Known as one of the most prolific female poets of all time, Maya Angelou was more than just a great wordsmith. She was a talented artist, a determined activist, and a hero to women across the globe. Born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, Maya got her name from her elder brother Bailer ...

  There’s more to essayist and novelist Virginia Woolf than her words. A prolific intellect of the interwar period, Woolf was also a pioneering feminist.   Virginia Woolf was an author who pioneered feminism in literature. An important social figure of London in the interwar per...

Known for works such as Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, Dear John, and The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks is one of the world’s best writers of romance stories. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Nicholas is the middle of three children. Although he graduated with a business degree with honors in 1...