| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| Alan Dean Foster |
November 18, 1946 |
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| Albert Maltz |
October 28, 1908 |
April 26, 1985 |
| Alex Comfort |
February 10, 1920 |
March 26, 2000 |
| Alfred A. Montapert |
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| Alice Hoffman |
March 16, 1952 |
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| Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
February 12, 1884 |
February 20, 1980 |
| Alice Walker |
February 9, 1944 |
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| Alvin Toffler |
October 4, 1928 |
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| Amy Vanderbilt |
July 22, 1908 |
December 27, 1974 |
| Anais Nin |
February 21, 1903 |
January 14, 1977 |
| Andrew Vachss |
October 19, 1942 |
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| Ann Patchett |
December 2, 1963 |
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| Anna Katharine Green |
November 11, 1846 |
April 11, 1935 |
| Anne Lamott |
April 10, 1954 |
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| Anne McCaffrey |
April 1, 1926 |
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| Annie Dillard |
April 30, 1945 |
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| Anthony Bourdain |
June 25, 1956 |
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| Ariel Durant |
May 10, 1898 |
1981 |
| Arthur C. Brooks |
May 21, 1964 |
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| Barbara Deming |
1917 |
1984 |
| Barry Lopez |
January 6, 1945 |
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| Benjamin Hoff |
1946 |
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| Beverly Cleary |
April 12, 1916 |
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| Bret Easton Ellis |
March 7, 1964 |
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| Bret Harte |
August 25, 1836 |
May 6, 1902 |
| Brian P. Cleary |
October 1, 1959 |
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| Brian Tracy |
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| Bruce Barton |
August 5, 1886 |
July 5, 1967 |
| Camille Paglia |
April 2, 1947 |
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| Carl Van Doren |
September 10, 1885 |
July 18, 1950 |
| Carolyn Gold Heilbrun |
January 13, 1926 |
October 9, 2003 |
| Carolyn Wells |
June 18, 1862 |
March 26, 1942 |
| Chaim Potok |
February 17, 1929 |
July 23, 2002 |
| Charles Alexander Eastman |
February 19, 1858 |
January 8, 1939 |
| Charles Bukowski |
August 16, 1920 |
March 9, 1994 |
| Chris A. Bridges |
May 22, 1965 |
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| Chris Van Allsburg |
June 18, 1949 |
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| Christian Nestell Bovee |
1820 |
1904 |
| Christina Hoff Sommers |
1950 |
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| Christopher Hitchens |
April 13, 1949 |
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| Christopher Isherwood |
August 26, 1904 |
January 4, 1986 |
| Christopher Morley |
May 5, 1890 |
March 28, 1957 |
| Clarence Day |
November 18, 1874 |
December 28, 1935 |
| Cliff Fadiman |
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| Clifford Stoll |
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| Conrad Aiken |
August 5, 1889 |
August 17, 1973 |
| Constance Rourke |
November 14, 1885 |
March 29, 1941 |
| Craig Shirley |
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| Dan Brown |
June 22, 1964 |
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| Dan Millman |
February 22, 1946 |
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| Dan Simmons |
April 4, 1948 |
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| Daniel Clowes |
April 14, 1961 |
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| Daniel Goleman |
March 7, 1946 |
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| Daniel Pipes |
September 9, 1949 |
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| Daniel Yergin |
February 6, 1947 |
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| Darren L. Johnson |
1958 |
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| Dashiell Hammett |
May 27, 1894 |
January 10, 1961 |
| David Brin |
October 6, 1950 |
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| David Brock |
November 2, 1962 |
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| David Eddings |
July 7, 1931 |
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| David Guterson |
May 4, 1956 |
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| David Simon |
1960 |
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| Dean Koontz |
July 9, 1945 |
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| Derrick Jensen |
December 19, 1960 |
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| Dick Morris |
November 28, 1948 |
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| Donn Pearce |
1928 |
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| Donna Leon |
September 29, 1942 |
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| Dorothy Canfield Fisher |
February 17, 1879 |
November 9, 1958 |
| E. L. Doctorow |
January 6, 1931 |
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| E. L. Konigsburg |
February 10, 1930 |
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| Edgar Rice Burroughs |
September 1, 1875 |
March 19, 1950 |
| Edith Wharton |
January 24, 1862 |
August 11, 1937 |
| Edna St. Vincent Millay |
February 22, 1892 |
October 19, 1950 |
| Edward Abbey |
January 29, 1927 |
March 14, 1989 |
| Edward Bellamy |
March 26, 1850 |
May 22, 1898 |
| Edward Gorey |
February 22, 1925 |
April 15, 2000 |
| Edward Hoagland |
December 21, 1932 |
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| Edward Luck |
October 17, 1948 |
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| Edwin Louis Cole |
1922 |
2002 |
| Elizabeth George |
February 26, 1949 |
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| Elizabeth Janeway |
October 7, 1913 |
January 15, 2005 |
| Elizabeth Moon |
March 7, 1945 |
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| Emily Post |
October 27, 1872 |
September 25, 1960 |
| Emmet Fox |
June 30, 1886 |
August 13, 1951 |
| Eric Carle |
June 25, 1929 |
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| Eric S. Raymond |
December 4, 1957 |
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| Esther Forbes |
June 28, 1891 |
August 12, 1967 |
| Eudora Welty |
April 13, 1909 |
July 23, 2001 |
| Evan Hunter |
October 15, 1926 |
July 6, 2005 |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald |
September 24, 1896 |
December 21, 1940 |
| Fannie Flagg |
September 21, 1941 |
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| Fawn M. Brodie |
September 15, 1915 |
January 10, 1981 |
| Flannery O'Connor |
March 25, 1925 |
August 3, 1964 |
| Fletcher Knebel |
October 1, 1911 |
February 26, 1993 |
| Francis Scott Key |
August 1, 1779 |
January 11, 1843 |
| Frank Yerby |
September 5, 1916 |
November 29, 1991 |
| Fred Saberhagen |
May 18, 1930 |
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| Frederick Douglass |
February 14, 1817 |
February 20, 1895 |
| Gary Wills |
May 22, 1934 |
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| Gay Talese |
February 7, 1932 |
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