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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