I’ve always found this interesting: Mark Twain’s 1835 birth came in the same year as an appearance of Halley’s Comet. He died in the year of its next appearance, 1910.
Today is Mark Twain’s Birthday 1835 – 1910
Authors
Today is C.S. Lewis’s birthday 1898 – 1963
Happy National Author’s Day
Magic
RIP Peter Straub
Happy Birthday, J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter!
Dickensian Wheel of Misfortune
Austen vs. Hemingway
John Steinbeck on Falling in Love
How to Help an Author Succeed
Bound 4 Escape 