Here are some famous authors' full names and their works' English titles: 1 F Scott Fitzgerald - Scott Fitzgerald (1856-1900) was a American known for his short stories novels and plays His most famous work is The Great Gatsby (1925) 2 Stephen Crane - Crane Stephen (1886-1966) was an American journalist author and poet He is known for his novel The Thunder Rain (1927) and short story The Red Shoes (1918) 3 W Somerset Maugham - Somerset Maugham (1895-1965) was a British known for his novels plays and short stories His most famous work is The Moon and Sixpence (1939) 4 Roald Dahl - Dahl Roald (1926-1985) was a British author known for his children's books He is known for his works such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) and David and Goliath (1974) 5l Frank Baum - Baum L Frank Baum (1897-1965) was an American author known for his fantasy novel The Baum Baum Books (1912-1920) He is known for his works such as The Magic School Bus (1970) and The Magic Tree House (1971) 6 Jin Yong-Mr Jin Yong (1930-2013) was an Chinese author known for his wuxia novels The Scarlet Letter (1966) and The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1966) 7 J.D. Salinger - Salinger J.D.(1918-1961) was an American author known for his short story The Catcher in the Rye (1951) He is also known for his novel The Great Garlic Legend (1953) 8 Martin Luther King Jr - King Jr Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968) was an American civil rights activist and author known for his work in the fight for racial equality He is known for his speech I Have a Dream (1963) and his book The Color Purple (1968)