Literary Library

Sophia Kinsella

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1969 -English novelist and young adult fiction writerAuthor of "Cocktails for Three", "The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic" and "Ca...
British England English Great Britain Novel Novelist Young Adult

Robert Lepage

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1957 - Canadian playwright, actor, film director and stage directorAuthor of "The Seven Streams of the River Ota", "The Far Side of t...
Acting Actor Canada Canadian Film Film Director Filmmaker Films Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre Theatre Director

Patrick O'Brien

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1914 - January 2, 2000English novelist, translator and short-story writerAuthor of "Master and Commander", "The Far Side of the World"...
British England English Great Britain Navy Novel Novelist Short Story Translator

Lillian Smith

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1916 - January 14, 2000American author and illustrator of children's booksAuthor and/or illustrated more than 200 books including "The...
Author Caldecott Caldecott Medal Children's Book Author Illustrator Margaret Wise Brown

Leonard Weisgard

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1916 - January 14, 2000American author and illustrator of children's booksAuthor and/or illustrated more than 200 books including "The...
Author Caldecott Caldecott Medal Children's Book Author Illustrator

Josepha Sherman

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1946 - August 23, 2012American adult and children's book author, folklorist and anthologistAuthor of "Trickster Tales: Forty Folk Stor...
Anthologist Anthology Author Children's Book Author Folk Lore Folklorist Folktales

John Osborne

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1924 - December 24, 1994English playwright, screenwriter and actorAuthor of "Look Back in Anger" (for which he won the New York Drama ...
Academy Award Acting Actor England English Film Filmmaker Films Movie Movies NY Drama Critics Circle Award Play Plays Playwright Screenplay Screenwriter Theater Theatre Tony Award

Helen Dunmore

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1952 - June 5, 2017British poet, novelist and short story & children's book writerAuthor of "A Spell of Winter" (for which she wa...
Author British Children's Book Author England English Great Britain Man Booker Prize Novel Novelist Orange Prize Poem Poems Poet Poetry T. S. Eliot Prize

Gustave Flaubert

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1821 - May 8, 1880French novelistAuthor of "Madame Bovary", "Salammbo" and "The Temptation of Saint Anthony"
France French Novel Novelist

Emma Bull

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1954 - American science fiction and fantasy authorAuthor of "War for the Oaks", "Finder" and "Bone Dance"
Author Fantasy Sci-Fi Science Fiction

John O'Kane Murray

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1847 - July 30, 1885Irish physician and authorAuthor of "A Popular History of the Catholic Church in the United States", "Little Live...
Author Catholic Catholic Church Doctor Ireland Irish Medical Medicine Physician

Christian Metz

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1931 - December 7, 1993French film theoristAuthor of "Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema", "Language and Cinema" and "The Imagi...
Cinema Film Film Theorist Films France French Movie Movies