Literary Library

Bjornstjerne Bjornson

December 8, 1832 - April 26, 2010Norwegian writerAuthor of "A Happy Boy", Sigurd the Bad" and "The Bankrupt"Won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1...

Bill McKibben

December 8, 1960 - American environment, author, journalist and academicAuthor of "The End of Nature", "Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlike...

Bill Bryson

December 8, 1951 - American-born British writer of books on travel, language and scienceAuthor of "A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovery America on the...

Willa Cather

December 7, 1873 - April 24, 1947American novelist, magazine editor and teacherAuthor of "O Pioneers!", "The Song of the Lark", "My Antonia" and "...

Pearl Cleage

December 7, 1948 - African-American playwright, essayist, poet, novelist and political activistAuthor of "What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day"...

Noam Chomsky

December 7, 1928 - American linguist, professor, philosopher, historian, political activist and social criticAuthor of over 150 books including "P...

Mark Kurlansky

December 7, 1948 - American journalist and writerAuthor of "Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World", "Salt: A World History" and "Sal...

Leigh Brackett

December 7, 1915 - March 17, 1978American science fiction writer and screenwriterAuthor of the books "The Long Tomorrow", "The Hounds of Skaith" a...

Kelly Barnhill

December 7, 1973 - American author of children's books, fantasy and science fictionAuthor of "The Witch's Boy", "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" (for ...

Joyce Cary

December 7, 1888 - March 29, 1957Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial officialAuthor of "Mister Johnson", "To Be a Pilgrim" and "The Horse's Mouth"Bo...

Johan Huizinger

December 7, 1872 - February 1, 1945Dutch historian and authorAuthor of "Erasmus and the Age of Reformation", "In the Shadows of Tomorrow" and "Hom...

J. R. Moehringer

December 7, 1964 - American novelist and journalistAuthor of "The Tender Bar: A Memoir" and "Sutton"Won the Pulitzer Prize for newspaper feature wr...