Jackson, Shirley

Shirley Hardie Jackson (1916–1965) was an American author renowned for her horror and mystery works. During her two-decade career, she penned six novels, tw...

Jacobs, Harriet

Harriet Jacobs (1813 or 1815 – March 7, 1897) was an African-American abolitionist and writer. Her autobiography, “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” p...

Jacobs, Joseph

Joseph Jacobs, an Australian-born British folklorist and writer, popularized English fairy tales like "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "The Three Little Pigs", ...

James, E. L.

E. L. James, born Erika Mitchell on March 7, 1963, in London, is a British author renowned for her "Fifty Shades" series (Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades...

James, Henry

Henry James (15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-British author, regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary m...

James, Marlon

Marlon James is a Jamaican writer who has established himself as a prominent figure in contemporary literature. Born in 1970 in Kingston, Jamaica, James has...

James, Selma

Selma James (b. Selma Deitch; formerly Weinstein; August 15, 1930) is an American writer, feminist, and social activist. Co-author of "The Power of Women an...

James, William

William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the Uni...

Jay, John

John Jay (December 23, 1745 O.S. December 12[[?]] – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, abolitionist, signatory of the Treaty of Par...

Jerome, Jerome K.

Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889). Other w...

Jiménez, Juan Ramón

Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881-1958) was a Spanish poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956. He belonged to the group of writers who, in the wa...

Johnson, Charles R.

Charles Richard Johnson, born on April 23, 1948, is an American author and scholar known for his novels, short stories, screenplays, and essays, often with ...

Johnson, Samuel

Samuel Johnson, often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English writer who made significant contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, litera...

Joyce, James

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He is regarded as one of the most influ...

Jr., Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922–2007) was a renowned American writer and humorist, known for his satirical and darkly comedic works. Over a career of more than 50 y...

Jr., William Strunk

William Strunk Jr. (1869–1946) was a renowned American English professor at Cornell University. He authored The Elements of Style (1918), later revised and ...

Juvenal,

Juvenal, born as Decimus Junius Juvenalis (55–60? CE, Aquinum, Italy—died probably in or after 127), is recognized as one of the most powerful Roman satiric...