Jan. 21 : On this day in 1789 – The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, was printed in Boston.

WRITERS : LEWIS CARROLL

*Lewis Carroll*

Author and Mathematician Lewis Carroll

Full Name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

Profession: Author and Mathematician

Nationality:  United Kingdom, British

Why Famous: *Created Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass*

Born: January 27, 1832

Birthplace: Daresbury, Cheshire, England 

Star Sign: Aquarius

Died: January 14, 1898 (aged 65)

Cause of Death: Pneumonia

*Events in the Life of Lewis Carroll*

1862-07-04 Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) creates Alice in Wonderland for Alice Liddell on a family boat trip on the river Isis (Thames) in Oxford

1865-07-04 First edition of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll is published

1865-08-02 Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

1865-11-26 "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll is published in America

2010-03-03 "Alice in Wonderland", inspired by Lewis Carroll directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Mia Wasikowska is released

*Quotes by Lewis Carroll*

"If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics – it does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, so long as there is enough of them." - Statistics

Grateful thanks to Wikipedia. 

WRITERS : SINCLAIR LEWIS

Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." His works are known for their critical views of American capitalism and materialism between the wars. He is also respected for his strong characterizations of modern working women. H. L. Mencken wrote of him, there was ever a novelist among us with an authentic call to the trade... it is this red-haired tornado from the Minnesota wilds." He has been honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a postage stamp in the Great Americans series.

Grateful thanks to Wikipedia.

We Are Still Married is a collection of short stories and poems.  

Here's how the New York Times described the book when it was released in 1989:

"The other poems, opinions, stories, letters and whatnots in this collection ponder the meaning and nuance of yard sales, sneezes, Woodlawn Cemetery, the last surviving cigarette smokers, the solo sock, the old shower stall, the perils of celebrity, being nearsighted, growing up fundamentalist and traveling with teen-age children. And in these 'ordinary things,' the grace of Garrison Keillor shines through." –New York Times Book Review

Gary Edward "Garrison" Keillor is an American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He is best known as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio show A Prairie Home Companion, which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Wikipedia

Born: 7 August 1942 (age 77 years), Anoka, Minnesota, United States

Movies and TV shows: A Prairie Home Companion, more

Spouse: Jenny Lind Nilsson (m. 1995), Ulla Skaerved (m. 1985–1990)

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