Do You Remember the Authors of the Books You Read in High School?

In 1961, "To Kill a Mockingbird" received a Pulitzer Prize. A sequel called "Go Set a Watchman" was released in 2015.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose full name is Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, was named after Francis Scott Key. "The Star Spangled Banner" lyricist was Fitzgerald's second cousin three times removed.

In 1983, Sir William Golding won the Nobel Prize for Literature. "Lord of the Flies" was his first published novel.

George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair. His first book was called "Down and Out in Paris and London."

In 1962, John Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature. His first three novels were "Cup of Gold," "The Pastures of Heaven" and "To a God Unknown."

Joseph Conrad was born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in modern-day Ukraine. His other novels include "Lord Jim," "Nostromo" and "The Secret Agent."

On February 7, 1812, Charles Dickens was born. During his life, he wrote at least 20 novels and novellas .

Zora Neale Hurston published her first novel in 1934. It was called "Jonah's Gourd Vine."

John Knowles wrote a sequel to "A Separate Peace" called "Peace Breaks Out." It was published in 1981.

Jane Austen lived from December 16, 1775 to July 18, 1817. During her lifetime, she published "Sense and Sensibility," "Pride and Prejudice," "Mansfield Park," and "Emma."

In 1967, S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" was published. Since then, she has written "That Was Then, This Is Now," "Rumble Fish," "Tex" and "Taming the Star Runner."

Tim O'Brien's first book was "If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home." It was published in 1973.

In 1994, Joseph Heller published "Closing Time," which was a sequel to "Catch-22." His other novels include "Something Happened," "Good as Gold" and "God Knows." Heller's memoir is called "Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here."

It is believe that William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays. He wrote 17 comedies, which include "The Merchant of Venice" and "Much Ado About Nothing."

In 1884, Oscar Wilde married Constance Lloyd. They had two children: Cyril and Vyvyan.

Not much is known about Homer. There are also doubts that the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" were written by the same person.

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" was published in 1850. He also wrote "The Blithedale Romance" and "The Marble Faun."

In 1884, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in the United Kingdom. The following year, it was released in the United States.

Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920. "Fahrenheit 451" was originally published in 1953.

Jane Eyre was originally published in 1847. Charlotte Bronte's last work, "Villette" was published in 1953.

"Brave New World" was first published in 1932. In 1958, Huxley wrote "Brave New World Revisited" in which he analyzed how his book held up.

In 1812, Mary Shelley married poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. After her husband died in 1822, Shelley published his poems as "Posthumous Poems."

"The Hobbit" was originally published on September 21, 1937. The story was nominated for a Carnegie Medal.

Geoffrey Chaucer was born around 1340 and died on October 25, 1400. His other works include "The Book of the Duchess," "The House of Fame," and "Troilus and Criseyde."

Kurt Vonnegut's first novel was "Player Piano," which was published in 1952. "Slaughterhouse-Five" was originally published in 1969.

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Annie Johnson. In 1969, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" was published.

In October 1851, "Moby-Dick" was originally published in London as "The Whale." A month later, the book was published in the United States as "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale."

In 1726, Gulliver's Travels was published anonymously as "Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World." In 1996, a TV movie starring Ted Danson was made.

On March 20, 1828, Henrik Ibsen was born. His works include "Catilina," "Peer Gynt," "A Doll's House," and "Ghosts."

"Pygmalion" was published in 1912. In 1925, George Bernard Shaw received the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Amy Tan was born in February 1952. Her second novel is called "The Kitchen God's Wife."

Ernest Hemingway's debut novel was "The Sun Also Rises." It was published in 1926.

Margaret Mitchell's estate authorized a sequel called "Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind." It was published in 1991.

In 1759, "Candide" was published. Voltaire died on May 30, 1778.

Tennessee Williams was born Thomas Lanier Williams. In 1947, Williams won a Pulitzer Prize for "A Streetcar Named Desire."