Literary Library

Jules de Goncourt

(Seen above with his brother, Edmond) December 17, 1830 - June 20, 1870French novelist, writer and playwrightAuthor of "Les Hommes de Lettres", "R...

John Kennedy Toole

December 17, 1937 - March 26, 1969American novelist and professorAuthor of "A Confederacy of Dunces" (for which he posthumously won the Pulitzer Pr...

John Greenleaf Whittier

December 17, 1807 - September 7, 1892American Quaker poet and abolitionistAuthor of "Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier", "Snow-bound" and "Anti-Sla...

Jacqueline Wilson

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 ...

Jack Chalker

December 17, 1944 - February 11, 2005American science fiction novelistAuthor of 11 Science Fiction Series including "The Saga of the Well World", ...

Ford Madox Ford

December 17, 1873 - June 26, 1939English novelist, poet, critic and editorAuthor of "The Inheritors" (written with Joseph Conrad), "The Good Sold...

Es'kia Mphahlele

December 17, 1919 - October 27, 2008South African writer, educator, artist and activistAuthor of "The Wanderers" (for which he won the African Art...

Erskine Caldwell

December 17, 1903 - April 11, 1987American novelist, nonfiction and short story writerAuthor of 25 novels, 150 short stories, 12 nonfiction collec...

Eknath Easwaran

December 17, 1910 - October 26, 1999Indian spiritual teacher, author and translatorAuthor of over 30 books including "Gandhi the Man", "God Makes t...

William Cooper Nell

December 16, 1816 - May 25, 1874African-American abolitionist, journalist, publisher and writerAuthor of "Services of Colored Americans in the War...

Warren Adler

December 16, 1927 - April 15, 2019American author, essayist, short story writer, playwright and poetBest known for "The War of the Roses" (which wa...

V. S. Pritchett

December 16, 1900 - March 20, 1997British writer and literary criticAuthor of "Collected Stories", "London Perceived" and "A Cab at the Door & ...