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Today‘s author spotlight: Stephen (Edwin) King! The 72-year-old was born in Portland, Maine. He and his brother were raised by their single mother. He has been dubbed the King of Horror. He has written over 65 books and 200 short stories. His wife of 48 years, Tabitha, and two sons, Joe Hill and Owen, have also written books. He has a daughter, Naomi, who is a Unitarian minister and gay rights advocate. #AuthorPotpourri #TheMoreYouKnow

Today‘s author spotlight: George Eliot! George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, circumventing the stereotype of women writing only light romances. Born in England in 1819, she died at 61 in London. She is considered one of Victorian Literature‘s titans. She wrote 7 novels, known for their realism; some consider Middlemarch the English language‘s greatest novel! She‘s buried at London‘s Highgate Cemetery. #AuthorPotpourri #TheMoreYouKnow

Today‘s author spotlight: Robert Louis Stevenson! Born today in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1850, he died at 44. He married in San Francisco & had no children together. He was good friends with Hawaii‘s King Kalākaua. He was a much-loved advocate of the Samoan people, & his adopted Samoan name was Tusitala, or “Teller of Tales”. They buried him atop Mt. Vaea. He was excluded from literary canon until recent decades. #AuthorPotpourri #TheMoreYouKnow

Today‘s author spotlight: Vikram Seth! The 67-year-old was born in Calcutta, India. He studied at Oxford & Stanford. He was commissioned by the English National Opera to write a Greek myth-based libretto, which was first performed in 1994. He received a Q9.4 mil advance for his novel “Two Lives”, far more than the 6a8,000 for “A Suitable Boy”. He lives in poet George Herbert‘s former home. He is gay & an activist. #AuthorPotpourri #TheMoreYouKnow

Fascinating book that makes me want to go back and study biology.

And the really incredible thing: octopuses are color blind! So then how do they do such excellent camouflage? Scientists really don‘t know but theorize they might “see” with their skin.

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Today‘s author spotlight: Franz Kafka! Born in Prague in 1883, he died at 40 in Austria from tuberculosis. His body of work is so influential, that the term “Kafkaesque” has been coined to describe surreal, disorienting complexity. Though engaged several times, he never married. He wrote in his spare time while working in insurance. Much of his work was published posthumously rather than being burned as he wanted. #AuthorPotpourri #TheMoreYouKnow

Today‘s author spotlight: Helen (Olajumoke) Oyeyemi! The 34-year-old Brit moves from Nigeria to London when a girl. She studied at Cambridge University, where she already had her first book written (the tagged one) and two of her plays performed to critical acclaim. Her books have garnered her a number of awards, including the PEN and Shirley Jackson Award, and gotten her onto lists like “25 under 25”. #AuthorPotpourri #TheMoreYouKnow

I was today years old when I found out Litsy was on the web. Wow. Also learning about some other cool features I've missed by scrolling back through older posts from the official Litsy account. They have been putting in that work! 👏🏽 #themoreyouknow

Today‘s author spotlight: Tananarive Due! The 53-year-old is a Tallahassee, Florida, native. Her mother named her after the French name of Madagascar‘s capital, Antananarivo. She has a B.S. in journalism and an M.A. in English Literature. She worked at the Miami Herald when she wrote her first novel. She currently resides in Los Angles with her husband and their son. She is prolific in horror and sci fi. #AuthorPotpourri #TheMoreYouKnow