MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

LITERATURE

WRITERS

Book Fairs & Festivals

Poets Laureate

• Adichie, Chimamanda (1977-)
• Alvarez, Rafael (1958- ) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1958
• Baker, Russell W. (1925- ) Born in Morrisonville, Virginia, August 14, 1925

Held each September at Mount Vernon Place, the Baltimore Book Festival offers books, authors, music, food, and programs for all ages. The next Baltimore Book Festival will be held September 26-28, 2014.

Barth, John S. (1930- ) Born in Cambridge, Maryland, May 27, 1930

Bell, Madison Smartt (1957-) Born in Nashville, Tennessee, August 1, 1957

Bozman, John Leeds (1757-1823)

• Briscoe, Connie (1952-)
  Born in Washington, DC, 1952
• Brown, Zenith Jones see: Ford, Leslie
• Byron, Gilbert V. (1903-1991) Born in Chestertown, Maryland, July 12, 1930 Died in Easton, Maryland, June 25, 1991

Cain, James M. (1892-1977) Born in Annapolis, Maryland, July 1, 1892 Died in University Park, Maryland, October 27, 1977

Caplan, Thomas

Carson, Rachel (1907-1964) Born in Springdale, Pennsylvania, May 27, 1907 Died in Silver Spring, Maryland, April 14, 1964

Chabon, Michael (1963-) Born in Washington, DC, May 24, 1963 Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania & Columbia, Maryland

• Chappell, Helen
• Chase-Hyman, Paula
• Clancy, Tom (1947-2013) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, April 12, 1947 Died in Baltimore, Maryland, October 1, 2013
• Clifton, Lucille (1936-)
  Born in Depew, New York, June 27, 1936 Died in Baltimore, Maryland, February 13, 2010
• Collier, Michael (1953-)
• Conrad, Brenda see: Ford, Leslie
• Cooke, Ebenezer (1667-1732)

• Corbett, Christopher
• Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895) Born near Easton, Maryland, February 1817 Died in Washington, DC, February 20, 1895
• Duke, William (1757-1840)
• Finley, Martha (1828-1909) Died in Elkton, Maryland, January 29, 1909
• Flint, Roland (1934-2001)
• Ford, Leslie (1898-1983)
  (born: Zenith Jones; a.k.a. Brenda Conrad, David Frome.) Born in Smith River, California, December 8, 1898 Died in Baltimore, Maryland, August 25, 1983
• Frome, David see: Ford, Leslie
• Fuqua, Jonathon Scott
• Gildea, William
• Goodman, Eric D.
• Gordon, Jaimy (1944-) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 4, 1944
• Gresham, William Lindsay (1909-1962) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1909 Died in New York City, September 14, 1962
• Grimes, Martha Born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, May 2, 1931
• Grossman, Allen (1932-2014) Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1932 Died in Chelsea, Massachusetts, June 27, 2014
• Hammett, Dashiell (1894-1961) Born in St. Mary's County, Maryland, May 27, 1894 Died in New York, New York, January 10, 1961
• Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins (1825-1911) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 24, 1825
  Died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1911
• Heck, Peter J. Born in Chestertown, Maryland, September 4, 1941
• Hilton, David P. (1938-2005) Born in Oakland, California, 1938 Died in Chestertown, Maryland, April 7, 2005
• Hunter, Stephen (1946-)

Jacobsen, Josephine (1908-2003) Born in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, August 19, 1908
Died in Cockeysville, Maryland, July 9, 2003

Kaufman, Millard (1917-2009) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 12, 1917
Died in Los Angeles, California, March 14, 2009

• Kennedy, John Pendleton (1795-1870) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 25, 1795
  Died in Newport, Rhode Island, August 18, 1870
• Kenny, Carol
• Kerr, Sophie (1880-1965) Born in Denton, Maryland, August 23, 1880 Died in New York City, February 6, 1965
• Lanier, Sidney (1842-1881) Born in Macon, Georgia, February 3, 1842
  Died in Lynn, North Carolina, September 7, 1881
  Buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
• Lederer, William J. (1912-2009) Born in New York, March 31, 1912
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, December 5, 2009
• Lee, Barbara
• Lewis, Maggie Mei (1993-) Born in China, 1993
• Lincoln, Christine (1966- ) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1966
• Lippman, Laura (1959- ) Born in Atlanta, Georgia, January 31, 1959
• Malfi, Ronald Damien (1977-) Born in Brooklyn, New York, April 28, 1977
• Mangan, Kathy
• Massey, Sujata (1964- ) Born in Sussex, England, 1964
• Matthews, Tonya Maria
• McGill, Alice Born in Scotland Neck, North Carolina
• McDermott, Alice (1953- ) Born in Brooklyn, New York, June 27, 1953
• McKinsey, Folger (1866-1950) Born in Elkton, Maryland, August 29, 1866

• Mencken, Henry Louis (1880-1956)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 12, 1880
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, January 29, 1956
• Miles, George Henry (1824-1871) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 31, 1824
  Died near Emmitsburg, Maryland, July 31, 1871

• Mooney, Robert (1955- ) Born in Rochester, New York, 1955
• Murray, Pauli (1910-1985) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, November 20, 1910
  Died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1985
• Nash, Ogden (1902-1971) Born in Rye, New York, August 19, 1902
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, May 19, 1971
• Oden, Gloria Catherine (1923-2012) Born in Yonkers, New York, October 30, 1923 Died December 16, 2012
• O'Hara, Frank (1926-1966) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 27, 1926 Died in Fire Island, New York, July 25, 1966
• Parker, Dorothy (1893-1967) Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, August 22, 1893 Died in New York City, June 7, 1967 Buried in Baltmore, Maryland, October 1988
• Parsons, Patty Leigh (1954-2002) Born in Salisbury, Maryland, 1954 Died in Baltimore, Maryland, August 2002
• Pastan, Linda (1932-) Born in Bronx, New York, May 27, 1932 Lives in Potomac, Maryland
• Pinckney, Edward Coote (1802-1828) Born in London, England, October 1, 1802
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, April 11, 1828

• Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) Born in Boston, Massachusetts, January 19, 1809 Died in Baltimore, Maryland, October 7, 1849
• Porter, Katherine Anne (1890-1980) Born in Indian Creek, Texas, May 15, 1890 Died in Silver Spring, Maryland, September 18, 1980

Tombstone of Edgar Allan Poe and Maria Clemm, Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery, West Fayette St. & Greene St., Baltimore, Maryland, February 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Randall, Julia (1924-2005) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1924 Died in North Bennington, Vermont, May 22, 2005
• Randolph, Innes (1837-1887) Born in Winchester, Virginia, October 25, 1837
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, April 29, 1887
• Reese, Lizette Woodworth (1856-1935) Born in Huntingdon, Maryland, January 9, 1856 Died in Baltimore, Maryland, December 17, 1935
• Rich, Adrienne (1929-2012) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 16, 1929 Died in Santa Cruz, California, March 27, 2012
• Robson, Lucia St. Clair (1942-) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1942
• Salamanca, J. R. (1922-2013) Born in St. Petersburg, Florida, December 20, 1922 Died in Potomac, Maryland, October 30, 2013
• Scharper, Diane
• Semmes, Raphael (1809-1877)
• Shapiro, Karl (1913-2000) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, November 10, 1913
• Shepard, William S.
• Simon, David (1960-) Born in Washington, DC, 1960
• Sinclair, Upton (1878-1968) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 20, 1878 Died in Boundbrook, New Jersey, November 25, 1968
• Spires, Elizabeth (1952-)
• Steinbach, Alice C. (1934-2012)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1934
  Died in Baltimore Maryland, March 13, 2012
• Talley, Marcia (1943-)
  Born in Cleveland, Ohio, April 12, 1943
• Thompson, Sue Ellen (1948-)
  Born in New Jersey, 1948
• Tilghman, Christopher
• Townsend, George Alfred (1841-1914)
• Turnbull, Grace H. (1880-1976)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1880
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, 1976
• Tyler, Anne (1941- )
• Uris, Leon (1924-2003 ) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 23, 1924
  Died in Shelter Island, New York, June 21, 2003
• Ward, Robert (1954-)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1954
• Warfield, Gallatin
• Weaver, Afaa Michael Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1951
• Weems, Mason Locke (1759-1825)
• Welby, Amelia Coppuck (b. 1819) Born in St. Michaels, Maryland, 1819
• West, Chassie
• White, Christopher
• Whittemore, Reed (1919-2012) Born in New Haven, Connecticut, September 11, 1919 Born in Gaithersburg, Maryland, April 6, 2012
• Wormser, Baron (1948-) Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1948

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