Charles Dickens first Victorian novel with a child protagonist. On 2 April 1836, after a one-year engagement, and between episodes two and three of "The Pickwick Papers", Dickens married Catherine Thomson Hogarth (1816–1879), the daughter of George Hogarth, editor of the "Evening Chronicle". They were married in St. Luke's Church, Chelsea, London. After a brief honeymoon in Chalk in Kent, the couple returned to lodgings at Furnival's Inn. The first of their ten children, Charley, was born in January 1837, and a few months later the family set up home in Bloomsbury at 48 Doughty Street, London, (on which Charles had a
Sam Weller (journalist) Sam Weller (journalist) Sam Weller (born January 31, 1967) is an American journalist and author, best known for being writer Ray Bradbury's authorized biographer. Weller's 2005 book, "The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury" (HarperCollins) is a full-biography while his 2010 "Listen to the Echoes, The Ray Bradbury Interviews" (Melville House Publishing) is a collection of interviews, photos, mementos, and artifacts. Weller's 2014 "Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations" (Melville House Publishing) features his last interview with Bradbury, and recounts Bradbury's influences, creative processes, and love for writing and reading. Weller was born in Lake Forest, Illinois.