Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He is one of the towering authors of the twentieth century.
Martha Gellhorn (1908–98) had a six-decade career as a war correspondent and published sixteen books, including six novels, short fiction, and two collections of journalistic articles. nbsp; Virginianbsp;Cowles (1912–83) also began her career as a war correspondent and wrote fifteen books of nonfiction, including the 1941 bestsellerLooking for Trouble. nbsp; Sandra Spanier is a professor of English at Pennsylvania State University, general editor of the Hemingway Letters Project, and author and editor of several books, includingnbsp;Kay Boyle: Artist and Activist.