Charles Baudelaire
French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic
Creator
Beryl Bainbridge
English writer from Liverpool
L. Frank Baum
American author best known for his children’s books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels
Nicholson Baker
American novelist and essayist
Russell Baker
American journalist, narrator, writer of Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical commentary and self-critical prose, and author of Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography Growing Up . He was a columnist for The New York Times from 1962 to 1998, and hosted the PBS show Masterpiece Theatre from 1992 to 2004. The Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994 stated: “Baker, thanks to his singular gift of treating serious, even tragic events and trends with gentle humor, has become an American institution.”
James Baldwin
American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist
Edward Ball
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J. G. Ballard
English novelist, short story writer, satirist, and essayist who first became associated with the New Wave of science fiction for his post-apocalyptic novels such as The Drowned World . In the late 1960s, he produced a variety of experimental short stories , such as those collected in the controversial The Atrocity Exhibition . In the mid-1970s, Ballard published several novels, among them the highly controversial Crash , a story about car crash fetishism, and High-Rise , a depiction of a luxury apartment building’s descent into violent chaos
Diana Athill
British literary editor, novelist and memoirist who worked with some of the greatest writers of the 20th century at the London-based publishing company Andre Deutsch Ltd.
Honore de Balzac
French novelist and playwright