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She would have been 91 today. Happy birthday, Maya Angelou! #nationalpoetrymonth #poetrymatters #authorbirthdays

#authorbirthdays Happy Birthday George Sand and James M. Cain! Jean Stafford too! Couldn't find a book by her even though I know I have one somewhere!😺

#authorbirthdays #bookishbirthdays On this date in 1903 ,George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair) was born in India.
In 1857 on this date, Les Fleurs du Mal is published.Both publisher and author is promptly prosecuted for offending public morals .

158 years ago today (22nd May) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born. Amazing how strongly his work is still going with many re-births for Sherlock Holmes over the years. #authorbirthdays

Who played your favourite Holmes?

May 15th
On this date in 1856 L Frank Baum was born, the author of The Wizard of Oz books, of which there are 14 in the series. The first one was published at the turn of the Century in 1900. Whilst having seen the film several times (!) I am ashamed to say I have never read one of the books. I do need to rectify that! Has anyone read them? Are they a good read?
#authorbirthdays

May 14th
Happy Birthday to. Eoin Colfer, writer of the Artemis Fowl series. I have never tried this series of books, but feel I really should give the series a try! #authorbirthdays. Has any one else read them? Any thoughts?

It is also the birthday of George Lucas of Star Wars fame - such a shame he wasn't born on May 4th.

Picture from eoincolfer.com

May 10th #authorbirthdays

Monica Dickens who wrote the Follyfoot series was born on May 10th in 1915. She was the great grand daughter of Charles Dickens. These are good books set around horses and farms, and usual involve some mystery. They made a tv series based on this in the early 1970s.

Also born on this day, Barbara Taylor Bradford who wrote the Emma Harte series, which starts with Woman of Substance, many of these were made into tv films.

May 9 #AuthorBirthdays

Roger Hargreaves writer of the classic Mr Men and Little Miss books was born on this day in 1935, unbelievably almost 30 years since he died but the books very much live on.
Also two other authors that are no longer with us also share this anniversary - J. M. Barrie, writer of Peter Pan, and Richard Adams, writer of Watership Down. Both of these are such classics!

Happy birthday to Libba Bray! Libba writes great young adult fantasy and fiction that has strong female protagonists. ✨

#bookishbirthdays #authorbirthdays

Happy birthday to Wanda Sykes! If you're unfamiliar with her work as a comedian, do yourself a favor and check some out. Her book is also hilarious!

#comedy #humor #blackbooks #authorbirthdays #bookishbirthdays