Literary Library

Walt Disney

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1901 - December 15, 1966American entrepreneur, animator, writer and film producerProduced more than 100 feature films; His "Flowers an...
Academy Award Animation Animator Disney Entrepreneur Film Film Producer Filmmaker Films Mickey Mouse Writer

Rose Wilder Lane

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1886 - October 30, 1968American journalist, travel writer and political theoristAuthor of "Young Pioneers", "The Discovery of Freedom:...
Journalism Journalist Little House on the Prairie Political Political Theorist Travel

Nunnally Johnson

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1897 - March 25, 1977American screenwriter, film director, producer and playwrightWrote scripts for over 50 films including "The Grape...
Academy Award Drama Dramatist Film Film Director Film Producer Filmmaker Films Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre

Lydia Millet

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1968 - Canadian-American novelistAuthor of "My Happy Life" (for which she won the PEN Center USA Award for Fiction in 2003), "Love in ...
Canada Canadian Canadian-American National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize

John Berendt

by Angela Beck
Born December 5, 1939 -  American writer, editor and columnistAuthor of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" (for which he was finalist for t...
Columnist Editor Georgia Pulitzer Prize Savannah South Southern Writer

John A. Williams

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1925 - July 3, 2015 African-American author, journalist, academic and poetAuthor of "The Man Who Cried I Am", "!Click Song" (for which...
Academic African American Author Journalism Journalist Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Joan Didion

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1934 - December 23, 2021 American writer, novelist, playwright and screenwriterAuthor of "Slouching Towards Bethlehem", the screenpla...
Drama Film Movie Movies National Book Award Novel Novelist Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre Writer

James Lee Burke

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1936 - American writer, novelist, mystery writer and professorAuthor of "Cadillac Jukebox", "Black Cherry Blues" and "Light of the Worl...
Mystery Mystery Writer Novel Novelist Professor Teach Teacher University Writer

Daryl Cobb

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1961 - American author of children's booksAuthor of "Daniel Dinosaur" (illustrated by Carla F. Cagtagno), "Do Pirates Go To School?" (...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books

Christina Rossetti

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1830 - December 29, 1894English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poemsAuthor of "Goblin Market", "The Prince's Progress a...
British Children's Poem Children's Poet Devotional Devotions England English English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry Romance Romantic

Calvin Trillin

by Angela Beck
Born December 5, 1935 - American journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelistAuthor of "An Education in Georgia: Charlayne Hunt...
Food Food Writer Humor Humorist Journalism Journalist Memoir Memoirist Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Thurber Prize

Andrea Alban Gosline

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1959 - American creator of children's books, greeting cards and guided journalsAuthor of "Mother's Nature: Timeliss Wisdom for the Jour...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Children's Books Greeting Cards Journals