Literary Library

Eric van Lustbader

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1946 - American writer of thriller and fantasy novelsAuthor of "The Ninja", "Floating City" and "The Nemesis Manifesto"
Fantasy Novel Novelist Thriler Writer

Warren Felt Evans

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1817 - September 4, 1889American philosopher, writer and ministerAuthor of "The Mental Cure (Illustrating the Influence of the Mind i...
Church Minister Philosopher Philosophy Preach Preacher Writer

Sidney Shapiro

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1915 - October 18, 2014American-born Chinese lawyer, translator, actor and writerAuthor of "An American in China: Thirty Years in the...
Acting Actor China Chinese Chinese-American Law Lawyer Translator Writer

Megan Mayhew Bergman

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1979 - American short-story writer, columnist and professorAuthor of "Almost Famous Women: Stories" and "Birds of a Lesser Paradise: S...
Columnist Professor Short Story Teach Teacher University Writer

Giuseppi Tomasi di Lampedusa

by Angela Beck
December 23, 1896 - July 23, 1957Italian writer, novelist and PrinceAuthor of "The Leopard", "The Professor" and "Places of My Infancy: A Memory"W...
Italian Italy Novel Novelist Prince Writer

John Binns

by Angela Beck
December 22, 1772 - June 16, 1860Dublin-born American journalist and writerAuthor of "A Catalogue of Books, for 1795, Containing Several Valuable ...
Ireland Irish Journalism Journalist Writer

Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr.

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1861 - March 14, 1949African-American poet, writer, playwright, community leader and educatorAuthor of "A Rhyming", "A White Song and...
African American African American History Community Leader Education Educator Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Principal School Teach Teacher Writer

Janisse Ray

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1962 - American writer, naturalist, environmental activist and professorAuthor of "Ecology of a Cracker Childhood" (for which she won ...
Activist American Book Award Environment Environmentalist Natural World Naturalist Nature Professor Southern Southern Book Critics Circle Award Southern Environmental Award Teach Teacher Writer

H. Richard Hornberger

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1924 - November 4, 1997American writer and surgeonBest known for "M.A.S.H: A Novel About Three Army Doctors" which was turned into a ...
Doctor Korea Korean War Medical Medicine Movie Movies Physician Surgeon Television TV Show Writer

Edip Yuksel

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1957 - Kurdish-American activist and writer of books on religion, politics, philosophy and lawAuthor of 20 books including "Manifesto...
Activist Islam Islamic Kurd Kurdish Kurds Law Lawyer Nonfiction Philosopher Philosophy Political Politics Quran Religion Religious Writer

Thomas Bailey Marquis

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1869 - March 22, 1935American historian, ethnographer, writer, printmaker and physicianAuthor of "Memoirs of a White Crow Indian", "Cu...
American History Doctor Ethnographer Historian history Medical Medicine Physician Printmaker Writer

Oliver Lafarge, II

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1901 - August 2, 1963American anthropologist and writer of novels and non-fiction booksAuthor of "Laughing Boy" (for which he won the...
Anthropologist Anthropology Navajo Nonfiction Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize Writer