Literary Library

John Myers Myers

January 11, 1906 - October 30, 1988American novelist, professor and poetAuthor of "Silverlock", "Doc Holliday" and "The Harp and the Blade"

Alex Wayman

January 11, 1921 - September 22, 2004American Tibetologist, Indologist and professorAuthor of "The Buddhist Tantras", "Yoga of the Guhyasamajatantr...

William Levy

January 10, 1939 - April 22, 2019American writer, editor, radio personality and professorAuthor of "Confession of a Failed Dealer", "Dear George W....

Keith Gessen

January 9, 1975 - Russian-born American novelist, journalist, literary translator and professorAuthor of "All the Sad Young Literary Men", "Diary ...

Stanley Grentz

January 7, 1950 - March 11, 2005American Christian theologian, writer, ethicist and professorAuthor of "Prayer: The Cry for the Kingdom", "A Primer...

Richard A. Muller

January 6, 1944 - American physicist, professor and authorAuthor of "Nemesis: The Death Star", "Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes: Data, Spectral A...

E. L. Doctorow

January 6, 1931 - July 21, 2015American novelist, editor, professor, short story writer and dramatistAuthor of "Ragtime" (for which he won the Nat...

Umberto Eco

January 5, 1932 - February 19, 2016Italian professor, critc and writer of novels and non-fictionAuthor of "The Name of the Rose", "Foucault's Pend...

W. D. Snodgrass

January 5, 1926 - January 13, 2009American poet and professorAuthor of "Heart's Needle" (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1960),  ...

Jeff Parker

January 3, 1974 - American novelist, short story writer and professorAuthor of "Ovenman", "The Taste of Penny" and "Where Bears Roam the Streets"

Grace Edwards

January 3, 1933 - February 25, 2020African-American mystery writer, professor and newspaper contributorAuthor of "In the Shadow of the Peacock", "...

David Margolick

(Seen here on right with Marvin Kalb) January 3, 1952 - American magazine editor, writer and professorAuthor of "Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max S...