Arthur Machen
Around 1890 Machen began to publish in literary magazines, writing stories influenced by the works of Robert Louis Stevenson, some of which used gothic or fantastic themes. This led to his first major success, "The Great God Pan". It was published in 1894 by John Lane in the noted Keynotes Series, which was part of the growing aesthetic movement of the time. Machen's story was widely denounced for its sexual and horrific content and consequently sold well, going into a second edition.
Bo Giertz
Giertz’s first regularly assigned parish was in Torpa, where he served as assistant vicar from 1938 until his election as bishop in 1949. Here he authored many theological works including "Kyrkofromhet" ("Ecclesiastical piety", which was published with "Kristi kyrka" in 1939); "Den stora lögnen och den stora sanningen" ("The great lie and the great truth", 1945); "Kampen om människan" ("The Battle For Man", 1947); "Stengrunden" (“The Hammer of God”, 1941); and "Tron allena" (“Faith Alone”, 1943).