William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist.
Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
Virginia Woolf was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and also a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.
Mark Twain was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He is best known for his novels 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'.
Emily Dickinson was an American poet. Although few of her poems were published during her lifetime, she is widely considered one of the most important American poets of the 19th century.
Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations.
George Orwell was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterized by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
Maya Angelou was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years.
Toni Morrison was an American novelist, essayist, editor, and professor. She won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award in 1988 for 'Beloved' and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.