Amazon beat me to my post. I’ve been waiting to post about all the magnificent authors who celebrate their birthday at the end of September. But here they go posting about it first!
Actually, Jane Smiley beat all of us, because she wrote about it in the introduction of her book 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel. (Smiley’s own birthday is September 26th.)
But anyway, I love the date of my birthday mainly because September is the most gorgeous month in the most gorgeous season. I also love sharing my birthday with F. Scott Fitzgerald (my favorite classic is The Great Gatsby, no contest). It’s also Jim Henson’s birthday. :)
Anyway, here’s the list of famous authors born at the end of September: (Amazon forgot Miguel and Shel, so I added them.)
September 20 – Upton Sinclair
September 21 – H. G. Wells; Stephen King
September 24 – F. Scott Fitzgerald
September 25 – William Faulkner; Shel Silverstein
September 26 – T. S. Eliot
September 29 – Miguel de Cervantes
September 30 – Truman Capote
And, here’s a picture of my extremely awesome birthday cake that Ryan made for me a day early, due to tomorrow’s busy schedule:
We love Mario Party, if you can’t tell.
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