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BABSON, Roger W.
Roger Ward Babson (1875-1967) founded Babson College in Massachusetts. He was an entrepreneur and business theorist in the first half of the 20th Century. |
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BACHELLER, Irving
Addison Irving Bacheller (1859–1950) was an American journalist and writer. He founded the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States. |
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BACON, Francis
Francis Bacon,1st Viscount St Alban KC (1561-1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, and author. |
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BAGOT, Richard
Richard Bagot (1860—1921) was an English novelist and essayist. |
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BAILEY, Arthur Scott
Arthur Scott Bailey (1877-1949) was the author of more than forty children's books. |
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BAILEY, H.C.
Henry Christopher Bailey (1878-1961) was an English author best known for his medical detective short stories featuring Dr. Reggie Fortune. |
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BAILEY, Temple
Irene Temple Bailey (ca. 1885–1953) was an American novelist and short story writer. |
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BAIN, F.W.
Francis William Bain (1863–1940) was a British writer of fantasy stories that he claimed were translated from Sanskrit. |
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BALE, John
John Bale (1495–1563), Bishop of Ossory, was an English churchman and historian. |
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BALFOUR, Frederic H.
Frederic Henry Balfour was a British expatriate editor, essayist and author. He lived in Shanghai during the end of the 19th century. |
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BALLANTYNE, R. M.
Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scots writer, best known for his adventure stories for boys. |
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BALLARD, J.G.
James Graham Ballard (1930–2009) was an English novelist and short story writer, best known for his books "Crash" and "Empire of the Sun." |
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BALZAC, Honore de
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) was one of the premiere French novelists. |
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BANGS, John Kendrick
John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) was an American author and satirist, and the creator of modern Bangsian fantasy, the school of fantasy writing that sets the plot wholly or partially in the afterlife.
Bangs also served for a short time (January-June, 1889) as the first editor of Munsey's Magazine and became editor of the American edition of the Harper-owned Literature from January to November, 1899. |
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BANKS, Ray
Raymond E. Banks (1918—1974) was an American writer of science fiction novels and short stories. |
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BARCLAY, Florence L.
Florence Louisa Barclay (1862-1921) was an English romance novelist and short story writer. |
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BARNES, Rory
Rory Barnes (born 1946) is an Australian writer of popular fiction. |
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BARNOUW, Erik
Erik Barnouw (1908-2001) was a historian of radio and television broadcasting. |
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BARR, Amelia E.
Amelia Edith Barr (1831-1919) was a British American novelist. |
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BARR, Robert
Robert Barr (1850-1912) was a British novelist. |
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BARRES, Maurice
Maurice Barrès (1862–1923) was a French novelist, journalist, and socialist politician. |
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BARRETT, Wilson
Wilson Barrett (1846-1904) was born William Henry Barret, and changed his name when he went into acting. |
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BARRIE, J.M.
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (1860-1937) was a Scottish novelist and dramatist, best remembered for creating Peter Pan. |
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BARRINGTON, E.
Elizabeth Louisa Moresby (1862-1931) was a Canadian fantasy writer whose pen name was E. Barrington. |
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BARRON, Neil
Neil Barron is a retired bibliographer and literary critic. |
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BASSETT, Sara Ware
Sara Ware Bassett (1872-1968) was an American author of fiction and non-fiction. |
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BATES, Finis L.
Finis Langdon Bates (1848–1923) was an American lawyer and author. |
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BATES, Harry
Harry Bates (1900–1981) was an American science fiction editor and writer. |
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BATTERSBY, Lee
Lee Battersby is an Australian speculative fiction writer. |
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BAUM, L. Frank
Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919) was a prolific American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. |
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BEACH, Rex
Rex Beach (1877-1949) was an American novelist and playwright. He was born in to a prominent family and pursued a career as a lawyer before being drawn to Alaska at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush. |
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BEAR, Greg
Greg Bear is a popular American author, best known for his science fiction novels. |
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BEATRICE, Princess
The Princess Beatrice (1857-1944) was a member of the British Royal Family. She was the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
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BEAUMONT, Charles
Charles Beaumont (1929-1967) wrote award-winning science fiction short stories, teleplays, and screenplays. |
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BECKE, Louis
Louis Becke (1855-1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist. |
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BECKER, Josh
Josh Becker is a well respected film and tv director-writer, and the author of several books. |
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BEDFORD-JONES, H.
Known as the "King of the Pulps" for his writing speed, versatility, and high quality output, H. Bedford-Jones published thousands of novels and short stories in the pulp magazines of the early 20th Century. Great adventure reading! |
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BEERBOHM, Max
Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm (1872-1956) was well-known for his caricatures of popular figures of the day, as well as his parodies and essays. |
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BEGBIE, Harold
Edward Harold Begbie (1871-1929) was an English author and journalist. |
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BELL, Josephine
Josephine Bell (1897–1987) was an English physician and author. |
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BELLAMY, Edward
Edward Bellamy (1850-1898) was a an American author whose books often espoused a socialist philosophy. |
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BELLOC, Hilaire
Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) was a prolific writer and historian. |
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BENSON, E.F.
Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist and short story writer. |
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BENSON, Stella
Stella Benson (1892-1933) was an English feminist, travel writer, and novelist. |
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BERCOVICI, Konrad
Konrad Bercovici (1881-1961) was a writer born in Romania, who then emigrated to the United States. |
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BERESFORD, J. D.
John Davys Beresford (1873–1947) was an English writer of science fiction, horror, and ghost stories. |
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BERGSON, Henri
Henri-Louis Bergson (1859–1941) was an influential French philosopher. |
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BERTAUT, Jules
Jules Bertaut (1877-1959) was a French writer and historian. |
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BESANT, Annie
Annie Besant (1847–1933) was a prominent Theosophist, women's rights activist, and writer. |
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BESTER, Alfred
Alfred Bester (1913–1987) was an award-winning American science fiction author, scriptwriter, and editor. |
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BETANCOURT, John
John Gregory Betancourt is an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, and mystery stories. |
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BETANCOURT, Michael
Michael Betancourt is a critical theorist, art and film historian, and animator. |
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BIENSTOCK, J. Wladimir
J. Wladimir Bienstock (1868-1933) was best known for translating and adapting Russian literary classics into French. |
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BIERCE, Ambrose
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842–1913) was an American short story writer and satirist. |
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BIGGERS, Earl Derr
Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for adaptations of his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan. |
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BILLINGS, John D.
John D. Billings served in the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Artillery Battery during the Civil War. |
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BINDER, Eando
Brothers Earl Andrew Binder (1904-1965) and Otto Binder (1911-1974) wrote science fiction under the pseudonym Eando Binder. |
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BINDLOSS, Harold
Harold Edward Bindloss (1866-1945) wrote many adventure novels set in western Canada. |
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BISCHOFF, David
David F. Bischoff is an American science fiction and television writer. |
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BJORNSON, Bjornstjerne
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson (1832–1910) was a Nobel Prize winning Norwegian writer. |
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BLACKMORE, R.D.
Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825–1900) was one of the most famous English novelists of the second half of the nineteenth century. |
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BLACKWOOD, Algernon
Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) is considered one of the all-time great supernatural writers. |
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BLAKE, William
William Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, known also for illustrating his poetry. |
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BLOCH, Robert
Robert Bloch (1917-1994) was a prolific American writer. Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over twenty novels, usually crime fiction, science fiction, and, perhaps most influentially, horror fiction (including the classic "Psycho"). He was one of the youngest members of the Lovecraft Circle; Lovecraft was Bloch's mentor and one of the first to seriously encourage his talent. |
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BLY, Nelly
American pioneer female journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochran (1864–1922) used the pen name Nellie Bly to publish her groundbreaking exposes. |
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BOJER, Johan
Johan Bojer (1872-1959) was a popular Norwegian novelist and dramatist. |
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BONAPARTE, Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) was a French military and political leader, who eventually became Emperor Napoleon I. |
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BOOTHBY, Guy
Guy Newell Boothby (1867–1905) was an Australian novelist. |
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BORROW, George
George Borrow (1803-1881) was an English author who wrote novels and travelogues. |
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BOSTON, Bruce
Bruce Boston is an American science fiction writer and poet. |
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BOUNDS, Sydney J.
Sydney James Bounds (1920–2006) was an English author best known for his science fiction stories. |
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BOWEN, Marjorie
Marjorie Bowen (pseudonym of Mrs Gabrielle Margaret V. Long, née Campbell), (1885-1952) was a British author who wrote historical romances, supernatural horror stories, popular history and biography. |
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BOWERS, Claude
Claude Gernade Bowers (1878-1958) was an American writer, politician, and ambassador. |
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BRACKETT, Leigh
Leigh Douglass Brackett (1915–1978) wrote science fiction novels, as well as screenplays for such famous films as The Big Sleep (1945), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). |
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BRADBURY, Ray
Ray Douglas Bradbury is a celebrated American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. |
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BRADFORD, Roark
Roark Whitney Wickliffe Bradford (1896-1943) was an American short story writer and novelist. |
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BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer
Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999) was an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels. |
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BRAMAH, Ernest
Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) was an English author of humorous stories, as well as detective and science fiction novels. |
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BRAUNBECK, Gary A.
Gary Braunbeck is an American author, best known for his short stories. |
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BREWER, John M.
John M. Brewer was head of Department of Psychology and Education, Los Angeles State Normal School. |
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BRISCOE, Peter
Peter Briscoe is a former academic library administrator and now translates and writes. |
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BRODERICK, Damien
Damien Francis Broderick is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer. |
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BRONTE, Anne
Anne Brontë (1820–1849) was a British novelist and poet, and the youngest member of the Brontë family. |
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BRONTE, Charlotte
Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) was an English novelist and poet, and the eldest of the three Brontë sisters. |
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BRONTE, Emily
Emily Jane Brontë (1818—1848) was an English novelist and poet. |
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BROSTER, D.K.
One of the first students at St. Hilda's College, Oxford, D.K. Broster (1877-1950) wrote popular historical novels after serving as a Red Cross nurse during World War I. |
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BROWN, Abbie Farwell
Abbie Farwell Brown (1881-1927) was the author of "The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts" and "In the Days of Giants" (1902). |
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BROWN, Fredric
Mystery and science fiction writer Fredric Brown (1906-1972) remains best-known for his short fiction. |
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BROWNING, Robert
Robert Browning (1812–1889) was an English poet and playwright. |
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BRYANT, William Cullen
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. |
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BRYCE, James
English academic, Viscount James Bryce (1838-1922) served as British Ambassador to the United State from 1907 to 1913. |
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BUCHAN, John
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, (1875-1940), was a Scottish novelist best known for "The Thirty-Nine Steps." |
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BUCHANAN, Robert
Robert Buchanan (1813-1866) was a Scottish poet, playwright, lecturer and journalist. |
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BUDGE, Sir. E. A. Wallis
Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East. |
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BULWER-LYTTON, Edward
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, and politician. |
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BUNNER, H.C.
H.C. Bunner (1855-1896) was an author, poet, playwright, and editor in chief of "Puck Magazine." |
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BUNTLINE, Ned
Ned Buntline (1813–1886), was a pseudonym of Edward Zane Carroll Judson, an American publisher, journalist, writer and publicist. |
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BUNYAN, John
John Bunyan (1628–1688) was an English Christian writer and preacher, famous for writing Pilgrim's Progress. |
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BUORGET, Paul
Paul Charles Joseph Bourget (1852-1935) was a French novelist and critic. |
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BURGESS, Mary
Mary Wickizer Burgess was the co-publisher for many years of Borgo Press. |
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BURGESS, Michael
Michael Burgess is a Professor Emeritus at California State University, San Bernardino. |
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BURGESS, Thornton W.
Thornton Waldo Burgess (1874-1965) was a conservationist and author of children's stories. |
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BURKE, Thomas
Thomas Burke (1886-1945) was a British author. His first successful publication was Limehouse Nights (1916), a collection of stories centered around life in the poverty-stricken Limehouse district of London. Many of Burke's books feature the Chinese character Quong Lee as narrator. |
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BURNETT, Francis Hodgson
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was an English author and playwright, best known for her stories for children. |
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BURNHAM, Clara Louise
Clara Louise Burnham (c. 1854-1927) wrote over thirty popular novels, most of which contained a strong Christian Science message. |
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BURNS, Robert
Robert Burns (1759–1796) was a prominent Scottish poet. |
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BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950) was an American author best known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter. |
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BURROUGHS, John
John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an American naturalist and essayist important in the U.S. conservation movement. |
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BURTON, Beatrice
Beatrice Burton Morgan (1894-1983) was a romance author whose books about life in the 1920s were known for their use of current slang and references to popular culture. |
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BUTLER, Ellis Parker
Ellis Parker Butler (1869-1937) was the author of more than 2,000 stories and essays, as well as 30 books. |
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BUTLER, Samuel
Samuel Butler (1835–1902) was a controversial English author. |
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BYRNE, Donn
Donn Byrne (1889-1928), born Brian Oswald Patrick Donn-Byrne, was a prolific Irish novelist and short story writer. |
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BYRON, Lord
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (1788–1824), was a British poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. |
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