American author Danielle Steel has written more than 160 books, with many of her best sellers turned into television movies.

HBO has released a documentary on writer and filmmaker Arthur Miller. Narrated by his daughter Rebecca, ‘Arthur Miller: Writer,’ covers his full life chronologically, from struggles with the House Un-American Activities Committee to his five-year marriage to Marilyn Monroe.

Harper Lee is best known for writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (1960) and 'Go Set a Watchman' (2015), which portrays the later years of the Finch family.

The movie ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ opens this weekend, an adaptation of the 1962 feminist science fiction book written by Madeleine L'Engle. The casting has been praised for its gender and racial diversity, featuring biracial actor Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey and Mindy Kaling.

Emily Dickinson was a reclusive American poet. Unrecognized in her own time, Dickinson is known posthumously for her innovative use of form and syntax.

Margaret Fuller is best known for feminist writing and literary criticism in 19th century America.

Jane Austen was a Georgian era author, best known for her social commentary in novels including 'Sense and Sensibility,' 'Pride and Prejudice,' and 'Emma.'

Widely known for the book and miniseries 'Roots' as well as 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X,' Alex Haley was a U.S. writer whose works of historical fiction and reportage depicted generations of African-American lives.

Native New Yorker Lin-Manuel Miranda is an award-winning actor, performer and writer known for his groundbreaking Broadway musicals 'In the Heights' and 'Hamilton.'

Anthropologist and novelist Zora Neale Hurston was a fixture of the Harlem Renaissance before writing her masterwork, 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.'

Alice Walker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, African-American novelist and poet most famous for authoring 'The Color Purple.'

Playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun and was the first black playwright and the youngest American to win a New York Critics’ Circle award.

African-American playwright August Wilson won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award for his play Fences, and earned a second Pulitzer Prize for The Piano Lesson.

James Baldwin was an essayist, playwright, novelist and voice of the American Civil Rights movement known for works including 'Notes of a Native Son,' 'Nobody Knows My Name" and 'The Fire Next Time.'

Dale Carnegie is the author of How To Win Friends and Influence People, one of the bestselling self-help books of all time.

J.K. Rowling is the creator of the 'Harry Potter' fantasy series, one of the most popular book and film franchises in history.

Tony-winning director Ivo van Hove has just opened a stage adaptation of Ayn Rand’s breakthrough novel, “The Fountainhead” (1943), at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Fans of Rand’s vision of free-market fundamentalism include Paul Ryan, Rand Paul and President Trump.

Chinua Achebe is a Nigerian novelist and author of Things Fall Apart, a work that in part led to his being called the "patriarch of the African novel."

More than 44 years after his death, J.R.R. Tolkien’s bestseller “Lord of the Rings” fantasy novels are making headlines. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced a T.V. adaptation that will explore new storylines preceding “The Fellowship of the Ring.”

Irish writer Bram Stoker is best known for authoring the classic horror novel Dracula (1897).

C.S. Lewis was a prolific Irish writer and scholar best known for his 'Chronicles of Narnia' fantasy series and his pro-Christian texts.

Charles Dickens was a prolific and highly influential 19th century British author, who penned such acclaimed works as 'Oliver Twist,' 'A Christmas Carol,' 'David Copperfield' and 'Great Expectations.'

The Association for Library Service to Children stripped Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name from the "Laura Ingalls Wilder Award" due to the author’s portrayal of Native Americans in her "Little House on the Prairie" books. The award is for authors whose work has impacted kids’ lit.

Throughout his career, cartoonist and writer Dr. Seuss published over 60 books. His children's books like 'The Cat in the Hat' and 'Green Eggs and Ham' were some of his most famous works.