Literary Library

William Gaddis

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1922 - December 16, 1998American novelist and essayistAuthor of "J. R." (for which he won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1976...
Essayist Essays National Book Award National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist Time Magazine

Jim Shepard

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1956 - American novelist and short story writerAuthor of "Project X" (for which he won the Massachusetts Book Award in 2005), "Like Y...
Massachusetts Book Award National Book Award Novel Novelist Rea Award Short Story Writer

Dick Sudhalter

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1938 - September 19, 2008American jazz trumpeter and writerAuthor of "Bix: Man and Legend" (co-written with Richard R. Evans and for w...
Bio Biographer Biography Jazz Jazz Music Music Musician National Book Award Trumpet Trumpeter Writer

Wilfred Sheed

by Angela Beck
December 27, 1930 - January 19, 2011English-born American novelist, essayist and biographerAuthor of "Office Politics" (for which he was a finalist...
Bio Biographer Biography British England English Essayist Essays Great Britain Muhammad Ali National Book Award Novel Novelist

Evan Osnos

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1976 - American journalist and author Author of "Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China" (for which he wo...
Author Joe Biden Journalism Journalist National Book Award Nonfiction President President Biden

Adam Haslett

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1970 -American fiction writer, journalist and short-story writerAuthor of "You Are Not a Stranger Here" (for which he was a finalist ...
Fiction Journalism Journalist National Book Award National Book Critics Circle Award New York Magazine New York Magazine Writer of the Year Award PEN/Malamud Award Pulitzer Prize Short Story

Laini Taylor

by Angela Beck
December 22, 1971 - American young adult fantasy authorAuthor of "Lips Touch Three Times" (for which she was a finalist for the National Book Awar...
Fantasy National Book Award Young Adult

James Dickey

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1923 - January 19, 1997American poet, novelist, critic, lecturer and professorAuthor of "Into the Stone and Other Poems", "Drowning wi...
Critic Guggenheim Lecturer National Book Award Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Professor Teach Teacher University

Galway Kinnell

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1927 - October 28, 2014American poet and professorAuthor of "Body Rags", "The Book of Nightmares", "When One Has Lived a Long Time Al...
Frost Medal National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry Poetry Society of America Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher University Vermont

Hortense Calisher

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1911 - January 13, 2009American fiction and biography writerAuthor of "False Entry" (for which she was a finalist for the National Boo...
American Academy of Arts Bio Biographer Biography Fiction National Book Award

Marilyn Sachs

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1927 - December 28, 2016American children's book authorAuthor of "Veronica Ganz" (for which she won the American Library Association N...
American Library Association Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books National Book Award

Theodore Rosengarten

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1944 - American historian and writerAuthor of "All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw" (for which he won the National Book Award for...
African African Art Historian history Jewish Jewish-American Jews National Book Award Writer