Alistair MacLeod Biobite

Today’s Happy Birthday shout out goes to Alistair MacLeod, born July 20, 1936.

Alistair MacLeod was a Canadian novelist, short story writer and academic. His powerful and moving stories vividly evoke the beauty of Cape Breton Island’s rugged landscape and the resilient character of many of its inhabitants, the descendants of Scottish immigrants, who are haunted by ancestral memories and who struggle to reconcile the past and the present. MacLeod has been praised for his verbal precision, his lyric intensity and his use of simple, direct language that seems rooted in an oral tradition.

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A.J. Cronin Biobite

Today’s Happy Birthday shout out goes to A.J. Cronin, born July 19, 1896.

Archibald Joseph Cronin, known as A. J. Cronin, was a Scottish physician and novelist. His best-known novel is The Citadel, about a Scottish physician who serves in a Welsh mining village before achieving success in London, where he becomes disillusioned about the venality and incompetence of some doctors. Cronin knew both areas, as a medical inspector of mines and as a physician in Harley Street. The book exposed unfairness and malpractice in British medicine and helped to inspire the National Health Service.

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Elizabeth Gilbert Biobite

Today’s Happy Birthday shout out goes to Elizabeth Gilbert, born July 18, 1969.

Elizabeth Gilbert is an American journalist and author. She is best known for her 2006 memoir Eat, Pray, Love, which has sold over 12 million copies and has been translated into over 30 languages. The book was also made into a film of the same name in 2010.

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Chris Crutcher Biobite

Today’s Happy Birthday shout out goes to Chris Crutcher, born July 17, 1946.

Chris Crutcher is an American novelist and a family therapist. He received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2000 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens.

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Anita Brookner Biobite

Today’s Happy Birthday shout out goes to Anita Brookner, born July 16, 1928.

Anita Brookner was an English novelist and art historian. She was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge from 1967 to 1968 and was the first woman to hold this visiting professorship. She was awarded the 1984 Booker–McConnell Prize for her novel Hotel du Lac.

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Clive Cussler Biobite

Today’s Happy Birthday shout out goes to Clive Cussler, born July 15, 1931.

Clive Eric Cussler was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have been listed on The New York Times fiction best-seller list more than 20 times. Cussler was the founder and chairman of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), which has discovered more than 60 shipwreck sites and numerous other notable underwater wrecks. He was the sole author or main author of more than 80 books.

His novels have inspired various other works of fiction.

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Brian Selznick Biobite

Today’s Happy Birthday shout out goes to Brian Selznick, born July 14, 1966.

Brian Selznick is an American illustrator and author best known as the writer of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Wonderstruck, The Marvels and Kaleidoscope. He won the 2008 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration recognizing The Invention of Hugo Cabret. He is also known for illustrating children’s books such as the covers of Scholastic’s 20th-anniversary editions of the Harry Potter series.

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Carolyn Mackler Biobite

Today’s Happy Birthday shout out goes to Carolyn Mackler, born July 13, 1973.

Carolyn Mackler is an American author. She has written ten novels for teens and young people, including Infinite in Between; Not If I Can Help It; The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, which won an honorable mention from the Michael L. Printz award; Vegan Virgin Valentine; Guyaholic; and Tangled. Her first novel for adults, The Wife App, received praise from authors such as Judy Blume and Gabrielle Zevin.

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Adam Johnson Biobite

Today’s Happy Birthday shout out goes to Adam Johnson, born July 12, 1967.

Adam Johnson is an American novelist and short story writer. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his 2012 novel, The Orphan Master’s Son, and the National Book Award for his 2015 story collection Fortune Smiles. He is also a professor of English at Stanford University with a focus on creative writing.

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Amitav Ghosh Biobite

Today’s Happy Birthday shout out goes to Amitav Ghosh, born July 11, 1956.

Amitav Ghosh is an Indian writer. He won the 54th Jnanpith award in 2018, India’s highest literary honor. Ghosh’s ambitious novels use complex narrative strategies to probe the nature of national and personal identity, particularly of the people of India and South Asia. He has written historical fiction and non-fiction works discussing topics such as colonialism and climate change.

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