This document provides information on several 21st century authors including C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, Rick Riordan, Quentin Tarantino, Jonathan Franzen, Ian McEwan, Harold Pinter, Paulo Coelho, and Jung Chang. For each author, it lists their name, date and place of birth, nationality, genre, some famous quotations, and notable works.

1. 21st Century
World
Literature
Authors
MISS PAULENE GALIMBA GACUSAN
BSE SOCIAL SCIENCE

2. C.S. LEWIS

3. CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS
• Born: November 29, 1898 @ Belfast, Ireland
• Died: November 22, 1963 (aged 64) @ Oxford,
England
• Nationality: Irish
• Genre: Christian apologetics, Fantasy, Science
Fiction and Children’s Literature

4. Famous Quotations

5. Famous
Quotations

6. Notable Works

7. Notable Works
• The Chronicles Of Narnia
• Mere Christianity
• The Screw tape Letters

8. J.K. ROWLING

9. JOANNE KATHLENE
ROWLING
• Born: July 31, 1965 @ Yale,
Gloucestershire, England
• Pen Names: J.K. Rowling; Robert
Galbraith
• Nationality: British
• Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Young Adult
Fiction, Tragicomedy, Crime Fiction

10. Famous
Quotations

11. Famous
Quotations

12. Harry Potter
Series

13. Rick Riordan

14. ROBERT RUSSELL RIORDAN JR.
• Born: June 5, 1964 @ San Antonio, Texas
• Genre: Fantasy, Detective, Fiction,
Mythology

15. Famous
Quotations

16. Notable Works

17. Notable Works
• Percy Jackson and the
Olympians Pentalogy
• The Kane Chronicles
• The Heroes of Olympus
Pentalogy

18. Quentin Tarantino

19. QUENTIN TARANTINO
• Born: March 27, 1963
• “Director DJ”
• Nationality: American
• Film Director and Producer

20. Famous Quotations

21. Notable Works
• My Best Friend’s Birthday
• Pulp Fiction
• Kill Bill

22. Notable Works

23. JONATHAN
FRANZEN

24. JONATHAN EARL
FRANZEN
• Born: August 17, 1959 @ Western
Springs, Illinois, USA
• Nationality: American
• Genre:Fiction

25. Famous
Quotations

26. Notable Works
• Freedom
• Corrections

27. Ian McEwan

28. Ian Russell McEwan
• Born: June 21, 1948 @ Aldershot,
England
• Nationality: English
• Genre: Short stories, Fiction, Drama,
Children

29. Famous Quotations

30. Notable Works
• Atonement (2007)
• First Love, Last Rites (1975)
• In Between the Sheets (1978)

31. HAROLD
PINTER

32. Harold Pinter
• Born: October 10, 1930 @ Hockney, East
London, England
• Nationality: British

33. Famous
Quotations

34. Notable Works
• Nobel Prize in
Literature (2005)
• Légion d'honneur (2007)
• David Cohen Prize (1995)
• Laurence Olivier Award (1996)

35. Paulo Coelho

36. Paulo Coelho
• Born: August 24, 1947 @ Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
• Nationality: Brazilian
• All time best selling Portuguese author

37. Famous Quotations

38. Famous Quotations

39. Famous Quotations

40. Famous Quotations

41. Famous Quotations

42. Notable Works

43. Jung Chang

44. Jung Chang
• Born: March 25, 1952 @ Yibin, Sichuan,
China
• Nationality: British-citizen
• Genre: Biography

45. Notable Work