Literary Library

Tove Ditlevsen

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1917 - March 7, 1976Danish poet, children's book author, novelist, short story writer and memoiristAuthor of "Annalise - Tretten Ar" ...
Author Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Children's Poem Children's Poet Dane Danish Denmark Memoir Memoirist Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story

Stanley Crouch

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1945 - September 16, 2020African-American poet, music and cultural critic, columnist, novelist and biographerAuthor of "The All-Americ...
African American Bio Biographer Biography Columnist Critic Culture Music Music Critic Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry W.E.B. Dubois

Shirley Jackson

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1916 - August 8, 1965American novelist, short story writer and memoiristAuthor of "The Lottery" (for which she won the O. Henry Prize...
Memoir Memoirist Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award National Book Award Novel Novelist O. Henry Prize Short Story

Rosemary Sutcliff

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1920 - July 23, 1992English writer of adult and children's novelsAuthor of "The Lantern Bearers" (for which she won the Carnegie Medal...
British Carnegie Medal Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books England English Great Britain Novel Novelist Writer

Nancy Thayer

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1943 -American novelistAuthor of over 30 books including "Belonging", "The Hot Flash Club" and "Summer House"
Novel Novelist

Benjamin Kunkel

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1972 - American novelist, political economist and newspaper & magazine contributorAuthor of "Utopia or Bust: A Guide to the Presen...
Economics Economist Economy Magazine News Newspaper Newspapers Novel Novelist Political Political Economist

Tamora Pierce

by Angela Beck
December 13, 1954 - American young adult fantasy novelistAuthor of "The Song of the Lioness" series, "The Immortals" and the "Protector of the Sma...
Fantasy Novel Novelist Young Adult

Kenneth Patchen

by Angela Beck
December 13, 1911 - January 8, 1972American poet and novelistAuthor of "The Journal of Albion Moonlight", "The Teeth of the Lion" and "Memoirs of ...
Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Sophia Kinsella

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1969 -English novelist and young adult fiction writerAuthor of "Cocktails for Three", "The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic" and "Ca...
British England English Great Britain Novel Novelist Young Adult

Patrick O'Brien

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1914 - January 2, 2000English novelist, translator and short-story writerAuthor of "Master and Commander", "The Far Side of the World"...
British England English Great Britain Navy Novel Novelist Short Story Translator

Helen Dunmore

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1952 - June 5, 2017British poet, novelist and short story & children's book writerAuthor of "A Spell of Winter" (for which she wa...
Author British Children's Book Author England English Great Britain Man Booker Prize Novel Novelist Orange Prize Poem Poems Poet Poetry T. S. Eliot Prize

Gustave Flaubert

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1821 - May 8, 1880French novelistAuthor of "Madame Bovary", "Salammbo" and "The Temptation of Saint Anthony"
France French Novel Novelist