Literary Library

A. M. Holmes

December 18, 1961 - American novelist, short story writer, memoirist and professorAuthor of "The End of Alice", "The Mistress' Daughter" and "May ...

Penelope Fitzgerald

December 17, 1916 - April 28, 2000English novelist, poet, essayist and biographerAuthor of "The Bookshop" (for which she was shortlisted for the B...

Lori Handeland

December 17, 1961 - American romance novelistAuthor of over 30 novels including "Second Chance", "Dreams of an Eagle" and "An Outlaw for Christmas"

Jules de Goncourt

(Seen above with his brother, Edmond) December 17, 1830 - June 20, 1870French novelist, writer and playwrightAuthor of "Les Hommes de Lettres", "R...

John Kennedy Toole

December 17, 1937 - March 26, 1969American novelist and professorAuthor of "A Confederacy of Dunces" (for which he posthumously won the Pulitzer Pr...

Jacqueline Wilson

December 17, 1945 - English children's  novelistAuthor of over 100 books including "The Story of Tracy Beaker" (for which she was a runner-up for ...

Jack Chalker

December 17, 1944 - February 11, 2005American science fiction novelistAuthor of 11 Science Fiction Series including "The Saga of the Well World", ...

Ford Madox Ford

December 17, 1873 - June 26, 1939English novelist, poet, critic and editorAuthor of "The Inheritors" (written with Joseph Conrad), "The Good Sold...

Erskine Caldwell

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

Tim Green

December 16, 1963 - American novelist and retired professional football playerAuthor of "Football Genius", "American Outrage" and "Lost Boy"

Sylvia Brownrigg

December 16, 1964 - American novelist and children's book authorAuthor of "Ten Women Who Speaks the World", "Morality Tale" and "Kepler's Dream"(wr...

Scott Pratt

December 16, 1956 - November 11, 2018American lawyer and crime novelistAuthor of "An Innocent Client", "Reasonable Fear" and "Justice Redeemed"