Literary Library
Muriel Spark
by Angela Beck
February 1, 1918 - April 13, 2006Scottish novelist, essayist, short story writer and poetAuthor of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", "The Mandelba...
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
by Angela Beck
February 1, 1874 - July 15, 1929Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator and essayistAuthor of "Death and the Fool", "The Woman Wi...
Jean Genet
by Angela Beck
December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist and political activistHis novels include "The Thief's Journey", "Our...
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...
Warren Adler
by Angela Beck
December 16, 1927 - April 15, 2019American author, essayist, short story writer, playwright and poetBest known for "The War of the Roses" (which wa...
George Santayana
by Angela Beck
December 16, 1863 - September 26, 1952Spanish-born American philosopher, essayist, poet, novelist and professorAuthor of "The Sense of Beauty: Bei...
Melissa Holbrook Pierson
by Angela Beck
December 14, 1957 - American nonfiction writer and essayistAuthor of "The Perfect Vehicle: What Is It About Motorcycles", "The Place You Love is G...
Carolyn M. Rodgers
by Angela Beck
December 14, 1940 - April 2, 2010African-American poet, essayist, critic and publisherAuthor of "Blackbird in a Cage", "Songs of a Blackbird" and "...
Thomas McGuane
by Angela Beck
December 11, 1939 - American novelist, short fiction writer, screenwriter and essayist"Ninety-two in the Shade" (for which he was nominated for th...
Jim Harrison
by Angela Beck
December 11, 1937 - March 26, 2016American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter and nonfiction & children's book authorAuthor of "Returning ...
Ayelet Waldman
by Angela Beck
December 11, 1964 - Israeli-American novelist, essayist and lawyerAuthor of the "Mommy-Track" mystery series as well as "Love and Other Impossible...
Dalton Trumbo
by Angela Beck
December 9, 1905 -September 10, 1976American screenwriter, film director, playwright, essayist and novelistHis books include "Eclipse", "Johnny Go...