ring lardner (goodreads)
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Arthur Conan Doyle (goodreads)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a Scottish writer and medical doctor. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 when he published A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and more than fifty short stories about Holmes and Dr....
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Agatha Christie (goodreads)
A real person. Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, (born Miller; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote six romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered f...
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Ernest Hemingway (goodreads)
A real person. American reporter and author famous for some of the best-known English-language fiction of the 20th century such as For Whom the Bell Tolls. Lived 1899 to 1961. Had a home in Key West, Florida. At one point, he worked for the To...
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Walt Whitman (goodreads)
A real person. (1819-1892) An American poet and essayist. Famous for his poetry collection, Leaves of Grass, and a lament to President Lincoln on hearing of his assassination.more...
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Einstein (goodreads)
A real person. (1879-1955) Albert Einstein was one of the most accomplished scientists of all time. Theoretical physicist, known for his relativity theory e=mc2. Born in Germany but ended up in the US. Strong opponent of Nazism....
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Jane Austen (goodreads)
A real person, 1775-1817. A well-known and respected English novelist. Wrote Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice.more...
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Dorothy Sayers (goodreads)
A real person. (1893-1957) An English mystery writer and poet whose best-known character in the detection field was Lord Peter Wimsey....
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Dashiell Hammett (goodreads)
A real person. (1894-1961) An American writer of crime fiction. He created Sam Spade who appeared in the novel, The Maltese Falcon. His other characters included the Continental Op, and Nick and Nora Charles. One of the greats in the field.&he...
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William Shakespeare (goodreads)
A real person. (1564-1616) AKA, The Bard. He was a playwright and poet. Probably the greatest writer in English in history. Wrote 39 plays and many more sonnets. Actor as well. Wrote Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, &...
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Henry Fielding (goodreads)
A real person. 1707-1754. An English novelist. Now known for his comic novel, Tom Jones released in 1749.more...
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Tobias Smollett (goodreads)
A real person. 1721-1771. A Scottish poet and novelist. His poems like The Adventures of Roderick Random presented interesting characters and situations.more...
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Howard Haycraft (goodreads)
A real person. 1905-1991. An American writer and publisher. He edited and wrote about American writers. In 1941 he wrote Murder for Pleasure: The Life and Times of the Detective Story and later updates / revisions.more...
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A.a. Milne (goodreads)
A real person. 1882-1956. An English writer best known for his Winnie-the-Pooh stories for children. The first appeared in 1926. His sons name was Christopher Robin Milne. Also known for The Red House Mystery of 1922; the lead characters...
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Alexander Woollcott (goodreads)
A real person. 1887-1943. A drama and culture critic with the New Yorker Magazine. One of the most quoted men of his generation....
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E.c. Bentley (goodreads)
A real person. 1875-1956. An English novelist. Wrote Trents Last Case, a well known detective novel, in 1913. Plus numerous short stories starring the amateur Philip Trent.more...
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Freeman Wills Crofts (goodreads)
A real person. 1879-1957. An Irish mystery writer whose best known character was Inspector French....
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S.s. Van Dine (goodreads)
A real person. 1888-1939. The pseudonym for Willard Huntington Wright. He created Philo Vance who starred in 12 detective novels in the 1920s and 30s....
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Aeschylus (goodreads)
A real person. c525BC-c455BC. Born near Athens. His works are the first known examples of tragic plays....
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Benedetto Croce (goodreads)
A real person. 1866-1952. Italian. A liberal writer, philosopher and politician. President of PEN from 1949-1952....
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Robert Graves And Alan Hodge (goodreads)
Real people. English. Graves, 1895-1985, was a poet and historical novelist. Hodge, 1915-1979, was an historian and journalist. The two wrote The Long Week-end in 1940. more...
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Dreiser (goodreads)
A real person. 1871-1945. An American novelist. Thomas Dreiser wrote An American Tragedy in 1925.more...
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Ring Lardner (goodreads)
A real person. 1885-1933. An American short story writer and sports columnist....
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Carl Sandburg (goodreads)
A real person. 1878-1967. An American poet and biographer. Won 3 Pulitzer Prizes, including one for a biography of Lincoln....
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Sherwood Anderson (goodreads)
A real person. 1876-1941. An American writer of novels and short stories. Wrote Dark Laughter about New Orleans in 1925.more...
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Percival Wilde (goodreads)
A real person. 1887-1953. An American author and playwright....
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Raymond Postgate (goodreads)
A real person. 1896-1971. A British writer and journalist. Wrote several mysteries including Verdict of Twelve in 1940.more...
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Kenneth Fearing (goodreads)
A real person. 1902-1961. An American poet and novelist. Wrote pulp fiction on the side. Authored The Big Clock in 1946.more...
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Donald Henderson (goodreads)
A real person. 1905-1947. An English author. Wrote a murder mystery hit in 1943, later a play, Mr. Bowling Buys a Newspaper. more...
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Richard B. Sale (goodreads)
A real person. 1911-1993. An American author, known for his murder mystery Lazarus #7 set in Hollywood.more...