May 26 Writer Birthdays
May 26 Writer Birthdays
* 1887 - Leonard Bacon, Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, translator, and literary critic who sometimes used the pen name "Autholycus."
* 1905 - Ruth M. Arthur, Scottish children's and YA novelist.
* 1915 - Antonia Forest, pseudonym of British children's book author Patricia Giulia Caulfield Kate Rubenstein.
* 1933 - Edward Whittemore, American novelist and CIA agent.
* 1934 - Ann Schlee, Booker Prize-winning British novelist, best known for her children's books.
* 1934 - Sheila Greenwald, American children's book author and illustrator whose real name is Sheila Ellen Green.
* 1947 - Carol O'Connell, American author of crime novels who was an art major but turned to writing when her painting career failed.
* 1951 - Sally Ride, physicist and astronaut who also wrote science books for children; the first American woman in space, she also remains the youngest American astronaut in space.
* 1954 - Alan Hollinghurst, Booker Prize-winning British novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator.
* 1964 - Caitlín Kiernan, Irish-born American paleontologist and author of dark fantasy and science-fiction novels, short stories, and comic books; winner of multiple World Fantasy and Bram Stoker awards.
* 1981 - Julia DeVillers and Jennifer Roy, identical twins who write fiction and nonfiction books for children and teens, including a co-written series of books about a pair of twins, in which each sister writes the part of one twin.
* 1887 - Leonard Bacon, Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet, translator, and literary critic who sometimes used the pen name "Autholycus."
* 1905 - Ruth M. Arthur, Scottish children's and YA novelist.
* 1915 - Antonia Forest, pseudonym of British children's book author Patricia Giulia Caulfield Kate Rubenstein.
* 1933 - Edward Whittemore, American novelist and CIA agent.
* 1934 - Ann Schlee, Booker Prize-winning British novelist, best known for her children's books.
* 1934 - Sheila Greenwald, American children's book author and illustrator whose real name is Sheila Ellen Green.
* 1947 - Carol O'Connell, American author of crime novels who was an art major but turned to writing when her painting career failed.
* 1951 - Sally Ride, physicist and astronaut who also wrote science books for children; the first American woman in space, she also remains the youngest American astronaut in space.
* 1954 - Alan Hollinghurst, Booker Prize-winning British novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator.
* 1964 - Caitlín Kiernan, Irish-born American paleontologist and author of dark fantasy and science-fiction novels, short stories, and comic books; winner of multiple World Fantasy and Bram Stoker awards.
* 1981 - Julia DeVillers and Jennifer Roy, identical twins who write fiction and nonfiction books for children and teens, including a co-written series of books about a pair of twins, in which each sister writes the part of one twin.