Author Birthdays

August 24 is a big day for author birthdays!  Brazilian author Paulo Coelho was born on this day in 1947.  His works include The Alchemist and The Devil and Miss Pym.  Also celebrating birthdays today are Sci-Fi author Orson Scott Card, Oscar Hijuelos (d. 2013), Jorge Luis Borges (author of Labyrinths, d. 1982) Chris Offutt, and John Green (The Fault in Our Stars).