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Author Birthdays
March 1
Ralph Ellison -- Author of the ultimate book about alienantion, INVISIBLE MAN Vintage
Books; ISBN: 0679732764
March 2
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
John Irving - Did you see junior hottie Tobey Maguire in The Cider House Rules (Ballantine
Books; ISBN: 0345387651)? Irving wrote this and many other funny and touching books.
March 6
Gabriel García Márquez -- Mystical, fantastic and very romantic, Marquez
isn't an easy author to understand, but ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE (Harperperennial
Library; ISBN: 0060929790) is a must read.
March 10
James Herriot -- For all those future vets and animal lovers, ALL CREATURES
GREAT AND SMALL (St. Martins Mass Market Paper; ISBN: 0312965788) rules!
March 11
Douglas Adams, 1952 -- No book is funnier than THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
(Ballantine Books; ISBN: 0345391802). Enough said.
March 12
Jack Keroac -- Dig it baby! Wear your favorite Beatnik beret today in his honor.
March 17
Pearl Buck's THE GOOD EARTH (Washington Square Pr; ISBN: 0671510126 ) gets assigned a lot,
but it really is worth the read!
March 18
John Updike, 1932
March 20
Happy Birthday Ellen Conford! Celebrate by reading CRUSH (Harpercollins Juvenile Books;
ISBN: 0064407780) and sending a note to your secret sweetie.
Lois Lowry, 1937
The author of over twenty novels for young adults, Lois Lowry has been captivating teens since her 1977 novel, A SUMMER TO DIE.
March 25
If you haven't yet read any of birthday girl Flannery O'Connor, try A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO
FIND (Hbj College & School Div; ISBN: 0155074709). She's a heroine for writer girls
everywhere.
March 26
Attention Drama queens! Today is the birthday of Thomas Lanier "Tennessee"
Williams -- if you haven't yet put on a production of THE GLASS MENAGERIE (New Directions;
ISBN: 0811214044), now is the time. And you thought your family was overbearing…
March 31
John Fowles, 1926
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