Welcome to Litsy!

The captivating stories behind fifty of the greatest authors and their most famous literary creations Before "Who the Hell is Pansy O?Hara" ?, there had never been a single volume that explored the backstories of so many of the greatest books in the English language. A work sure to captivate all lovers of language and literature, it reveals in short, pithy chapters, the lives, loves, motivations, and quirky, fascinating details involving fifty of the best-loved books of the Western world. ? When stacked up, the original manuscript of "Gone With the Wind" stood taller than Margaret Mitchell, its 4' 9 1/2" author ? Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, was part of the Allied team that cracked the Nazi's Enigma code ? Leo Tolstoy's wife copied "War and Peace" by hand . . . seven times From "The Great Gatsby" to Harper Lee, from "Jaws" to J. K . Rowling, "Who the Hell Is Pansy O?Hara"? offers an entertaining and informative journey through the minds of writers and the life experiences that took these amazing works from notion to novel.