Literary Library

Aiden Chambers

by Angela Beck
December 27, 1934 - May 11, 2025British author of children's and young adult novelsAuthor of "The Present Takers", "Dance on My Grave" and "Postcar...
British Carnegie Medal Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Book Award Children's Books Children's Literature Association Award England English Great Britain Hans Christian Andersen Award Novel Novelist Young Adult

Jean Toomer

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1894 - March 30, 1967African-American poet and novelistAuthor of "Cane", "Essential" and "The Wayward and the Seeking"Part of the Ha...
African American Harlem Renaissance Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Elizabeth Kostova

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1964 - American novelist and teacherAuthor of "The Historian", "The Swan Thieves" and "The Shadow Land"
Novel Novelist School Teach Teacher

Alejo Carpentier

by Angela Beck
December 26, 1904 - April 24, 1980Swiss-born Cuban novelist, essayist, musicologist and short story writerAuthor of "The Kingdom of This World", ...
Communism Communist Cuba Cuban Essayist Essays Music Music Journalist Novel Novelist Revista de Avance Short Story Swiss

William Demby

by Angela Beck
December 25, 1922 - May 23, 2013African-American novelist, actor, translator, professor and asst. directorAuthor of "Beetlecreek", "The Catacombs"...
Acting Actor African American Anisfield-Wolf Achievement Award Director Film Director Novel Novelist Professor Translator University

Sheila Heti

by Angela Beck
December 25, 1976 - Canadian playwright, short story writer and novelistAuthor of "The Middle Stories", "How Should a Person Be?" and "Motherhood"
Canada Canadian Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Short Story Theater Theatre

Stephanie Meyer

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1973 - American novelistBest known for her "Twilight" vampire series as well as "The Host" and "The Chemist"Her "Twilight" series bec...
Fantasy Novel Novelist Twilight Vampire Vampires Werewolf Werewolves Young Adult

Nicholas Meyer

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1945 -American novelist and directorAuthor of "The Night that Panicked America" (for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award for Ou...
Academy Award Director Emmy Award Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Movie Movies Novel Novelist Screenplay Screenwriter Television TV

Mary Higgins Clark

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1929 - January 31, 2020American novelistAuthor of more than 50 suspense novels including "Let Me Call You Sweetheart", "The Cradle W...
Crime Novel Novelist Suspense

Laura Moriarty

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1970 - American novelistAuthor of "The Center of Everything", "The Rest of Her Life" and "American Heart"
Novel Novelist

Eric van Lustbader

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1946 - American writer of thriller and fantasy novelsAuthor of "The Ninja", "Floating City" and "The Nemesis Manifesto"
Fantasy Novel Novelist Thriler Writer

Martin Opitz

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1597 - August 20, 1639German poet and novelistAuthor of "Acht Bucher deutscher Poematum", "Geistliche Poemata" and "The Idyll of th...
German Germany Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry