Who was born earlier, Hermann Hesse or Sharon Kay Penman?
Hermann Karl Hesse
Title: The Sunne in Splendour
Passage: The Sunne in Splendour is a historical novel written by Sharon Kay Penman.  Penman became interested in the subject of Richard III while a student and wrote a manuscript that was stolen from her car.  She rewrote the manuscript which was published in 1982.
Title: Hermann Hesse
Passage: Hermann Karl Hesse (] ; 2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-born poet, novelist, and painter.  His best-known works include "Demian", "Steppenwolf", "Siddhartha", and "The Glass Bead Game", each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality.  In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Title: The Glass Bead Game
Passage: The Glass Bead Game (German: Das Glasperlenspiel ) is the last full-length novel of the German author Hermann Hesse.  It was begun in 1931 and published in Switzerland in 1943 after being rejected for publication in Germany due to Hesse's anti-Fascist views.  A few years later, in 1946, Hesse went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.  In honoring him in its Award Ceremony Speech, the Swedish Academy said that the novel "occupies a special position" in Hesse's work.
Title: Sharon Kay Penman
Passage: Sharon Kay Penman (born August 13, 1945) is an American historical novelist, published in the UK as Sharon Penman.  She is best known for the Welsh Princes trilogy and the Plantagenet series.  In addition, she has written four medieval mysteries, the first of which, "The Queen's Man", was a finalist in 1996 for the Best First Mystery Edgar Award.  Her novels and mysteries are set in England, France, and Wales, and are about English and Welsh royalty during the Middle Ages.  "The Sunne in Splendour", her first book, is a stand-alone novel about King Richard III of England and the Wars of the Roses.  When the manuscript was stolen she started again and rewrote the book.
Title: Time and Chance (novel)
Passage: Time and Chance is a historical novel written by Sharon Kay Penman published in 2002 and is the second volume in the Plantagenet trilogy, preceded by "When Christ and His Saints Slept" and followed by "Devil's Brood."
Title: When Christ and His Saints Slept
Passage: When Christ and His Saints Slept is a historical novel written by Sharon Kay Penman, published in 1995.  It is the first of Penman's Plantagenet trilogy, (ultimately five books) followed by "Time and Chance", "Devil's Brood", "Lionheart" and "A King's Ransom".  In the book Penman introduces the genesis of the Plantagenet dynasty as Empress Maude battles to secure her claim to the English throne, ultimately more for her young son Henry Plantagenet, than for herself.  Penman chronicles the story of cousins Maude and Stephen as they fight for England’s throne.
Title: Here Be Dragons
Passage: Here Be Dragons is a historical novel written by Sharon Kay Penman published in 1985.  The novel is the first in a trilogy known as the Welsh Princes series set in medieval England, Wales and France that feature the Plantagenet kings.  Penman is known for providing accurate descriptions of historical events and creating strong characterisations.
Title: Devil's Brood
Passage: Devil's Brood is a historical novel written by Sharon Kay Penman, published in 2008, and is the third volume in her Plantagenet series, preceded by "When Christ and His Saints Slept" and "Time and Chance", and followed by "Lionheart" (2011).
Title: The Complete Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse
Passage: The Complete Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse is a collection of 22 fairy tales written by Hermann Hesse between the years of 1904 and 1918 and translated by Jack Zipes.  A list of the individual fairy tales and the year in which they were written follows.  This collection was published in 1995 and is the first English translation for most of the tales.
Title: The Reckoning (Penman novel)
Passage: The Reckoning is a medieval historical novel written by Sharon Kay Penman published in 1991.  The plot is of Wales' Llewelyn ap Gruffydd's fight to keep Wales independent of England and of the love story between the Welsh Prince and Eleanor de Montfort.  In her writing, Penman presents the nobility of the period and focuses on conflict on various levels from individual conflicts to wars between countries.  The novel received generally good reviews.
Sharon Kay Penman Hermann Hesse