Literary Library

Garth Stein

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1964 - American author, film producer, documentary filmmaker, playwright, teacher and amateur racerAuthor of "Raven Stole the Moon", "T...
Academy Award Author Car Racer Drama Dramatist Film Film Producer Filmmaker Films Play Plays Playwright Racer Teach Teacher

Cornelia Meigs

by Angela Beck
December 6, 1884 - September 10, 1973American writer, teacher and historianAuthor of "Windy Hill" (for which she won a Newbery Honor in 1922), "Cle...
Historian history Newbery Newbery Honor Teach Teacher Writer

James Lee Burke

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1936 - American writer, novelist, mystery writer and professorAuthor of "Cadillac Jukebox", "Black Cherry Blues" and "Light of the Worl...
Mystery Mystery Writer Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher University Writer

Wen Shaoxian

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1934 - Hong Kong-born Chinese writer, novelist, translator and professorAuthor of "Awful Catastrophe", "Withered Flowers" and "Steps to...
China Chinese Hong Kong Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher Translator University Writer

Peter Reuter

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1944 - American criminologist, economist, writer and professorAuthor of "Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs", "Draining Develop...
Crime Criminologist Economics Economist Economy Professor Teach Teacher University Writer

Mark Salzman

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1959 - American writer and teacherAuthor of "Iron & Silk", "The Soloist" and "Lost in Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia" #litera...
Author School Teach Teacher

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

Richard Stites

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1931 - March 7, 2010American historian and professorAuthor of "The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia: Feminism, Nihilism, and Bolsh...
American History Author Bolshevism Feminism Historian Imperial Russia Professor Russian Russian History Teach Teacher University

George Saunders

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1958 - American writer of short stories, essays, novellas, children's books and novels and journalist and professorAuthor of "Lincoln ...
Abraham Lincoln American History American South Booker Prize Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Civil War Essayist Essays Journalism Journalist Lincoln Novel Novelist Novella PEN/Hemingway Award Professor Short Story Teach Teacher University

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

Alaida Foppa

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1914 - December 19, 1980 (questionable death date because she disappeared and was presumed murdered)Spain-born Guatemalan and Mexican p...
Art Art Critic Arts Feminism Feminist Guatemala Guatemalan Mexican Mexico Poem Poems Poet Poetry Spain Spanish Teach Teacher Translator Writer

Azar Nafisi

by Angela Beck
December 1, 1948 - Iranian-born American writer and professorAuthor of "Reading Lolita in Tehran", "Things I've Been Silent About" and "The Republ...
Author Iran Iranian Lolita Professor Saeed Nafisi School Teach Teacher University