Famous Category: Fiction Writers

February 5, 1941 – September 30, 2010 Television Screen Writer & Producer Listen I’ve wanted to be a novelist since I was 16 years old; it was my dream in high school to be a writer and novelist. In my […]

Mystery Writer & Educator Listen In 1979, prior to many discoveries in the field of learning disabilities, I was broadly diagnosed as “learning disabled, presumed dyslexic” — a theme that resonates through some of my works. John Corrigan is a teacher, […]

15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976 Mystery Writer, Playwright Listen Writing and spelling were always terribly difficult for me. My letters were without originality. I was…an extraordinarily bad speller and have remained so. Dame Agatha Christie was a prolific […]

Children’s author and playwright. Listen I was bullied at school. I was an undiagnosed dyslexic and dyspraxic, which made me an easy target. The kid who was clumsy and very uncoordinated – so easy to mock. I hated PE so […]

September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940 Novelist & Short Story Writer Listen F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, was notoriously bad at spelling. Although he was an avid reader and showed an early talent for writing, Fitzgerald was a […]

12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880 Novelist Listen Having made a strenuous effort to understand the symbols he could make nothing of, [Gustave Flaubert] wept giant tears…. For a long time he could not understand the elementary connection that […]

Fantasy writer, author of The Sword of Truth series Listen I’m a born storyteller. My earliest memories are of telling myself stories. I lived with the characters from the stories in my head. When I was little I remember playing […]

Contemporary Novelist Listen I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I’m a story monster. But I’m dyslexic so learning to write was really hard for me. As is spelling the word dyslexic. It’s a really mean word to […]

July 1926 – February 2001 Mystery writer & Journalist Listen Due to a lifelong struggle with dyslexia, schoolwork – especially reading and writing – presented Elizabeth Daniels-Squire with great difficulties. Yet, gifted with resilience and a desire to succeed, Elizabeth found […]