Author Listings (Classics)
Records 1 - 20 of 2011
| John Grant is author of some seventy books, of which about twenty-five are fiction, including novels like The World, The Hundredfold Problem, The Far-Enough Window and most recently The Dragons of Manhattan and Leaving Fortusa. His "book-length fiction" Dragonhenge, illustrated by Bob Eggleton, was shortlisted for a Hu....[more] |
| For many, an illustrated version of Aesop’s Fables is ubiquitous with childhood. Born a slave, Aesop and his fables have become a staple of popular culture for generations. While his birthplace is a matter of much scholarly debate with Egypt, Ethiopia and Athens being presented as possibilities, some facts about his li....[more] |
| Louisa May Alcott was born November 29, 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. She was the second of four daughters born to Amos Bronson Alcott, a well-known transcendentalist philosopher and educator, and Abigail May Alcott. In 1834, the Alcott family moved to Massachusetts, where they became acquainted with writers and ....[more] |
| Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish author, is most well-known for his fairy tales, which include ‘The Little Mermaid’, ‘Thumbelina’, and ‘The Ugly Duckling’. Andersen was born to poor parents, a washerwoman and a shoemaker, in Odense, Denmark, in 1805. Odense was the only town outside of Denmark’s capital to have a thea....[more] |
| It is hard to find a more polarizing author than Austen, who was revered by her admirers and despised by her critics. Either way, her works demand a passionate response two hundred years after they were published. Born in 1775 in England to a middle-class family, Austen had her greatest success shortly before her death....[more] |
| Most famous for creating the beloved character of Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie was born in Scotland in 1860. He was one of ten children and the death of his brother at age 14 would have a profound effect on Barrie’s life and when he would first get the idea for a character that remained a boy forever. Barrie himself would re....[more] |
| Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of the well-known novel The Secret Garden, was born on November 24th, 1849, in Manchester, England. While she and her family enjoyed prosperity for some time, their fortunes changed once Burnett’s father died, leaving her mother to care for five children by herself. After struggling fo....[more] |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs, best known for the Tarzan book series, was born on September 1st, 1875, in Chicago, Illinois. As a young boy, he was shuttled to various schools in the Chicago area before being sent to his brothers’ ranch in Idaho following the influenza epidemic in 1891. Six months later, he was sent to school....[more] |
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