Asimov, Isaac
1920 - 1992

Isaac Asimov was born as Isaak Yudovich Ozimov in a small town near Smolensk in the former Soviet Union. When he was three...

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Childers, Erskine
1870 - 1922

The British author Robert Erskine Childers (not to be confused with his son Erskine Hamilton Childers, the fourth president...

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Follett, Ken
1949 -

British author and journalist born in Cardiff, Wales. Kenneth "Ken" Follett’s parents were active members of the church of t...

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Leon, Donna
1942 -

The American crime writer Donna Leon was born in Montclaire, New Jersey. At the age of twenty-three, she published her...

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