Literary Library

Zora Neale Hurston

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1903 - January 28, 1960African-American novelist, anthropologist, filmmaker, short story writer, essayist and playwrightAuthor of "Barr...
African American Alabama Writers Hall of Fame American Library Association Anthropologist Anthropology Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Films Harlem Renaissance Movie Movies National Women's Hall of Fame New York Writers Hall of Fame Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Short Stories Short Story Theater Theatre

Maeve Brennan

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1917 - November 1, 1993Irish short story writer and journalistAuthor of "The Long-Winded Lady", "The Rose Garden: Short Stories" and "Th...
Ireland Irish Journalism Journalist News Short Stories Short Story Writer

Elizabeth Strout

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1956 -American novelist, short story writer and academicAuthor of "Amy and Isabelle" (for which she was a nominee for the Orange Prize ...
Academic College Educate Education Educator National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist O. Henry Prize Oprah Oprah's Book Club Orange Prize PEN/Faulkner Award Pulitzer Prize School Short Stories Short Story Teach Teacher Teaching University

E. L. Doctorow

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1931 - July 21, 2015American novelist, editor, professor, short story writer and dramatistAuthor of "Ragtime" (for which he won the Nat...
College Drama Dramatist Editor Educate Education Educator Library of Congress Library of Congress Prize National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist PEN/Faulkner Award Play Plays Playwright Professor School Short Stories Short Story Teach Teacher Teaching Theater Theatre University William Dean Howells Medal

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1938 - May 28, 2025Kenyan novelist, playwright, short story writer, essayist and academicAuthor of "Weep Not Child" (for which he won t...
Academic Africa African Booker Prize East Africa Novel Prize Essayist Essays Hurston/Wright Legacy Award International Booker Prize Kenya Kenyan Man Booker Prize National Book Critics Circle Award Nonino International Prize Novel Novelist Short Stories Short Story UNESCO Prize Zora Neale Hurston-Paul Robeson Award

Jeff Parker

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1974 - American novelist, short story writer and professorAuthor of "Ovenman", "The Taste of Penny" and "Where Bears Roam the Streets"
College Novel Novelist Professor School Short Stories Short Story Teach Teacher Teaching University

Douglas William Jerrold

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1803 - June 8, 1857English dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalistAuthor of "Black-Eyed Susan", "Men of Character" and "...
British Drama Dramatist England English Great Britain Journalism Journalist News Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Short Stories Short Story Theater Theatre

Charles Yu

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1976 - American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and essayistAuthor of "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe", ...
Essayist Essays Film Filmmaker Films National Book Award Novel Novelist Screenplay Screenwriter Short Stories Short Story

A. R. Morlan

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1958 - January 6, 2016American novelist and short story writerAuthor of over 90 short stories including "Smothered Dolls", "Ewerton Deat...
Novel Novelist Short Stories Short Story

Leonard Michaels

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1933 - May 10, 2003American writer of short stories, novels and essaysAuthor of "The Men's Club", "Sylvia" and "A Girl With a Monkey"
Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Short Stories Short Story Writer

Isaac Asimov

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1920 - April 6, 1992American professor of biochemistry and writer of science fiction, mysteries, fantasy, short stories and non-fiction...
Biochemistry College Fantasy Humanist Mystery Mystery Writer Nonfiction Professor School Sci-Fi Science Fiction Scifi Short Stories Short Story Teach Teacher Teaching University

Milan Kundera

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1929 - Czech-French novelist, short story writer, poet, dramatist and essayistAuthor of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", "The Art of ...
Austrian State Prize Czech Czech State Literature Prize Czechoslavakia Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays France French Jerusalem Prize Ovid Prize Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Stories Short Story Theater Theatre