Jane Austen was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century..

Born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1899, **Ernest Hemingway** became one of America's most celebrated and influential writers, transforming both literature and the public's perception of what it meant to be an author.

Raymond Clevie Carver Jr.

Emily Jane Brontë was an English writer best known for her 1847 novel Wuthering Heights.

Sun Tzu was a Chinese military general, strategist, philosopher, and writer who lived during the Eastern Zhou period.

Pauline Nestor is an Associate Professor in English at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. She has edited works including Emily Brontë's *Wuthering Heights* and has written on George Eliot in *George Eliot: Critical Issues*.