K
KEATS, JOHN
Romantic Poet. Died of TB in Rome
KEELER, HARRY STEPHEN
Novelist, especially of detective fiction. Married Hazel Goodwin in 1919 (d. 1960) and then married Thelma Rinaldo in 1963
KEENE, CAROLYN
Children's Writer
KELMSCOTT PRESS, THE
Established by William Morris in 1891. Morris designed three types,
Golden (1890), Troy (1891) and Chaucer (1892) and published all his
books using special handmade paper and inks. In total the Press
published some 17,565 volumes. When published they would have cost
£143.35 for the lot. At current values they are worth between £45,625
and £72,050 (1995)
KENNEDY, RICHARD PITT
Joined the Hogarth Press 1926. Became a freelance artist 1937 and got married
KENNEDY, ASSASSINATION OF JFK
Shot in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald, who in turn was shot by nightclub-owner, Jack Ruby
KENT, THE COUNTY OF
KEROUAC, JACK
Novelist. Died of an abdominal haemorrhage, probably brought on by his excessive drinking.
KEW GARDENS
KHAYYAM, OMAR
Turkish
KING, STEPHEN
Horror Novelist. Recovering alcoholic and drug abuser. Going blind
through a genetic disorder, he was knocked-down and nearly killed by a
camper van in Maine
KING PENGUINS
A series started in November 1939. The series ceased in 1959 after 76
volumes. Those issued after 1949 had d/w. The books originated in the
Insel-Verlag series published in Germany
KINGS & QUEENS OF ENGLAND
KINGSLEY, CHARLES
Clergyman and novelist. Undoubtedly a Racist. Married Frances Grenfell
KING-SMITH, DICK
Children's writer & farmer
KINGSTON, WILLIAM HENRY GILES
Novelist. Grew up in Oporto, Portugal where his father had business interests. Wrote 125 stories of the sea for boys
KIPLING, JOSEPH RUDYARD
Novelist. Nobel Prize 1907. Married an American, Caroline Balestier in
1892. His only son was killed in First WW at Loos, and his daughter
Josephine died in childhood from pneumonia. He died from a duodenal
ulcer. Two biographers have him as secretly homosexual. Buried in
Westminster Abbey
KNITTING : ENGLISH LITERATURE BEFORE 1910
KOONTZ, DEAN R
Horror Novelist