Famous Authors

Some words of wisdom from the greats! I came across this the other day, when considering what it means to read, to write, to edit, and to review, and just had to share. Lauren and I have been enth…

For every great author, there’s another great author eager to knock him or her down a few pegs. Although the writers on this map are typically deeme

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." We all know famous lines like these, but can you identify the classic novels they come from? The post Can You Identify These 15 Opening Lines from 15 Famous Authors? appeared first on Reader's Digest.

How we see the author in our mind is usually based on how she or he looked in the times of the biggest fame. See also: [ef-archive number=2 tag=”lists” ] One picture can say a lot about…

Kurt Vonnegut, ca. 1972. Photograph by PBS This interview with Kurt Vonnegut was originally a composite of four interviews done with the author over the past decade. The composite has gone through an extensive working over by the subject himself, who looks upon his own spoken words on the p...

Here at the Literary Hub office, pretty much every day is Take Your Dog to Work Day. Or so we hope and dream. Sometimes, when we’re lucky, we do have a dog in the office: our current Editoria…

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, James Joyce, and William Faulkner left their mark in the works of the largest number of other famous writers 👉 How famous writers influenced each other #infographic

Literary names for girls, literary names for boys, and gender-neutral names based on famous books, authors, and characters are smart, sweet, stylish selections that will set your kiddo apart and, hopefully, inspire a life-long love of the printed page! #babynameinspiration

British author, Virginia Woolf, 1902 Prints available! http://www.redbubble.com/explore/klassixx

Whether studying or lecturing, each of these authors have spent time at the oldest university in the UK. Which famous authors went to Oxford?