Literary Library

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...
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

Carolyn Reeder

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1937 - January 20, 2012American writer of children's historical novelsAuthor of "Shades of Gray", "Moonshiner's Son" and "Across the L...
Children's Book Author Historical Fiction Novelist

Bonnie Greer

by Angela Beck
November 16, 1948 - African-American British playwright, novelist, critic and broadcasterAuthor of "Hanging By Her Teeth", "Langston Hughes: The ...
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

Tibor Fischer

by Angela Beck
November 15, 1959 - British novelist and short story writerAuthor of "The Thought Gang", "Under the Fog" and "Good to Be God"
British England English Novel Novelist Short Story

Gerhart Hauptmann

by Angela Beck
November 15, 1862 - June 6, 1946German dramatist and novelistAuthor of "The Weavers", "Hannele" and "The Rats"Won the Nobel Prize in Literature i...
Drama Dramatist German Germany Nobel Prize Novel Novelist

Katherine Weber

by Angela Beck
November 12, 1955 - American novelist, nonfiction writer and professorAuthor of "The Music Lesson", "The Memory of All That" and "Still Life with M...
Academic Nonfiction Novel Novelist Professor Teacher

Christopher Reich

by Angela Beck
November 12, 1961 - American novelistAuthor of "Numbered Account", "The Patriot's Club" and "Rules of Deception"
Novel Novelist