Dr. Samuel H. Sandweiss received his M.D. from the University of Michigan, U.S.A. in 1962. He is currently Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and practices psychiatry in San Diego, California. Dr. Sandweiss first met Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba in May, 1972 and is currently a member of the Council of Sathya Sai Baba Organization of the USA He has authored "Sai Baba — The Holy Man and Psychiatrist", "Spirit and Mind" and "With Love Man is God". He was blessed to be the Chief Guest at the Annual Convocation of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning in November 2009. (Sai Vandana 1990)

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810-1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. (Wikipedia)

Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (1840–1902) was a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901 and 1902. (Wikipedia)

Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (1840–1902) was a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism. He was nominated for the first and second Nobel Prize in Literature in 1901 and 1902. (Wikipedia)

Emily Jane Brontë (1818-1848) was an English novelist and poet. (Wikipedia)

Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American journalist, novelist, short-story writer, and sportsman. (Wikipedia)

François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity, especially the Roman Catholic Church, as well as his advocacy of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. (Wikipedia)

François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity, especially the Roman Catholic Church, as well as his advocacy of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. (Wikipedia)

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature.  (Wikipedia)

Frederik Willem van Eeden (1860-1932) was a late 19th-century and early 20th-century Dutch writer and psychiatrist. He was a leading member of the Tachtigers and the Significs Group, and had top billing among the editors of De Nieuwe Gids (The New Guide) during its celebrated first few years of publication, starting in 1885. (Wikipedia)

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), sometimes transliterated Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. (Wikipedia)

Geoffrey A. Farthing was an English lecturer and writer who was very active in the Theosophical Society, Adyar. He served the Theosophical Society in England in many capacities, including a term as General Secretary. He also was a member of the Executive Committee of the European Federation for a number of years, and as a member of the Society's General Council.

Geoffrey A. Farthing was an English lecturer and writer who was very active in the Theosophical Society, Adyar. He served the Theosophical Society in England in many capacities, including a term as General Secretary. He also was a member of the Executive Committee of the European Federation for a number of years, and as a member of the Society's General Council.

Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.

Although female authors were published under their own names during her lifetime, she wanted to escape the stereotype of women's writing being limited to lighthearted romances.(Wikipedia)

George Robert Stow Mead

George Robert Stowe Mead (1863-1933) was an English historian, writer, editor, translator, and an influential member of the Theosophical Society. (Wikipedia)

George Robert Stowe Mead (1863-1933) was an English historian, writer, editor, translator, and an influential member of the Theosophical Society. (Wikipedia)

George Robert Stowe Mead (1863-1933) was an English historian, writer, editor, translator, and an influential member of the Theosophical Society. (Wikipedia)

George Robert Stowe Mead (1863-1933) was an English historian, writer, editor, translator, and an influential member of the Theosophical Society. (Wikipedia)

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1912) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. (Wikipedia)

Henry Graham Greene OM CH (1904-1991), better known by his pen name Graham Greene, was an English novelist. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them).  (Wikipedia)