Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in 1926, a mystery that remains unsolved to this day, despite her eventual reappearance. elaborate
Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, but famously refused to attend the ceremony. elaborate
J.K. Rowling's first novel, *The Casual Vacancy*, was published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. elaborate
Neil Gaiman once accidentally sent a fan a signed copy of *American Gods*...intended for someone else. elaborate
George Orwell's real name was Eric Arthur Blair. elaborate
J.R.R. Tolkien was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University. elaborate