24-7 Spyz (pronounced "twenty-four-seven spies") are a band from the South Bronx, New York, formed in 1986, originally consisting of Jimi Hazel (real name, Wayne K. Richardson) (guitar), Rick Skatore (real name, Kenneth D. Lucas) (bass), Kindu Phibes (drums), and P. Fluid (real name, Peter Forrest) (vocals).
 The band is best known for mixing soul, funk, reggae, and R&B with heavy metal and hardcore punk.
 The fact that they are African Americans playing variations of heavy metal led critics to compare them to bands such as Living Colour and Bad Brains.
 Though they were pioneers in the fusion of these particular music styles, influencing many bands, they have never achieved substantial commercial success.
 After several lineup changes, the band broke up in 1998, but reformed in 2003 before releasing their first new album of original material in over a decade in 2006.
 As of October 2014, the lineup of the band includes Jimi Hazel, Rick Skatore, drummer Phillip "Fish" Fisher and guitarist Ronny Drayton.
The Go-Katz are a British psychobilly band formed in Loughborough, Leicestershire in 1986.
 The original members were Howard Raucous (real name Howard Piperides) on vocals, Beaker (real name Giles Brett) on guitar, Andy Young (guitar), Moff (real name Mark Moffat) on Double Bass, and Wolf (real name John Basford) on drums.
 The band members have formerly made up Loughborough bands The Exorcists and The Go-Go Dakotas.
Rayo de Jalisco Jr. (Spanish for "Lightning Bolt from Jalisco Jr."; born January 1, 1960) is the ring name of a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) whose real name has not been revealed, per Lucha Libre traditions.
 Rayo de Jalisco Jr. is the son of Rayo de Jalisco a famous wrestler from the early days of Lucha Libre; he also has a son who wrestles under the name Rayman.
 Rayo Jr. is a former two time CMLL World Heavyweight Champion and the reigning WWA World Heavyweight Champion, a title he has held since March 21, 2003.
 Rayo de Jalisco Jr.'s real name is not a matter of public record, as is often the case with masked wrestlers in Mexico where their private lives are kept a secret from the wrestling fans.
The Ruthless Rap Assassins were a British hip hop group from Hulme, Manchester, England.
 The group was formed by MC Kermit La Freak (later simply Kermit - real name Paul Leveridge) and brothers Dangerous Hinds (real name Anderson Hinds) and Dangerous C (real name Carson Hinds).
Dollar Bill is a Swedish hip hop group from Rosengård (Malmö County), Sweden established in 2002, and made up of Tax (real name Muhammed Ahmadi), The Beast (real name Besfort Sulejmani) and their friend Edo (real name Eldin Telalovic).
 Jassim "Jask" Ahmadi, Tax's brother, was a former group member, but left in 2014 for his job.
 Isen "Ice" Sulejmani (The Beast's brother) is another past member; he was left out of the formation in 2006 because the group wanted a more serious image.
 After putting out materials online via their MySpace account, they released their debut album "Återfödelsen" with collaborations from Gonza, Afasi, Organism12, Masse, Keione, AFC, Timbuktu, Chords, Hosam (from Highwon), Avastyle and Rock-a-spot.
 They have appeared in a number of shows, notably "Nyhetsmorgon", and at festivals like Malmöfestivalen.
Elizabeth Cochran Seaman (May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922), better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within.
 She was a pioneer in her field, and launched a new kind of investigative journalism.
 Bly was also a writer, industrialist, inventor, and a charity worker.
Alphaville is a German synthpop/new wave band which gained popularity in the 1980s.
 The founding members were lead singer Marian Gold (real name: Hartwig Schierbaum, born 26 May 1954 in Herford), Bernhard Lloyd (real name: Bernhard Gössling, born 2 June 1960 in Enger), and Frank Mertens (real name: Frank Sorgatz, born 26 October 1961 in Enger).
 The band was at first named "Forever Young" before being changed to "Alphaville".
 They achieved chart success with the singles "Big in Japan", "Sounds Like a Melody", "Jet Set", "Dance With Me", "Jerusalem", "Romeos" and "Forever Young".
The Tables was an underground/DIY pop group formed in Oslo, Norway, in 1987, by Bartleby (vocals, real name Tore Sørensen#, Robert Birdeye #bass, drums, real name Steinar Buholm#, and Reg Trademark #guitar, real name Ståle Caspersen#, from the ashes of a band called The Bottle Collectors.
 This trio recorded their first 7” EP called “Diary EP”, released on the new-founded Voices of Wonder label in 1988 #now Voices Music and Entertainment#.
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days is an 1890 book by journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane, writing under her pseudonym, Nellie Bly.
 The chronicle details her 72-day trip around the world, which was inspired by the book, "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne.
 She carried out the journey for Joseph Pulitzer's tabloid newspaper, the "New York World".
The Detroit Grand Pubahs are an American musical group from Detroit, Michigan, comprising Paris the Black Fu (real name Mack Goudy, Jr.) and The Mysterious Mr O. (real name Oliver Way).
 One of the founding members, Dr. Toefinger (real name Andy Toth), left in 2004.
 They are best known for their 2000 single "Sandwiches", which reached number 29 in the Hot Dance Club Songs chart.

Question: What is the real name of the author of Around the World in Seventy-Two Days?
Answer: Elizabeth Cochran Seaman