Tuesday, January 27, 2015

January 27

Born:



1832 - Lewis Carroll
Pen name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, English writer, logician and deacon who is most well known for his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.







1939 - Julius Lester
American author primarily of books for children and young adults.




1949 - Ethan Mordden
American author whose fiction centers on New York gay culture.




1955 - Alexander Stuart
British-born, Los Angeles based writer whose most famous work is The War Zone on which the film was based.







1958 - James Grippando
American novelist and lawyer, known for his crime and legal fiction.




Died:
1851 - John James Audubon
1940 - Isaak Babel
2009 - Blair Lent
2009 - John  Updike
2010 - J.D. Salinger
2010 - Howard Zinn
2013 - Stanley Karnow

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