Friendships between Famous Writers

Many people know of the friendship between Harper Lee and Truman Capote.  Lee used Capote as her inspiration for the character of Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird and she did considerable research for Capote’s In Cold Blood. 

To find out how well you know “book pals” why not try this quiz from The Guardian newspaper:  https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/17/literary-friendships-quiz-books?CMP=twt_books_b-gdnbooks.

Then, if you are interested in the subject of famous literary friendships, there are a number of articles that might intrigue you:

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/famous-literary-friendships-from-boswell-johnson-to-kerouac-ginsberg

and

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/author-friendships_n_5545074

and

https://www.bustle.com/articles/170100-14-of-your-favorite-authors-who-were-friends-in-real-life.