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Kathleen Mansfield Murry (1888-1923) was born on this day (14th of October) in 1888. She was born in New Zealand and moved to England at...

Bram Stoker (1847-1912) was born on this day (8th of November) in 1847. 🎂 Abraham Stoker, widely known as Bram Stoker, was an Irish...

Henry James was born on this day (15 April) in 1840. James (1843-1916) was an American-British writer and an important figure in 20th...

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English author, essayist, publisher and critic. She is recognised as one of the most important...

Émile Zola was born on this day (2 April) in 1840. Zola (1840-1902) was a French novelist, playwright and journalist. He was a naturalist...

Dame Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was an English author famed for writing detective novels, short stories, plays and poems. 🕵️‍♀️ Some of...

Did you know that the famous French writer Voltaire once lived in London? Francois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) – under the pen name of...

English author Douglas Adams was born on this day (11 March) in 1952. Douglas Noel Adams was famed for the pentalogy, The Hitchhiker's...