Literary Library

Anne Fine

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1947 - English writer of adult and children's booksAuthor of "Madame Doughtfire", "Goggle-Eyes" (for which she won the Carnegie Award i...
Author British Carnegie Medal Children's Book Author England English Great Britain

Yosano Akiko

by Angela Beck
December 7, 1878 - May 29, 1942Japanese author, poet, feminist, pacifist and social reformer Author of "Midaregami", "River of Stars" and "Tangl...
Author Feminism Feminist Japan Japanese Pacifist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Social Reform

Garth Stein

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1964 - American author, film producer, documentary filmmaker, playwright, teacher and amateur racerAuthor of "Raven Stole the Moon", "T...
Academy Award Author Car Racer Drama Dramatist Film Film Producer Filmmaker Films Play Plays Playwright Racer Teach Teacher

Byron Katie

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1942 - American speaker and authorAuthor of "Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life (co-written with Stephen Mitchel...
Author Public Speaker Speaker

John A. Williams

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1925 - July 3, 2015 African-American author, journalist, academic and poetAuthor of "The Man Who Cried I Am", "!Click Song" (for which...
Academic African American Author Journalism Journalist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Rhoda Blumberg

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1917 - June 6, 2016American author of historical children's booksAuthor of "Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun" (for which she w...
Author Children's Book Author history Japan Literary Historian Newbery Newbery Honor

Munro Leaf

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1905 - December 21, 1976American author and illustrator of children's booksAuthor of "The Story of Ferdinand" (illustrated by Robert L...
Author Children's Book Author Ferdinand Illustrator

Stephen Elliot

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1971 - American writer, editor and filmmakerAuthor of "Happy Baby", "The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir" and "Sometimes I Think About It"I...
Author Editor Editor-in-Chief Film Filmmaker Literary Magazine Magazine

Mark Salzman

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1959 - American writer and teacherAuthor of "Iron & Silk", "The Soloist" and "Lost in Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia" #litera...
Author School Teach Teacher

Ludvig Holberg

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1684 - January 28, 1754Norwegian writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwrightAuthor of "Jeppe on the Hill", "Erasmus Montan...
Author Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays Historian history Norway Norwegian Philosopher Philosophy Play Plays Playwright

Ethelyn Maria Tucker

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1871 - August 23, 1959American botanist, author and librarianAuthor of "Catalogue of the Library of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard Uni...
Author Botanist Botany Harvard Librarian Library

David K. Shipler

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1942 - American author, journalist and professorAuthor of "Solemn Dreams" (for which he won the Overseas Press Club Award in 1983), "Ar...
Arabs Author Jews Journalism Journalist News Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher University