Betty Smith
BETTY SMITH was an American playwright and novelist. She was born Elisabeth Lillian Wehner in Brooklyn In 1896 to first-generation German-Americans. She quit school after eighth grade and worked...
Blánaid Salkeld
BLÁNAID SALKELD, AKA FLORENCE FRENCH MULLEN was a poet, dramatist, and actor. She joined the Abbey Players, using the stage name Nell Byrne and began writing verse plays in the 1930s. She was also...
Bridget Boland
BRIDGET BOLAND was an Irish playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. Her father, John Pius Boland, was a politician, and she studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Oxford University. She...
Brigitte Alexander
BRIGITTE ALEXANDER was an actress, playwright, and translator. She spoke six languages and used these talents in her work as a translator for UNESCO. When Hitler rose to power, Alexander fled from...
Carmen Martín Gaite
CARMEN MARTIN GAITE was an author, poet, and playwright best known for her novels. Her desire to pursue literature started in the Women’s School Institute of Salamanca. She continued to develop...
Carmen Montoriol Puig
CARMEN MONTORIOL PUIG was a multifaceted artist, a poet, playwright, translator, and concert pianist. She was born to a bourgeois family in Barcelona in 1893. From early in her life, she found...
Carolina Coronado
CAROLINA CORONADO was a Spanish writer, playwright and diplomat. As one of the most well-known poets writing in mid-19th-century Spain, she also played a diplomatic role (she was married to...
Caroline Lee Hentz
CAROLINE LEE HENTZ was a novelist and author. Born in Massachusetts, she spent the majority of her life in the American South. In 1831 she wrote a five-act tragedy, DE LARA, OR, THE MOORISH BRIDE,...