Literary Library

Zora Neale Hurston

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1903 - January 28, 1960African-American novelist, anthropologist, filmmaker, short story writer, essayist and playwrightAuthor of "Barr...
African American Alabama Writers Hall of Fame American Library Association Anthropologist Anthropology Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Films Harlem Renaissance Movie Movies National Women's Hall of Fame New York Writers Hall of Fame Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Short Stories Short Story Theater Theatre

William Peter Blatty

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1928 - January 12, 2017American novelist, screenwriter, director and producerAuthor of "The Exorcist" (for which he won the Academy Awa...
Academy Award Director Exorcise Exorcism Exorcist Film Film Director Film Producer Filmmaker Films Golden Globe Award Movie Movies Novel Novelist Oscar Producer Screenplay Screenwrite Screenwriter The Exorcist

Drew Daywalt

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1970 - American children's book author, filmmaker and scriptwriterAuthor of "The Day the Crayons Quit", "The Day the Crayons Came Home"...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Film Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Script Scripts Scriptwrier

Oscar Micheau

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1884 - March 25, 1951African-American author, director and producerAuthor of "The Forged Note" and "The Story of Dorothy Stanfield"Prod...
African American Author Director Film Film Director Film Producer Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Producer

Jimmy Santiago Baca

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1952 - American poet, memoirist and screenwriterAuthor of "Immigrants in Our Own Land", "Martin and Meditations on the South Valley" (f...
American Book Award Film Filmmaker Films Memoir Memoirist Movie Movies National Endowment for the Arts Poem Poems Poet Poetry Pushcart Prize Screenwriter

Teddi Sherman

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1924 - January 16, 2019American actress, television writer and screenwriterAuthor of films including "Ten Seconds to Hell", "The Man From ...
Acting Actor Actress Film Films Movie Movies Screenwriter Television Television Writer TV Writer

Robert Pirosh

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1910 - December 25, 1989American screenwriter and film directorAuthor of "Battleground" (for which he won an Academy Award for Best Writin...
Academy Award Film Film Director Filmmaker Marx Brothers Movie Movies Oscar Screenplay Screenwriter

Edgar Wallace

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1875 - February 10, 1932British crime writer, war correspondent, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, playwright and poetAuthor of "The Fo...
British Correspondent Crime England English Foreign Correspondent Great Britain Journalism Journalist Movie Movies News Correspondent Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenwriter Theater Theatre War

Ernest Tidyman

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1928 - July 14, 1984American author and screenwriterAuthor of the novels: "Shaft", "Dummy" and Big Bucks" Author of the screenplays: "Sh...
Author Detective Film Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Screenplay Screenwriter Shaft

Norman Rosten

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1913 - March 7, 1995American poet, playwright, novelist and screenwriterAuthor of "Thrive Upon the Rock", "Mister Johnson", "Over and Ou...
Film Films Movie Movies Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Screenwriter

Ronnie Del Common

by Angela Beck
December 31, 1959 - Filipino animation writer, director, story artist and supervisor & production designerAuthor of "Paper Biscuit 2", "Three T...
Academy Award Director Filipino Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Philippines Production Design Production Designer Screenplay Screenwriter Story Artist Writer

Nicholas Sparks

by Angela Beck
December 31, 1965 - American novelist, screenwriter and philanthropistAuthor of "The Notebook", "Message in a Bottle", "A Walk to Remember", "Nigh...
Film Films Movie Movies Novel Novelist Philanthropy Screenplay Screenwriter