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Ed Young

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1931 - Chinese-born American illustrator and author of children's booksAuthor of "The Emperor and the Kite" (written by Jane Yolen and...
Posted in Caldecott, Caldecott Honor, Caldecott Medal, Children's Book, Children's Book Author, China, Chinese-American, Illustrator

Jeremy Siegel

by Angela Beck
November 14, 1945 - American professor of finance and authorAuthor of "Revolution on Wall Street: The Rise and Decline of the New York Stock Exchan...
Posted in Academic, Business, Finance, Investor, Professor, Stock Exchange, Teacher, Wall Street

Wing Tek Lum

by Angela Beck
November 11, 1946 - American poet and real estate agentAuthor of "Expounding the Doubtful Points" (for which he won an American Book Award in 1988)...
Posted in American Book Award, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Real Estate

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

by Angela Beck
November 11, 1836 - March 19, 1907American writer, poet, critic and editorAuthor of "The Story of a Bad Boy", "Marjorie Daw" and "An Old Town by th...
Posted in critic, Editor, Poem, Poet, Poetry

Carlos Fuentes

by Angela Beck
November 11, 1928 - May 15, 2012Mexican novelist and essayistAuthor of "Auro", "The Death of Artemio Cruz" and "The Old Gringo"Won the Mexican Nati...
Posted in Essayist, Mexican, Mexico, Novel, Novelist

W. E. B. Griffin

by Angela Beck
November 10, 1929 - February 12, 2019American military and detective novelistAuthor of 38 novels including "Semper Fi", "The Lieutenants" and "By O...
Posted in Detective, Military, Novel, Novelist

Neil Gaiman

by Angela Beck
November 10, 1960 - English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, nonfiction and filmsAuthor of "Good Omens", "Stardust" an...
Posted in Comic Books, Comics, England, English, Film, Film Director, Filmmaker, Graphic Novel, Graphic Novels, Novel, Novelist, Screenplay, Screenwriter, Short Story

Sir Muhammed Iqbal

by Angela Beck
November 9, 1877 - April 21, 1938Pakastani poet, philosopher, politician and academicAuthor of "The Development of Metaphysics in Persia", "Asrar-i...
Posted in Academic, Islam, Islamic, Metaphysics, Pakistan, Pakistani, Persia, Philosopher, Philosophy, Poem, Poet, Poetry, Political, Politician, Politics, Religion

James Jones

by Angela Beck
November 6, 1921 - May 9, 1977American novelistAuthor of "From Here to Eternity" (for which he won the National Book Award in 1952), "The Thin Red ...
Posted in National Book Award, Novel, Novelist

Microblog Minute: Henry O. Flipper

by Angela Beck

Microblog Minute: Henry O. Flipper

For Black History Month, Slick Cat Books honors the life of Henry O. Flipper. Henry was the first African American to graduate from West Point. Ch...
Posted in African American History, American History, Army, Black History Month, Buffalo Soldiers, microblog, West Point

Microblog Minute: Sarah Breedlove

by Angela Beck

Microblog Minute: Sarah Breedlove

For Black History Month, Slick Cat Books honors the life of Sarah Breedlove. Best known as Madame C. J. Walker, she created a beauty empire and bec...
Posted in African American History, American History, Beauty, Black History Month, Business, Entrepreneur, microblog, Microblog Minute

Microblog Minute:Ashley Bryan

by Angela Beck

Microblog Minute:Ashley Bryan

For Black History Month, Slick Cat Books honors the life of Ashley Bryant. An artist and philosopher, Ashley Bryan has persevered throughout his li...
Posted in African American History, American History, Art, Artist, Black History Month, microblog, Microblog Minute, Painting