Literary Library

Doug Wright

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1962 - American playwright, librettist and screenwriterAuthor of "Quills" (for which he won the Obie Award for Best Playwriting in 199...
Drama Drama Desk Award Film Films Golden Globe Award Librettist Libretto Music Musical Musician Obie Award Play Plays Playwright Pulitzer Prize Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre Tony Award

David Markson

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1927 - June 4, 2010American novelistAuthor of "Wittgenstein's Mistress", "This is Not a Novel and Other Novels" and "The Last Novel"
Novel Novelist

David Levine

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1926 - December 29, 2009American artist, illustrator and authorAuthor of "Pens and Needles: Literary Caricatures", "The Watercolors of...
Art Artist Arts Author Illustrator Watercolors

David Breashears

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1955 - American mountaneer, filmmaker, author and motivational speakerAuthor of "High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and ...
Author Film Filmmaker Films Motivational Speaker Mountain Climbing Mountains Mountaneer Mt. Everest Nepal Public Speaker Speaker Tibet

Angela Elwell Hunt

by Angela Beck
December 20, 1957 - American Christian author of adult and children's booksAuthor of over 150 books including "The Note", "Uncharted" and "The Elev...
Author Children's Book Author Christian Jesus Religion Religious

William A. Spicer

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1865 - October 17, 1952American Seventh-Day Adventist minister, writer and editorAuthor of "Our Day in the Light of Prophecy", "Mirac...
Church Editor Minister Preach Preacher Reverend Seventh-Day Adventist

Tim Parks

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1954 - British novelist, translator, author and professorAuthor of "Tongues of Flame" (for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award in...
Author Booker Prize British England English Great Britain Novel Novelist Professor Somerset Maugham Award Teach Teacher Translator University

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

Sean O'Brien

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1952 - British poet, critic, playwright and professorAuthor of "Downriver" (for which he was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize in...
British Critic England English English Poetry Great Britain Griffin Poetry Prize Play Plays Playwright Professor T. S. Eliot Prize Teach Teacher Theater Theatre University

Robin Sloane

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1979 - American novelist and media strategist & managerAuthor of "Mr. Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore", "Sourdough: A Novel" and "An...
Media Novel Novelist

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

Jean Genet

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist and political activistHis novels include "The Thief's Journey", "Our...
Essayist Essays France French Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Political Political Activist Politics Theater Theatre