All Authors
Emily Brontë was an English novelist and poet whose short life produced works that continue to startle and enthrall readers.
Born on the windswept moors of Yorkshire, she was the middle child among the surviving Brontë siblings.
Her early life was marked by loss, with her mother’s death when Emily was just three.
This hardship, along with the isolation of their rural home, fueled Emily’s rich imagination.
Herman Melville is a giant of American literature.
Though his early life was comfortable, his father’s death plunged the family into financial hardship.
This hardship would shape Melville’s future, leading him to seek adventure at sea.
Melville’s seafaring experiences were the wellspring of his most famous works.
In 1839, he first took to the sea as a merchant sailor, followed by a stint on a whaling ship.
Oscar Wilde, the flamboyant and witty Irish writer, was a giant of the late Victorian era.
Born in Dublin in 1854, Wilde excelled in academics, winning scholarships to Trinity College Dublin and Magdalen College Oxford.
He became a champion of the Aesthetic movement, advocating for “art for art’s sake” and expressing himself through poetry, lectures, and art criticism.
Paul Auster was a prolific American writer who left his mark on literature with novels, essays, screenplays, and even films.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Auster’s life was touched by a defining moment at a young age: witnessing a friend’s death by lightning.
This experience would later echo in themes of chance and mortality within his work.
After graduating from Columbia University, he spent time in France, translating works and starting his own writing career.