Nonfiction Authors A-K, GRA-HAY
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Graham, Winston
Winston Graham was an English author whose mysteries and historical novels feature suspenseful plots that often......
Grandbois, Alain
Alain Grandbois was a French Canadian poet whose use of unconventional verse forms, abstract metaphors of voyage......
Granville-Barker, Harley
Harley Granville-Barker was an English dramatist, producer, and critic whose repertoire seasons and Shakespeare......
Grass, Günter
Günter Grass was a German poet, novelist, playwright, sculptor, and printmaker who, with his extraordinary first......
Gray, Alasdair
Alasdair Gray was a Scottish novelist, playwright, and artist best known for his surreal atmospheric novel Lanark......
Gray, Asa
Asa Gray was an American botanist whose extensive studies of North American flora did more than the work of any......
Gray, Simon
Simon Gray was a British dramatist whose plays, often set in academia, are noted for their challenging storylines,......
Graça Aranha, José Pereira da
José Pereira da Graça Aranha was a Brazilian novelist and diplomat, best remembered for his novel Canaã (1902;......
Green, Anne Catherine Hoof
Anne Catherine Hoof Green was an early American printer who distinguished herself in her profession in the formative......
Green, Henry
Henry Green was a novelist and industrialist whose sophisticated satires mirrored the changing class structure......
Green, John
John Green is an American author who writes realistic fiction for young adults, such as the best-selling The Fault......
Green, Julien
Julien Green was a French American writer of sombre psychological novels that show a preoccupation with violence......
Green, Paul
Paul Green was an American novelist and playwright whose characteristic works deal with North Carolina folklore......
Greenaway, Kate
Kate Greenaway was an English artist and book illustrator known for her original and charming children’s books.......
Greene, Graham
Graham Greene was an English novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and journalist whose novels treat life’s......
Greenhow, Rose O’Neal
Rose O’Neal Greenhow was a Confederate spy whose social position and shrewd judgment cloaked her espionage for......
Gregory, Dick
Dick Gregory was an American comedian, civil rights activist, and spokesman for health issues, who became nationally......
Gregory, Horace
Horace Gregory was an American poet, critic, translator, and editor noted for both conventional and experimental......
Grenville, Kate
Kate Grenville is an Australian novelist whose works of historical fiction examine class, race, and gender in colonial......
Greville, Fulke, 1st Baron Brooke
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke was an English writer who, on his tomb, styled himself “Servant to Q. Eliz., councellor......
Grieg, Nordahl
Nordahl Grieg was a lyric poet, dramatist, and novelist; a socially committed writer whose resistance to the Germans......
Griffin, John Howard
John Howard Griffin was a white American author who temporarily altered the pigment of his skin in order to experience......
Grigson, Geoffrey
Geoffrey Grigson was an English editor, poet, and literary critic who became known in the 1930s primarily as the......
Grimké, Charlotte Forten
Charlotte Forten Grimké was an American abolitionist and educator best known for the five volumes of diaries she......
Grimshaw, Beatrice
Beatrice Grimshaw was an Irish-born writer and traveler whose many books deal with her travels and adventures in......
Grisham, John
John Grisham is an American writer, attorney, and politician whose legal thrillers often top best-seller lists......
Groen van Prinsterer, Guillaume
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer was a Dutch Protestant political leader and religious thinker to whose influence......
Grossmith, George
George Grossmith was an English comedian and singer who created many of the chief characters in the original productions......
Grove, Frederick Philip
Frederick Philip Grove was a Canadian novelist whose fame rests on sombre naturalistic works that deal frankly......
Groves, Leslie Richard
Leslie Richard Groves was an American army officer in charge of the Manhattan Engineer District (MED)—or, as it......
Gu Kaizhi
Gu Kaizhi was one of the earliest many-faceted artists in China, he probably set new standards for figure painting.......
Guamán Poma de Ayala, Felipe
Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala was an Inca nobleman who wrote and illustrated El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno......
Guarino, Battista
Battista Guarino was an Italian Renaissance scholar who left an account of contemporary goals and techniques of......
Guattari, Pierre-Félix
Pierre-Félix Guattari was a French psychiatrist and philosopher and a leader of the antipsychiatry movement of......
Gudmundsson, Kristmann
Kristmann Gudmundsson was an Icelandic novelist who gained an international reputation with his many works of romantic......
Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence
Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence was a wandering scholar from the Île-de-France, author of the first vernacular life......
Guiney, Louise Imogen
Louise Imogen Guiney was an American poet and essayist, a popular and respected figure in the Boston literary circle......
Guitry, Sacha
Sacha Guitry was a prodigious French playwright, director, and screenwriter who often acted in his own productions......
Gulzar
A poet, writer, lyricist, scriptwriter, film producer, and director, Gulzar has been one of the most influential......
Gunn, Thom
Thom Gunn was an English poet whose verse is notable for its adroit, terse language and counterculture themes.......
Gunnarsson, Gunnar
Gunnar Gunnarsson was an Icelandic novelist and short-story writer who, like many Icelanders of the 20th century,......
Guo Moruo
Guo Moruo was a Chinese scholar, one of the leading writers of 20th-century China, and an important government......
Gurnah, Abdulrazak
Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian-born British author known for his novels about the effects of colonialism, the......
Guzmán, Martín Luis
Martín Luis Guzmán was a novelist who was one of the finest writers of the revolutionary period in Mexico. After......
Guérin, Maurice de
Maurice de Guérin was a French Romantic poet who achieved cultish admiration after his death. Reared in a strictly......
Gyllenborg, Gustaf Fredrik, Greve
Gustaf Fredrik, Count Gyllenborg was a Swedish poet known for his satirical and reflective poetry. Although members......
Gyllensten, Lars
Lars Gyllensten was a Swedish intellectual, professor of histology, poet, and prolific philosophical novelist.......
Gág, Wanda Hazel
Wanda Hazel Gág was an American artist and author whose dynamic visual style imbued the often commonplace subjects......
Gálvez, Manuel
Manuel Gálvez was a novelist and biographer, whose documentation of a wide range of social ills in Argentina in......
Gérin-Lajoie, Antoine
Antoine Gérin-Lajoie was a writer, librarian, and leader in the early literary movement of French Canada. During......
Góis, Damião de
Damião de Góis was a leading Portuguese humanist, who had an encyclopaedic mind and was one of the most critical......
Gómez de la Serna, Ramón
Ramón Gómez de la Serna was a Spanish writer whose greguerías, brief poetic statements characterized by a free......
Gökalp, Ziya
Ziya Gökalp was a sociologist, writer, and poet, one of the most important intellectuals and spokesmen of the Turkish......
H.D.
H.D. was an American poet, known initially as an Imagist. She was also a translator, novelist-playwright, and self-proclaimed......
Haddad, Malek
Malek Haddad was an Algerian poet, novelist, and cultural adviser. Haddad abandoned law studies in Aix-en-Provence......
Hagalín, Gudmundur G.
Gudmundur G. Hagalín was an Icelandic novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. His works constitute a social......
Haggard, Sir H. Rider
Sir H. Rider Haggard was an English novelist best known for his romantic adventure King Solomon’s Mines (1885).......
Halberstam, David
David Halberstam was an American journalist and author who received a Pulitzer Prize in 1964 for his penetrating......
Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson
Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane was a Scottish social-welfare worker and author. The younger sister of the statesman......
Hale, Edward Everett
Edward Everett Hale was an American clergyman and author best remembered for his short story “The Man Without a......
Hale, Janet Campbell
Janet Campbell Hale was a Native American author whose writings often blend personal memoir with stories of her......
Hale, Louise Closser
Louise Closser Hale was a successful American character actress who was also the author of popular novels. Louise......
Hale, Sarah Josepha
Sarah Josepha Hale was an American writer who, as the first female editor of a magazine, shaped many of the attitudes......
Haley, Alex
Alex Haley was an American writer whose works of historical fiction and reportage depicted the struggles of African......
Halifax, George Savile, 1st marquess of
George Savile, 1st marquess of Halifax was an English statesman and political writer known as “The Trimmer” because......
Halim Paşa, Said
Said Halim Paşa was an Ottoman statesman who served as grand vizier (chief minister) from 1913 to 1916. The grandson......
Hall, Basil
Basil Hall was a British naval officer and traveler remembered for noteworthy accounts of his visits to the Orient,......
Hall, Donald
Donald Hall was an American poet, essayist, and critic, whose poetic style moved from studied formalism to greater......
Hall, Edward
Edward Hall was an English historian whose chronicle was one of the chief sources of William Shakespeare’s history......
Hall, James
James Hall was an American author who was one of the earliest to write about the American frontier. Hall was a......
Hall, Robert E.
Robert E. Hall is an American economist who shared the 2026 Nobel Prize for Economics (officially the Sveriges......
Hallam, Arthur Henry
Arthur Henry Hallam was an English essayist and poet who died before his considerable talent developed; he is remembered......
Halliburton, Richard
Richard Halliburton was an American travel and adventure writer who spent most of his adult life exploring the......
Hamerling, Robert
Robert Hamerling was an Austrian poet remembered chiefly for his epics. After studying in Vienna, he became a teacher......
Hamilton, Alexander
Alexander Hamilton was a New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1787), major author of the Federalist......
Hamsun, Knut
Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian novelist, dramatist, poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920. A......
Han Yu
Han Yu was a master of Chinese prose, an outstanding poet, and the first proponent of what later came to be known......
Handke, Peter
Peter Handke is an avant-garde Austrian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist, one of the most original German-language......
Hannah, Barry
Barry Hannah was an American author of darkly comic, often violent novels and short stories set in the Deep South.......
Hardwick, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Hardwick was an American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist known for her eloquent literary and......
Harjo, Joy
Joy Harjo is an American poet, writer, musician, and activist who was the first Native American to be named U.S.......
Harper, Frances E.W.
Frances E.W. Harper was an American author, orator, and social reformer who was notable for her poetry, speeches,......
Harper, Ida A. Husted
Ida A. Husted Harper was a journalist and suffragist, remembered for her writings in the popular press for and......
Harrington, Michael
Michael Harrington was an American socialist activist and author, best known for his book The Other America (1962),......
Harris, Alexander
Alexander Harris was an English author whose Settlers and Convicts; or, Recollections of Sixteen Years’ Labour......
Harris, E. Lynn
E. Lynn Harris was an American author, who in a series of novels drew on his personal familiarity with the gay......
Harris, Fred
Fred Harris was an American politician, educator, and writer who served as a U.S. senator from 1964 to early 1973.......
Harris, Joel Chandler
Joel Chandler Harris was an American author, creator of the folk character Uncle Remus. As apprentice on a weekly......
Harsdörfer, Georg Philipp
Georg Philipp Harsdörfer was a German poet and theorist of the Baroque movement who wrote more than 47 volumes......
Hart, H.L.A.
H.L.A. Hart was an English philosopher, teacher, and author who was the foremost legal philosopher and one of the......
Hart, Moss
Moss Hart was one of the most successful U.S. playwrights of the 20th century. At 17 Hart obtained a job as office......
Hartley, L.P.
L.P. Hartley was an English novelist, short-story writer, and critic whose works fuse a subtle observation of manners......
Haushofer, Karl
Karl Haushofer was a German army officer, political geographer, and leading proponent of geopolitics, an academic......
Hawkins, Sir John
Sir John Hawkins was an English magistrate, writer, and author of the first history of music in English. Hawkins......
Hawkins, Sir Richard
Sir Richard Hawkins was an English seaman and adventurer whose Observations in His Voyage Into the South Sea (1622)......
Hay, John
John Hay was the U.S. secretary of state (1898–1905) who skillfully guided the diplomacy of his country during......
Hayashi Shihei
Hayashi Shihei was a Japanese scholar, a specialist in military affairs, who first drew attention to Japan’s inadequate......
Hayes, Terrance
When American poet Terrance Hayes’s children were young, he gave them a fun assignment: memorize a poem. For his......
Hayley, William
William Hayley was an English poet, biographer, and patron of the arts. Hayley is best remembered for his friendships......
Hayton
Hayton was the king of Little Armenia, now in Turkey, from 1224 to 1269. The account of his travels in western......