Robert Schnackenberg: The Secret Lives of Great Writers

This fun, daring, reckless, and scandalous book will teach you a wealth of new information about Shakespeare, Byron, Balzac, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Conan Doyle, Jack London, Agatha Christie, Hemingway, Kurt Vonnegut, and many others. While all questions are answered biographically—the book is strictly nonfiction—surprises and sensations await the reader on literally every page.
The greats, of course, remain great—in literature. But in everyday life, they're no better than mere mortals. And, of course, no worse. Except maybe... funnier!