Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

male, 84 years old (West Point, New York, United States)
conspiracy theorist, gay, American historical novelist, military brat, writer, The City and the Pillar…memoirist
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born October 3 1925) (pronounced, occasionally, , etc) is an American author of novels, stage plays, screenplays, and...
Mary Karr

Mary Karr

female, 54 years old
Essayist, memoirist, lit, cherry, abacus, HarperCollins
Mary Karr (1955 -) is an American poet, essayist and memoirist. Karr has received acclaim for her literary work from "Time", "The New York Times",...
Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

male, deceased (1992) (Russia)
science fiction writer, Three Laws of Robotics, robot, novelist, writer, prolific…memoirist
Dr. Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920- April 6, 1992, was a Russian-born American Jewish author and biochemist, a highly successful and...
Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

male, deceased (1790)
inventor, Founding Father of the United States, Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, lightning rod, electricity, great scientist
Benjamin Franklin (April 17 1790) was one of the most critical Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist,...
Truman Garcia Capote

Truman Garcia Capote

male, deceased (1984) (Alabama)
in cold blood, gay, breakfast at tiffany's, from New York City, From Long Island, Edgar Award winner…memoirist
Truman Capote was born in New Orleans on the 30th September 1924. Born as "Truman Streckfus Persons " to a 16yr old beauty queen and a salesman...
Marya Hornbacher

Marya Hornbacher

female
American University, lives in Minnesota, born in Walnut Creek, California, Aries, American, novelist…memoirist
Marya Hornbacher (born 4 April 1974) is an American author and freelance journalist. Her book Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, is an...
Tobias Wolff

Tobias Wolff

male, 64 years old
Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford, Stanford University alumni, Syracuse University faculty, American military, New York writer, From Syracuse, New York…memoirist
Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff (born June 19, 1945, in Birmingham, Alabama) is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. He is best known for his short...
Annie Dillard

Annie Dillard

female, 64 years old
nature writer, author, INFP, From Pittsburgh, memoirist, on the road
Annie Dillard (born 30 April 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, best known for her narrative...
Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

female, deceased (1962)
New Deal, First Lady of the United States, United Nations General Assembly, UN General Assembly, UN Association of the United States, politician…memoirist
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11 1884 - November 7 1962) was an American political leader who used her influence as an active First Lady from...
Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott

female, 55 years old
memoirist, from the San Francisco Bay Area, novelist, San Francisco Bay Area, American, alcoholism
In partnership with Whitworth College and the SCC Hagan Center Foundation for the Humanities, SCC's President's Speakers Series was honored to...