Literary Library

Rebecca West

December 21, 1892 - March 15, 1983British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writerAuthor of "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon", "A Train of...

Bill Bryson

December 8, 1951 - American-born British writer of books on travel, language and scienceAuthor of "A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovery America on the...

Rose Wilder Lane

December 5, 1886 - October 30, 1968American journalist, travel writer and political theoristAuthor of "Young Pioneers", "The Discovery of Freedom:...

Kate O'Brien

December 3, 1897 - August 13, 1974Irish writer of novels, plays, film scripts, short stories, essays, journalism and traveloguesAuthor of "Without...

Sharon Tyler Herbst

November 26, 1942 - January 26, 2007American cook book and culinary book author and food & travel journalistBest known for "The Food Lover's Co...

Thomas Kohnstamm

November 24, 1975 - American travel writer and novelistAuthor of "Do Travel Writers Go to Hell", "Lonely Planet Costa Rican Spanish Phrasebook and ...

Robert Louis Stevenson

November 13, 1850 - December 3, 1894Scottish novelist and travel writerAuthor of "Treasure Island", "A Child's Garden of Verses", "Kidnapped" and ...

Martha Gellhorn

November 8, 1908 - February 15, 1998American novelist, travel writer and journalistAuthor of "The Trouble I've Seen", "The Face of War" and "Trave...

Geoffrey Wolff

November 5, 1937 - American novelist, essayist, biographer and travel writerAuthor of "Final Club", "The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father" ...

Karl Baedeker

November 3, 1801 - October 4, 1859German publisherBecame the leading publisher of travel guides by including routes and accommodations