1. George Orwell was born in England.

2. Jane Austen specialized in writing science-fiction stories.

3. Irish writer Samuel Beckett has a bridge named after him.

4. Mark Twain was a very successful businessman as well as author.

5. The author of Don Quixote was a wounded combat veteran.

6. William Butler Yeats was born in Scotland to a prominent lawyer.

7. Helen Keller dedicated her autobiography to Thomas Edison.

8. Lewis Carroll was a mathematician.