Literary Library

Lillian Smith

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1916 - January 14, 2000American author and illustrator of children's booksAuthor and/or illustrated more than 200 books including "The...
Author Caldecott Caldecott Medal Children's Book Author Illustrator Margaret Wise Brown

Leonard Weisgard

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1916 - January 14, 2000American author and illustrator of children's booksAuthor and/or illustrated more than 200 books including "The...
Author Caldecott Caldecott Medal Children's Book Author Illustrator

Josepha Sherman

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1946 - August 23, 2012American adult and children's book author, folklorist and anthologistAuthor of "Trickster Tales: Forty Folk Stor...
Anthologist Anthology Author Children's Book Author Folk Lore Folklorist Folktales

Helen Dunmore

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1952 - June 5, 2017British poet, novelist and short story & children's book writerAuthor of "A Spell of Winter" (for which she wa...
Author British Children's Book Author England English Great Britain Man Booker Prize Novel Novelist Orange Prize Poem Poems Poet Poetry T. S. Eliot Prize

Emma Bull

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1954 - American science fiction and fantasy authorAuthor of "War for the Oaks", "Finder" and "Bone Dance"
Author Fantasy Sci-Fi Science Fiction

John O'Kane Murray

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1847 - July 30, 1885Irish physician and authorAuthor of "A Popular History of the Catholic Church in the United States", "Little Live...
Author Catholic Catholic Church Doctor Ireland Irish Medical Medicine Physician

Caldwell Esselstyn

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1933 - American physician and authorAuthor of "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition...
Author Doctor Heart Disease Medical Medicine Physician

Barr McClellan

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1939 - American entrepreneur, lawyer, lobbyist and authorAuthor of "Blood, Money & Power: How L. B. J. Killed J. F. K." and "The V...
Author Entrepreneur JFK John F. Kennedy Kennedy Law Lawyer Lobbyist President Kennedy The Kennedys

William Joyce

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1959 - American children's book author & illustrator, novelist and filmmakerAuthor of over 50 books including "A Day With Wilbur ...
Academy Award Author Children's Book Author Film Filmmaker Films Illustrator Movie Movies Novel Novelist

Tom Hayden

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1939 - October 23, 2016American political and social activist, author, politician and professorAuthor of "Radical Nomads: C. Wright M...
Author Chicago 7 Chicago Seven Jane Fonda Political Political Activist Politician Politics Professor Social Critic Social Reform Teach Teacher University Vietnam Vietnam War

Ralph Richard Banks

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1964 - African-American law professor and authorAuthor of "Is Marriage for White People? How the African American Marriage Decline Aff...
African American Author Law Law Professor University

Jim Harrison

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1937 - March 26, 2016American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter and nonfiction & children's book authorAuthor of "Returning ...
Author Children's Book Author Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Nonfiction Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenplay Screenwriter