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.
Paul L. Maier
He is the author of sixteen published books, both historical fiction and non-fiction. His historical fiction includes the #1 national best-seller in religious fiction "A Skeleton in God's Closet" (1993), as well as "Pontius Pilate" (1968), "The Flames of Rome" (1981), "More Than A Skeleton" (2003), and the children's book "The Very First Christmas" (1998). Maier's non-fiction work includes "Josephus: The Essential Works", a translation and abridgement of the writings of Josephus; and "The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Caesarea", a translation of Eusebius' "Church History". Maier co-wrote "The Da Vinci Code: Fact or Fiction?" with Christian apologist Hank Hanegraaf. The book is a critical rebuttal of Dan Brown's 2003 topseller "The Da Vinci Code". In addition, he has published well over 200 articles and reviews in such journals as "Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte", "Church History", "Harvard Theological Review", "Hermes: Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie", "Concordia Theological Quarterly", "Concordia Journal", "Mankind", "Christian Century", "Christianity Today", and "Christian Herald".