Which writer was a member of the Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg or Tim O'Brien?
Tim O'Brien (author) William Timothy "Tim" O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist. He best known for his "The Things They Carried" (1990), a collection of linked short stories. These semi-autobiographical stories were inspired by O'Brien's experiences in the Vietnam War. In 2010 the "New York Times" described O'Brien's book as a Vietnam classic. In addition, he is known for his war novel, "Going After Cacciato" (1978), also about wartime Vietnam, and later novels about postwar lives of veterans.
Sam Enthoven Sam Enthoven is a children's author who was born in 1974 and lives in North London. He is a graduate of the University of Manchester. He worked for ten years as a bookseller before writing "The Black Tattoo". His second book is "TIM Defender of the Earth", and his third book, "Crawlers", was entered for the Bolton book award 2011. In 2012, Barrington Stoke published My Name Is O, a thriller for reluctant readers.