With a collection of work including five novels, two plays, twenty short stories, more than two dozen nonfiction pieces, a book of children’s verse, a small number of poems, and an unfinished autobiography, Carson McCullers is considered to be among the most significant American writers of the twentieth century.
1600s Ethiopian saint Walatta Petros was a revered religious leader who was a driving force preventing the Catholic colonization of her country and her church.
1800s Irish novelist
Mexican writer, poet, playwright, and workshop facilitator
Her long list of accomplishments includes creating and commercializing satellite radio, founding a biotechnology company that seeks to provide an unlimited supply of transplantable organs, setting world records for electric flight and delving deep into the future of artificial intelligence with her work on digital immortality.
American poet who directs the MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Maryland.
Pulitizer-winning American poet, playwright and feminist
Award-winning Tejana performance poet, performer, and playwright
Pakistani-American novelist
Over a decades-long career Holland Taylor has racked up an impressive array of theater, television, and film credits.