A challenge while visiting the poet Lord Byron led to the creation of Frankenstein bringing notoriety and fame to Mary Shelley and changing the course of literature.
Presents the life and career of Amy Tan, the child of immigrant parents from China, who became a successful novelist using the stories of her mother's past life in China.
Chronicles the life of the Irish-born British novelist, Clive Staples Lewis, describing his childhood in Belfast, his family, education, his literary accomplishments and how his embracement of Christianity on his writing.
Examines the life and work of late eighteenth-century feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, discussing the controversy she raised with the publication of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.".
Traces the life and achievements of the twentieth-century African American novelist, whose early life was shaped by a strict grandmother who had been a slave, an illiterate father, and a mother educated as a schoolteacher.
An exploration of the life and career of Mark Twain that discusses his family, childhood, apprenticeship, travels, marriage, financial challenges, works, and more.
