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Tana French is an American-Irish author of mystery novels. Tana is also an professionally trained actress in theater, film and voiceover work. She has a daughter named Voltron, which is both awesome and horrifying at the same time. She is the author of the Dublin Murder Squad series.

Bryce Courtenay (1933-2012) was a South African-Australian author of historical fiction and coming-of-age stories. His novels are generally set in either South Africa and Australia. Although Courtenay is one of the most successful authors to come out of Australia, only one of his books has been published in the United States – The Power of […]

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author of short stories, children’s literature, poetry, travelogues and science fiction. He is most famous for his short story collection The Jungle Book, Kim and several other stories. Kipling would receive a Noble Prize for Literature in 1907.

Ethan Gage is a fictional character created by William Dietrich, featured in a series of historical fiction novels. Gage is an American vagabond and a jack of all trades. He considers himself a man of character, although if need be, he will steal, spy or kill when circumstances call for it.

William Dietrich is an American novelist of historical fiction and thriller novels as well as a non-fiction author of environmental books about the Pacific Northwest. His historical novels have been set during World War II and during the Roman Empire. His series character is Ethan Gage.

Fannie Flagg is the pen name of American author Patricia Neal, who is best known for her novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Shop Cafe. The novel was adapted in 1991 to a film with the shortened title of simply Fried Green Tomatoes. She also wrote the screenplay for the adaptation and was nominated […]

Madison Smartt Bell is an American novelist of general fiction. He is best known for his Haitian Revolution Trilogy about Toussaint Louverture, a Haitian general whose military strategies freed the Haitian people from slavery.

Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was a Russian-American author and philosopher. She is best known for her novel Atlas Shrugged and for developing the Objectivist movement. Her fiction was often negatively reviewed by critics at the time due to her philosophy.

Joseph R. Garber (1943-2005) was an American author of thriller novels. He was also a writer for Forbes magazine, writing about technology. Garber passed away from a heart attack in May of 2005.

Lewis Carroll is the pen name of English novelist Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898). He is best known for his novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass. Carroll was also a mathematician, logician, photographer and an Anglican deacon. Much of Carroll’s life still remains a mystery, with several years unaccounted for.