Literary Library

Emma Walton Hamilton

by Angela Beck
November 27, 1962 - English-American children's book author, theatrical director and actressAuthor of "Simeon's Gift", "The Very Fairy Princess: He...
Actor Actress Children's Book Children's Book Author England English Julie Andrews Theater Theatre Director

David Rakoff

by Angela Beck
November 27, 1964 - August 9, 2012Canadian-American writer of prose and poetry, journalist, essayist and actorAuthor of "Fraud", "Don't Get Too Co...
Actor Canada Canadian Canadian-American Essayist Essays Journalist News Poet Poetry

Caroline Kennedy

by Angela Beck
November 27, 1957 - American author, attorney and diplomatAuthor of "In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action" (co-authored with Ellen Alderm...
Attorney Diplomat JFK John F. Kennedy Kennedy Law Lawyer The Kennedys

Luther Standing Bear

by Angela Beck
December (?) 1868 - February 20, 1939 Sicangu and Oglala Lakota Chief and Native American author, educator, philosopher and actor Author of "My Pe...
Actor Educator Lakota Native Native American Philosopher Philosophy Sioux

William Cowper

by Angela Beck
November 26, 1731 - April 25, 1800English poet and hymnodistAuthor of the poems "Light Shining Out of Darkness", "The Negro's Complaint" and "On R...
England English Hymns Poet Poetry

Tina Turner

by Angela Beck
November 26, 1939 - American-born Swiss singer, songwriter, author and actressAuthor of "I, Tina" (written with Kurt Loder), "Tina Turner: A Love ...
Actress Singer Songwriter Swiss

Sharon Tyler Herbst

by Angela Beck
November 26, 1942 - January 26, 2007American cook book and culinary book author and food & travel journalistBest known for "The Food Lover's Co...
Cookbook Cookbooks Culinary Food Food Writer Travel

Marilynne Robinson

by Angela Beck
November 26, 1943 - American novelist and essayistAuthor of "Housekeeping" (for which she was on the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction shortlist in 1982)...
Essayist Library of Congress Man Booker Prize National Book Award National Book Critics Circle Award National Humanities Medal Novel Novelist Pulitzer Prize

Jonathan Weiner

by Angela Beck
November 26, 1953 - American author of nonfiction booksAuthor of "The Beak of the Finch" (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfictio...
National Book Critics Circle Award Nonfiction Pulitzer Prize

Eugene Ionesco

by Angela Beck
  November 26, 1909 - March 28, 1994Romanian-French playwright and novelistAuthor of the plays "Rhinoceros", "Exit the King" and "The Bald Soprano...
France French Nobel Prize Novel Novelist Playwright Romania Romanian

Dennis Ross

by Angela Beck
November 26, 1948 - American diplomat and authorAuthor of "The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Flight for Middle East Peace", "Myths, Illusi...
Diplomat Middle East Political Political Advisor Political Consulting

Charles M. Schultz

by Angela Beck
  November 26, 1922 - February 12, 2000American cartoonist and creator of the Peanuts comic stripPublished the Peanuts comic strip for almost 50 y...
Cartoonist Cartoons Comic Strips Comics Congressional Gold Metal Peanuts