Claire: The Blind Love of a Blind Hero by a Blind Author

According to Wikipedia: "Thomas F. Dixon, Jr. (January 11, 1864 - April 3, 1946) was an American Baptist minister, playwright, lecturer, North Carolina state legislator, lawyer, and author, perhaps best known for writing The Clansman - which was to become the inspiration for D. W. Griffith's film, The Birth of a Nation (1915)."