Literary Library

Michelle Cliff

by Angela Beck
November 2, 1946 - June 12, 2016Jamaican-American novelist, short story writer, poet and literary criticAuthor of "Abeng", "No Telephone to Heaven"...
Critic Jamaica Jamaican Novel Novelist Poem Poet Poetry Short Story

Dale Brown

by Angela Beck
November 2, 1956 - American novelist and pilotAuthor of "Flight of the Old Dog", "Day of the Cheetah" and "Chains of Command"
Flying Novel Novelist Pilot Plane

Barbey d'Aurevilly

by Angela Beck
November 2, 1808 - April 23, 1889French novelist and short story writerAuthor of "Une Vieille Maitresse", "Les Chevalier des Touches" and "Les Dia...
France French Novel Novelist Short Story

Ally Condie

by Angela Beck
November 2, 1978 - American young adult fiction writerAuthor of "Matched", "Crossed" and "Reached"
Novel Novelist Young Adult

Ernest Tidyman

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1928 - July 14, 1984American author and screenwriterAuthor of the books "Shaft", "Dummy" and "Big Bucks'Author of the screenplays "Shaf...
Crime Detective Novel Novelist Screenplay Screenwriter

E. M. Forster

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettistAuthor of "Where Angels Fear to Tread", "Room With a Vi...
England English Essayist Essays Librettist Libretto Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Short Story Theater Theatre

J. D. Salinger

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1919 - January 27, 2010American novelist and short story writerAuthor of "A Perfect Day for Bananafish", "Catcher in the Rye" and Frann...
Novel Novelist Short Story

Sholem Asch

by Angela Beck
November 1, 1880 - July 10, 1957Polish-Jewish American novelist, dramatist and essayistAuthor of "The Nazarene", "The Apostle" and "East River"Als...
Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays Jewish Jews Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Poland Polish

Lee Smith

by Angela Beck
November 1, 1944 - American novelist and memoiristAuthor of "Family Linen", "Fair and Tender Ladies" and "The Last Girls"
Memoir Memoirist Novel Novelist

Kinky Friedman

by Angela Beck
November 1, 1944 - American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist and politicianAuthor of "Greenwich Killing Time", "The Love Song of J. Edgar Ho...
Humor Humorist Novel Novelist Political Politician Politics Sing Singer Songwriter

Henri Troyat

by Angela Beck
November 1, 1911 - March 2, 2007Russian-born French biographer, historian and novelistAuthor of "The Web", "Ivan the Terrible" and "Catherine the ...
Bio Biographer Biography France French Historian history Novel Novelist Russia Russian Russian History

A. R. Gurney

by Angela Beck
November 1, 1930 - June 13, 2017American playwright, novelist and academicAuthor of "The Dining Room", "Sweet Sue" and "Love Letters" (which was a ...
Academic Drama Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Pulitzer Prize Teacher Theater Theatre