Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde

female, deceased (1992)
Audre Geraldine Lorde (February 18, 1934 in Harlem, New York City - November 17, 1992) was a writer, poet and activist.
Philip Larkin

Philip Larkin

male, deceased (1985)
Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL, (9 August 1922 - 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. He spent his working life as...
Susan Patron

Susan Patron

female, 61 years old
Susan Patron is an author of children's books. In 2007, she won the Newbery Award for "The Higher Power of Lucky". Patron's first children's book,...

Charles Henry

male, 150 years old
Charles Henry (1859- ?) was a French librarian and editor. He was born at Bollwiller, Haut-Rhin, and was educated in Paris, where in 1881 he became...
Daniel J. Boorstin

Daniel J. Boorstin

male, deceased (2004)
Daniel Joseph Boorstin (October 1, 1914 - February 28, 2004) was a prolific American historian, professor, attorney, and writer. He served as the...
Archibald MacLeish

Archibald MacLeish

male, deceased (1982)
Archibald MacLeish (May 7, 1892 - April 20, 1982) was an American poet, writer and the Librarian of Congress. He is associated with the modernist...
Sara Ryan

Sara Ryan

female, 38 years old
Sara Ryan (born 1971) is an American writer and librarian living in Oregon.
Joanna Cole

Joanna Cole

female, 65 years old
Joanna Cole, who also writes under the pseudonym B. J. Barnet is a United States author of children’s books who teaches science. She is most fa...
S. R. Ranganathan

S. R. Ranganathan

male, deceased (1972)
Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (August 9, 1892, Sirkali, Tamil Nadu - September 27, 1972, Bangalore) was an innovative mathematician and librarian...
Roger Sutton

Roger Sutton

male
Roger Sutton of Boston, Massachusetts is the current editor of the Horn Book Magazine.