Irving, John
1942 -

American novelist born as John Wallace Blunt, Jr. in Exeter, New Hampshire. His mother was a nurse and his stepfather...

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Egeland, Tom
1959 -

Norwegian author and journalist, born in Oslo and raised in the suburb of Kalbakken in Groruddalen, where his parents had a...

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Zeh, Juli
1974 -

Juli Zeh is a German author born in Bonn. She studied law and literature in Passau and Leipzig and publishes short stories,...

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe
1792 - 1822

The English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born in Sussex to a wealthy, aristocratic family. He went to Eton and Oxford, he...

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