10 famous authors whose lives would make awesome books

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10 Famous Authors Whose Lives Would Make Awesome

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By Emily Temple on Jun 8, 2012 12:00pm

Here at Flavorpill, we love a good story. nd w!ile we generally get our "i# "rom novelsand s!ort stories, sometimes t!e lives o" t!e aut!ors are $ust as "as%inating as t!e lives o"

t!e %!ara%ters t!ey %reate &some o" t!em even !ave 'iopi%s ( or more t!an one ( to

prove it). "ter all, artists are prone to e%%entri%ities, %reative pro'lem solving and, let*s"a%e it, tragedy, all +ualities t!at mae great protagonists as well as interesting people.

-li% t!roug! to %!e% out our list o" aut!ors w!ose true li"e stories we t!in would mae

"antasti% novels &we*ve "o%used on t!ose w!o !aven*t written auto'iograp!ies or e#a%tnoveliations o" t!eir own lives), and t!en 'e sure to add to our list in t!e %omments/

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Lord Byron

ometimes t!e %!ara%ters w!o are 3mad, 'ad, and dangerous to now4 mae t!e most

%ompelling protagonists. 5!ile we %an*t say we*re not it%!ing "or a noveliation o"Byron*s "amous romanti% e#ploits, we*d almost rat!er read a 'oo a'out !is s%!ool days

( w!i%! mig!t "eature t!e story o" !ow a young Byron, new to -am'ridge, !ad to send

!ome !is 'eloved dog w!en s%!ool o""i%ials %ited rules against eeping %anines. 6ot to 'e

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outdone and apparently desperate "or "urry %ompanions!ip, Byron instead a%+uired and

ept a tame 'ear, !aving "ound no mention o" 'ears in t!e o""i%ial statutes. 5!en t!e

administration protested, Byron even tried to apply "or a "ellows!ip "or t!e 'ear.Hilarious !i$ins at university wit! a dastardly young -asanova7 ounds lie a 'estseller

to us.

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Kathy Acker

'andoned 'y !er "at!er 'e"ore s!e was 'orn, %er grew up at odds wit! !erdomineering mot!er in an uppermiddle %lass 9pper East ide !ome, dreaming o"

'e%oming a pirate. T!at %ould 'e a novel rig!t t!ere, i" trut! 'e told, 'ut %er*s li"e only

got more interesting ( in t!e *0s s!e wored as a stripper w!ile gaining repute inunderground literary %ir%les and eventually 'e%ame a pun i%on and an in%redi'ly

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Yukio Mishima

6o %omedy !ere ( t!e noveliation o" =is!ima*s li"e story would 'e all !aespearean

tragedy. model and a%tor as well as an important aut!or, =is!ima was "amouslyo'sessed wit! !is "igure, weig!t training t!ree times a wee wit!out "ail and 'e%oming a

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William S. Burrouhs

@o we even !ave to e#plain w!y we*d want to read a 'oo a'out t!e li"e o" 5illiam .

Burroug!s7 5e*d imagine it would read ind o" lie Naked Lunch, 'ut peppered wit! aw!o*s w!o o" t!e %oolest writers, artists and musi%ians !anging out in Aaris and

reenwi%! Cillage in t!e *D0s, *0s and *0s. lso, it would pro'a'ly 'e slig!tly less

insane ( 'ut t!en again, may'e not.

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!mily "ickinson

5e now w!at you*re t!ining ( didn*t Emily @i%inson $ust sit in !er !ouse all day,

every day7 5ell, yes, 'ut done %orre%tly, we sort o" t!in t!at*d 'e a "as%inating 'oo,

%onsidering !ow 'rilliant and strange @i%inson*s interior li"e was. 5e*re imagining a3ellow 5allpaper4 sort o" situation, 'ut wit! more letterwriting.

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Mar#uis de Sade

=ove over, 50 Shades of Grey. Time to get serious.

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$olette

trong, se#y Fren%! novelist idoniea'rielle -olette %ertainly lived li"e to t!e "ullest

( a musi%!all dan%er 'y nig!t and proli"i% aut!or 'y day, s!e !ad a""airs wit! women

&even issing anot!er woman on stage at t!e =oulin ouge, w!i%! was trés s%andalous att!e time) and men &in%luding !er own stepson), and some!ow wrote a'out D0 'oos int!ere. Alus, t!e lady lived to a ripe old age, %ontent, wealt!y, nearly universally regarded

as Fran%e*s greatest "emale writer, and married to a younger man w!o was insanely in

love wit! !er. T!at sounds lie a !appy ending to us.

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%scar Wilde

Gne o" t!e most "lam'oyant, witty and wellloved "igures in literary !istory, we would

love to read a %omedy o" manners starring 5ilde, as !e %!armed and wrote !is way to t!etop 'e"ore tragi%ally 'eing %ut down 'y inde%en%y %!arges &levied 'y !is lover*s "at!er) at

t!e !eig!t o" !is popularity and senten%ed to two years* !ard la'our, "rom w!i%! !e neverre%overed. ;t sort o" reminds us o" The House of Mirth, a%tually.

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&ruman $a'ote

T!e "amously e%%entri%, attention!ungry party 'oy was de"initely a %ompli%ated "igure

( !e new !e wanted to 'e a writer "rom age 11, w!i%! is no %ommon t!ing, and turned

out to 'e a great one. He was 'est "riends wit! Harper ee &until s!e won a Auliter and!e didn*t), and well respe%ted a%ross multiple so%ial %ir%les, 'ut also tended to "a'ri%ate

stories a'out "riends and use invitations to !is epi%, legendary parties as 'ait and

'argaining %!ips. He lived 'ot! t!e !ig! li"e and t!e low, and was su%! a "as%inating

%!ara%ter t!at we %ouldn*t !elp 'ut stay su'merged in any 'oo a'out !is li"e.

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Flannery %($onnor

true out!ern ot!i% !eroine w!o t!warted !er do%tors* li"e e#pe%tan%y predi%tionst!ri%e over a"ter 'eing diagnosed wit! lupus, w!at we really want is to read a novel a'out

G*-onnor*s relations!ip wit! !er 'irds. -ome on. !e !ad over 100 'irds. @on*t you

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