Literary Library

Penelope Fitzgerald

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1916 - April 28, 2000English novelist, poet, essayist and biographerAuthor of "The Bookshop" (for which she was shortlisted for the B...
Bio Biographer Biography Booker Prize British England English Essayist Essays Great Britain National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Paracelsus

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1493 (or November 11?) - September 24, 1541Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian and philosopherAuthor of "A Book of Nymphs, Syl...
Alchemist Doctor Medicine Philosopher Philosophy Physician Swiss Switzerland Theologian Toxicology

Mustapha Matura

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1939 - October 29, 2019Trinidadian playwright and poetAuthor of the plays "As Time Goes By", "Play Mas" and "Rum and Coca-Cola"Born No...
Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Theater Theatre Trinidad Trinidadian

Marshall Terrill

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1963 - American author, journalist and biographerAuthor of multiple biographies of Steve McQueen as well as "Peter Maravich: The Autho...
Athlete Athletes Athletics Author Basketball Bio Biographer Biography Journalism Journalist Movie Movies Pete Maravich Sports Steve McQueen

Marc Lamont Hill

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1978 - African-American academic, author, professor, activist, news commentary and television personalityAuthor of "The Classroom and...
Academic Activist African American Author News News Correspondent Professor Teach Teacher Television Television Commentator University

Lori Handeland

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1961 - American romance novelistAuthor of over 30 novels including "Second Chance", "Dreams of an Eagle" and "An Outlaw for Christmas"
Novel Novelist Romance Romantic

Jules de Goncourt

by Angela Beck
(Seen above with his brother, Edmond) December 17, 1830 - June 20, 1870French novelist, writer and playwrightAuthor of "Les Hommes de Lettres", "R...
France French Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre Writer

John Kennedy Toole

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1937 - March 26, 1969American novelist and professorAuthor of "A Confederacy of Dunces" (for which he posthumously won the Pulitzer Pr...
Novel Novelist Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher University

John Greenleaf Whittier

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1807 - September 7, 1892American Quaker poet and abolitionistAuthor of "Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier", "Snow-bound" and "Anti-Sla...
Abolitionist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Quaker Slavery Slaves

Jacqueline Wilson

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1945 - English children's  novelistAuthor of over 100 books including "The Story of Tracy Beaker" (for which she was a runner-up for ...
Carnegie Medal Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books England English Novel Novelist

Jack Chalker

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1944 - February 11, 2005American science fiction novelistAuthor of 11 Science Fiction Series including "The Saga of the Well World", ...
Novel Novelist Sci-Fi Science Fiction

Ford Madox Ford

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1873 - June 26, 1939English novelist, poet, critic and editorAuthor of "The Inheritors" (written with Joseph Conrad), "The Good Sol...
British Critic Editor England English English Poetry Great Britain Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry The English Review