Are H. G. Wells and Angela Davis both accomplished authors?
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H. G. Wells Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946), usually referred to as H. G. Wells, was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called a "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most notable science fiction works include "The Time Machine" (1895), "The Island of Doctor Moreau" (1896), "The Invisible Man" (1897), and "The War of the Worlds" (1898). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.
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Angela Davis Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, academic, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Anna Lee Waldo Anna Lee Waldo is an American historical fiction author. She is most noted for her novel "Sacajawea".
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Andrea Davis Pinkney Andrea Davis Pinkney is a children's author and Coretta Scott King Award winner who writes about African-American culture. She is the author of more than 20 books and founder of the "first African American children's book imprint at a major publishing company": Jump at the Sun at Hyperion Books for Children, the Disney Book Group (now Disney Publishing Worldwide). She is also vice president and editor-at-large for Scholastic Trade Books.
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Black Spring Press Black Spring Press is an independent English publishing house founded in the early 1980s. The first Black Spring publication was a reprint of Anais Nin's "D.H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study", which on its first publication in 1932 had been only the second study of Lawrence's work to appear. This was followed by Patrick Kearney's "The Paris Olympia Press: An Annotated Bibliography", which carried a Foreword by Maurice Girodias. Later publications included translations of early Soviet short stories and an epistolary first novel from the French; Nick Cave's debut novel, "And the Ass Saw the Angel", which had been commissioned five years previously; reprints of Leonard Cohen's novels together with new editions of his titles "Book of Mercy" and "Death of a Lady's Man"; and the memoirs of Carolyn Cassady, "" In the early 1990s Black Spring revived the reputation of the black comedy thriller writer Kyril Bonfiglioli by gathering his three previously-published novels featuring art-dealer and bon viveur Charlie Mortdecai and issuing them as "The Mortdecai Trilogy"; this was followed by a reprint of Bonfiglioli's historical romp "All the Tea in China" and first publication of "The Great Mortdecai Moustache Mystery", left lacking its final chapter at the time of the author's death but now completed by Craig Brown. More recently the company has revived work by Patrick Hamilton, Alexander Baron and Julian Maclaren-Ross.
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The Sea Lady The Sea Lady is a fantasy novel written by H. G. Wells that has some of the aspects of a fable. It was serialized from July to December 1901 in "Pearson's Magazine" before being published as a volume by Methuen. The inspiration for the novel was Wells's glimpse of May Nisbet, the daughter of the "Times" drama critic, in a bathing suit, when she came to visit at Sandgate, Wells having agreed to pay her school fees after her father's death.
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Beatrice Deloitte Davis Beatrice Deloitte Davis AM MBE (1909–1992) was Australia's first full-time book editor, appointed by Angus & Robertson in 1937. She nurtured a generation of writers and 'helped shape Australian literature for half a century'.
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Frances Blogg Frances Chesterton, born Frances Alice Blogg (1869–1938) was an English author of verse, songs and school drama. She was the wife of G.K. Chesterton and had a large role in his career as amanuensis and personal manager.
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Francis Davis (disambiguation) Francis Davis is an American author and journalist.
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Lesley Glaister Lesley Glaister (born 4 Oct 1956, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire) is a British novelist, poet and playwright. She has written 13 novels, "Little Egypt" being the most recent, one play and numerous short stories and radio plays. She is a lecturer in creative writing at the University of St Andrews, and is a regular contributor of book reviews to the "Spectator" and "The Times". She is married to poet Andrew Greig.
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H. G. Wells bibliography H. G. Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His writing career spanned more than sixty years, and his early science fiction novels earned him the title (along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback) of "The Father of Science Fiction".
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Mildred B. Davis Mildred B. Davis is an American novelist whose books generally fall into the suspense/mystery genre.
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Gwen Davis Gwen Davis (born May 11, 1936) is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, songwriter, journalist and poet.
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Frank Marshall Davis Frank Marshall Davis (December 31, 1905 – July 26, 1987) was an American journalist, poet, political and labor movement activist, and businessman.
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Virginia Haviland Virginia Haviland (May 21, 1911 – January 6, 1988) was an American librarian and writer who became an international authority in children's literature. She chaired the prestigious Newbery-Caldecott Award Committee, traveled and wrote extensively. Haviland is also well known for her "Favorite Fairy Tales" series, featuring stories from sixteen countries.
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Gabriel Wells Gabriel Wells (January 24, 1861 – November 6, 1946) was a noted bookseller, historian and author. He was one of the most important antiquarian booksellers in America and Britain in the first half of the twentieth century. He was president of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association in 1930.
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Alan Davis (disambiguation) Alan Davis (born 1956) is a British writer and artist of comic books.
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Clare Boothe Luce Clare Boothe Luce (March 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987) was an American author, politician, U.S. Ambassador and public conservative figure. She was the first American woman appointed to a major ambassadorial post abroad. A versatile author, she is best known for her 1936 hit play "The Women", which had an all-female cast. Her writings extended from drama and screen scenarios to fiction, journalism, and war reportage. She was the wife of Henry Luce, publisher of "Time", "Life", "Fortune", and "Sports Illustrated".
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Clyde Brion Davis Clyde Brion Davis (May 22, 1894–July 19, 1962) was an American author and freelance journalist active from the mid-1920s until his death. Davis is best known for his novels "The Anointed" and "The Great American Novel", though he authored more than 15 books.
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Dr. Franklin's Island Dr. Franklin's Island is a young adult science fiction book by Ann Halam published in 2002. It is narrated in the first person. Loosely based on H.G. Wells' "The Island of Dr. Moreau", it tells the story of three teenagers who end up on an island owned by Dr. Franklin, a brilliant but insane scientist, who wants to use them as specimens for his transgenic experiments.
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The Bulpington of Blup The Bulpington of Blup, a 1932 novel by H. G. Wells, is a character study analyzing the psychological sources of resistance to Wellsian ideology, and was influenced by Wells's acquaintance with Carl Gustav Jung and his ideas.
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The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman is a 1914 novel by H. G. Wells.