Literary Library

Lydia Millet

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1968 - Canadian-American novelistAuthor of "My Happy Life" (for which she won the PEN Center USA Award for Fiction in 2003), "Love in ...
Canada Canadian Canadian-American National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize

John Berendt

by Angela Beck
Born December 5, 1939 -  American writer, editor and columnistAuthor of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" (for which he was finalist for t...
Columnist Editor Georgia Pulitzer Prize Savannah South Southern Writer

David K. Shipler

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1942 - American author, journalist and professorAuthor of "Solemn Dreams" (for which he won the Overseas Press Club Award in 1983), "Ar...
Arabs Author Jews Journalism Journalist News Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher University

Joseph P. Lash

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1909 - August 22, 1987American radical political activist, journalist and authorAuthor of "Eleanor and Franklin" (for which he won the...
Author Biographer Biography Churchill Eleanor Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt Journalism Journalist National Book Award News Political Political Activist Politics President Roosevelt Pulitzer Prize Roosevelt Winston Churchill

David Hackett Fischer

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1935 - American professor and writerAuthor of "Paul Revere's Ride", "Washington's Crossing" (for which he was a finalist for the Nation...
Academic Author Historian history National Book Award Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher

Ann Patchett

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1963 - American novelistAuthor of "Bel Canto" (for which she was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist in 2001 and won the PEN...
National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist PEN/Faulkner Award Pulitzer Prize

David Lindsay-Abaire

by Angela Beck
November 14, 1969 - American playwright, lyricist and screenwriterAuthor of "Rabbit Hole" (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 a...
Lyricist Lyrics Music Play Plays Playwright Pulitzer Prize Screenplay Screenwriter Script Writer Tony Award

Robert M. Pirsig

by Angela Beck
September 6, 1928 - April 24, 2017American novelist and philosopherAuthor of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" and "Lila: An Inquiry int...
Author Buddhism Novel Novelist Philosopher Philosophy Pulitzer Prize Zen

Jennifer Egan

by Angela Beck
September 6, 1962 - American novelist and short story writerAuthor of "Emerald City", "The Invisible Circus" and "A Visit from the Goon Squad" (fo...
Author National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize Short Story

Allen Drury

by Angela Beck
September 2, 1918 - September 2, 1998American novelistAuthor of "Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics" (for which he won the Pulitze...
Author Political Politician Politics Pulitzer Prize Washington

James Agee

by Angela Beck
November 27, 1909 - May 16, 1955American novelist, poet, screenwriter and film criticAuthor of "Knoxville: Summer of 1915", "The African Queen" (Sc...
Film Film Critic Novel Novelist Poet Poetry Pulitzer Prize Screenwriter

Gordon S. Wood

by Angela Beck
November 27, 1933 - American historian and professorAuthor of "The Radicalism of the American Revolution" (for which he won a Pulitzer Prize for H...
Academic American History American Revolution Benjamin Franklin Historian National Humanities Medal Professor Pulitzer Prize Thomas Jefferson US History