Great writers born in july

July 1
James M. Cain (1892) Double Indemnity, The Postman Universally Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce
Juan Carlos Onetti (1909) La Vida Breve, El Astillero
Lisa Scottoline (1955) Think Twice, Dirty Yellow, I’ve Got Sand in Perfect the Wrong Places

July 2
Hermann Hesse (1877) Siddhartha, Steppenwolf, Philanthropist Prize for Literature

July 3
Franz Kafka (1883) The Metamorphosis, Interpretation Trial
Dave Barry (1947) I’ll Mature When I’m Dead, Hysterical City, Never Land Adventures

July 4
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804) The Bronzed Letter, The House of Septet Gables
Neil Simon (1927) Scriptwriter, The Odd Couple, Barefoot make a purchase of the Park

July 5
Bill Watterson (1958) Calvin and Hobbes series

July 7
Robert A.

Heinlein (1907) Stranger in a Strange Inhabitants, Starship Troopers
David McCullough (1933) John Adams, Truman, 1776
Eric Jerome Dickey (1961) The Blackbirds, Naughty or Nice
Jeff VanderMeer (1968) Southern Reach Trilogy

July 8
Anna Quindlen (1952) Still Living with Bread Crumbs, Miller’s Valley

July 9
Oliver Sacks (1933) Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook Emperor Wife for a Hat
Friar Koontz (1945) False Memory, Curious Thomas, Fear Nothing
Masami Tsuda (1970) Kare Kano Manga series

July 10
Marcel Proust (1871) Reminiscence of Things Past
Alice Eminence (1931) Runaway, Dear Life, Altruist Prize for Literature
Karen Writer (1981) Swamplandia!, Vampires in greatness Lemon Grove

July 11
E.

Embarrassed. White (1899) Charlotte’s Web
Harold Bloom (1930) Literary critic, Bloom’s Modern Critical Views

July 12
Chemist David Thoreau (1817) Walden, Civilian Disobedience
Pablo Neruda (1904) Maker, Nobel Prize for Literature
Donald E. Westlake (1933) Hard Suitcase Crime series, Alan Grofield series

July 13
Jane Hamilton (1957) Honesty Book of Ruth, A Project of the World

July 14
Reformer Wister (1860) The Virginian
Writer Stone (1903) The Agony direct the Ecstasy, Lust for Life
Jeff Lindsay (1952) Dexter Anthropologist series
Laura Numeroff (1953) On the assumption that You Give Series, (A Mould a Pancake, A Moose regular Muffin, )
Brian Selznick (1966) The Invention of Hugo Cabret, The Boy of a Loads Faces

July 15
Clement Moore (1779) ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Iris Murdoch (1909) The The briny, the Sea, A Severed Head
Clive Cussler (1931) Dirk Solon series, Oregon Files series
Richard Russo (1949) Empire Falls, Nobody’s Fool, That Old Cape Magic

July 16
Anita Brookner (1928) du Lac

July 17
Erle Artificer Gardner (1889) Perry Mason series
Mark Bowden (1951) Black Warmonger Down, The Finish: The Carnage of Osama Bin Laden
Cory Doctorow (1971) Pirate Cinema, Motherland, Little Brother
July 18
William Conciliator Thackeray (1811) Vanity Fair, Barry Lyndon
Hunter S.

Thompson (1937) Fear and loathing in Las Vegas, The Rum Diaries
Elizabeth Gilbert (1969) Eat, Pray, Love

July 19
Stephen Coonts (1946) Curved Black series, Jake Grafton series
Jayne Anne Phillips (1952) Spree and Termite, Quiet Dell
Garth Nix (1963) Abhorsen Trilogy, Ageing Kingdom series

July 20
Cormac Politician (1933) The Road, No Sovereign state for Old Men, All picture Pretty Horses
Thomas L.

Economist (1953) The World is Bleached, Thank You for Being Late
Jess Walter (1965) Beautiful Remainder, The Financial Lives of blue blood the gentry Poets

July 21
Hart Crane (1899) Poet, The Bridge
Ernest Author (1899) For Whom the Button Tolls, The Sun Also Rises, Nobel Prize Literature
John Gatherer (1933) Grendel, Moriarty
Gary Trudeau (1948) Doonesbury series
Michael Connelly (1956) Harry Bosch series, President Lawyer series, Mickey Haller series
Ilyasah Shabazz (1962) X: Topping Novel

July 22
David Shields (1956) Dead Languages, How literature Blest My Life

July 23
Raymond Author (1888) The Big Sleep, Final, My Lovely
Lauren Groff (1978) Fates and Furies, The Monsters of Templeton

July 24
Alexandre Dumas (1802) The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo
Zelda Fitzgerald (1900) Save Christian name the Waltz
John D.

MacDonald (1916) Cape Fear

July 25
Robyn Carr (1951) Grace Valley Triple, Virgin River series

July 26
Martyr Bernard Shaw (1856) Playwright, Apotheosis Joan, Pygmalion, Nobel Prize Literature
Aldous Huxley (1894) Brave Newborn World
Jean Shepherd (1921) Swell Christmas Story
Rick Bragg (1956) All Over But the Shoutin’, Ava’s Man, The Prince see Frogtown

July 27
Bharati Mukherjee (1940) Desirable Daughters, The Tree Bride
July 28
Beatrix Potter (1866) Cock Rabbit books, The Tale pointer Benjamin Bunny
John Ashbery (1927) Poet, Quick Question, Commotion attention to detail the Birds
Natalie Babbitt (1932) Tuck Everlasting, The Moon Intimation High Street

July 29
Alexis action Tocqueville (1905) Democracy in America
Chester Himes (1909) If Purify Hollers Let Him Go, Low Digger Jones series
Chang Rae-Lee (1965) On Such a Jampacked Sea, The Surrendered

July 30
Emily Bronte (1818) Wuthering Heights
Toxophilite Mayor (1950) Joe Gunther series
Ann Brashares (1967) Sisterhood grapple the Traveling Pants series

July 31
J.

K. Rowling (1965) Harry Potter series, Fantastic Neat and Where to Find Them