Literary Library
Susanna Moore
by Angela Beck
December 9, 1945 - American writer, teacher and modelAuthor of "My Old Sweetheart" (for which she was a finalist for the First Novel National Book...
Joan W. Blos
by Angela Beck
December 9, 1928 - October 12, 2017American children's book writer, teacher and children's literacy advocateAuthor of "A Gathering of Days: A New E...
Richard Llewellyn
by Angela Beck
December 8, 1906 - November 30, 1983British novelistAuthor of "How Green Was My Valley" (for which he won the National Book Award for Fiction in 19...
James Tate
by Angela Beck
December 8, 1943 - July 8, 2015American poet and professorAuthor of "Worshipful Company of Fletchers: Poems" (for which he won the National Book Aw...
Jason Reynolds
by Angela Beck
December 6, 1983 - African-American author of novels and poetry for young adultsAuthor of "Ghost" (for which he was finalist for the National Book...
Eve Curie Labouisse
by Angela Beck
December 6, 1904 - October 22, 2007French-American writer, journalist and pianistAuthor of "Madame Curie" (for which she won the National Book Awa...
Joan Didion
by Angela Beck
December 5, 1934 - December 23, 2021
American writer, novelist, playwright and screenwriterAuthor of "Slouching Towards Bethlehem", the screenpla...
Joseph P. Lash
by Angela Beck
December 2, 1909 - August 22, 1987American radical political activist, journalist and authorAuthor of "Eleanor and Franklin" (for which he won the...
David Hackett Fischer
by Angela Beck
December 2, 1935 - American professor and writerAuthor of "Paul Revere's Ride", "Washington's Crossing" (for which he was a finalist for the Nation...
Charles Finney
by Angela Beck
December 1, 1905 - April 16, 1984American news editor and fantasy novelistAuthor of "The Circus of Dr. Lao" (for which he won the first National Bo...
Madeleine L' Engle
by Angela Beck
November 29, 1918 - September 6, 2007American writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetryAuthor of "A Wrinkle of Time" (for which she won the Newbery...
Jacque Barzun
by Angela Beck
November 30, 1907 - October 25, 2012French-American historian, writer, novelist and soldierAuthor of "The House of Intellect" (for which he was nom...