“I’m so glad you answered!” he emailed immediately. “Yep, I’m the writer. I’m enclosing a not very sexy pic. I live with ...

With the recent outpouring of writers' workshops and online writing communities, anyone can be a writer. Author Steven Carter has addressed this issue in his newest book Famous Writers School: A ...

Mitford sought comment from the Famous Writers themselves, who appeared aghast that anyone would think they had any personal involvement in the school’s operations.

Everyone from Stephen King to Leo Tolstoy has fallen victim to writer's block. Here's how a few other famous authors got over it.

When we hear the names of writers, we usually think of their work first and not of the people who wrote them. But it doesn't change the fact that these authors existed and had full-blown lives that ...

A traveling exhibit that Mississippi State had on display several years ago featured typewriters. One of the typewriters was used by Earnest Hemingway to write “The Old Man and The Sea,” “A ...

Musician/TV personality Erika Jayne turns 54 and actor Chiwetel Ejiofor turns 48, among the famous birthdays for July 10.

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A few hours in Emily Dickinson’s bedroom or a night in the Fitzgeralds' home might just make you the next great American author.

Throughout my life whenever I told people my last name, they would ask, “Are you related Erma Bombeck?” In case you don’t know, she was a famous writer who wrote a daily column in over 900 newspapers ...