Literary Library

Ward Just

September 5, 1935 - December 19, 2019American novelist, short story writer and war correspondentAuthor of "Echo House" (for which he won a Nationa...

Paul Fleishman

September 5, 1952 - American playwright and author of children's books Author of "Graven Images" (for which he won a Newbery Honor in 1983), "Joyfu...

Jonathan Kozol

September 5, 1936 - American writer, academic and activistAuthor of "Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Child...

Alan Lightman

November 28, 1948 - American physicist, writer, social entrepreneur and professorAuthor of "Einstein's Dreams", "The Diagnosis" (for which he was ...

Marilynne Robinson

November 26, 1943 - American novelist and essayistAuthor of "Housekeeping" (for which she was on the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction shortlist in 1982)...

Gloria Whelan

November 23, 1923 - American poet, short story writer and children's and adult novelistAuthor of dozens of books including "Goodbye Vietnam", "Home...

Lisa Goldstein

November 21, 1953 - American fantasy and science fiction authorAuthor of "The Red Magician" (for which she won the National Book Award for Original...

Isaac Bashevis Singer

November 21, 1902 - July 24, 1991Polish-American Yiddish writer and playwrightAuthor of "A Day of Pleasure: Stories of Growing Up in Warsaw" (for ...

Don Delillo

November 20, 1936 - American novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayistAuthor of "White Noise" (for which he won the National Book Awar...

Sharon Olds

November 19, 1942 - American poet and professorAuthor of "The Dead and the Living" (for which she won the National Book Award for Poetry in 1983),...

Annette Gorden-Reed

November 19, 1958 - African-American historian, author and law professorAuthor of "Vernon Can Read: A Memoir", "The Hemingses of Monticello: An Am...

Andrea Barrett

November 16, 1954 - American novelist and short story authorAuthor of "Ship Fever" (for which she won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1996),...