Literary Library

Gail Collins

by Angela Beck
November 25, 1945 - American journalist, op-ed columnist, editor and authorAuthor of "Scorpion Tongues: Gossip, Celebrity and American Politics", ...
Author Celebrity Journalism Journalist News Newspaper Newspaper Columnist Newspapers Op-Ed Opinion Political Politician Politics Texas Woman Women

Frederic Tuten

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1936 - American novelist, short story writer and essayistAuthor of "The Adventures of Mao on the Long March", "Tintin in the New World...
Essayist Essays Novel Novelist Short Story

Elizabeth Berg

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1948 - American novelistAuthor of "Talk Before Sleep", "Pull of the Moon" and "I'll Be Seeing You: A Memoir"
Memoir Memoirist Novel Novelist

David Macauley

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1946 - British-born American illustrator and author of children's booksAuthor and illustrator of "Cathedral: The Story of It's Construc...
Author British Caldecott Caldecott Honor Children's Book Author England English Great Britain Illustrator

David Hackett Fischer

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1935 - American professor and writerAuthor of "Paul Revere's Ride", "Washington's Crossing" (for which he was a finalist for the Nation...
Academic Author Historian history National Book Award Professor Pulitzer Prize Teach Teacher

Dan Jenkins

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1928 - March 7, 2019American author and sportswriterAuthor of "Semi-tough", "You Gotta Play Hurt" and "Jenkins at the Majors: Sixty Yea...
Athlete Athletes Athletics Author ESPN Golf PEN/ESPN Sports Sportswriter

Charles H. Wesley

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1891 - August 16, 1987African-American historian, educator, pastor and authorAuthor of "Collapse of the Confederacy", "Neglected Histo...
African American African American History Author Civil War Education Educator Harvard Historian history Pastor Wilberforce University

Caroline Myss

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1952 - American writer of books on wellness and mysticismAuthor of "Why People Don't Heal", "Sacred Contracts" and "Defy Gravity"
Author Mystic Mysticism Wellness

Brian Lumley

by Angela Beck
  December 2, 1937 - English author of horror fictionBest known for his "Necroscope" series as well as "Khai of Khem", "Psychosphere" and "Hero of...
British England English Great Britain Horror

Botho Strauss

by Angela Beck
  December 2, 1944 - German novelist, playwright and essayistAuthor of the books "Couples, Passersby", "The Young Man" and "Mikado"Author of the p...
Drama Dramatist Essayist Essays German Germany Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Theater Theatre

Benjamin Stora

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1950 - French-Algerian historianAuthor of "Appeles en Guerre d'Algerie", "Algeria, 1830 - 2000" and "Les Trois Exils Juif D'Algerie" #...
Algeria Algerian France French history Jewish Jews North Africa North African History

Ann Patchett

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1963 - American novelistAuthor of "Bel Canto" (for which she was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist in 2001 and won the PEN...
National Book Critics Circle Award Novel Novelist PEN/Faulkner Award Pulitzer Prize