Literary Library

Olivia Goldsmith

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1949 - January 15, 2004American novelist and children's book authorAuthor of "First Wives Club" (which was turned into a movie in 1996),...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Films First Wives Club Novel Novelist

Louisa May Alcott

by Angela Beck
November 29, 1832 - March 6, 1888American novelist, short story writer and poet as well as an abolitionist and feminist Author of "Hospital Ske...
Abolitionist Feminism Feminist Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story Slavery

Laurence Binyon

by Angela Beck
August 10, 1869 - March 10, 1943English poet and dramatistAuthor of "London Visions", "Painting in the Far East" and "For the Fallen"
British Drama Dramatist England English English Poetry Great Britain London Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre

Jorge Amado

by Angela Beck
August 10, 1912 - August 6, 2001Brazilian writerAuthor of "Sea of Death", "Dora Flora and Her Two Husbands" and "Tieta"Born Jorge Leal Amado de Faria
Brazil Brazilian Writer

Seymour Simon

by Angela Beck
August 9, 1931 - American children's book author and science writerAuthor of "The Look-It-Up Book of the Earth", "The Brain: Our Nervous System" an...
America American Animal Animals Brain Children's Book Children's Book Author Natural World Nature Science

Philip Larkin

by Angela Beck
August 9, 1922 - December 2, 1985English poet and writerAuthor of "A Girl in Winter", "The Whitsun Weddings" and "High Windows"Wrote under the pse...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Pamela L. Travers

by Angela Beck
August 9, 1899 - April 23, 1996Austalian-born English writerAuthor of the "Mary Poppins" series Wrote under the name P. L. Travers
Australia Australian British England English Great Britain Mary Poppins

Jonathan Kellerman

by Angela Beck
August 9, 1949 - American psychologist and suspense novelistAuthor of "When the Bough Breaks", "A Cold Heart" and "Night Moves"
America American Crime Novel Novelist Psychologist Psychology Suspense

John Dryden

by Angela Beck
August 9, 1631 - May 12, 1700English poet, playwright and literary criticAuthor of "All For Love", "Essay of Dramatick Poesie" and "Absalom and Ac...
British British History Critic Drama Dramatist England English English Poetry Great Britain Literary Critic Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Theater Theatre

Jeanne Larson

by Angela Beck
August 9, 1950 - American poet, novelist, translator and essayistAuthor of "Silk Road: A Novel of Eighth-Century China", "Bronze Mirror" and "Manc...
China Eighth Century Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Silk Road Translator

Alan Paton

by Angela Beck
January 11, 1903 - April 12, 1988South African author and anti-apartheid activistAuthor of "Cry, the Beloved Country", "Too Late the Phalarope" an...
Activist Anti-Apartheid Activist Apartheid Author Community Activist Human Rights Activist South Africa South African

Virginia Brooks

by Angela Beck
January 11, 1886 - June 15, 1929American suffragist, author and political reformerAuthor of "Little Lost Sister" and "My Battles with Vice"
Author Govern Government Poitical Political Reformer Politics Reformer Suffrage Suffragette Suffragist