Literary Library

Aliki

September 3, 1929 - American children's book author and illustratorAuthor of "My Five Senses", "Fossils Tell of Long Ago" and "How a Book is Made"B...

Leslie Cockburn

September 2, 1952 - American investigative journalist, filmmaker and authorAuthor of "One Point Safe", "Looking for Trouble: One Woman, Six Wars an...

Laura Godwin

September 2, 1956 - Canadian children's book authorAuthor of "Christmas in the Manger", "Sid and Sam" and "Oh, Cats!"Also known as Nola Buck

Joseph Roth

September 2, 1894 - May 27, 1939Austrian-Jewish journalist and novelistAuthor of "Hotel Savoy", "Job" and "Radetzky March"

John Bierhorst

September 1, 1936 - American author and folkloristAuthor of "The Mythology of North America", "The Woman Who Fell From the Sky" and "The Way of the...

Eugene Field

September 2, 1850 - November 4, 1895American children's poetry writer and journalistBest known for his poems "Wynken, Blynken and Nod" and "Little...

Ellen Stoll Walsh

September 2, 1942 - American children's book author and illustratorAuthor of "Mouse Count", "Balancing Act" and "Where Is Jumper"

Demi

September 1, 1942 - American children's book author and illustratorAuthor and/or illustrator of more than 300 books including "The Empty Pot", "One...

Cleveland Amory

  September 2, 1917 - October 14, 1998American author, journalist and animal rights activistAuthor of "The Cat Who Came for Christmas", "The Cat a...

Chris Grabenstein

September 2, 1955 - American adult and children's book authorAuthor of "Tilt-a-Whirl", "Hell Hole" and "Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library" 

Barbara Dillon

September 2, 1927 - American children's book authorAuthor of "Who Needs a Bear?", "The Teddy Bear Tree" and "A Mom By Magic" 

Allen Drury

September 2, 1918 - September 2, 1998American novelistAuthor of "Advise and Consent: A Novel of Washington Politics" (for which he won the Pulitze...