Glauser, Friedrich
1896 - 1938

The Swiss author Friedrich Glauser was born in Vienna. His mother was Austrian and his father was from Switzerland....

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Baudelaire, Charles
1821 - 1867

Charles-Pierre Baudelaire was born in Paris. His father, a government official during the reign of Napoleon, was interested...

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Walpole, Horace
1717 - 1797

The British author Horace Walpole was the youngest of the first Prime Minister’s, Sir Robert Walpole, three sons. Walpole’s p...

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Ball, John
1911 - 1988

John Dudley Ball was an American author, editor and music critic whose award-winning crime novel In the Heat of the Night...

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