Literary Library

Young John Allen

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1836 - May 30, 1907American Methodist missionary to China, newspaper and magazine publisher and writerAuthor of 250 works including "Th...
China Christ Christian Christianity Magazine Magazine Publisher Methodist Missionary News Newspaper Newspapers Publisher Writer

Patricia Lee Gauch

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1934 - American children's book author and publisherAuthor of over thirty books including "This Time, Tempe Wick?", "Bravo, Tanya" and "...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Publisher

Gopal Raju

by Angela Beck
(Seen here in center) January 3, 1928 - April 10, 2008Indian-born American publisher, editor, journalist, businessman and philanthropistAuthor of ...
Business Businessman Editor India Indian Indian-American Journalism Journalist News Philanthropist Philanthropy Publisher

Holbrook Jackson

by Angela Beck
December 31, 1874 - June 16, 1948British journalist, writer, editor and publisherAuthor of dozens of books including "Edward Fitzgerald and Omar K...
Bio Biography British Editor England English Flying Fame Press Great Britain Journalism Journalist Publisher Writer

Teo Savory

by Angela Beck
December 27, 1907 - November 14, 1989American novelist, poet, translator and publisherAuthor of "The Landscape of Dreams", "The Single Secret" and ...
Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Publisher Translator

Harriet Monroe

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1860 - September 26, 1936American editor, scholar, literary critic, poet, publisher, editor and art patronAuthor of "John Wellborn Ro...
Art Critic Editor Literary Critic Poem Poems Poet Poetry Poetry Magazine Publisher Scholar

George Leite

by Angela Beck
(Seen above with Anais Nin in 1946) December 20, 1920 - August 6, 1985American poet, author, publisher and bookstore ownerHe published "Circle" ma...
Audio Author Bookstore Bookstores Circle Magazine Pamphlet Poem Poems Poet Poetry Publisher

William Cooper Nell

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1816 - May 25, 1874African-American abolitionist, journalist, publisher and writerAuthor of "Services of Colored Americans in the War...
Abolitionist African American African American History American History American Revolution American South Journalism Journalist Patriots Publisher Slavery Slaves Underground Railroad Writer

David Bruce Smith

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1958 - American author, editor, publisher and business executiveAuthor of "Conversations with Papa Charlie", "Afternoon Tea with Mom"...
Author Business Businessman Editor Great American Book Prize John Marshall Publisher Supreme Court

Barbara Smith

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1946 - African-American lesbian feminist, socialist, scholar, lecturer, editor and publisherAuthor of "Toward a Black Feminist Criti...
African American Editor Feminism Feminist Lecturer Lesbian LGBTQ Publisher Scholar Socialist

Carolyn M. Rodgers

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1940 - April 2, 2010African-American poet, essayist, critic and publisherAuthor of "Blackbird in a Cage", "Songs of a Blackbird" and "...
African American Book Publisher Critic Essayist Essays Poem Poems Poet Poetry Publisher Third World Press

Toni Weisskopf

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1965 - American science fiction editor and publisher of Baen BooksEdited the anthologies "Cosmic Tales: Adventures in Sol System", "T...
Book Publisher Editor Publisher Sci-Fi Science Fiction