Literary Library

Jasper Fforde

by Angela Beck
January 11, 1961 - English novelistAuthor of "The Eyre Affair", "Shades of Grey" and "One of Our Thursdays is Missing"
British England English Great Britain Novel Novelist

Ernest Pascal

by Angela Beck
January 11, 1896 - November 4, 1966English-born American screenwriter, author, playwright and poetAuthor of "The Dark Swan", "Virgin Flame" and "Th...
Author British Cannes Film Festival Drama Dramatist England English English-American Film Filmmaker Films Great Britain Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenwriter Theater Theatre

Wilbur Smith

by Angela Beck
January 9, 1933 - November 13, 2021Zambian-born British-South African novelistAuthor of "River God", "Birds of Prey" and "Warlock"
Africa African British England English Great Britain Novel Novelist Zambia Zambian

Philippa Gregory

by Angela Beck
January 9, 1954 - Kenyan-born English historical novelistAuthor of dozens of novels including "The Other Bolyn Girl", "The White Queen" and "The K...
British England English English History Great Britain Historical Books Historical Fiction Historical Novel history Kate Wedd Kenya Kenyan Kenyan-English Novel Novelist

Wilkie Collins

by Angela Beck
January 8, 1824 - September 23, 1889English novelist, playwright and short story writerAuthor of "The Woman in White", "The Moonstone" (which was ...
British Crime Detective Drama Dramatist England English Great Britain Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Short Stories Short Story Theater Theatre

Stephen Hawking

by Angela Beck
January 8, 1942 - March 14, 2018English theoretical physicist, cosmologist and authorAuthor of "A Brief History of Time", "Black Holes and Baby Un...
ALS Author Black Hole Black Holes British Cambridge Cosmologist Cosmology England English Great Britain Lou Gehrig's Disease Physicist Presidential Medal of Freedom Relativity Science Scientist Theorectical Physicist Theorectical Physics

Charles Klein

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1867 - May 7, 1915English playwright and actorAuthor of "El Capitan", "The Charlatan" and "The Music Master"
Act Acting Actor British Drama Dramatist England English Great Britain Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre

Joyce Dunbar

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1944 - English children's book authorAuthor of over 70 books including "Mouse and Mole", "Tell Me Something Before I Go to Sleep" and "W...
British Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books England English Great Britain

Idris Davies

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1905 - April 6, 1953Welsh poetAuthor of "Wasteland of Wales", "Tonypandy and Other Poems" and "Selected Poems"
Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry United Kingdom Wales Welsh

Andrew Britton

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1981 - March 18, 2008British-born American spy novelistAuthor of "The American", "The Assassin" and "Threatcon Delta"
American-British Assassin British England English Espionage Government Great Britain Novel Novelist Spies Spy

Stella Gibbons

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1902 - December 19, 1989English author, journalist and poetAuthor of "The Mountain Beast", "Cold Comfort Farms" and "Nightengale Wood"
Author British England English English Poetry Great Britain Journalism Journalist News Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Robert Kinloch Massie, III

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1929 - December 2, 2019 American journalist, historian and biographerAuthor of "Peter the Great: His Life and World" (for which he won t...
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence Biographer Biography British History Catherine the Great German German History Germany Great Britain Historian history Journalism Journalist News Newspapers Peter the Great Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize for Biography Russian History War History World History