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Rachilde was the pen name and preferred identity of novelist and playwright Marguerite Vallette-Eymery (February 11, 1860 – April 4, 1953). Born near Périgueux, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France during the Second French Empire, Rachilde went on to become a symbolist author and the most prominent woman in literature associated with the Decadent Movement of fin de […]

Denis Diderot (French: [dəni did(ə)ʁo]; 5 October 1713 – 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the Encyclopédie along with Jean le Rond d’Alembert. He was a prominent figure during the Enlightenment. Diderot began his education by obtaining a Master of Arts […]

Nicolas-Edme Rétif or Nicolas-Edme Restif (French: [ʁetif]; 23 October 1734 – 3 February 1806), also known as Rétif or Restif de la Bretonne, was a French novelist. The term retifism for shoe fetishism was named after him. Born the son of a farmer at Sacy (Yonne), Rétif was educated by the Jansenists at Bicêtre, and on […]

Mykola Dementiuk (born 1949) is an American author. A graduate of Columbia University,[1] his work has appeared in Pink Pages, Atom Mind, Paramour, and EIDOS Magazine.[2] He was a member of the road crew for Lollapalooza, the Big Apple Circus, and Cirque du Soleil[1] before being partially incapacitated by a stroke in 1997.[3] Dementiuk received […]

Lisa Gabriele is a Canadian novelist, television producer and journalist. She was the show runner for Dragons’ Den. 2006-2012. Gabriele is the author of Tempting Faith DiNapoli and The Almost Archer Sisters, both national bestsellers. ‘Tempting Faith DiNapoli’ will be developed as a TV series by Insight Productions. Her upcoming novel, The Winters, a reimagining […]