Which author is British, John Fante or Arthur Koestler?
John Fante John Fante (April 8, 1909 – May 8, 1983) was an Italian-American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel "Ask the Dust" (1939) about the life of a struggling writer, Arturo Bandini, in Depression-era Los Angeles. It is widely considered the great Los Angeles novel and is one in a series of four novels, published between 1938 and 1985, that are now collectively called "The Bandini Quartet". A movie of the same name was made in 2006, starring Colin Farrell. Fante published five novels, one novella, and a short story collection. Additional works, including two novels, two novellas, and two short story collections, were published posthumously. His screen credits include, most notably, "Full of Life" (1956), based on his 1952 novel by that name, "Jeanne Eagels" (1957), and the 1962 films "Walk on the Wild Side" and "The Reluctant Saint".
Francis Clifford (author) Francis Clifford is a pen name of Arthur Leonard Bell Thompson (1 December 1917 – 24 August 1975), a British writer of crime and thriller novels.