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

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

Donna Tartt

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1963 - American novelist and short-story & non-fiction writerAuthor of "The Secret History", "The Little Friend" (for which she w...
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence National Book Critics Circle Award Nonfiction Novel Novelist Orange Prize Pulitzer Prize Short Story

Thomas M. Disch

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1940 - July 4, 2008American science fiction writer, poet, critic and children's book authorAuthor of the science fiction stories "The ...
Children's Book Author Critic Hugo Award Literary Critic National Book Critics Circle Award Poem Poems Poet Poetry Sci-Fi Science Fiction

Diana Athill

by Angela Beck
December 21, 1917 - January 23, 2019British literary editor, novelist and memoiristAuthor of "Instead of a Letter", "After a Funeral" and "Somewher...
British Costa Book Awards England English Great Britain Literary Editor Memoir Memoirist National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist

Reynolds Price

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1933 - January 20, 2011American poet, novelist, essayist, dramatist and professorAuthor 38 stories including "A Long and Happy Life"(fo...
Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Teach Teacher William Faulkner Foundation Award

Penelope Fitzgerald

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1916 - April 28, 2000English novelist, poet, essayist and biographerAuthor of "The Bookshop" (for which she was shortlisted for the B...
Bio Biographer Biography Booker Prize British England English Essayist Essays Great Britain National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Lydia Millet

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1968 - Canadian-American novelistAuthor of "My Happy Life" (for which she won the PEN Center USA Award for Fiction in 2003), "Love in ...
Canada Canadian Canadian-American National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize

Ann Patchett

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1963 - American novelistAuthor of "Bel Canto" (for which she was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist in 2001 and won the PEN...
National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist PEN/Faulkner Award Pulitzer Prize

Jennifer Egan

by Angela Beck
September 6, 1962 - American novelist and short story writerAuthor of "Emerald City", "The Invisible Circus" and "A Visit from the Goon Squad" (fo...
Author National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize Short Story

Marilynne Robinson

by Angela Beck
November 26, 1943 - American novelist and essayistAuthor of "Housekeeping" (for which she was on the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction shortlist in 1982)...
Essayist Library of Congress Man Booker Prize National Book Award National Book Critics Circle Award National Humanities Medal Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize

Jonathan Weiner

by Angela Beck
November 26, 1953 - American author of nonfiction booksAuthor of "The Beak of the Finch" (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfictio...
National Book Critics Circle Award Nonfiction Pulitzer Prize