Literary Library

Julia Briggs

by Angela Beck
December 30, 1943 - August 16, 2007English professor, literary critic and biographerAuthor of "Night Visitors: The Rise and Fall of the English Gho...
Bio Biographer Biography British Critic Edith Nesbit England English Ghost Ghost Story Great Britain Literary Critic Professor Teach Teacher University Virginia Woolf

Vera Brittain

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1893 - March 29, 1970English nurse, writer, feminist, socialist and pacifistAuthor of "Testament of Youth" (co-written with Mark Best...
Bio Biographer British England English Feminism Feminist Great Britain Medical Medicine Nurse Nursing Pacifist Socialism Socialist

Dave Pelzer

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1960 - American writer of autobiographical and self-help booksAuthor of "A Child Called It", "The Lost Boy" and "Help Yourself"
Autobiography Bio Biographer Biography Self-Help Writer

Pio Baroja y Nessi

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1872 - October 30, 1956Spanish novelist, biographer and physicianAuthor of "The Lord of Labraz", "The Tree of Knowledge" and "Zalacai...
Bio Biographer Biography Doctor Medical Medicine Novel Novelist Spain Spanish

Dick Sudhalter

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1938 - September 19, 2008American jazz trumpeter and writerAuthor of "Bix: Man and Legend" (co-written with Richard R. Evans and for w...
Bio Biographer Biography Jazz Jazz Music Music Musician National Book Award Trumpet Trumpeter Writer

Wilfred Sheed

by Angela Beck
December 27, 1930 - January 19, 2011English-born American novelist, essayist and biographerAuthor of "Office Politics" (for which he was a finalist...
Bio Biographer Biography British England English Essayist Essays Great Britain Muhammad Ali National Book Award Novel Novelist

Samuel Smiles

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1812 - April 16, 1904Scottish author, biographer, government reformer and newspaper editorAuthor of "Self-Help", "Lives of the Engine...
Author Bio Biographer Biography Editor Government News Newspaper Newspaper Editor Newspapers Scotland Scottish

Peter Manso

by Angela Beck
December 22, 1940 - April 7, 2021American biographer and journalistAuthor of "Vroom: Conversations with the Grand Prix Champions", "Brando: The Bio...
Bio Biographer Biography Journalism Journalist Marlon Brando

Hortense Calisher

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1911 - January 13, 2009American fiction and biography writerAuthor of "False Entry" (for which she was a finalist for the National Boo...
American Academy of Arts Bio Biographer Biography Fiction National Book Award

Penelope Fitzgerald

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1916 - April 28, 2000English novelist, poet, essayist and biographerAuthor of "The Bookshop" (for which she was shortlisted for the B...
Bio Biographer Biography Booker Prize British England English Essayist Essays Great Britain National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Marshall Terrill

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1963 - American author, journalist and biographerAuthor of multiple biographies of Steve McQueen as well as "Peter Maravich: The Autho...
Athlete Athletes Athletics Author Basketball Bio Biographer Biography Journalism Journalist Movie Movies Pete Maravich Sports Steve McQueen

Stanley Crouch

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1945 - September 16, 2020African-American poet, music and cultural critic, columnist, novelist and biographerAuthor of "The All-Americ...
African American Bio Biographer Biography Columnist Critic Culture Music Music Critic Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry W.E.B. Dubois