Happy Birthday, Authors

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AUTHORS: FINDING YOUR PLACE AMONG WRITERS (398 pp) by Howard Denson is a nonfiction book listing the birthdays of several thousand writers, poets, playwrights, freelancers, nonfiction authors, and other scribes. It also offers over 1,100 quotations from authors who comment on the process or value of writing. The collection provides two chapters for those who follow their zodiac signs: "Astrology for Wordsmiths" and "Astrology for Wordsmiths Rides Again." The final chapter focuses on "Tidbits and Titillating Trivia" concerning those who are addicted to ink. (86,000 words)