Literary Library

Stanley Grentz

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1950 - March 11, 2005American Christian theologian, writer, ethicist and professorAuthor of "Prayer: The Cry for the Kingdom", "A Primer...
Christ Christian Christianity College Educate Education Educator Ethicist Ethics God Pray Prayer Preach Preacher Preaching Professor School Spirituality Teacher Teaching Theologian Theology University Writer

Shobhaa De

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1948 - Indian novelist and magazine & newspaper columnistAuthor of "Shooting From the Hip", "Seventy and To Hell With It" and "Sril...
India Indian Magazine Magazine Columnist News Newspaper Newspaper Columnist Newspapers Novel

Nicholson Baker

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1957 - American novelist and essayistAuthor of "John Updike and I: A True Story", "Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper" (fo...
American Newspaper Repository Essayist Essays National Book Critics Circle Award News Newspaper Newspapers Novel Novelist

Jack D. Forbes

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1934 - February 23, 2011American writer, scholar and political activistAuthor of "Native Americans of California and Nevada", "Africans ...
Academic Activist Africa African Africans American Book Award California Christopher Columbus College Columbus Cultural Historian Culture Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl University Native Native American Native Culture Nevada Political Political Activist Politics Scholar Slavery Slaves University Writer

Charles Klein

by Angela Beck
January 7, 1867 - May 7, 1915English playwright and actorAuthor of "El Capitan", "The Charlatan" and "The Music Master"
Act Acting Actor British Drama Dramatist England English Great Britain Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre

Wright Morris

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1910 - April 25, 1998American novelist, photographer, essayist and teacherAuthor of "The Field of Vision" (for which he won the National...
American Book Award Educate Education Educator Essayist Essays National Book Award Novel Novelist Photo Photographer Photography Photos School Teach Teacher Teaching

Vera Cleaver

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1919 - American young adult novelistAuthor of "Where the Lilies Bloom" (for which she was a finalist for the National Book Award for Chi...
National Book Award Novel Novelist YA Young Adult

Stephen Humphrey Bogart

by Angela Beck
(Seen here on the left with his mother Lauren Bacall, his sister Leslie and his father Humphrey Bogart) January 6, 1949 - American writer, produce...
American Business Businessman Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall Producer Writer

Richard A. Muller

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1944 - American physicist, professor and authorAuthor of "Nemesis: The Death Star", "Ice Ages and Astronomical Causes: Data, Spectral A...
Academic Author College Educate Education Educator Environment Environmental Environmentalist Physicist Physics Professor School Science Scientist Teach Teacher University

Natalie Hays Hammond

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1904 - June 30, 1985American artist, author and inventor Author of "New Adventures in Needlepoint Design" and "Anthology of Pattern"Cre...
Art Artist Author Broadway Drama Inventor Needlepoint Play Plays Sew Sewing Theater Theater Producer Theatre

Maeve Brennan

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1917 - November 1, 1993Irish short story writer and journalistAuthor of "The Long-Winded Lady", "The Rose Garden: Short Stories" and "Th...
Ireland Irish Journalism Journalist News Short Stories Short Story Writer

Khalil Gibran

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1883 - April 10, 1931Lebanese-American writer, poet and artistAuthor of "Broken Wings", "The Madman" and "The Prophet"Born Gibran Khali...
Arab Arabic Arabs Art Artist Lebanese Lebanese-American Lebanon Ottoman Empire Ottomans Poem Poems Poet Poetry The Prophet Writer