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Ed Young

November 28, 1931 - Chinese-born American illustrator and author of children's booksAuthor of "The Emperor and the Kite" (written by Jane Yolen and...

Jeremy Siegel

November 14, 1945 - American professor of finance and authorAuthor of "Revolution on Wall Street: The Rise and Decline of the New York Stock Exchan...

Wing Tek Lum

November 11, 1946 - American poet and real estate agentAuthor of "Expounding the Doubtful Points" (for which he won an American Book Award in 1988)...

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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...

Carlos Fuentes

November 11, 1928 - May 15, 2012Mexican novelist and essayistAuthor of "Auro", "The Death of Artemio Cruz" and "The Old Gringo"Won the Mexican Nati...

W. E. B. Griffin

November 10, 1929 - February 12, 2019American military and detective novelistAuthor of 38 novels including "Semper Fi", "The Lieutenants" and "By O...

Neil Gaiman

November 10, 1960 - English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, nonfiction and filmsAuthor of "Good Omens", "Stardust" an...

Sir Muhammed Iqbal

November 9, 1877 - April 21, 1938Pakastani poet, philosopher, politician and academicAuthor of "The Development of Metaphysics in Persia", "Asrar-i...

James Jones

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 ...

Microblog Minute: Henry O. Flipper

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...

Microblog Minute: Sarah Breedlove

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...

Microblog Minute:Ashley Bryan

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...