Solveig Christov
SOLVEIG CHRISTOV was a Norwegian novelist, writer, and playwright. Born Solveig Fredriksen in Drammen in 1918, she took the pen name Christov in 1949. That same year she made her literary debut...
Solvejg Eriksen
SOLVEJG ERIKSEN was a playwright, journalist, novelist, and translator from Karlsoy, Norway. She began her writing career as a journalist and later wrote for the popular newspaper, Morgenposten,...
Sophia Lee
SOPHIA LEE was an English novelist, playwright, and educator whose work influenced the Gothic literature movement. Her first play, The Chapter of Accidents (1780), is a three-act drama based on...
Sophie Bawr
SOPHIE BAWR was a writer and composer, born illegitimately to an opera singer. He raised her to love and study music. She married an aristocrat in secret, before the Reign of Terror began, and he...
Sophie Treadwell
SOPHIE TREADWELL wrote dozens of plays, several novels, as well as serial stories and countless articles that appeared in newspapers. In addition to writing plays for the theatre, Treadwell also...
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
SOR JUANA INES DE LA CRUZ was a self-taught scholar and poet of the Baroque school, and Hieronymite nun of New Spain (Mexico), known in her lifetime as "The Tenth Muse." Cruz's intelligence and...
Stanislawa Przybyszewska
STANISLAWA PRZYBYSZEWSKA was a Polish playwright, scholar, and teacher. Immediately after the Polish-Soviet War (1921), Przybyszewska was arrested and imprisoned for working at a Communist...
Stella Jones
STELLA JONES, née CLARIDGE, was one of nine children born to a regional newspaper editor, who moved the family throughout New Zealand following stories. Stella launched her own career by writing...