John Irving is a novelist known for multi-generational family epics with themes of wrestling, bears, and Vienna. His fourth novel, The World According to Garp, was a commercial success and adapted into a film. Irving’s later novels sold well but received less critical praise. He also writes autobiographical essays and lives in Vermont. John Irving […]
Washington Irving was a 19th-century American author known for his short stories “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle.” He also wrote essays, biographies, and historical works, and worked as a lawyer and diplomat in England and Spain. Irving achieved critical acclaim overseas and influenced later American authors. He was born in Manhattan […]
