Walker, Alice

Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker, born in 1944, is an American novelist, poet, and social activist celebrated for her insightful portrayal of African Am...

Wallace, Edgar

Edgar Wallace (1875-1932), became a celebrated British writer despite leaving school at 12. His diverse works, from detective stories like "The Four Just Me...

Wallace, Irving

Irving Wallace (1916-1990) was a best-selling American author and screenwriter known for his meticulously researched novels, often with sexual themes. Born ...

Wallace, Lew

Lewis “Lew” Wallace (April 10, 1827 – February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of New Mexico Territory, ...

Walpole, Horace

Horace Walpole, born as Horatio Walpole on September 24, 1717, in London, England, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Wh...

Walsh, Rodolfo

Rodolfo Jorge Walsh (January 9, 1927 – March 25, 1977) was an Argentine writer and journalist of Irish descent. He is considered the founder of investigativ...

Warner, Charles Dudley

Charles Dudley Warner (1829–1900) was an American essayist and novelist, famously co-authoring "The Gilded Age" with Mark Twain. Born in Plainfield, Massach...

Wattles, Wallace Delois

Wallace Delois Wattles was an American author, best known for his work in the New Thought and self-help movements. Born in 1860, Wattles spent much of his l...

Weber, Max

Max Weber, born Maximilian Karl Emil Weber on April 21, 1864, in Erfurt, Prussia (now Germany), was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political e...

Webster, Jean

Jean Webster, born as Alice Jane Chandler Webster on July 24, 1876, in Fredonia, New York, was an American author best known for her books “Daddy-Long-Legs”...

Wells, H. G.

Herbert George Wells, more commonly known as H. G. Wells, was born on September 21, 1866, in Bromley, Kent, England, and died on August 13, 1946, in London....

West, Morris

Morris Langlo West (1916–1999) was a celebrated Australian novelist and playwright whose works, translated into 27 languages, sold over 60 million copies. K...

Wharton, Edith

Edith Wharton, born as Edith Newbold Jones on January 24, 1862, was an American writer and designer. She was born into a distinguished and long-established ...

Whitman, Walt

Walt Whitman, born as Walter Whitman Jr. on May 31, 1819, in Huntington, New York, U.S., was an influential American poet, essayist, and journalist. His ver...

Wiener, Gabriela

Gabriela Wiener, born in Lima, Peru, in 1975, is a celebrated Peruvian writer, poet, and journalist. A prominent figure among the new Latin American chronic...

Wilde, Oscar

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde, known as Oscar Wilde, was born on October 16, 1854, in Dublin, Ireland. He was an Irish wit, poet, and dramatist. Wild...

Wilson, Woodrow

Woodrow Wilson, born December 28, 1856, in Virginia, and died February 3, 1924, in Washington, D.C., served as the 28th U.S. president from 1913 to 1921. A ...

Wollstonecraft, Mary

Mary Wollstonecraft (April 27, 1759 - September 10, 1797) was a British writer, philosopher, and a passionate advocate of educational and social equality fo...

Woolf, Virginia

Virginia Woolf, born Adeline Virginia Stephen on January 25, 1882, in London, England, was an English writer who is considered one of the most important mod...

Wordsworth, William

William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, along with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in...

Wyss, Johann David

Johann David Wyss (28 May 1743 – 11 January 1818) was a Swiss author, best remembered for his book The Swiss Family Robinson, one of the most popular books ...