Famous writers

OSCAR WILDE. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, the early 1890s saw him become one of the most popular playwrights in London. His most famous work is "The Importance of Being Earnest".

Did you know that the famous French writer Voltaire once lived in London? Francois-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) – under the pen name of Voltaire – was a French writer, philosopher, satirist and playwright. Some of his notable works were his tragic play, Zaïre, the historical study, The Age of Louis XIV, and the satirical novella, Candide. Voltaire was exiled to England and lived in London from 1726 to 1728.

British author, Virginia Woolf, 1902 Prints available! http://www.redbubble.com/explore/klassixx

In 1934, Ernest Hemingway gave a young writer advice and recommended the books a young writer should read.

Future Famous Writer, writing inspiration

Rudyard Kipling. The proverb, "Nothing is ever settled until it is settled right" has been attributed to Kipling.

Last month, I received an email from Popular bookstore (a local bookstore in Singapore). The email was just a regular one that talked about the sales they were having in their store. And in that …

I copied my favorite writers’ schedules to see if their routines would offer the secret to unlocking my ultimate creative potential.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, taken by his secretary Frances Kroll Ring.

Salman Rushdie on what the books “Slaughterhouse-Five,” by Kurt Vonnegut, “Catch-22,” by Joseph Heller, and others tell us about the nature of war and humanity.