I have sometimes rankled fans of Science Fiction by insisting that my novels are Speculative Fiction instead.
I founded the amateur cricket team Allahakbarries, whose members included my fellow writers Wodehouse, Milne, Doyle, Kipling, and Chesterton.
Though little is known of my own life, I am known as the 'Father of English History' due to my major work.
The academic study of my most famous work, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature, is called Redology.
I'm one of the world's most famous romance novelists, but my step-granddaughter's marriage to the Prince of Wales did not end happily ever after.
I am known mainly for my mystery novels, but one of my plays ran from 1952 - 2020 in London.
Reclusive and little-published during my life, I am today considered a major poet who revolutionized the form.
I was almost executed by firing squad for belonging to a subversive group, but at the last minute was reprieved and spent four years in Siberia.
Though my most famous character is known for reason and acute observation, I was a member of the famed Ghost Club.
Although I started as a journalist, I am more famous for my novels of magical realism.
I'm one the founders of the hardboiled genre, but one of my most famous characters is based on Lillian Hellman, with whom I had a 30-year affair.
My father left when I was two and never came back, but two of my own children - and my wife - have followed in my footsteps and become writers.
In my prolific career, I wrote 89 novels, most of which were westerns, or 'frontier' novels.
I was the first Arab to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature, though my advanced age prevented me from attending the award ceremony.
My novels have won major awards, and a film adaptation of one won the Oscar for Best Picture of 2007.
Though my friendship with Hawthorne didn't last and my most famous novel was a commercial failure, I am considered one of the great American novelists.
As a Trappist monk, I wrote poetry and an autobiography considered one of the best books of the 20th century.
The title of my most famous novel, about the dark secrets of a small town, has entered the lexicon as shorthand for the underbelly of small town America.
While portraying a hypochondriac on stage in one of my plays, I was overcome by a coughing fit and died a few hours after finishing my performance.
Even though I am possibly Japan's most famous living novelist, my work is often criticized in my country for being un-Japanese.
I am known throughout the world for my plays, but my prime burial spot in Holy Trinity Church comes from being a parish lay-rector.
At 15, I started working at a newspaper in Liège, Belgium, exposing me to the seamier elements of society which I would explore in my detective fiction.
I kicked butt in the dramatic competitions of my time, besting my rivals 24 times and never finishing lower than 2nd place.
I am more famous as a poet, but one of my plays was performed on the opening night of the Abbey Theatre, which I co-founded.
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