Literary Library

Charles Murray

by Angela Beck
January 8, 1943 - American political scientist and writerAuthor of "Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950 - 1980", "The Bell Curve: Intellig...
America American American Culture Govern Government Political Political Scientist Politics Writer

Stanley Grentz

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1950 - March 11, 2005American Christian theologian, writer, ethicist and professorAuthor of "Prayer: The Cry for the Kingdom", "A Primer...
Christ Christian Christianity College Educate Education Educator Ethicist Ethics God Pray Prayer Preach Preacher Preaching Professor School Spirituality Teacher Teaching Theologian Theology University Writer

Jack D. Forbes

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1934 - February 23, 2011American writer, scholar and political activistAuthor of "Native Americans of California and Nevada", "Africans ...
Academic Activist Africa African Africans American Book Award California Christopher Columbus College Columbus Cultural Historian Culture Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University Native Native American Native Culture Nevada Political Political Activist Politics Scholar Slavery Slaves University Writer

Stephen Humphrey Bogart

by Angela Beck
(Seen here on the left with his mother Lauren Bacall, his sister Leslie and his father Humphrey Bogart) January 6, 1949 - American writer, produce...
American Business Businessman Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall Producer Writer

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

Khalil Gibran

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1883 - April 10, 1931Lebanese-American writer, poet and artistAuthor of "Broken Wings", "The Madman" and "The Prophet"Born Gibran Khali...
Arab Arabic Arabs Art Artist Lebanese Lebanese-American Lebanon Ottoman Empire Ottomans Poem Poems Poet Poetry The Prophet Writer

Michael O'Donoghue

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1940 - November 8, 1994American writer and performerAuthor of "The National Lampoon Encyclopedia of Humor" and "Socks Goes to Washington...
National Lampoon Performer Saturday Night Live Writer

Natalie Goldberg

by Angela Beck
January 4, 1948 - American writer, speaker and teacherAuthor of "Writing Down the Bones", "Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America" and "The Grea...
Educate Education Educator Motivational Speaker School Speaker Teach Teacher Teaching Writer

Andy Borowitz

by Angela Beck
January 4, 1958 - American writer, television writer, comedian, satirist and actorAuthor of "The Trillionaire Next Door" (for which he won the Thu...
Act Acting Actor Bernie Madoff Comedian Comedy Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Satire Satirist Television Television Writer Thurber Prize for American Humor TV Will Smith Writer

J.R.R. Tolkien

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973English writer, poet and professorAuthor of "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Silmarillion...
British England English English Poetry Fantasy Great Britain Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Writer

Young John Allen

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1836 - May 30, 1907American Methodist missionary to China, newspaper and magazine publisher and writerAuthor of 250 works including "Th...
China Christ Christian Christianity Magazine Magazine Publisher Methodist Missionary News Newspaper Newspapers Publisher Writer

David Margolick

by Angela Beck
(Seen here on right with Marvin Kalb) January 3, 1952 - American magazine editor, writer and professorAuthor of "Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max S...
College history Magazine Magazine Editor Professor School Teach Teacher Teaching University Writer