Literary Library

Beryl Bainbridge

by Angela Beck
November 21, 1932 - July 2, 2010English novelistAuthor of "The Dressmaker", "An Awfully Big Adventure" and "Master Georgie"Also known as Dame Beryl...
Dame England English Man Booker Prize Novel Novelist

Don Delillo

by Angela Beck
November 20, 1936 - American novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayistAuthor of "White Noise" (for which he won the National Book Awar...
American Book Award Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays National Book Award Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Pulitzer Prize Short Story Theater Theatre

Robert Girardi

by Angela Beck
November 18, 1961 -American novelistAuthor of "Madeleine's Ghost", "The Pirate's Daughter" and "A Vaudeville of Devils: Seven Moral Tales"
Novel Novelist

Margaret Atwood

by Angela Beck
November 18, 1939 - Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist and teacherAuthor of "The Handmaid's Tale", "The Blind Assassin" and "The T...
Canada Canadian Essayist Essays Literary Critic Man Booker Prize Novel Novelist Poem Poet Poetry Teacher

David J. Bell

by Angela Beck
November 17, 1969 - American novelist, professor and editorAuthor of "The Girl in the Woods", "The Hiding Place" and "The Forgotten Girls"
Academic Editor Novel Novelist Professor Teacher

William Kent Krueger

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1950 - American novelist and crime writerAuthor of "Iron Lake", "Ordinary Grace" and "Tamarack County"
Crime Novel Novelist

Michael Arlen

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1895 - June 23, 1956Armenian-British essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright and scriptwriterAuthor of "The Romantic Lady"...
Armenia Armenian British Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Short Story Theater Theatre

Jose Saramago

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1922 - June 18, 2010Portuguese novelistAuthor of "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ", "Blindness" and "Death with Interruptions"Wo...
Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Portugal Portuguese

Chinua Achebe

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1930 - March 21, 2013Nigerian novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist and children's book authorAuthor of "Things Fall Apart", "...
Africa African Children's Book Children's Book Author Essayist Essays Nigeria Nigerian Novel Novelist Poem Poet Poetry Short Story

Bonnie Greer

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1948 - African-American British playwright, novelist, critic and broadcasterAuthor of "Hanging By Her Teeth", "Langston Hughes: The V...
African American British Broadcaster Critic Drama Dramatist Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Theater Theatre

Andrea Barrett

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1954 - American novelist and short story authorAuthor of "Ship Fever" (for which she won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1996),...
National Book Award Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize Short Story

Tim Pears

by Angela Beck
November 15, 1956 - English novelistAuthor of "In the Place of Fallen Hearts", "Disputed Lands" and "The Horseman: The West Country Trilogy"
England English Novel Novelist