Bernard Bailyn
American historian, author, and academic specializing in U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary-era History
historical
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
Honore de Balzac
French novelist and playwright
Pat Barker
English writer and novelist
Henry Adams
American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. Presidents
Elizabeth George Speare
American writer of children’s historical fiction, including two Newbery Medal winners, recognizing the year’s “most distinguished contribution to American literature for children”. In 1989 she received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for her many contributions to American children’s literature and one of the Educational Paperback Association’s top 100 authors.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Children’s novel by American author Elizabeth George Speare, published in 1958. The story takes place in late 17th-century New England