The authors described in this website range from the earliest known writers, on through history, and up to those born around 1945.
For the purposes of the Timeline search, where a date of birth is not known precisely, the approximate date has been used as if it were known exactly.
For the Name or Piece of Work search, where the name of the author is not known, the title of the work is used. Otherwise, since this is a biographical dictionary, texts do not form part of the search criteria.
A much fuller account of how this website is structured and how it works is explained in the About section - the link for which is to be found at the top of this page.