Manuel Gómez Morin, 1915-1939

The New York Times–bestselling author of The Keep tells the real and fictional origins of the mysterious man who battles criminals and the supernatural. In 1984, Repairman Jack debuted in F. Paul Wilson’s horror thriller The Tomb. Jack would go on to star in twenty-three novels, ten short stories, and a graphic novel. But how did the antithesis of James Bond and Jason Bourne get his start in the battle between good and evil? In this essay, Wilson lets his readers in on how his beloved hero came to be. Wilson begins his personal story after he scored a hit with The Keep, when he found his...

Esta biografía con profundos elementos reflexivos retrata el temperamento de un tirano de la Argentina. El autor se esfuerza en captar con todos sus matices a un tipo de carácter autoritario que marcó la historia del siglo XIX americano. Sarmiento no sólo se ocupa del personaje en cuestión sino que se interesa por el contexto en que éste vivió.

Estas líneas tienden a reflejar lo que ha sido la guerra nicaragüense y, sobre todo, a dar a conocer la personalidad de Sandino, el hombre que, sin temperamento de guerrero nato, enemigo de la guerra por la guerra y apreciando sinceramente al pueblo americano, ha levantado su bandera contra todo el poder del imperialismo yanqui.

These 44 profiles of universal writers along with their portraits, will help you see how the way of living of the writers affected their work.