![]() | It's National Novel Writing Month! |
![]() | John Bunyan (The Pilgrim's Progress) was born on this day in 1628 |
![]() | Nancy Mitford (The Pursuit of Love) was born on this day in 1904 |
![]() | Faith McNulty, childrens' (and feminist) author (Arty the Smarty, The Burning Bed) was born on this day in 1918 |
![]() | Vietnam veteran and convicted library thief Gustav Hasford was born on this day in 1947. His 1979 novel The Short-Timers would be adapted into Stanley Kubrick's acclaimed 1987 movie "Full Metal Jacket." |
![]() | Richard Wright (Native Son, The Outsider) died on this day in 1960 |
![]() | Enid Blyton (Merry Mister Meddle), author of over 800 childrens' books over 40 years, died on this day in 1968 |
![]() | The Chilean government had 15,000 copies of the Spanish edition of Clandestine in Chile:The Adventures of Miguel Littin impounded and burned on this day in 1986 |
![]() | Kerry Thornley, better known as Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst (Principia Discordia) died on this day in 1998 |
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