Literary Library

John H. Reece

December 18, 1910 - August 15, 1981American author of western and crime fictionHe wrote over 40 westerns and over 300 short stories including "Good...

A. M. Holmes

December 18, 1961 - American novelist, short story writer, memoirist and professorAuthor of "The End of Alice", "The Mistress' Daughter" and "May ...

Erskine Caldwell

December 17, 1903 - April 11, 1987American novelist, nonfiction and short story writerAuthor of 25 novels, 150 short stories, 12 nonfiction collec...

Warren Adler

December 16, 1927 - April 15, 2019American author, essayist, short story writer, playwright and poetBest known for "The War of the Roses" (which wa...

John Fox, Jr.

December 16, 1862 - July 7, 1919American journalist, novelist and short story writerAuthor of "A Mountain Europa", "The Kentuckians" and "The Trai...

Edna O'Brien

December 15, 1930 - Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, professor, poet and short-story writerAuthor of "Lantern Slides" (for which she won the...

Tove Ditlevsen

December 14, 1917 - March 7, 1976Danish poet, children's book author, novelist, short story writer and memoiristAuthor of "Annalise - Tretten Ar" ...

Shirley Jackson

December 14, 1916 - August 8, 1965American novelist, short story writer and memoiristAuthor of "The Lottery" (for which she won the O. Henry Prize...

Amy Hempel

December 14, 1951 - American short story writer, journalist and teacherAuthor of "Reasons to Live", "The Dog of the Marriage" and "Collected Stori...

Patrick O'Brien

December 12, 1914 - January 2, 2000English novelist, translator and short-story writerAuthor of "Master and Commander", "The Far Side of the World"...

Thomas McGuane

December 11, 1939 - American novelist, short fiction writer, screenwriter and essayist"Ninety-two in the Shade" (for which he was nominated for th...

Naguib Mahfouz

December 11, 1911 - August 30, 2006 Egyptian novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, newspaper columnist, playwright and civil servant Author ...