Lethem, Jonathan
1964 -

The extremely prolific American author Jonathan Allen Lethem is best known for his crime novels, many of them with science...

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Kallifatides, Theodor
1938 -

Theodor Kallifatides was born in the village of Molaoi in the Peloponnese in Greece. His father was an elementary school...

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Tournier, Michel
1924 - 2016

Michel Edouard Tournier was born in Paris. His parents met at the Sorbonne, where they both studied German. For this...

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Wollstonecraft, Mary
1759 - 1797

The author and early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft was born in the district of Spitalfields, London. Because of her father's...

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