Respected Writers Who Were Actually Terrible People

Writers live through their work, and if a book is good enough, an author can achieve immortality. But once a writer becomes a household name, people start to focus on their genius and forget about all their flaws and foibles. Reality check: Some of the best novels and short stories ever written have been penned by men and women with incredibly dark secrets. On the page, they're masters of their craft, but in real life, they've sold out colleagues, assaulted family members, and left friends trembling in fear. If you want to know which of your favorite novels were written by monsters, then brace yourself as we look at some respected writers who were actually terrible people...