Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867 - 1928) was a journalist, politician and best-selling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films adapted from his works.

Charlotte Brewster Jordan (1862 - 1932) was an American writer and translator, best known for her authorized translation of Vicente Blasco Ibañez's Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse, which was one of the best-selling novels of the early 20th century.