Daniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author most famous for writing thriller novels. His most well-known works include the Robert Langdon series: Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003), The Lost Symbol (2009), Inferno (2013), Origin (2017), and The Secret of Secrets (2025). These books often involve puzzles and challenges that take place within a single day, focusing on topics like codes, art, and theories about hidden secrets.
Terence Dean Brooks was born on January 8, 1944. He is an American writer who creates fantasy fiction. Most of his books are epic fantasy stories, and he has also written two film novelizations.
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born on June 7, 1917, and died on December 3, 2000. She was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her writing often focused on the everyday joys and challenges of people in her community.
Rupert Chawner Brooke (August 3, 1887 – April 23, 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during World War I, such as “The Dead” and “The Soldier.” He was also known for his boyish good looks, which led the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to describe him as “the handsomest young man in England.” He died from septicaemia after a mosquito bite while on a French hospital ship near the island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea.
Louis Bromfield was born on December 27, 1896, and died on March 18, 1956. He was an American writer and conservationist. In the 1920s, he was a popular novelist.
Iosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996), known as Joseph in English, was a Russian and American poet and essayist. He was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union. Brodsky had problems with Soviet officials and was told to leave the country in 1972.
André Robert Breton (born February 19, 1896; died September 28, 1966) was a French writer and poet. He was an important thinker and helped start the surrealist movement. His work includes the first Surrealist Manifesto, written in 1924.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theater professional, playwright, and poet. He grew up during the Weimar Republic and had his first successes as a playwright in Munich. In 1924, he moved to Berlin, where he wrote The Threepenny Opera with Elisabeth Hauptmann and Kurt Weill and worked with composer Hanns Eisler.
Marion Howard Brazier (used the name Marion Howard; September 6, 1850 – January 15, 1935) was an American journalist, editor, author, and member of women’s clubs in Boston. She wrote two books: Perpetrations, a Book of Humor and Cheer, Philosophy and Comfort. Brazier worked as society editor of The Boston Post from 1890 to 1898; editor and publisher of The Patriotic Review from 1898 to 1900; and society editor of The Boston Journal from 1903 to 1911.
Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935 – around September 16, 1984) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. He wrote books his whole life and published ten novels, two collections of short stories, and ten poetry books. His books were published in the United States and in countries like Europe, Japan, and China.