Literary Library

Reihan Salam

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1979 - Conservative American political commentator, columnist, author and editorAuthor of "Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win t...
Author Civil War Columnist Commentator Conservative Editor Political Political Commentator Politics Republican

Paul Rudnick

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1957 - American playwright and screenwriterAuthor of "Jeffrey" (for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play in 1993), "...
Drama Drama Desk Award Dramatist Film Filmmaker Hugo Award Lambda Literary Award LGBTQ Movie Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre

Molly Bang

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1943 - American illustrator and author of children's booksAuthor and illustrator of "The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher" (for w...
American Book Award Caldecott Caldecott Honor Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Book Illustrator Children's Books Illustrator Jane Addams Children's Book Award Kate Greenaway Medal

Mark Hertsgaard

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1956 - American journalist, environmental correspondent and non-fiction authorAuthor of "Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of...
Eagle Earth Environment Environmental Environmentalist Journalism Journalist Nonfiction

Jim Shepard

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1956 - American novelist and short story writerAuthor of "Project X" (for which he won the Massachusetts Book Award in 2005), "Like Y...
Massachusetts Book Award National Book Award Novel Novelist Rea Award Short Story Writer

Jenny Lawson

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1973 - American journalist, author and bloggerAuthor of "Let's Pretend This Never Happened", "Furiously Happy" and "Broken (In the Bes...
Author Blog Blogger Journalism Journalist

Gilbert Adair

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1944 - December 8, 2011Scottish novelist, poet, film critic and journalistAuthor of "The Holy Innocents" (for which he won the Author'...
Author's Club First Novel Award Film Film Critic Films Journalism Journalist Novel Novelist Poem Poet Poetry Scotland Scottish

Ezra Meeker

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1830 - December 3, 1928American pioneer, mayor, postmaster and authorAuthor of "Washington Territory West of the Cascade Mountains", ...
American West Author Cascade Mountains Government Government Official Mail Mayor Oregan Trail Oregon Oregon Trail Pioneer Political Politics Postmaster US Mail USPS Washington State

Dave Pelzer

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1960 - American writer of autobiographical and self-help booksAuthor of "A Child Called It", "The Lost Boy" and "Help Yourself"
Autobiography Bio Biographer Biography Self-Help Writer

William E. Kaufman

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1932 - American conservative rabbi, philosopher, theologian and authorAuthor of "Contemporary Jewish Philosophies", "The Case for God"...
Author Conservative Jewish Jewish Rabbi Jewish-American Jews Philosopher Philosophy Rabbi Religion Religious Theologian

Simon Raven

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1927 - May 12, 2001English author, playwright, essayist, television writer and screenwriterAuthor of "The Feathers of Death", "The Ric...
Author British England English Essayist Essays Great Britain Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Television Theater Theatre TV

Shen Congwen

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1902 - May 10, 1988Chinese essayist, short story writer and professorAuthor of "Border Town", "The Chinese Earth" and "Recollections ...
China Chinese Essayist Essays Professor Short Story Teach Teacher University