Were Mervyn Peake and Philip K. Dick both writers?
Mervyn Peake Mervyn Laurence Peake (9 July 1911 – 17 November 1968) was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the "Gormenghast" books. The three works were part of what Peake conceived as a lengthy cycle, the completion of which was prevented by his death. They are sometimes compared to the work of his older contemporary J. R. R. Tolkien, but his surreal fiction was influenced by his early love for Charles Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson rather than Tolkien's studies of mythology and philology.
David Ellis Dickerson David Ellis Dickerson is an American author, humorist and contributor to National Public Radio's "This American Life". Dickerson formerly worked at Hallmark as a greeting card writer and is the unofficial Greeting Card Laureate of National Public Radio. He is creator of the web series "Greeting Card Emergency", on which he writes greeting cards for unusual situations. He has also contributed to "The Atlantic".