Tweet us today with author birthdays! December 27 Kevin Patterson (born December 27, 1964) – Canadian novelist, short story writer, M.D. – News from the Red Desert (2016) Read an excerpt from Patterson’s short story about a Canadian medical officer … Continue reading
Tweet us today with author birthdays! December 20 Väinö Linna (born December 20, 1920) – Finnish novelist – Tuntematon sotilas / The Unknown Soldier (1954) Read the Authors Calendar biography: https://web.archive.org/web/20130704032537/http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/vlinna.htm Read about Vaino Linna here and about his novel … Continue reading
Tweet us today with author birthdays! December 13 Amy Lee (b. 1981) – U.S. songwriter, musician, lead singer of Evanescence Watch the music video of Call Me When You’re Sober http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izYIO9VtjUs Excerpt from Call Me When You’re Sober lyrics: So … Continue reading
Go To December 6 December 7 December 8 December 9 December 10 December 11 December 12 December 6 James Elphinston (b. 1721) – Scottish philologist, orthographer, grammarian of English language – A Minniature ov Inglish Orthoggraphy (1795) Excerpt from … Continue reading
