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Alexander RosenbaumAuthor · BooksAlexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum PAR (Aleksandr Jakovlevič Rozenbaum) (born September 13, 1951) is a Russian bard from Saint Petersburg.[1][2]
Alyson NoëlAuthor · BooksAlyson Noël (born December 3, 1965) is an American author from Orange County, California.[1]
Anna GermanPerson · Music memorabiliaAnna Wiktoria German-Tucholska[1] (Anna Viktoria German, 14 February 193626 August 1982) was a Polish singer (lirico-spinto), immensely popular in Poland and in the Soviet Union in the…
Aphra BehnAuthor · BooksAphra Behn (bapt. 14 December 1640 – 16 April 1689) was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era.
Barbara Taylor BradfordAuthor · BooksBarbara Taylor Bradford (10 May 1933 – 24 November 2024) was a British-American best-selling novelist.
Carolina Maria de JesusAuthor · BooksCarolina Maria de Jesus (14 March 1914 – 13 February 1977) was a Brazilian outskirts memoirist who lived most of her life as a slum-dweller.
Cecelia AhernAuthor · BooksCecelia Ahern (born 30 September 1981) is an Irish novelist, known for her works like Where Rainbows End, If You Could See Me Now, and PS, I Love You.
E. Phillips OppenheimAuthor · BooksEdward Phillips Oppenheim (22 October 1866 – 3 February 1946) was an English novelist, a prolific writer of best-selling genre fiction, featuring glamorous characters, international…
Elizabeth GoudgeAuthor · BooksElizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge FRSL (24 April 1900 – 1 April 1984) was an English writer of fiction and children's books.
Erica JongPerson · Music memorabiliaErica Jong (née Mann; born March 26, 1942) is an American novelist, satirist, and poet known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying.
Erica SpindlerAuthor · BooksErica Spindler (born 1957) is a New York Times Best-Selling author, who specializes in romantic thrillers.
Francesco Paolo TostiPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Francesco Paolo Tosti KCVO (9 April 1846, Ortona, Abruzzo – 2 December 1916, Rome) was an Italian composer and music teacher.
Francine RiversAuthor · BooksFrancine Sandra Rivers (born 1947) is an American author of fiction with Christian themes, including inspirational romance novels.
Gary PaulsenAuthor · BooksGary James Paulsen (May 17, 1939 – October 13, 2021) was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming-of-age stories about the wilderness.
Hillary WaughAuthor · BooksHillary Baldwin Waugh (June 22, 1920 – December 8, 2008) was a pioneering American mystery novelist. In 1989, he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.
Iris JohansenAuthor · BooksIris Johansen (born April 7, 1938 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American writer of crime fiction, suspense fiction, and romance novels.
James SalterPerson · Film memorabiliaJames Arnold Horowitz (June 10, 1925 – June 19, 2015), better known as James Salter, his pen name and later-adopted legal name, was an American novelist and short-story writer.
Janet DaileyAuthor · BooksJanet Anne Haradon Dailey (Haradon; May 21, 1944 – December 14, 2013) was an American author of numerous romance novels.
Jeaniene FrostAuthor · BooksJeaniene Frost (born June 13, 1974) is an American fantasy author, known for her Night Huntress series and the Night Huntress World novels.
Jeffrey Kent EugenidesAuthor · BooksJeffrey Kent Eugenides (born March 8, 1960) is an American author. He has written numerous short stories and essays, as well as three novels: The Virgin Suicides (1993), Middlesex (2002),…
John BrileyAuthor · BooksRichard John Briley[1][2] (June 25, 1925 – December 14, 2019) was an American writer best known for screenplays of biographical films.
Judith KrantzAuthor · BooksJudith Krantz (née Tarcher; January 9, 1928 – June 22, 2019) was an American magazine writer, fashion editor, and novelist.
Justin CroninAuthor · BooksJustin Cronin (born 1962) is an American author. He has written six novels: Mary and O'Neil, The Ferryman, and The Summer Guest, as well as a vampire trilogy consisting of The Passage, The…
Karel GottArtist · PaintingsKarel Gott (14 July 1939 – 1 October 2019) was a Czech singer, considered the most successful male singer in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.
Lauren KateAuthor · BooksLauren Kate (born March 21, 1981) is an American author of adult and young adult fiction. She has published fifteen novels, one novella, and several short stories.
Lisa GardnerAuthor · BooksLisa Gardner (born 1972) is a #1 New York Times bestselling American novelist. She is the author of more than 20 suspense novels, published in more than 30 countries.
Lolita MilyavskayaPerson · Film memorabiliaLolita Markovna Milyavskaya (née Горелик (Gorelik); born 14 November 1963), known mononymously as Lolita, is a Russian singer, actress, TV and film director.
Lore OlympusSeries · Comics and comic artLore Olympus is a romance webcomic created by New Zealand artist Rachel Smythe. The comic is a modern retelling of the relationship between the Greek goddess and god Persephone and Hades.
Lyubov OrlovaPerson · Film memorabiliaLyubov Petrovna Orlova (– 26 January 1975) was a Soviet and Russian actress, singer, dancer, and People's Artist of the USSR (1950).
Maria TănasePerson · Music memorabiliaMaria Tănase (maˈri.a təˈnase; 25 September 1913 – 22 June 1963) was a Romanian singer and actress. Her music ranged from traditional Romanian music to romance, tango, chanson, and operetta.
Mark MinkovPerson · Music memorabiliaMark Anatolievich Minkov (25 November 1944 – 29 May 2012) was a Soviet and Russian music composer. His music is featured in a number of operas, ballets, stage performances, and films.
Mary WebbAuthor · BooksMary Gladys Webb (25 March 1881 – 8 October 1927) was an English romance novelist and poet of the early 20th century, whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among…
Meg CabotIllustrator · IllustrationMeggin Patricia Cabot (born February 1, 1967) is an American novelist. She has written and published over 80 novels of young adult and adult fiction and is best known for her young adult…
Michael CunninghamAuthor · BooksMichael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an American novelist and screenwriter.
Michael GlinkaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Mikhail Glinka by Karl Bryullov, 1840
Nikolai RoslavetsPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Nikolai Roslavets
P. C. CastAuthor · BooksPhyllis Christine Cast (born April 30, 1960) is an American romance/fantasy author, known for the House of Night series she writes and her daughter Kristin Cast edits, as well as her own…
Pierre MertensAuthor · BooksPierre Mertens (9 October 1939 – 19 January 2025) was a Belgian writer and lawyer who specialised in international law, director of the Centre de sociologie de la littérature at the…
Short-Tempered MelancholicSeries · Comics and comic art
Sidney SheldonPerson · Film memorabiliaSidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1940s and 50s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably…
Sylvia DayAuthor · BooksSylvia June Day (born March 11, 1973) is a Japanese American writer. She also writes under the pseudonyms S.J. Day and Livia Dare.
Vladimir VavilovPerson · Music memorabiliaVladimir Fyodorovich Vavilov (5 May 1925 – 11 March 1973) was a Russian Soviet guitarist, lutenist and composer.

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