Fyodor Dostoyevsky & Rudyard Kipling 
Short Stories Based on the Author’s Own Experience 
Powerful stories where the writer drew on his own life events

It is often said that the best writers write about something they know, something they understand. And it’s excellent advice. So when authors of the calibre of Stephen Crane, James Fenimore Cooper, Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and many others share that experience with us, a bond of trust and respect is easily attained.