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In 1928, with a small inheritance from her mother, the Rawlings purchased a 72-acre orange grove near Hawthorne, Florida, in a hamlet named Cross Creek for its location between Orange Lake and Lochloosa Lake. She brought the place to international…

Dave Barry has been a professional humorist ever since he discovered that professional humor was a lot easier than working. For many years he wrote a newspaper column that appeared in more than 500 newspapers and generated thousands of letters from…

Rex Beach adventure novels were among the most popular in the country in the early 1900's. Regular people loved his books, but intellectuals and critics did not like his stuff, referring to them as the "he-man school of literature", or "pot boilers".…

Judy Blume is a one of America’s most beloved authors and a committed anti-censorship activist. One of her most well-known titles is Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, a beloved book for adolescent girls that addresses the taboo subject of…

Jimmy Buffett is not only well accomplished in the music arena, he has also written several books, four of which have made the New York Times Best Sellers List with three of those topping the list. Buffett is one of only a few authors who have topped…

Meg Cabot was born in Bloomington, Indiana and is an author that believes in creating happy endings. She has written more than 80 books for adults and teens, many of which have been New York Times #1 Bestsellers and sold over twenty-five million…

Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist and author. In 1925, shortly before entering Barnard College, Hurston became one of the leaders of the literary renaissance happening in Harlem, producing the short-lived literary magazine Fire!! along…

Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947 and sold his first professional short story in 1967 to Startling Mystery Stories. As a high school English teacher he spent his evenings and weekends writing short stories and working on novels. After…

Randall LaBranche grew up in New Hampshire and studied Psychology at Florida State University and Human Resources at Golden Gate University. He was a consultant traveling the U.S. for a good part of his career and spent a number of years teaching…

Margaret Mincks grew up the second oldest of eight kids. When she wasn’t swimming, acting, making up slightly disturbing songs, or filming B-movie parodies with siblings and friends, she was writing stories. After graduating from the University of…