Literary Library

Liz Lochhead

December 26, 1947 - Scottish poet, playwright, translator, teacher and broadcasterAuthor of "Memo for Spring", "The Grimm Sisters" and "Mary Queen ...

Jean van Leewen

December 26, 1937 -American children's book author and teacherAuthor of over 40 books including "Tales of Oliver Pig", "Oliver and Amanda's Christm...

Elizabeth Kostova

December 26, 1964 - American novelist and teacherAuthor of "The Historian", "The Swan Thieves" and "The Shadow Land"

Clara Barton

December 25, 1821 - April 12, 1912American nurse, teacher, patent clerk and founder of the American Red CrossAuthor of "The Red Cross in Peace and...

Matthew Arnold

December 24, 1822 - April 15, 1888English poet, cultural critic, school inspector and professorAuthor of "Empedocles on Etna and Other Poems", "Po...

Megan Mayhew Bergman

December 23, 1979 - American short-story writer, columnist and professorAuthor of "Almost Famous Women: Stories" and "Birds of a Lesser Paradise: S...

Carol Ann Duffy

December 23, 1955 - British poet, playwright and profesorAuthor of "Standing Female Nude", "Selling Manhattan" (for which she won the Somerset Mau...

Suzanne L. Marchand

December 22, 1961 - American intellectual, cultural historian and professorAuthor of "Down from Olympus: Archaeology and Philhellenism in Germany, ...

Nora Okja Keller

December 22, 1966 - Korean-American novelist, short story writer and teacherAuthor of "Comfort Woman" (for which she won the American Book Award fo...

Bern Nadette Stanis

December 22, 1953 - African-American novelist, short story writer and teacherAmerican actress and authorAuthor of "Situations 101: Relationships, ...

Josephine Humphries

February 2, 1945 -  American novelist and teacher Author of "Dreams of Sleep" (for which she won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award in 1984), "Rich...

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr.

February 2, 1861 - March 14, 1949African-American poet, writer, playwright, community leader and educatorAuthor of "A Rhyming", "A White Song and...