| Name | Nationality | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| Ilya Ehrenburg |
Ukrainian |
January 27, 1891 |
August 31, 1967 |
| Irene Peter |
American |
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| Isaac D'Israeli |
British |
May 11, 1766 |
January 19, 1848 |
| Isabel Allende |
Chilean |
August 2, 1942 |
|
| Isabella Bird |
English |
October 15, 1831 |
October 7, 1904 |
| Isabelle Holland |
Swiss |
June 16, 1920 |
February 9, 2002 |
| Isak Dinesen |
Danish |
April 17, 1885 |
September 7, 1962 |
| Isocrates |
Greek |
436 |
338 |
| Ivo Andric |
|
October 9, 1892 |
March 13, 1975 |
| Ivy Lee |
American |
July 16, 1877 |
November 9, 1934 |
| Izaak Walton |
English |
August 9, 1593 |
December 15, 1683 |
| J. B. Morton |
English |
June 7, 1893 |
May 10, 1979 |
| J. B. Priestley |
British |
September 13, 1894 |
August 14, 1984 |
| James D. Houston |
American |
November 10, 1933 |
|
| James Duff |
American |
|
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| James Ellroy |
American |
March 4, 1948 |
|
| James Grant |
American |
|
|
| James Gunn |
American |
1923 |
|
| James Herriot |
British |
October 3, 1916 |
February 23, 1995 |
| James Howell |
British |
1594 |
1666 |
| James Huneker |
American |
January 31, 1857 |
February 9, 1921 |
| James McBride |
American |
1957 |
|
| Jan de Hartog |
Dutch |
April 22, 1914 |
September 22, 2002 |
| Jan Morris |
English |
October 2, 1926 |
|
| Jane Austen |
British |
December 16, 1775 |
July 28, 1817 |
| Jane Haddam |
American |
1951 |
|
| Jane Harrison |
English |
1850 |
1928 |
| Jane Smiley |
American |
September 26, 1949 |
|
| Janet Malcolm |
American |
1934 |
|
| Jean de Brunhoff |
French |
December 9, 1899 |
October 16, 1937 |
| Jean M. Auel |
American |
February 18, 1936 |
|
| Jean Shepherd |
American |
July 26, 1921 |
October 16, 1999 |
| Jean Stafford |
American |
July 1, 1915 |
March 26, 1979 |
| Jeff Long |
American |
|
|
| Jeff Vandermeer |
American |
July 7, 1968 |
|
| Jeffery Deaver |
American |
May 6, 1950 |
|
| Jessica Hagedorn |
Filipino |
1949 |
|
| Jim Harrison |
American |
December 11, 1937 |
|
| Jim Wallis |
American |
June 4, 1948 |
|
| Joanna Russ |
American |
February 22, 1937 |
|
| Joe Conason |
American |
1954 |
|
| Joe Eszterhas |
Hungarian |
November 23, 1944 |
|
| Johann Georg Zimmermann |
Swiss |
December 8, 1728 |
October 7, 1795 |
| John Aubrey |
English |
March 12, 1626 |
June 7, 1697 |
| John Avlon |
|
1973 |
|
| John Cheever |
American |
May 27, 1912 |
June 18, 1982 |
| John Clellon Holmes |
American |
March 12, 1926 |
March 2, 1988 |
| John Crowley |
American |
December 1, 1942 |
|
| John Florio |
English |
1553 |
1625 |
| John Foxe |
English |
1516 |
1587 |
| John George Nicolay |
American |
February 26, 1832 |
September 26, 1901 |
| John Gould |
English |
September 14, 1804 |
February 3, 1881 |
| John Gregory Dunne |
American |
May 25, 1932 |
December 30, 2003 |
| John Grigg |
English |
April 15, 1924 |
December 31, 2001 |
| John Grisham |
American |
February 8, 1955 |
|
| John Harington |
English |
1561 |
1612 |
| John Harrigan |
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|
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| John Harrington |
English |
August 4, 1561 |
November 20, 1612 |
| John Hay |
American |
October 8, 1838 |
July 1, 1905 |
| John Henry Mackay |
Scottish |
1864 |
1933 |
| John Hersey |
American |
June 17, 1914 |
March 24, 1993 |
| John Jakes |
American |
March 31, 1932 |
|
| John le Carre |
English |
October 19, 1931 |
|
| John Lyly |
English |
April 3, 1908 |
May 25, 1908 |
| John M. Ford |
American |
April 10, 1957 |
September 25, 2006 |
| John McGahern |
Irish |
November 12, 1934 |
March 30, 2006 |
| John McPhee |
American |
March 8, 1931 |
|
| John Michael Hayes |
American |
May 11, 1919 |
November 19, 2008 |
| John Norman |
American |
June 3, 1931 |
|
| John O'Hara |
American |
January 31, 1905 |
April 11, 1970 |
| John Perry Barlow |
American |
October 3, 1947 |
|
| John Podhoretz |
American |
April 18, 1961 |
|
| John Robert Seeley |
English |
1834 |
1895 |
| John Ruskin |
English |
February 8, 1819 |
January 20, 1900 |
| John Stuart Blackie |
Scottish |
July 28, 1809 |
March 2, 1895 |
| John W. Campbell |
American |
June 8, 1910 |
July 11, 1971 |
| John Wilmot |
English |
April 1, 1647 |
July 26, 1680 |
| John Wilson |
Scottish |
May 18, 1785 |
April 3, 1854 |
| Jonathan Dimbleby |
British |
July 31, 1944 |
|
| Jonathan Kozol |
American |
September 5, 1936 |
|
| Jonathan Lethem |
American |
February 19, 1964 |
|
| Jonathan Swift |
Irish |
November 30, 1667 |
October 19, 1745 |
| Jorge Amado |
Brazilian |
August 10, 1912 |
August 6, 2001 |
| Jose Bergamin |
Spanish |
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| Jose Rizal |
Filipino |
June 19, 1861 |
December 20, 1896 |
| Jose Saramago |
Portuguese |
November 16, 1922 |
|
| Josef Skvorecky |
Czechoslovakian |
September 27, 1924 |
|
| Joseph Addison |
English |
May 1, 1672 |
June 17, 1719 |
| Joseph Chilton Pearce |
American |
|
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| Joseph Epstein |
American |
January 9, 1937 |
|
| Joseph Glanvill |
English |
1636 |
1680 |
| Joseph Greenberg |
American |
May 28, 1915 |
May 7, 2001 |
| Joseph J. Ellis |
American |
1943 |
|
| Joseph Joubert |
French |
May 7, 1754 |
May 4, 1824 |
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
American |
February 11, 1909 |
February 5, 1993 |
| Joseph Lewis |
American |
1889 |
1968 |
| Joseph McCabe |
English |
November 12, 1867 |
January 10, 1955 |
| Joseph Mitchell |
American |
July 27, 1908 |
May 24, 1996 |
| Joseph Stefano |
American |
May 5, 1922 |
August 25, 2006 |
| Joseph Wambaugh |
American |
January 22, 1937 |
|
| Josephine Hart |
Irish |
|
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| Josh McDowell |
American |
August 17, 1939 |
|
| Joss Whedon |
American |
June 23, 1964 |
|
| Joyce Maynard |
American |
November 5, 1953 |
|
| Julian Barnes |
English |
January 19, 1946 |
|
| Julian May |
American |
July 10, 1931 |
|
| Julio Cortazar |
Argentinian |
August 26, 1914 |
February 12, 1984 |
| June Jordan |
American |
July 9, 1936 |
June 14, 2002 |
| Jung Chang |
British |
1952 |
|
| Justin Kaplan |
American |
September 5, 1925 |
|
| Justin Winsor |
American |
January 2, 1831 |
October 22, 1897 |
| Kaavya Viswanathan |
Indian |
|
|
| Karel Capek |
Czechoslovakian |
January 9, 1890 |
December 25, 1938 |
| Karen Armstrong |
English |
November 14, 1944 |
|
| Karl Kraus |
Austrian |
April 28, 1874 |
June 12, 1936 |
| Kate Greenaway |
English |
March 17, 1846 |
November 6, 1901 |
| Kate Seredy |
Hungarian |
November 10, 1896 |
March 7, 1975 |
| Katharine Anthony |
American |
November 27, 1877 |
November 20, 1965 |
| Katharine Fullerton Gerould |
American |
1879 |
1944 |
| Kathryn Hulme |
American |
July 6, 1900 |
August 25, 1981 |
| Kay Boyle |
American |
February 19, 1902 |
December 27, 1992 |
| Keith Waterhouse |
English |
February 6, 1929 |
|
| Ken MacLeod |
Scottish |
August 2, 1954 |
|
| Kenzaburo Oe |
Japanese |
January 31, 1935 |
|
| Kevin J. Anderson |
American |
March 27, 1962 |
|
| Kevin Patterson |
Canadian |
December 27, 1964 |
|
| Kim Stanley Robinson |
American |
March 23, 1952 |
|
| Kristin Hunter |
American |
September 12, 1931 |
|
| L. Neil Smith |
American |
May 12, 1946 |
|
| Larry Gelbart |
American |
February 25, 1928 |
|
| Larry McMurtry |
American |
June 3, 1936 |
|
| Larry Merchant |
American |
February 11, 1931 |
|
| Larry Niven |
American |
April 30, 1938 |
|
| Laura Schlessinger |
American |
January 16, 1947 |
|
| Laurell K. Hamilton |
American |
February 19, 1963 |
|
| Laurence J. Peter |
Canadian |
September 16, 1919 |
January 12, 1990 |
| Lawrence Durrell |
British |
January 27, 1912 |
November 7, 1990 |
| Lee Child |
British |
1954 |
|
| Leon Uris |
American |
August 3, 1924 |
June 21, 2003 |
| Leon Wieseltier |
American |
June 14, 1952 |
|
| Leonard Alfred George Strong |
English |
1896 |
1958 |
| Leonardo Sciascia |
Italian |
January 8, 1921 |
November 20, 1989 |
| Leslie Charteris |
British |
May 12, 1907 |
April 15, 1993 |
| Lewis Grizzard |
American |
October 20, 1946 |
March 20, 1994 |
| Liz Carpenter |
American |
September 1, 1920 |
|
| Llewelyn Powys |
British |
August 18, 1884 |
December 2, 1939 |
| Lloyd Alexander |
American |
January 30, 1924 |
May 17, 2007 |
| Logan P. Smith |
American |
1865 |
1946 |
| Lois McMaster Bujold |
American |
November 2, 1949 |
|
| Louis-Ferdinand Celine |
French |
May 27, 1894 |
July 1, 1961 |
| Louise Erdrich |
American |
June 7, 1954 |
|
| Luc de Clapiers |
French |
August 6, 1715 |
May 28, 1747 |
| Ludwig Borne |
German |
May 6, 1786 |
February 12, 1837 |
| Luke Ford |
Australian |
May 28, 1966 |
|
| M. F. K. Fisher |
American |
July 3, 1908 |
June 22, 1992 |
| Madalyn Murray O'Hair |
American |
April 13, 1919 |
September 29, 1995 |
| Madame de Sevigne |
French |
February 5, 1626 |
April 17, 1696 |
| Madame de Stael |
French |
April 22, 1766 |
July 14, 1817 |
| Madame Swetchine |
Russian |
1782 |
1857 |
| Maggie Gallagher |
American |
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