Children's Fiction
You can visit this author's museum right in Springfield, Massachusetts. He wrote one of Ms. Castleberry's favorite books: The Lorax.
Who is Dr. Seuss?
Bonus point: What is Dr. Seuss' real name?
Born on New Year's Day in 1919, this author wrote the cult classic The Catcher in the Rye.
Who is J.D. Salinger?
This Maine native is said to be the "master of horror"
Who is Stephen King?
Bonus Point: What other names has Stephen King published under?
This person is the first classic horror author Ms. Castleberry ever read in elementary school. You read his short story The Raven at the beginning of the school year.
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
This poet wrote the following:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Who is Robert Frost?
The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Brown Bear, Brown Bear are some of this author's famous works.
Who is Eric Carle?
The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, and Of Mice and Men are some of this author's most notable works.
Who is John Steinbeck?
In addition to being a prolific horror author, this man wrote, produced, and directed such films as Hellraiser and Candyman.
Who is Clive Barker?
This author wrote The Haunting of Hill House in 1959, now a creepy series on Netflix.
Who is Shirley Jackson?
This poet wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Who is Maya Angelou?
You've probably read some of her books, or at least heard of them. For example, Because of Winn-Dixie and The Tale of Despereaux.
Who is Kate DiCamillo?
Although born in Missouri, you can visit this famous author's house and museum right in Hartford.
Who is Mark Twain?
Bonus point: What other names has Mark Twain written under?
This author is THE authority on vampire fiction (sorry, Twilight fans, it's not Stephanie Meyers).
Who is Anne Rice?
Born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, you may know this author from his weird creation Cthulhu Mythos.
Who is HP Lovecraft?
This poet wrote the following:
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.”
Who is Walt Whitman?
This author has written 21 children's books, almost all of which have been adapted for film or television. His novel The Witches was made into a movie so scary, that Ms. Castleberry had to sleep with the lights on for months.
Who is Roald Dahl?
Less than a year before her passing in 2016, her latest novel Go Set a Watchman was published as a sequel to her 1960 debut novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
Who is Harper Lee?
This author predicted coronavirus in his 1981 novel The Eyes of Darkness (sort of)
Arguably known more for his science fiction than horror fiction, this author wrote A Sound of Thunder and Fahrenheit 451.
Who is Ray Bradbury?
This poet is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry. In 1982, she was the first person to receive a Pulitzer for Poetry posthumously.
Who is Sylvia Plath?
This author is known for writing prolifically and poetically about the Black experience in America. Some of her most famous works are Each Kindness and Brown Girl Dreaming.
Who is Jaqueline Woodson?
This American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
This author wrote the novel I Am Legend in 1954 (I know, not super modern). But, he also wrote the screenplay for I Am Legend starring Will Smith in 2007 starring Will Smith!
Who is Richard Matheson?
This author wrote the novel that the movie of the same name, Rosemary's Baby, was based on.
Who is Ira Levin?
This eccentric poet is credited with forming the core of the Beat Generation in the 1940s with Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs.
Who is Allen Ginsberg?