Literary Library

Joe Abercrombie

December 31, 1974 - British fantasy writer and film editorAuthor of "The Blade Itself", "The Heroes" and "The Wisdom of Crowds"

Inge Auerbacher

December 31, 1934 - German-born American chemist and writer"I Am a Star: Child of the Holocaust", "Beyond the Yellow Star - To America" and "Highw...

Holbrook Jackson

December 31, 1874 - June 16, 1948British journalist, writer, editor and publisherAuthor of dozens of books including "Edward Fitzgerald and Omar K...

Henry Carter Adams

December 31, 1851 - August 11, 1921American economist, writer and professorAuthor of "Lectures on Political Economy", "The Science of Finance" and...

Gerald McDermott

December 31, 1941 - December 26, 2012American filmmaker, children's book creator and mythology expertAuthor of "Anansi the Spider" (for which he wo...

Frank Marshall Davis

December 31, 1905 - July 16, 1987African-American journalist, poet, political & labor movement activist, editor and businessmanAuthor of "Black...

Courtney E. Martin

December 31, 1979 - American feminist, author, speaker and political activistAuthor of "Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Nor...

Connie Willis

December 31, 1945 - American science fiction and fantasy writerAuthor of "Doomsday Book", "To Say Nothing of the Dog" and "Passage"Has won more ma...

Clarence Major

December 31, 1936 - African-American poet, painter, novelist, teacher and editorAuthor of "All-Night Visitors", "My Amputations", "Dirty Bird Blue...

Sophie Ward

December 30, 1964 - English actress and writer of non-fiction and fictionAuthor of "A Marriage Proposal: The Importance of Equal Marriage for All ...

Rudyard Kipling

December 30, 1865 - January 18, 1936English journalist, poet, novelist and short story writerAuthor of "The Jungle Book", "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", "Whi...

Paul Bowles

December 30, 1910 - November 18, 1999American composer, translator and expatriateAuthor of "The Sheltering Sky", "Up Above the World" and "Morocco"...