Literary Library

Carl Abbott

December 3, 1944 - American historian, urbanist and academicAuthor of "The Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West", "How Cities ...

Jerry Sohl

December 2, 1913 - November 4, 2002American television scriptwriter and science fiction novelistAuthor of "Costigan's Needle", "The Altered Ego" an...

Joan Delano Aiken

September 4, 1924 - January 4, 2004English writer of supernatural children's fictionAuthor of "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase" (part of the "Wolve...

Timothy Zahn

September 1, 1951 - American science fiction and fantasy writerBest known for his "Star Wars" novels

Edgar Rice Burroughs

September 1, 1875 - March 19, 1950American adventure and science fiction writerAuthor of the "Tarzan of the Apes" series, the "Mars" series and "J...

C. J. Cherryh

September 1, 1942 - American science fiction and fantasy writerAuthor of more than 80 books including "Down Below Station", Merchanter's Luck" and...

Melinda M. Snodgrass

November 27, 1951 - American science fiction writer and screenwriterAuthor of "Star Trek: The Tears of the Singers", "The Edge of Reason" and "Cur...

Spider Robinson

November 24, 1948 - American-born Canadian science fiction author and musicianAuthor of "Callahan's Crosstime Saloon", "Variable Star" and "The Li...

Steven Brust

November 23, 1955 - American science fiction and fantasy novelist, musician and singer-songwriterAuthor of "Jhereg", "Taltos" and "Dhur"Born Steve...

Ben Bova

November 8, 1932 - November 29, 2020American science fiction and fiction writerAuthor of more than 120 stories including "Orion: A Novel", "Privat...

Lisa Goldstein

November 21, 1953 - American fantasy and science fiction authorAuthor of "The Red Magician" (for which she won the National Book Award for Original...

Suzette Haden Elgin

November 18, 1936 - January 27, 2015American science fiction writer and language researcherAuthor of "The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense at Work...