Gifts for author fans
Know someone who loves author? Pick their favourite topic for gift ideas, with a fact to share when they open it.
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Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in 1926, a mystery that remains unsolved to this day, despite her eventual reappearance.
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Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson is a practicing member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and incorporates his faith into his writing process, using it as a source of inspiration and moral guidance for his characters.
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Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, but famously refused to attend the ceremony.
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George Orwell
George Orwell's real name was Eric Arthur Blair.
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Jane Austen
Jane Austen's novels were originally published anonymously, or under the pseudonym "A Lady."
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JK Rowling
Before achieving fame as an author, J.K. Rowling worked as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International in London.
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JRR Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University.
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Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood has a PhD in English literature.
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Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman once accidentally sent a fan a signed copy of *American Gods*...intended for someone else.
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Stephen King
Stephen King's first novel, "Carrie," was rejected 30 times before it was finally published.
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