Biography: Literary

Professor Mervyn Morris, Jamaicas Poet Laureate writes: 'Ralph Thompsons luminous autobiography is a fascinating portrait. A witty businessman and ...

Widely regarded as one of Americas great authors, F. Scott Fitzgerald led a life of drama and extravagance that often overshadowed his writing care...

This first comprehensive biography of Jewish American writer and humorist Harry Golden (1903-1981)--author of the 1958 national bestseller Only in ...

The first English-language biography in over fifty years to tell the full, vibrant story of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, known to history as the Brothe...

Becoming Dickens tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became Englands greatest novelist. In following the twists and turns of Charles...

Anthologies, awards, journals, and works in translation have sprung up to reflect science fiction's increasingly international scope. Yet scholars ...

In 1933, the author and political activist Heinrich Mann and his partner, Nelly Kroeger, fled Nazi Germany, finding refuge first in the south of Fr...

Jack London was born a working-class, fatherless Californian in 1876. In his youth he was a boundlessly energetic adventurer on the bustling West C...

Published in 1999. Lord Byron and Madam de Stael made a great impression on Europe in the throes of the Napoleonic Wars, through their personalitie...