Test your knowledge of literature's most famous heroines with this quiz. Women have always been writing, and in fact, the earliest named author on record is Enheduanna, a Mesopotamian high priestess ...

James Baldwin in 1979. Can you identify his children’s book? Ralph Gatti/Getty Images Believe it or not, James Joyce wrote literature for children—as did Virginia Woolf, Langston Hughes, and many ...

Famous U.S Authors: When you think of American literature, names like Mark Twain, Maya Angelou, or Ernest Hemingway probably pop into your head. But here’s the twist: behind these big names are wild ...

Ray Bradbury had an affinity for cinnamon. Not just the ingredient, but the word itself. In “The Logophile’s Orgy,” a 1995 book that featured authors waxing poetic about their favorite words, Bradbury ...

Daily Quiz | On novelist Toni Morrison American novelist Toni Morrison was born on this day in 1931. Here is a quiz on one of the most famous writers of all time. Updated - February 18, 2026 05:20 pm ...