Trivia: Which of these authors has the shortest first name?
H.P. Lovecraft
T.S. Eliot
J.D. Salinger
A. A. Milne
The correct answer is A. A. Milne
So why is this answer correct? : “The Catcher in the Rye” author Jerome David Salinger, “The Waste Land” poet Thomas Stearns Eliot, and fantasy-horror author Howard Phillips Lovecraft all have first names that are six letters long. Alan Alexander Milne, the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh, has the shortest first name of the bunch. Milne, who served in both World Wars and created his famed lovable bear in a series of stories for his son, was once taught in school by another initialed author — H.G. Wells.