Literary Library
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...
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...
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...
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...
Louis Kronenberger
by Angela Beck
December 9, 1904 - April 30, 1980American literary critic, editor, novelist, professor and biographerAuthor of "Kings and Desperate Men: Life in E...
Padraic Colum
by Angela Beck
December 8, 1881 - January 11, 1972Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's book author and folklore collectorAuthor of...
Joe Klein
by Angela Beck
September 7, 1946 - American political columnist, novelist and biographerAuthor of "Woody Guthrie: A Life", "Primary Colors" and "The Running Mate"
Tina Brown
by Angela Beck
November 21, 1953 - English biographer and writerAuthor of "Loose Talk: Adventures on the Street of Shame", "The Diana Chronicles" and "Gin: An Il...
Gedeon Tallemant des Reaux
by Angela Beck
November 7, 1619 - November 6, 1692French poet and biographerKnown for his "Historiettes", a collection of short biographies
Ida Minerva Tarbell
by Angela Beck
November 5, 1857 - January 6, 1944American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturerAuthor of "The History of the Standard Oil Com...
Geoffrey Wolff
by Angela Beck
November 5, 1937 - American novelist, essayist, biographer and travel writerAuthor of "Final Club", "The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father" ...
Catherine Drinker Bowen
by Angela Beck
January 1, 1897 - November 1, 1973American biographerAuthor of "Yankee From Olympus" and Miracle at Philadelphia"