Daniel Defoe (Daniel Foe)
01/01/1660 - 04/24/1731
Daniel Defoe (1660 – 24 April 1731), born Daniel Foe, was an English writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, who gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to...
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07/17/1990 - 06/22/2004
Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek (July 17, 1990 – June 22, 2004), known as Mattie Stepanek, was an American poet, who had six books of poetry and one book of essays all reach The New York Times bestsellers list....
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11/16/1917 - 03/19/2008
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction author, inventor,and futurist, most famous for the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, written in parallel with the script for the eponymous film, co-written...
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01/11/1825 - 12/19/1878
Bayard Taylor (1825-1878), American poet, translator, and travel author wrote Eldorado, or, Adventures in the Path of Empire (1850).
10/08/1939 - 07/12/2010
Harvey Lawrence Pekar (October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010) was an American underground comic book writer, music critic and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic series. In 2003, the series inspired a cri...
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04/03/1593 - 03/01/1633
George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was a Welsh born English poet, orator and Anglican priest.
06/01/1913 - 08/17/2007
William Francis Deedes (1 June 1913 – 17 August 2007) was a British Conservative Party politician, soldier and journalist; he is to date the only person in Britain to have been both a member of the Cabinet and the editor of a major daily new...
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Tim Russert (Timothy John Russert)
05/07/1950 - 06/13/2008
Timothy John "Tim" Russert (May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008) was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press.
08/02/1854 - 04/09/1909
Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories.
11/25/1899 - 04/25/1982
William Riley Burnett (November 25, 1899 - April 25, 1982), often credited as W. R. Burnett, was an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for the crime novel, Little Caesar, whose film adaptation is considered the first o...
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08/08/1893 - 04/25/1968
Donald Grady Davidson (August 8, 1893, Campbellsville in Giles County, Tennessee - April 25, 1968, Nashville, Tennessee) was a U.S. poet, essayist, social and literary critic, and author. He is best known as a founding member of the Nashville, Ten...
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12/10/1830 - 05/15/1886
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leav...
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03/05/1975 - 09/24/2009
Nelly Arcan (March 5, 1975 – September 24, 2009) was a Canadian novelist.She was hardly known at all in English Canada, but there has never been a figure like her in Canadian literature.
Lewis Carrol (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
01/27/1832 - 01/14/1898
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ( 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures...
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11/29/1832 - 03/06/1888
Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women, set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts, and published in 1868. This novel is loosel...
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