American radio pioneer and inventor, and co-founder of the American Radio Relay League . Hiram Percy Maxim is credited with inventing and selling the first commercially successful firearm silencer, and also with developing mufflers for internal combustion engines.
British naturalist and author, best known for his non-fiction writing and his work with otters
British businessman turned author who moved to France in the 1980s. He wrote a series of bestselling memoirs of his life there, beginning with A Year in Provence .
American novelist, journalist and social activist
American film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet, and teacher
American author, essayist, nature writer, and fiction writer whose work is known for its humanitarian and environmental concerns
Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist
American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction
American author best known for the Betsy-Tacy series.
English poet and novelist who is best known for his 1947 novel Under the Volcano, which was voted No. 11 in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels list.
