Kathleen Kuiper
Former Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
Kathleen Kuiper was Senior Editor, Arts & Culture, Encyclopædia Britannica until 2016. She also edited Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature.
Primary Contributions (114)
Truman Capote was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright whose early writing extended the Southern Gothic tradition, though he later developed a more journalistic approach in the novel In Cold Blood (1965; film 1967). That book, together with Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958; film…
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“The Most Perfect Refreshment”: A Garden Quiz
Lemurs: Fact or Fiction?
World Dumplings
Bits and Bobs: Collage and Assemblage
Thereby Hangs a Tail: Famous Horses
Women’s History: Famous Suffragettes
Poetry: First Lines
Writers’ Retreats
Cross-gender Pseudonyms
Food in Literature: Fact or Fiction?
Literary Devices
Name that Mark
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Women’s History: Famous Women of Paris
Paris at Random
10 Places in (and around) Paris
9 Noteworthy Bog Bodies (And What They Tell Us)
What’s That Sound?: 8 Intriguing Early Musical Instruments
Malta: 8 Claims to Fame
9 Cemeteries to Die For
Art Abuse: 11 Vandalized Works of Art
Behind the Scenes: 12 Historical Figures in Wolf Hall
8 Creepy Critters in the Work of Edgar Allan Poe
List of Lists: 6 Extremely Random Historical Catalogs
Christening Pluto’s Moons
7 Women Warriors
