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CABELL, James Branch
James Branch Cabell (1879–1958) was an American author best known for his fantasy novels. |
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CABLE, George W.
George Washington Cable (1844-1925) was an American author and journalist. |
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CAESAR, Julius
Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BC–44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. |
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CAHAN, Abraham
Abraham "Abe" Cahan (1860-1951) was a Lithuanian-born American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician. |
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CAINE, Hall
Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (1853-1931) was a British author. |
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CAMP, Wadsworth
Charles Wadsworth Camp was a writer, critic, and foreign correspondent. He was also Madeleine L'Engle's father. |
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CAMPBELL, John W. Jr.
John Wood Campbell, Jr. (1910–1971) was an American science fiction author and editor. |
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CANIFF, Milton
Milton Arthur Paul Caniff (1907–1988) was a well-known American cartoonist. |
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CANNAN, Gilbert
Gilbert Cannan (1884-1955) was a British novelist and dramatist. |
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CARDOZO, Benjamin N.
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (1870–1938) was a well-known American lawyer and associate Supreme Court Justice. |
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CARL, Lillian Stewart
Lillian Stewart Carl writes multiple stories and multiple novels in multiple genres. All of them strike at least a glancing blow at history and myth. |
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CARLYLE, Thomas
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was an influential Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian. |
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CARR, Terry
Terry Gene Carr (1937-1987) was one of the most important editors in the science fiction field. |
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CARROLL, Lewis
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832–1898), who wrote under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. |
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CARTER, Lin
Linwood Vrooman Carter (1930–1988) was an American science fiction and fantasy author, editor, and critic. |
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CASTLE, Egerton
Egerton Castle (1858-1920) was an author and expert swordsman. He co-authored many books with his wife. |
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CASTLE, Mort
Mort Castle is a horror author, with more than 350 short stories and a dozen books to his credit. |
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CATHER, Willa
Willa Seibert Cather (1873–1947) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American author. |
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CAVE, Hugh B.
Hugh Barnett Cave (1910–2004) was an American writer, best known for his pulp fiction. |
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CELLINI, Benvenuto
Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) was an Italian goldsmith, painter, sculptor, soldier and musician. |
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CERVANTES, Miguel de
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. |
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CHAMBERLAIN, Elinor
Elinor Chamberlain won the 1945 Red Badge Prize for Best Unpublished Mystery. |
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CHAMBERS, Robert W.
Robert William Chambers (1865-1933) was a popular American artist and writer. |
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CHATRIAN, Alexandre
Alexandre Chatrian (1826-1890) was a French author, almost all of whose works were co-written with Emile Erckmann. |
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CHEKHOV, Anton
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was an influential Russian author and playwright. |
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CHESTER, George Randolph
George Randolph Chester (1869-1924) was an American author whose books focused on the world of finance. |
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CHESTERTON, G. K.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) was an English writer who created the popular detective, Father Brown. |
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CHESTERTON, Mrs. Cecil
Mrs. Cecil Chesterton (Ada Elizabeth Jones Chesterton, 1869-1962) was a journalist, dramatist and founder of the National Care Forum for Homeless Women. |
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CHILDERS, Erskine
Robert Erskine Childers (1870–1922) was an Irish author and nationalist. He was executed during the Irish Civil War. |
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CHRISTIE, Agatha
Agatha Christie (1890–1976) was one of the most popular and influential British writers. Her detective novels are still widely read, and her play "The Mousetrap" was performed over 23,000 times. |
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CHURCH, A.J.
Rev. Alfred J. Church (1829-1912) was a professor of Latin at University College of London. |
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CHURCHILL, Sir Winston Spencer
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874–1965) was a British politician and statesman. He was Prime Minister during the Second World War. |
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CLARKE, Arthur C.
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (1917–2008) was an influential and popular British science fiction author. |
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CLAY, Bertha M.
Charlotte M. Brame (1836-1884) wrote under the pen name Bertha M. Clay, and was an English novelist. |
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CLEMENS, Samuel L.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. |
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CLEMENT, Hal
Harry Clement Stubbs (1922–2003) wrote under the pen name Hal Clement. He was an American science fiction writer, best known for championing hard science fiction. |
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CLIFFORD, Mrs. W. K.
Lucy Clifford (1846-1929), better known as Mrs. W. K. Clifford, was a British novelist and journalist. |
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COHEN, Octavus Roy
Octavus Roy Cohen (1891-1959) was an American author who became popular as a result of his stories printed in The Saturday Evening Post. |
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COLE, Allan
Allan Cole is a best-selling author, screenwriter and former prize-winning newsman. |
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COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) was an English poet and literary critic who founded the Romantic Movement along with William Wordsworth. |
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COLLIER, Robert
Robert Collier (1885-1950) was an author of self-help and metaphysical books. |
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COLLINS, Michael
Michael Collins is the best-known pseudonym of American mystery writer Dennis Lynds (1924–2005). |
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COLLINS, Wilkie
Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an early master of mystery and suspense, writing such classics as The Moonstone, The Woman in White, and Basil. |
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COLUM, Padraic
Padraic Colum (1881–1972) was an Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer and collector of folklore. |
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CONNOR, Ralph
Rev. Dr. Charles William Gordon (1860-1937), whose pen name was Ralph Connor, was a Canadian novelist. |
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CONRAD, Joseph
Born Josef Teodor Konrad Walecz Korzeniowski in Poland, Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) became a British citizen, and wrote his novels in English. |
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CONSTANT, Benjamin
Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (1767-1830) was a Swiss-born French nobleman, thinker, writer and politician. |
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CONZEMIUS, Eduard
Eduard Conzemius was an anthropologist who did ethnographic surveys. |
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COOKE, Rose Terry
Rose Terry Cooke (1827-1892) was an American writer whose stories generally dealt with New England country life. |
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COPEAU, Jacques
Jacques Copeau (1879-1949) was a well-known French playwright. |
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CORELLI, Marie
Marie Corelli (1855–1924) was a British novelist who was wildly popular in her lifetime. |
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CORLEY, Donald
Donald Corley (1886–1955) was an American illustrator, architect, and author of short stories. |
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COX, Jacob D.
Jacob Dolson Cox (1828-1900) was a lawyer, a General of the Union Army during the Civil War, the 28th Governor of Ohio, and US Secretary of the Interior under President Grant. |
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CRADDOCK, Charles Egbert
Mary Noailles Murfree (1850-1922) was an American novelist and short story writer whose pen name was Charles Egbert Craddock. |
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CRANE, Stephen
Stephen Crane (1871–1900) was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. |
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CRAWFORD, F. Marion
Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories. |
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CROCKETT, S. R.
Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1859-1914) wrote novels featuring the history of Scotland. |
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CROKER, B.M.
B.M. Croker was a popular Victorian novelist and short story writer. |
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CROSS, Victoria
"Victoria Cross" was a pseudonym of Annie Sophie Cory (1868 -1952). |
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CROY, Homer
Homer Croy (1883-1965) was an American author and screenwriter who wrote about life in the Midwestern United States. |
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CROZIER, Alfred O.
Alfred Owen Crozier (1863-?) was a lawyer who wrote novels warning against the influence of Wall Street bankers. |
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CUMMINGS, Ray
Raymond King Cummings (1887–1957) was an American author of science fiction, and is considered a founding father of the science fiction pulp genre. |
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