Literary Library

Penelope Fitzgerald

December 17, 1916 - April 28, 2000English novelist, poet, essayist and biographerAuthor of "The Bookshop" (for which she was shortlisted for the B...

Marshall Terrill

December 17, 1963 - American author, journalist and biographerAuthor of multiple biographies of Steve McQueen as well as "Peter Maravich: The Autho...

Stanley Crouch

December 14, 1945 - September 16, 2020African-American poet, music and cultural critic, columnist, novelist and biographerAuthor of "The All-Americ...

Louis Kronenberger

December 9, 1904 - April 30, 1980American literary critic, editor, novelist, professor and biographerAuthor of "Kings and Desperate Men: Life in E...

Padraic Colum

December 8, 1881 - January 11, 1972Irish poet, novelist, dramatist, biographer, playwright, children's book author and folklore collectorAuthor of...

Joseph P. Lash

December 2, 1909 - August 22, 1987American radical political activist, journalist and authorAuthor of "Eleanor and Franklin" (for which he won the...

Joe Klein

September 7, 1946 - American political columnist, novelist and biographerAuthor of "Woody Guthrie: A Life", "Primary Colors" and "The Running Mate"

Stefan Zweig

November 28, 1881 - February 22, 1942Austrian-Jewish novelist, playwright, journalist and biographerAuthor of "Letter from an Unknown Woman", "Bew...

Crescent Dragonwagon

November 25, 1952 - American author of novels, cookbooks, children's books, a biography and poetry as well as a writing workshop leaderAuthor of "H...

Tina Brown

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

November 7, 1619 - November 6, 1692French poet and biographerKnown for his "Historiettes", a collection of short biographies

Ida Minerva Tarbell

November 5, 1857 - January 6, 1944American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturerAuthor of "The History of the Standard Oil Com...