Edgar Allan Poe was the first great American author who suffered from alcoholism

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Ha. The one eye reading. I remember that.

I quite liked the almost whimsical darkness of Roald Dahl’ s adult stories. Try the short stories in his collection Kiss Kiss

And he also wrote Charlie and the chocolate factory.

What a mind.

And he was a fighter pilot in WWII.

Out of character to other authors mentioned on this thread he lived a long life.

It’s fascinating finding out how much some people cram into their lives. You think - I’d have liked to do ONE of those things! He or she did ALL of them!

Well I guess we still have time to do something amazing!

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I absolutely adore Roald Dahl. He’s had a big a big I influence on my story-telling style. How cool that you should mention. I think he was addicted to cigarettes.

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Oh my God. Vonnegut is one of my all-time favorite. He was one of the inspirations for my upcoming self-published novel. Absolute genius.

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Breakfast of Champions is my favorite Vonnegut novel. I read it religiously in college.

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:joy::joy::joy: now I feel old

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I think the way the documented the struggle was what made them relevant and famous… so their stories are more famous because people can relate so much to them.

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No, you’re not old.

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