Literary Library

Oliver Lafarge, II

December 19, 1901 - August 2, 1963American anthropologist and writer of novels and non-fiction booksAuthor of "Laughing Boy" (for which he won the...

Erskine Caldwell

December 17, 1903 - April 11, 1987American novelist, nonfiction and short story writerAuthor of 25 novels, 150 short stories, 12 nonfiction collec...

Melissa Holbrook Pierson

December 14, 1957 - American nonfiction writer and essayistAuthor of "The Perfect Vehicle: What Is It About Motorcycles", "The Place You Love is G...

Jim Harrison

December 11, 1937 - March 26, 2016American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter and nonfiction & children's book authorAuthor of "Returning ...

Rumer Goddard

December 10, 1907 - November 8, 1998English author of fiction and nonfictionAuthor of more than 60 books including "Black Narcissus", "The Greenga...

Joe McGinniss

December 9, 1942 - March 10, 2014American nonfiction writer and novelistAuthor of "The Selling of the President: The Classic Account of the Packag...

Eileen Myles

December 9, 1949 - American poet and writer of fiction, nonfiction, libretti and playsAuthor of "Chelsea Girls", "The Importance of Being Iceland"...

Ann Hood

December 9, 1956 - American novelist and short story & nonfiction writerAuthor of "Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine", "The Knitting Circle" an...

Madeleine L' Engle

November 29, 1918 - September 6, 2007American writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetryAuthor of "A Wrinkle of Time" (for which she won the Newbery...

Roland Smith

November 30, 1951 - American author of young adult fiction and children's nonfiction booksAuthor of "Thunder Cave", "Cryptid Hunters" and "Storm Ru...

Richard Wright

      September 4, 1908 - November 28, 1960African-American author of poetry, short stories, novels and non-fictionAuthor of "Uncle Tom's Children...

Jonathan Weiner

November 26, 1953 - American author of nonfiction booksAuthor of "The Beak of the Finch" (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfictio...