Few people are familiar with the name William Sydney Porter, but, just as many remember Mark Twain and not Samuel L. Clemens, Porter is well known by the pen name O. Henry. He was living the routine life of a young pharmacist who dazzled people with his artistic drawing ability, creativity that successfully translated into literature. During his most prolific years, O. Henry was compared to the... Read More
John Griffith London was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. He uses a very descriptive and straight forward Naturalist writing style. Call of the Wild is the best example of this style, but it is seen in most of his other works as well. This style allows Jack to really immerse the reader in these well-known settings in nature. London’s writing brings the reader back to a sim... Read More
Jack London was an American fiction writer who was one of the pioneers of writing professionally for magazine fiction. One of his most well-known books is the still-popular Call of the Wild. His writing style is often referred to as a Naturalist style, which means that he provides vivid yet simple descriptions of natural settings and events without colouring them with any opinions or preconceiv... Read More
Alistair Stuart MacLean was a Scottish novelist who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories. He was born in Glasgow but spent much of his childhood and youth in Daviot, ten miles south of Inverness. While his books might have an old-fashioned flavour MacLean was an author ahead of his time in one major way. When he recycled those components of his stories that resonated most with his read... Read More
Author Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine. King is recognized as one of the most famous and successful horror writers of all time. His parents, Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King, split up when he was very young, and he and his brother David divided their time between Indiana and Connecticut for several years. King later moved back to Maine with his mother... Read More
Stephen Edwin King is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. When King was three years old, his father, Donald Edwin King, deserted his family under the lie of "going to buy a pack of cigarettes". His mother, Nellie Ruth Pillsbury, raised King and his adopted older brother David by herself, sometimes under great financial strain. The family m... Read More
Stephen King is a bestselling novelist who made his name in the horror and fantasy genres with books like Carrie and The Shining. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, King published a handful of short novels under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. The idea behind this was to test whether he could replicate his success again and to allay his fears that his popularity was an accident. After a lamentab... Read More
Stephen King was born on September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine. Having also published work under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, King's first horror novel, Carrie, was a huge success. Over the years, King has become known for titles that are both commercially successful and sometimes critically acclaimed. His books have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide and been adapted into numerous... Read More
Stephen Edwin King is an American author best known for his enormously popular horror novels. King was the 2003 recipient of The National Book Foundation. After graduating from the University of Maine, King earned a certificate to teach high school but, unable to find a teaching post immediately, initially supplemented his labouring wage by selling short stories to men's magazines such as Caval... Read More
Stephen King is a bestselling novelist who made his name in the horror and fantasy genres. By the early 1990s King’s books had sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, and his name had become synonymous with the genre of horror fiction. In Wolves of the Calla, Roland and his ka-tet, Eddie, Susannah, and Jake, are following the Path of the Beam in their quest to find the Dark Tower when they... Read More
Stephen King is a bestselling novelist who made his name in the horror and fantasy genres with books like Carrie and The Shining. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, King published a handful of short novels under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. After a lamentably uneventful 2012, Stephen King kicks off what looks to be an unusually huge year for fans of the master of modern pop horror with a smal... Read More
Stephen King was born on September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine. Having also published work under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, King's first horror novel, Carrie, was a huge success. Over the years, King has become known for titles that are both commercially successful and sometimes critically acclaimed. His books have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide and been adapted into numerous... Read More