Gregory Nunzio Corso was born on March 26, 1930, and died on January 17, 2001. He was an American poet. He was part of a group called the Beat Generation, which included Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S.
Bernard Cornwell OBE (born 23 February 1944) is an English writer known for writing historical novels and a book about the Waterloo campaign. He is most famous for his series of novels about Richard Sharpe, a soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. He also wrote The Saxon Stories, a series of thirteen books about the unification of England.
Cid (Sidney) Corman (June 29, 1924 – March 12, 2004) was a poet, translator, and editor. He was especially known for editing the magazine Origin and played an important role in the history of American poetry during the second half of the 20th century.
Robert Lowell Coover was born on February 4, 1932, and passed away on October 5, 2024. He was an American novelist and short story writer. He also served as a retired professor in Literary Arts at Brown University, known as the T.
Robert Finlayson “Robin” Cook (28 February 1946 – 6 August 2005) was a member of the British Labour Party. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 until his death in 2005. He held the position of Foreign Secretary in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2001, when he was replaced by Jack Straw.
Thomas Bertram Costain was born on May 8, 1885, and died on October 8, 1965. He was a Canadian-born American journalist who became a best-selling author of books about history when he was 57 years old.
Donald Patrick Conroy was born on October 26, 1945, and died on March 4, 2016. He was an American author who wrote many well-received novels and memoirs. His books The Water Is Wide, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, and The Great Santini were made into films.
Joseph Conrad, born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is considered one of the greatest writers in the English language. Although he did not speak English fluently until his twenties and always had a strong foreign accent, he became a skilled writer who brought new ideas from outside England into English literature.
Michael Joseph Connelly was born on July 21, 1956. He is an American writer who writes detective novels and other crime stories. He is especially known for writing about LAPD Detective Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch and a criminal defense lawyer named Mickey Haller.
Laurie Colwin was born on June 14, 1944, and passed away on October 24, 1992. She was an American writer who created five novels, three books with short stories, and two books containing essays and recipes. Her writing often focused on life in New York society, and she wrote food articles for Gourmet magazine.