10 Famous Writers Who Disappeared Mysteriously

10 Famous Writers Who Disappeared Mysteriously

Here is a list of 10 famous writers who disappeared mysteriously.

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

If you are aware of the detective genre, you know who Agatha Christie is. She was popular for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections.

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

American short story writer, poet, journalist, and American Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio on June 24, 1842.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

French writer, poet, journalist, and aristocrat Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was born in Lyron, France on June 29, 1900. He is best remembered for The Little Prince.

Barbara Newhall Follett

Barbara Newhall Follett

American child prodigy writer Barbara Newhall Follett was born in Hanover, New Hampshire on March 4, 1914. The House Without Windows, her first novel was published when she was just twelve years old.

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

American poet, writer, and critic, Edgar Allan Poe were born in Boston, U.S. on January 19, 1809. Poe is considered to be the inventor of detective fiction.

Ian Mackintosh

Ian Mackintosh

Ham Ian Macintosh was born on July 26, 1940, in Inverness, Scotland. He was a British Navy officer, a thriller novel writer, and a screenwriter for British television.

Irmgard Keun

Irmgard Keun

German novelist Irmgard Keun was born in Charlottenburg on February 6, 1905. She is noted for her portrayals of the life of women.

Oscar Zeta Acosta

Oscar Zeta Acosta

Mexican-American politician, activist, and novelist Oscar Acosta Fierro was born on April 8, 1935, in El Paso, Texas. He was popular for his novels Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo and The Revolt of the Cockroach People.

Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup

American abolitionist and author of Twelve Years a Slave, Solomon Northup was born on July 10, 1807, or 1808 in Minerva, New York. Solomon was the son of a freed slave and a free woman of color.

Weldon Kees

Weldon Kees

Kees remained creative throughout his life from studying, and painting, to playing jazz music, until he disappeared in 1955. Weldon was born on February 24, 1914, in Beatrice, Nebraska.