Anniversaries, 14 March
Algernon Blackwood
The British author Algernon Henry Blackwood grew up in a strictly religious home in Kent. He soon abandoned his Christian faith for Buddhism, thereby laying the foundation for a life-long interest in Eastern mysticism, the occult and Theosophy. He spent a year between 1885 and 1886 with the Moravian Brethren in Germany, and after a failed business attempt he became a dairy farmer in Canada in 1890. Two years later he travelled to New York where he worked as a reporter for the New York Sun,...
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Caspary, Vera
The American author Vera Caspary spent a great deal of time and effort writing her popular screen and stage plays, but she is best known for her crime fiction, a reputation that largely rests on the psychological thriller Laura (1943), an important classic, a major box office success in 1944 and an equally popular Broadway play in 1945. Her novels have made a comeback in the 2000s after being...