December 5

Joan Didion

Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) US novelist, memoirist, journalist - The Year of Magical Thinking (2005)

Read the Paris Review article "Joan Didion, The Art of Nonfiction"

Joan Didion talks about her writing process for fiction and nonfiction
 here


Hanif Kureishi

Hanif Kureishi (born December 5, 1954) UK-Pakistani screenwriter and novelist - My Beautiful Laundrette

Read more about Hanif Kureishi

Kureishi's substack page
https://hanifkureishi.substack.com/

Watch an interview with Kureishi
 here


Walt Disney

Walt Disney (born December 5, 1901) U.S. producer of animation film, creator of Mickey Mouse

Read more about Walt Disney

Watch a biography of Walt Disney
 here


Rose Wilder Lane

Rose Wilder Lane (born December 5, 1886) U.S. journalist, novelist, libertarian

Read more about Rose Wilder Lane here and here

Watch a short biography of Rose Wilder Lane
 here