100 fun facts about writers and their fascinating lives
On Twitter we recently reached the 100,000 followers milestone. (Hurrah! And do follow us @InterestingLit if you’re also a tweeter.) To celebrate the occasion, we’ve gathered together one hundred of our favourite facts about famous authors. We hope you enjoy them! Where there’s a link on an author’s name, we’ve linked to our post about that particular author (usually part of our five fascinating facts series – indeed, if you like these facts, check out that series).
Virginia Woolf was the granddaughter of novelist William Makepeace Thackeray.
Aldous Huxley was the great-nephew of Matthew Arnold.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, lived next door to Mark Twain.
Evelyn Waugh’s first wife’s name was Evelyn. They were known as ‘He-Evelyn’ and ‘She-Evelyn’.
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