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Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 – 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an English novelist. Born in Australia, she married a German aristocrat, and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell, Countess Russell. After her first husband's death, she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells, then later married Frank Russell, elder brother of the Nobel Prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. She was a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield. Though known in early life as May, her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth, which she eventually became to friends and finally to family. Arnim published anonymously, or simply as "Elizabeth", or on one occassion as "Alice Cholmondeley". Modern bibliographers attribute her work to Elizabeth von Arnim, her preferred name when her literary career began.

Herbert George Wells (n. 21 septembrie 1866, Bromley, Kent - d. 13 august 1946, Londra), cunoscut mai bine sub numele de H. G. Wells, a fost un scriitor englez celebru pentru cărțile sale de ficțiune precum Mașina timpului, Războiul lumilor, Omul invizibil, Primii oameni în Lună și Insula Doctorului Moreau. A mai publicat nuvele contemporane, istorie și comentarii sociale. A fost un socialist declarat și un pacifist, operele sale mai târzii devenind tot mai politice și didactice. Atât Wells cât și Jules Verne sunt recunoscuți ca „părinții genului științifico-fantastic”.