Warwick Davis was born in Epsom, Surrey on February 3, 1970, with Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, an extremely rare genetic form of dwarfism. Standing at just three feet six inches tall, Warwick Davis is the world’s leading short actor. More about Warwick Davis Biography and Profile. Read more
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on January 3, 1892, to Arthur Tolkien and Mabel Suffield Tolkien. He was a major scholar of the English language, and also wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings stories, which are set in a pre-historic era in an invented version of our world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth. J.R.R. Tolkien Biography and Profile. Read more
Mary Shelley, a writer, was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin on August 30, 1797, in London, England. Mary Shelley was brought up by her father in a house filled with radical thinkers, poets, philosophers and writers of the day. Made a widow at age 24, Mary Shelley worked hard to support herself and her son. She wrote several more novels, including Valperga and the science fiction tale The Last Man (1826). Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Biography and Profile. Read more
Candice Carty-Williams was born in 1989. In 2016, she created and launched the Guardian and 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, a prize that aims to find, champion and celebrate black, Asian and minority ethnic writers. She also contributes regularly to Refinery29 and i-D. Carty-Williams wrote the ‘Queenie’ book. Read Candice Carty-Williams Biography and Profile. Read more
Roald Dahl, the British Novelist, Writer, Poet, Screenwriter, was born on September 13, 1916. He was the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and he composed 19 children’s books. Dahl claimed that children have a cruder sense of humor than adults, and that he was merely trying to appeal to his readers. In 1953 he published the best-selling story collection Someone Like You and married actress Patricia Neal. Read Roald Dahl Biography and Profile. Read more