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Born in Brooklyn, New York, Green's early ambition was to write romantic verse, and she corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson. When | British writer, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, who is the best-known detective in literature and the embodiment of sharp reasoni |
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One the greatest and unhappiest of American poets, a master of the horror tale, and the patron saint of the detective story. Edga | He is probably best known for his series about the priest-detective Father Brown who ap |
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French mystery novelist, playwright, journalist, and a prolific feuilletonist. Leroux is best known for his Le Fantôme de l | French author and journalist, known as the creator of Arsène Lupin, master of disguises, the French gentleman-thief turned |
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Novelist and short story writer, a central figure in the American Renaissance. Nathaniel Hawthorne's best-known works include THE | English novelist, whose unconventional private life and determination to tackle social issues disconcerted his audience. Many of |