To determine the list, we considered ubiquity, literary acclaim, and financial success. An author earned bonus points for setting their work in their home state. First, we scoured stories from coast ...

Every literary giant has that one book. You know the type.The novel that somehow slipped through the cracks while their ...

When we hear the names of writers, we usually think of their work first and not of the people who wrote them. But it doesn't change the fact that these authors existed and had full-blown lives that ...

Genius rarely arrives quietly — and for some writers, it never shows up without a hint of madness. Many of the world’s greatest authors relied on habits that blurred the line between routine and ...