Who was America's first best-selling author? Which author was passionate about pencils? Who wrote about travels to other galaxies, but refused to set foot on an airplane? What future Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was once thrown out a window by its frustrated author? You'll learn the answers to these questions and more when you solve the 50 original, themed puzzles in American Acrostics Volume 8: Puzzling American Authors. Sound like fun? Then sharpen your pencil and get ready to discover fascinating facts and little-known stories about some of the best-known women and men whose words entertain us, enlighten us, and give us food for thought.