Literary Library

Edgar Wallace

April 1, 1875 - February 10, 1932British crime writer, war correspondent, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, playwright and poetAuthor of "The Fo...

Denis Lalanne

April 1, 1926 - December 7, 2019French sports journalist and novelistAuthor of "Le Tennis", "Les Nouveaux Geants du Rugby" and "Chronique Coupe du...

Dean Brelis

April 1, 1924 - November 17, 2006American journalist and writer of novels and nonfictionAuthor of "The Mission", "Shalom" and "Behimd the Story of ...

Mary Calhoun

August 3, 1926 - October 27,  2015American journalist and children's book authorAuthor of "Making the Mississippi Shout", "Honestly, Katie John!" a...

Ernie Pyle

August 3, 1900 - April 18, 1945American journalistAuthor of "Home Country", "Here Is Your War" and "Brave Men"Won a Pulitzer Prize for journalism ...

John Kieran

August 2, 1892 - December 9, 1981American author, journalist and amateur naturalistAuthor of "A Natural History of New York City", "Not Under Oath...

Amy Friedman

August 1, 1952 - American writer, editor, ghost writer and journalistAuthor of "Nothing Sacred: A Conversation With Feminism", "Women of Wonder (wi...

Holbrook Jackson

December 31, 1874 - June 16, 1948British journalist, writer, editor and publisherAuthor of dozens of books including "Edward Fitzgerald and Omar K...

Frank Marshall Davis

December 31, 1905 - July 16, 1987African-American journalist, poet, political & labor movement activist, editor and businessmanAuthor of "Black...

Rudyard Kipling

December 30, 1865 - January 18, 1936English journalist, poet, novelist and short story writerAuthor of "The Jungle Book", "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", "Whi...

Mark Hertsgaard

December 29, 1956 - American journalist, environmental correspondent and non-fiction authorAuthor of "Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of...

Jenny Lawson

December 29, 1973 - American journalist, author and bloggerAuthor of "Let's Pretend This Never Happened", "Furiously Happy" and "Broken (In the Bes...