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Kenneth Grahame was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and lived the first 5 years of his life by the sea. When his mother died in childbirth, the father turned over care of his children -Kenneth, one brother, one sister and the new baby boy- to the grandmother, who lived in the village of Cookham,in Berkshire.
With spacious grounds, riverside living and boating, this idyllic setting would be the inspiration for The Wind In The Willow of later years.

Grahame could not attend college due to cost and went to work for the Bank of England in 1879, remaining there until her retired as its Secretary in 1908 due to ill health.

Grahame married Elspeth Thomson in 1899. They had one child, Alastair, who was sick most of his short life. Upon Grahame's retirement, they moved back to Cookham, where Grahame's bedtime stories he told his son became his literary masterpiece.

His best know work:
- 1898, The Reluctanct Dragon
- 1908, The Wind In The Willow

Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

Born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie.

Born February 8th, 1828 in Nantes, the busy port city in the south of France, Verne started writing short stories in boarding school. He went on to Paris to study law in the foot steps of his father, receiving his degree in 1850.

Verne married Honorine de Viane Morel in 1857. During his travels, he met fellow authors Alexandre Dumas and his son, and Vistor Hugo. Despite several rejections, Jules Verne's literacy career was launched after meeting editor and publisher Pierre Jules Hetzel.

His best known novels:
- 1864, A Journey To The Center Of The Earth
- 1870, Twenty Thousand League Under The Sea
- 1873, Around The Wrold In 80 Days
Jules Verne wrote about travel thorugh air, land, sea and space before practical submarines were invented or space travels remotely possible.
He is the second most translated auhtor. His books have been made into animated movies, TV shows and Hollywood movies.