A quick tour of a few more modern authors around the world. (Note: Each slide is set to show for 1 minute, but can be advanced sooner.).

1. WORLD AUTHORS By Erin Roan

2. YOUR MISSION
Locate each of these famous world author’s hometowns in Google
Earth
Zoom in and examine the setting more closely
Identify five things you find interesting or think are relevant about
the author’s hometown
oThis can include architecture, geography, city vs. country, etc.

3. YANN MARTEL
Yann Martel is the author of many award-winning novels, most
famously The Life of Pi
Born June 25, 1963
Salamanca, Spain
Zoom in! Look at the
Spanish architecture!

4. HERMAN MELVILLE
Most famously authored Moby Dick, but he also wrote a few other
books and some poetry later in life
Born August 1, 1819
New York City, New York

5. THE BRONTE SISTERS
Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte were sisters and all became
authors of classic novels
Charlotte: Jane Eyre, Emily: Wuthering Heights, Anne: Agnes Grey,
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Born in Thornton, Yorkshire, but spent most of their lives in
Haworth, Yorkshire

6. LEO TOLSTOY
Author of major Russian works
such as War and Peace and Anna Karenina
Born September 9, 1928
at his family’s estate – Yasnaya Polyana

7. GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
A champion of Latin American literature, Marquez’s most famous
work is Love in the Time of Cholera
Born March 6, 1927
Aracataca, Colombia