Literary Library

Joan Delano Aiken

September 4, 1924 - January 4, 2004English writer of supernatural children's fictionAuthor of "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase" (part of the "Wolve...

Jane Hissey

September 1, 1952 - British children's book author and illustratorAuthor of the "Old Bear and Friends" series as well as "Jolly Tall" and "Hoot"

William Blake

November 28, 1757 - August 12, 1827English poet, painter and printmakerAuthor of "Songs of Innocence and of Experience", "The Marriage of Heaven a...

John Bunyan

November 28, 1628 - August 31, 1688 (Actual birthday is unknown but Baptism date was November 30, 1628)English writer and Puritan preacherAuthor o...

Emma Walton Hamilton

November 27, 1962 - English-American children's book author, theatrical director and actressAuthor of "Simeon's Gift", "The Very Fairy Princess: He...

William Cowper

November 26, 1731 - April 25, 1800English poet and hymnodistAuthor of the poems "Light Shining Out of Darkness", "The Negro's Complaint" and "On R...

Shelagh Delaney

November 25, 1938 - November 20, 2011English dramatist and screenwriterAuthor of "A Taste of Honey", "The Lion in Love" and "Charlie Bubbles"

Laurence Sterne

November 24, 1713 - March 18, 1768Anglo-Irish novelist, Anglican cleric and politicianHe published sermons and memoirs as well as "The Life and Op...

Frances Hodgson Burnett

November 24, 1849 - October 29, 1924British novelist and playwrightAuthor of dozens of stories including "Little Lord Fauntleroy", "A Little Princ...

George Gissing

November 22, 1857 - December 28, 1903English novelist and short story writerAuthor of "The Nether World", "Born in Exile" and "The Private Papers ...

George Eliot

November 22, 1819 - December 22, 1880English novelist, poet, journalist and translatorAuthor of "Adam Bede", "The Mill on the Floss", "Silas Marne...

Beryl Bainbridge

November 21, 1932 - July 2, 2010English novelistAuthor of "The Dressmaker", "An Awfully Big Adventure" and "Master Georgie"Also known as Dame Beryl...