowman was an unassuming civil engineer who, though he enjoyed writing...
Anne M. Boylan is a historian of the nineteenth-century United States and...
William Bradford was born and brought up in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Bradford began...
Jeanne Braham, the author of four books on American arts and letters,...
Millen Brand was born in Jersey City, to a Pennsylvania Dutch family....
Donald Breckenridge lives in Brooklyn with his spouse, Johannah Rodgers. He is...
Simon Brett has been making wood engravings since 1961. His prints, bookplates,...
Geraldine Brooks is the author of several books including March (a winner...
James Broughton was born in Modesto, California. His wealthy family allowed him...
Jane Brown is the author, most recently, of The Modern Garden and...
Richard W. Brown lives in Peacham, Vermont with his wife, Susan McClellan....
Mahogany L. Browne is a writer, organizer, and educator. She served as...
Jane Brox is the author of five books. In the Merrimack Valley:...
Elizabeth Bryer is a translator and writer. In 2017 she was a...
Bill Bryson is an author of many books ranging in genre from...
John Buchan managed to juggle an extremely successful career as a writer...
Quint Buchholz is one of Germany's most beloved illustrators. Born in Stolberg,...
Since the release of Richard Buckner's album Devotion + Doubt in 1997,...
Kenneth Burke was one of the most influential literary theorists of the...
Frances Hodgson Burnett was an American-English novelist and playwright. She is best...
Ken Burns has been making documentary films for over forty years. His...
George F. Butterick was an authority on the poet Charles Olson, edited...
Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop, the largest second-hand bookshop...
Leslie Cabarga was an illustrator and designer who created the first of...
Allan Campo is an editor whose careful, detailed work with poet William...
Everett Case was educated at Princeton, Cambridge and Harvard. He served as...
Josephine Young Case, the daughter of Owen D. Young, was a poet...
Orly Castel-Bloom was born in north Tel Aviv in 1960 to a...
Charles Causley was born in Cornwall in 1917. He published his first...
Narcisse Chamberlain was a highly respected cookbook editor and writer, with more...
Samuel Chamberlain was an impressively prolific writer and graphic artist, with some...
Bandula Chandraratna was born in Sri Lanka. His work in hospitals led...
James Charlton is the author and editor of more than thirty books,...
Henry "Sam" Chauncey, Jr. was an assistant dean of Yale College, special assistant...
Neeli Cherkovski is a poet, as well as an editor, memoirist, and...
Alfred Chester was, in the words of Gore Vidal, "a glorious writer,...
Laura Chester has published many volumes of poetry, prose and non-fiction including...
Erskine Childers was a British-born Irish writer and political figure who served...
Austin Chinn edited and wrote the introduction for Gavin Maxwell's Ring of Bright Water trilogy, which...
Eddie Chuculate has won PEN/O. Henry Prize and Pushcart Prize citations for...
Mark Cirino is the host of One True Podcast. He is the...
Tom Clark was the poetry editor of The Paris Review from 1963...
Brock Clarke is the author of seven works of fiction, including the...
Andrei Codrescu exchanged a two thousand dollar bribe to the Communist regime...
Kate Cohen is a Washington Post columnist who writes about the intersection...
A journalist and critic, Stu Cohen received a BA from Brooklyn College and pursued...
Wanda Coleman—poet, short story writer, novelist, and essayist—was born and raised in...
K. C. Constantine was born Carl Constantine Kosak in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania....
Nym Cooke received his BA from Harvard College and his MA and...
Andre Corboz was a Swiss author, architect, and philosopher. He published several...
Betsy Robertson Cramer is the daughter of Adele Crockett Robertson. She lives in...
Robert Creely was an American poet and author of more than sixty...
David Cundy wrote his debut children’s book, Animals Spell Love, following his...
Will Cuppy was an American humorist and literary critic, known for his...
Lo Dagerman, the daughter of Stig Dagerman in his marriage to actress...
Stig Dagerman was one of the most prominent Swedish authors of the...
Max Dalton lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and has been drawing since...
Guy Davenport was a writer, illustrator, teacher, and scholar. He is best...
Elizabeth David was a British cookery writer who, in the mid-20th century,...
Jeremy M. Davies is the author of the novels Rose Alley (2009)...
Sandy Davis is a curator and holds a Master's degree in Arts...
Fielding Dawson attended the famed Black Mountain College from 1949 to 1952,...
Giorgio de Santillana was born in Rome and moved to the United...
Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
Harry Devlin, an acclaimed artist and writer, lives in Mountainside, New Jersey, with...
C. Dickson is the translator of Shams Nadir's The Astrolabe of the...
John Diebboll, a partner with Michael Graves and Associates in New York,...
Doris Doane was a proud native Cape Codder. Her ancestors the Doanes...
Gordon Dodds is Associate Provincial Archivist, Government Records, for the province of Manitoba....
Denis Donoghue is the Henry James Chair of English and American Letters...
Christine Donougher was born in England in 1954. She read English and...
Ed Dorn was born into poverty in rural Illinois at the height...
Mark Doty was born in Tennessee and educated at Drake University and...
Theodore Dreiser was one of the most influential American authors of his...
Andre Dubus was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana to a Cajun-Irish Catholic...
Andre Dubus III’s seven books include the New York Times bestsellers House...
Bruce Duffy grew up in Garrett Park, Maryland, a suburb of Washington...
Raoul Dufy was perhaps the most stylish of the Fauvists, a group...
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Gerald Durrell founded the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and the Durrell Wildlife...
Seymour Durst, a native New Yorker, began his real estate career at...
William Addison Dwiggins was one of the most important print designers of...
Janice Eidus is an American author who writes and speaks on issues...
Lawrence Joel “Larry” Eigner was born in Swampscott, Massachusetts with cerebral palsy...
Stanley Elkin was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Chicago. After...
Marian Engel was born in Toronto, Canada. Engel was educated at Sarnia...
Steven Engelhart has been the executive director of Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH)...
Isobel English, pen name for June Guesdon Braybrooke, was an English writer....
Clayton Eshleman was born in Indianapolis and educated at Indiana University. Along...
William Everson spent much of the second World War in a camp...
Bill Eville is the editor of the Vineyard Gazette, where his work...
Ekbert Faas was born in Berlin and has been living in North America...
Anne Fadiman is an essayist and journalist. Her most recent book is...
Clifton Fadiman was a distinguished American intellectual, author, editor, and radio and...
Dan Fante lived in Los Angeles, a city that provided the setting...
Ward Farnsworth is Professor and W. Page Keeton Chair at the University of...
Leslie Fiedler was born in New Jersey and educated at New York...
Edward Field grew up in Lynbrook, Long Island, New York, where he...
Robert Finch was born in 1943, in New Jersey, on the banks...
Marcello Fois was born in Sardinia in 1960 and is one of...
C. L. Fornari is a creative gardening expert and self-defined “plant geek”...
Dr Celina Fox, M.A., D.Phil., F.S.A. trained as a historian at Cambridge,...
Thaisa Frank, is a recipient of two PEN writing awards, and lives...
Emily Franklin is the author of more than twenty novels and a...
Like many would-be authors, Nicolas Freeling spent his youth working in restaurants....
Daniel Fuchs was born in New York City in 1909. He published...
Mavis Gallant (1922–2014) was born in Montreal and worked as a journalist...
Bryan A. Garner is an author, lawyer, grammarian, and lexicographer. He has...
Romain Gary was born Roman Kacew in May 1914 and was also...
William Gass was born in Fargo, North Dakota in 1924 and was educated...
Daphne Geismar is a teacher, researcher, and book designer whose clients include...
Sylvie Germain was born in Chateauroux in Central France in 1954. She...
Eric Gibson is the editor of Leisure & Arts for The Wall...
Steven Gilbar was born in Detroit and educated at the University of...
Thomas W. Gilbert is the author of many baseball books, including Baseball...
Pere Gimferrer (born 22 June 1945) is an award-winning Spanish poet, translator...
David R. Godine was born in Cambridge and educated at The Roxbury...
Albert Goldbarth is an American poet born January 31, 1948 in Chicago....
Peter J. Gomes was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was educated at Bates...
Adam Goodheart is a historian, essayist, journalist, and bestselling author of 1861:...
Paul Goodman was born in New York and educated at City College....
Percival Goodman, brother of the writer and social critic Paul Goodman, was...
Edward Gorey is the author and illustrator of many books, including The...
Elizabeth Goudge was born in Somerset, England, in 1900. She is the...
Richard Grossman is a psychotherapist, medical educator, essayist, and former publisher who...
Christine Hadsel is Director of Curtains Without Borders. She has degrees from...
Peter Bacon Hales is the author of several seminal works on the...
Donald Hall was revered as a preeminent man of American letters. Hall...
Meredith Hall’s memoir Without a Map was instantly recognized as a classic...
N. John Hall is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Bronx Community College...
Roger Hall, professor of Canadian history at the University of Western Ontario,...
John K. Hanson, Jr. is the publisher of Maine Boats, Homes &...
Elizabeth M. Harris was the Curator of Graphic Arts in the National...
Steven Hartman is a prolific author, translator, and literary critic. He has...
Childe Hassam was a pioneer of American Impressionism and perhaps its most...
Kevin Hawkes was born in Texas and educated at Utah State University....
Terrance Hayes (editor) is the author of Lighthead (National Book Award winner)...
Harry Maxwell "Max" Hayward was born in Liverpool and educated at Oxford...
Florence Hazrat is a writer and researcher based in Berlin, working on...
Elke Heidenreich, born 15 February 1943 in Korbach, is a German author,...
Richard M. Higgerson received his BA in English from the University of...
Susan Hill's writing career has encompassed acclaimed literary novels, ghost stories, children's...
Lawrence Rust Hills was an American author and fiction editor at Esquire...
Milton Hindus was born in New York and educated at City College...
Russell Hoban is an American who has lived in England for thirty-six...
Gert Hofmann was a prolific German writer of both novels and radio-plays....
Michael Hofmann, the son of Gert Hofmann, was born in Freiburg, West Germany,...
Mary Martin Holliday
Bill Hotchkiss was a novelist, poet, and editor of the Beat Generation....
Elizabeth Howard founded Broadbridge International Group, Ltd., in 1987. Before her career...
Richard Howard is one of the most prolific and respected twentieth-century literary...
Llewellyn Howland III was born and raised in South Dartmouth. He is a...
David Ross Huddle was born in Ivanhoe, Virginia, in the heart of...
Heather Hurst is an American archaeologist and archaeological illustrator. She graduated from...
Ralph Hyde was an authority on the historical urban development of London....
Sherril Jaffe is the author of ten books, including Scars Make Your...
Judith Jaidinger was born in Chicago, Illinois and received her BFA at...
Geoffrey James was born in Wales and read Modern History at Oxford before...
The Reverend F. Washington Jarvis, a native of Pittsburgh, PA, came to...
Sarah Orne Jewett was a writer of regional fiction that centered on...
Hanna Johansen, born Hanna Margarete Meyer (17 June 1939 in Bremen), is...
Tony Johnston is an award-winning author of more than 100 beloved children's...
Tragically, after finishing this book, author Gareth P. Jones drowned in a...
Harvey H. Kaiser served as the Senior Vice President for Facilities Administration...
Pepe Karmel is a graduate of Harvard College and New York University....
John Kastan is a former rock drummer and is currently affiliated with Mount...
Dennis Keeley was born in 1952 in New Jersey. His father and grandfather...
Garret Keizer is a contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine and a prolific...
Margot Anne Kelley has a PhD in American Literature and an MFA...
Jerry Kelly is a calligrapher, book designer, and type designer. Before starting...
Robert Kelly has published more than fifty books of poetry and prose....
Joan Kessler
Bob Keyes has been a journalist for four decades. He is an...
Porochista Khakpour is the award-winning author of Sick: A Memoir and, most...
Benedict Kiely was born in 1919 in Dromore, Northern Ireland. After a...
Leland Kinsey was a graduate of Lake Region Union High School and...
Peter Korn is the founder and executive director of the Center for...
William Kotzwinkle is a novelist, children's writer, and screenwriter. He was born...
Deborah Kovacs is the author of more than thirty children's books. She...
Don Krohn is a New York City-born photographer and occasional writer, teacher,...
Arthur Krystal is a full-time essayist, part-time editor, and sometimes screenwriter. He...
Chaney Kwak has been traversing the globe for more than a decade...
Gerald M. Lacy
Michael Lally was born in Orange, N.J. in 1942, and was the...
Helen R. Lane was born in 1921 inMinneapolis. She began her career as...
Selma G. Lanes was the author of The Art of Maurice Sendak...
Glenna Lang's previous work includes illustrations for four classic poems for children...
Jane Langton is the author of The Fledgling, a Newbery Honor book,...
James Fenwick Lansdowne was born in Hong Kong and grew up in...
Michael Lapides is the Curator of Photography and Director of Digital Initiatives...
Sally Ann Lasson started work as a cartoonist at The Independent in...
David Herbert Lawrence was born in 1885 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England. Though...
John Lawrence
Robert Lawson's witty, inventive illustrations are even more sought after today than...
Larbi Layachi is the pseudonym chosen by Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi, an...
J.M.G. Le Clézio is a French-Mauritian author who was awarded the 2008...
Andrew Leak was born in the Midlands and educated at University College...
David Lebrun, son of Rico Lebrun, is a filmmaker with wide-ranging talents....
Hermione Lee is a biographer and critic whose work includes biographies of...
Laurie Lee was an English memoirist, poet, novelist and screenwriter best known...
Christian Lehmann has been simultaneously writing books and practicing medicine for over...
Damon Lehrer studied drawing and painting with Paul Rahilly and attended Boston...
Brad Leithauser is the author of twelve previous books, including four collections...
Mark Leithauser has exhibited his artwork throughout the United States, and is...
Valerie Lester was a scholar, writer, and translator. The story of her...
Builder Levy's work has appeared in more than two hundred exhibitions, including...
Lyn Lifshin was the author of more than 125 books and edited...
Ben Lifson was among the most influential minds in late-twentieth-century photography criticism....
Anne Spencer Lindbergh was raised in Darien, Connecticut and was the daughter...
Eric Lindbloom was born in Detroit and educated at the University of...
William Logan was born in Boston and educated at Yale and the...
Chris Loker is an antiquarian bookseller in San Francisco, specializing in antique...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a beloved poet and professor of modern languages...
Phillip Lopate is an essayist, novelist, and poet. He is a central...
Andrew Lownie was born in 1961 and was educated at Magdalene College,...
Simon Loxley is a graphic designer and a writer on design, typography,...
Aleksandra Lun left Poland at 19, financed her studies in languages and...
Jack Lynch is an educator and author whose books include The Lexicographer's...
Thomas Lynch is the author of five books of essays, a book...
Andrew R. MacAndrew translated many classic Russian novels into English during the...
Nina MacLaughlin is the author of Wake Siren: Ovid Resung, a finalist...
Margaret Mahy was a New Zealand author of children's and young adult...
Gerard Malanga, a longtime member of the New York avant-garde movement, was...
Ralph Manheim was one of the 20th century's greatest literary translators from...
Jane Marinsky's editorial illustrations have appeared in many major publications. Just Perfect...
H. J. Massingham was one of England's most prolific authors on one...
Harry Mathews was born in New York City and educated at the...
Ian Maxtone-Graham has writing credits that include Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, VEEP, and Beavis...
Gavin Maxwell was raised in a small village in southwestern Scotland, where...
William Maxwell was an American editor, novelist, short story writer, essayist, children's...
Sylvester Mazzarella is a translator of Swedish and Italian literature.
Kerrin McCadden is the author most recently of American Wake. Her debut,...
David McCullough is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize as well...
Michael McCurdy was an American illustrator, author, and publisher. He illustrated over...
Alice McDermott (born June 27, 1953) is an American writer and university...
Leslie McFarlane was a Canadian journalist and author who, under the famous...
William McFee was one of the twentieth century's most beloved authors of...
The team of Lassiter Wren and Randle McKay, “Originators of the Detective...
Bill McKibben is a New England-based environmentalist, educator, and writer. He is...
Lynne McMahon is an American poet. She graduated from University of Utah...
H. R. McMaster is the Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow at...
Wesley McNair has won grants from the Fulbright and Guggenheim foundations, two...
James Alan McPherson was a short story writer and essayist. After receiving...
David Meltzer grew up in New York and wrote his first poem...
Michael Mewshaw’s five-decade career includes award-winning fiction, nonfiction, literary criticism, travel writing,...
Richard Michelson’s many books for children, teens and adults have been listed...
Christopher Middleton was a British poet, professor, and translator. He specialized in...
Lauren A. Mills has won national acclaim as a book author and...
Wendell Minor is nationally known for the artwork he has created for...
Patrick Modiano was born near Paris 1945. He was awarded the 2014...
Ian Monk has been a member of French avant-garde writing society Oulipo,...
William Morgan is among the pre-eminent chroniclers of New England’s built environment. He...
John N. Morris grew up in Gloucester, the son of a man...
Wright Morris grew up in a small town in rural Nebraska, a...
"Barry Moser has the technical virtuosity to pull more out of a...
Faye Moskowitz is a English professor at George Washington University. Her interests...
Howard Moss was the poetry editor of The New Yorker for almost...
Andrew Motion was appointed the British Poet Laureate in May 1999. His...
T. Motley is an illustrator and cartoonist. He teaches cartooning at The...
Farley Mowat was a Canadian writer, environmentalist, and activist. After serving in...
Bharati Mukherjee was born in Calcutta and lived in Canada before moving...
Gerald Murnane, one of Australia's most highly-regarded authors, has published ten volumes...
Robert Musil is widely considered to be one of the most important...
Robert D. Mussey Jr. was founder in 1982 of the furniture conservation...
Jack Myers was born in Lynn, Massachusetts and educated at the University...
Rachel Nagelberg is an American novelist, poet, and conceptual artist living in...
Sena Jeter Naslund is an American writer. She has published seven novels...
Teresa M. Neff, Ph.D., Musicology, Boston University. Teresa has given papers at...
Julie Neild
Ed Nofziger was born in Porterville, California, where his aptitude for drawing...
Paul Norlen has translated books by a number of Swedish authors, ranging...
Jill Norman is the former editor of the Penguin Cookery Library and...
Theodore Daniel Nostwich was a foremost authority on Theodore Dreiser. He taught...
Lynn Novick has been directing and producing landmark documentary films about American...
Billy O’Callaghan is the two novels from Godine: Life Sentences and The...
Twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature, Joyce Carol Oates is...
Sheila O'Connell is a curator of British prints before 1880 at the...
Edwin O'Connor was born in Rhode Island and educated at La Salle...
Daniel Okrent was the first public editor of The New York Times,...
Robert Olmstead is the author of many acclaimed novels including Coal Black...
Charles Olson was a second-generation American poet who was a link between...
Catharine O'Neill studied in the UK and holds a B.A. with Honors...
Mary Oppen, the American poet, was also an activist, photographer, artist, and...
George Orwell is widely considered one of the greatest writers of the...
Sonia Orwell, was the second and last wife of writer George Orwell....
Rochelle Owens is the daughter of Maxwell and Molly (Adler) Bass. A...
Robert Pack has been called an heir to Robert Frost and Edwin...
Jake Page was a longtime editor and magazine columnist. His many books...
Patricia Kathleen "P. K." Page was best known as a Canadian poet,...
Linda Pastan, now a poet,was raised in New York City but has...
Ann Patchett is an American author. She received the Orange Prize for...
Daniel G. Payne, a professor of English at SUNY College, Oneonta, teaches...
Octavio Paz was a Mexican poet-diplomat and essayist. He is considered one...
David Peace was fascinated with art from an early age, an inclination...
Clark Pearce advises and brokers art and antiques to a group of...
Judy Pelikan lives in the North Country of New Hampshire. She has...
Cathie Pelletier is the author of eleven novels, including The Funeral Makers,...
Martin Pengelly is breaking news editor for Guardian US, based in New...
Georges Perec was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was...
Noel Perrin was an American essayist and professor of English and environmental...
Lincoln Perry’s distinctive landscapes, figurative paintings, and sculptures have been the subject...
Simon Pettet is a poet, born in England, resident of New York City...
W. Tad Pfeffer is a geophysicist, teacher, and photographer at the University...
Nathaniel Philbrick is the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, which received...
Cameron Pierce is the author of thirteen books, ranging from award-winning fiction...
Francois Place is one of France's most beloved children's book authors. His...
Ilse Plume is a collector and illustrator of children's songs and folktales...
Claude Ponti was born in Lorraine, France, and educated at the School...
Roy Porter was an astonishingly prolific scholar, with over one hundred books...
Elizabeth A. I. Powell is the author of The Atomizer; The Republic...
Padgett Powell is the author of six novels, including Edisto, a National...
Francine Prose
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the...
Carl Rakosi was born in Berlin and moved to the United States...
Arthur Ransome was an English author and journalist. He is best known...
Belinda Rathbone is a biographer and historian who has written widely on...
Perry T. Rathbone (1911–2000) was one of the leading American art museum...
Jane Rawlings became an Archivist at a nineteenth century house museum in...
Robert Leonard Reid was a dedicated mountain climber for twenty-five years, a...
James Reidel is a translator, editor, biographer, and poet. He has won...
Frederic Remington, a popular artist and illustrator, typified the look of the...
Jules Renard was born in Châlons-du-Maine, France in 1864, and was a...
James Renner was born in Ohio and educated at Kent State University....
Naomi Replansky, a Bronx native, began to write poetry in her teens...
Charles Reznikoff, the son of Russian garment workers, was a blood-and-bone New...
Howard L. Rich was a Massachusetts-based artist known for his architectural and...
Donald Richie was born in Ohio and first arrived in Japan with...
Rainer Maria Rilke has been called "one of the most lyrically intense"...
S. Dillon Ripley served as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1964...
Adele Crockett Robertson was born in 1901 at her family’s farm in...
During a sabbatical from Debevoise & Plimpton where she was the first...
William Rodarmor is a veteran French translator and a former fellow at...
Richard Rodriguez, a master of the personal essay, has authored three books...
Alison Rose was born in Palo Alto, California. Her stories and “Talk...
Samuel N. Rosenberg (A.B. 1957, Columbia College, and Ph.D. 1965, The Johns...
Laura Rosenthal collaborated with Andrei Cordrescu at the "anti-literary" magazine Exquisite Corpse....
Mary Ross is a free-lance illustrator working out of San Francisco. A...
Nan Parson Rossiter is the author / illustrator of several award-winning books...
Arnold Roth is an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator whose work has been...
R.G. Roth grew up in the historic whaling village of Cold Spring Harbor,...
Jacques Roubaud, along with Harry Mathews, was a close friend and collaborator...
Anna Rozen lives in Paris and writes novels for grownups and picture...
Leo Rubinfien was born in Chicago and received his MFA in Photography...
Richard Russo is the author of nine novels, most recently the best-selling...
Graham Redgrave-Rust was born in Hertfordshire, England, and studied at the Regent...
Ernesto Sabato was born in Buenos Aires in 1911 and died in...
Ira Sadoff was born in Brooklyn and educated at Cornell University and...
Edward Sanders wrote his first poem on jail-cell toilet paper after being...
John Sanford is the name of the principal character in The Water Wheel, a first...
Aram Saroyan was born in New York to Armenian-American playwright William Saroyan...
Julie Saul has been a prominent figure in avant-garde photography since the...
Carl W. Scarbrough
Nancy Schön is a sculptor of internationally displayed art, but she is...
James Schuyler was a poet of the New York School; he was...
Damion Searls is a translator of German, Norwegian, French, and Dutch and...
Heidi A. Seely is a trusts and estates lawyer and an associate...
Joe Servello is best known as an illustrator of children’s books, most...
Brian Sewell was an Orwell Prize-winning journalist and renowned animal-lover. He wrote...
Maurice Shadbolt is one of the most accomplished authors to come out...
Gershon Shaked was born Gershon Mandel in Vienna, Austria. He immigrated to...
Don Share is senior editor of Poetry magazine in Chicago. His books...
Leah Marinsky Sharpe has been fascinated with fairy and folk tales since...
Eve Shelnutt is the author of three previous volumes of poetry published...
Nicola Shulman, Marchioness of Normanby, is a British biographer, former model, aristocrat,...
Diane Siebert and her husband left their jobs, sold their possessions, and...
Calvin Siegal was a retired businessman and lifelong sailor. He lived and...
John Robert Silber was born in San Antonio in 1926. The seventh...
Fred Smith was born in 1933, in Carthage, Missouri, and graduated from the...
Kim Smith lives with her family in Gloucester, Massachusetts and is an...
Joe Soucheray was a sports columnist for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune before joining...
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Ralph Steadman the internationally renowned Welsh artist, has achieved prominence as the...
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William Steig has been called the "King of Cartoons" for his prolific...
Robert A.M. Stern is a celebrated architect, teacher, and writer. He was the...
Robert Louis Stevenson was a celebrity during his lifetime and remains one...
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Taylor Stoehr was the literary executor of George Dennison and Paul Goodman...
John Jeremiah Sullivan lives in Wilmington, North Carolina, and is a contributing...
Jan Swafford was educated at Harvard College and the Yale School of...
Roger B. Swain was the longtime host of the gardening television series...
Judy Taylor's work consists of figurative and narrative paintings, labor-focused work, landscapes...
Patricia Terry, having received a doctorate from Columbia University in medieval French...
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Celia Laighton Thaxter was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and when she...
Dylan Thomas is one of the most celebrated writers to come out...
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John Thorn is the Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball and...
George Tice is best-known for his meticulous black-and-white photography of New Jersey...
Irene Tichenor is a past president of the American Printing History Association,...
Margot Ladd Tomes was an American artist and illustrator of children's books....
Peter Trachtenberg was born and grew up in New York City and...
Richard Traubner was a prominent scholar of opera, musical theater, film, and...
Lawrence Treat was a prolific author of mystery novels and short stories...
Stanley Triggs was born in British Columbia and attended the Brooks Institute...
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Jane Urquhart was born in Little Long Lac, Ontario, and grew up...
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Simon Van Booy is the award-winning, bestselling author of more than a dozen...
Adam Van Doren received a Master's in architecture from Columbia University and...
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Janine Pommy Vega published her first book, Poems to Fernando, with City...
Lawrence Venuti is a distinguished translator and historian. His recent translations include...
Padma Viswanathan is a Canadian-American writer and translator whose novels have been...
Willy Vlautin is the author of several novels including The Motel Life...
Michael Von Cannon is the producer of One True Podcast. He serves...
Hertha Von Dechend was born in Heidelberg in 1915. She began her...
Diane Wakoski is an American poet primarily associated with the deep image...
Anthony Walton is a poet, as well as the editor and author...
Helen Ward wanted to be an illustrator before she knew what an...
Richard Watson is a recognized and pre-eminent Cartesian scholar and until his...
A painter of wilderness area landscape, Diana Wege has traveled widely throughout...
Grete Weil was born in Munich in 1906, the daughter of a...
Eliot Weinberger is an acclaimed essayist, translator, and editor. His essays are...
Roger Weingarten has published ten poetry collections and co-edited seven anthologies. He...
Daniel Weissbort was born in London and educated at Cambridge, where he...
David Weitzman was born in Chicago and educated at the Art Institute...
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Adrian Nathan West is a literary translator and author of the novel-essay...
Gabriel Weston is the author of Direct Red: A Surgeon’s Story, which...
Rudy Wiebe was born in an isolated community of German-speaking Russian Mennonites...
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Alec Wilkinson began writing for The New Yorker in 1980. Before he...
Dave Williams was born in Texas and is a graduate of the...
Jared T. Williams has illustrated over a dozen books including the Catie...
Jonathan Williams makes his home in Highlands, North Carolina, where he acts...
John Wilmerding is currently a Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, a member...
Frederic Woodbridge Wilson was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey and educated...
Simon Winchester is the acclaimed author of many books, including The Professor...
Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of Trio: The Tale of a Three-Legged...
Ronald W. Wohlauer was born in Colorado and spent most of his...
Christa Wolf was born in 1929. She was brought up under the...
Tom Wolfe is widely considered one of the most important journalists of...
Geoffrey Wolff is an award-winning and bestselling novelist, essayist, biographer, and travel...
Tobias Wolff is an American fiction writer and memoirist. He served in...
Antony Wood is publisher of Angel Books, London. His previous translations of...
Charles B. Wood III was born in 1936 and began fly-fishing at...
Monica Wood is a novelist, memoirist, and playwright. Her most recent novel,...
Douglas Woolf was born in New York City and studied at Harvard...
Barbara Wright was an English translator of modern French literature. Her literary...
John Yau is an award-winning poet and fiction writer who has been...