American Author
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| Gelett Burgess |
January 30, 1866 |
1951 |
| George Alec Effinger |
January 10, 1947 |
April 27, 2002 |
| George William Curtis |
February 24, 1824 |
August 31, 1892 |
| Gerald Griffin |
December 12, 1803 |
June 12, 1840 |
| Gertrude Stein |
February 3, 1874 |
July 29, 1946 |
| Gregg Easterbrook |
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| Greil Marcus |
1945 |
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| Grenville Kleiser |
1868 |
1953 |
| H. Jackson Brown, Jr. |
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| H. Stanley Judd |
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| Hal Borland |
May 14, 1900 |
February 22, 1978 |
| Haniel Long |
March 9, 1888 |
October 17, 1956 |
| Harold Brodkey |
October 25, 1930 |
January 26, 1996 |
| Harold Robbins |
May 21, 1916 |
October 14, 1997 |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe |
June 14, 1811 |
July 1, 1896 |
| Harry Harrison |
March 12, 1925 |
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| Harry Mathews |
February 14, 1930 |
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| Helen Keller |
June 27, 1880 |
June 1, 1968 |
| Henry David Thoreau |
July 12, 1817 |
May 6, 1862 |
| Henry Miller |
December 26, 1891 |
June 7, 1980 |
| Herbert Croly |
January 23, 1869 |
May 17, 1930 |
| Herbert Gold |
March 9, 1924 |
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| Hervey Allen |
December 8, 1889 |
December 28, 1949 |
| Horatio Alger |
January 13, 1832 |
July 18, 1899 |
| Howie Carr |
January 17, 1952 |
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| Irving Wallace |
March 19, 1916 |
June 29, 1990 |
| Jack Finney |
October 2, 1911 |
November 16, 1995 |
| Jack Henry Abbott |
January 21, 1944 |
February 10, 2002 |
| Jack L. Chalker |
December 17, 1944 |
February 11, 2005 |
| Jack Vance |
August 28, 1916 |
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| Jacqueline Susann |
August 20, 1918 |
September 21, 1974 |
| James A. Baldwin |
August 2, 1924 |
December 1, 1987 |
| James Beard |
May 5, 1903 |
January 21, 1985 |
| James Blish |
May 23, 1921 |
July 30, 1975 |
| James Lane Allen |
December 21, 1849 |
February 18, 1925 |
| James Lee Burke |
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| James MacGregor Burns |
August 3, 1918 |
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| James Norman Hall |
April 22, 1887 |
July 5, 1951 |
| James Patterson |
March 22, 1947 |
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| James Rollins |
August 20, 1961 |
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| Jane Roberts |
May 8, 1929 |
September 5, 1984 |
| Jared Diamond |
September 10, 1937 |
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| Jean Houston |
May 10, 1937 |
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| Jean Toomer |
December 26, 1894 |
March 30, 1967 |
| Jeremy Larner |
March 20, 1937 |
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| Jerome Corsi |
August 31, 1946 |
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| Jerry Gillies |
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| Jessamyn West |
June 18, 1902 |
February 23, 1984 |
| Jhumpa Lahiri |
July 11, 1967 |
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| Joan D. Vinge |
April 2, 1948 |
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| Joan Didion |
December 5, 1934 |
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| Joel Rosenberg |
May 1, 1954 |
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| John Berendt |
1939 |
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| John Burroughs |
April 3, 1837 |
March 29, 1921 |
| John Byrne |
July 6, 1950 |
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| John Cotton Dana |
August 19, 1856 |
July 21, 1929 |
| John Gray |
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| John Henrik Clarke |
January 1, 1915 |
July 16, 1998 |
| John Kendrick Bangs |
May 27, 1862 |
January 21, 1922 |
| John Sergeant Wise |
December 27, 1846 |
May 12, 1913 |
| John Shirley |
February 10, 1953 |
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| John Sladek |
December 15, 1937 |
March 10, 2000 |
| John Steinbeck |
February 27, 1902 |
December 20, 1968 |
| Jonathan Carroll |
January 26, 1949 |
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| Jonathan Krohn |
March 1, 1995 |
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| Joseph Campbell |
March 26, 1904 |
October 31, 1987 |
| Judith Martin |
September 13, 1938 |
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| Judith Viorst |
February 2, 1932 |
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| Julia Cameron |
March 4, 1948 |
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| Julia Phillips |
April 7, 1944 |
January 1, 2002 |
| Kate Chopin |
February 8, 1850 |
August 22, 1904 |
| Kate DiCamillo |
March 25, 1964 |
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| Katharine Lee Bates |
August 12, 1859 |
March 26, 1929 |
| Kathleen Winsor |
October 16, 1919 |
May 26, 2003 |
| Kay Thompson |
November 9, 1909 |
July 2, 1998 |
| Keith Miller |
April 19, 1927 |
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| Ken Kesey |
September 17, 1935 |
November 10, 2001 |
| Kenneth Anger |
February 3, 1930 |
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| Kent Nerburn |
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| Kevin Williamson |
March 14, 1965 |
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| Kurt Vonnegut |
November 11, 1922 |
April 11, 2007 |
| L. Frank Baum |
May 15, 1856 |
May 6, 1919 |
| L. Ron Hubbard |
March 13, 1911 |
January 24, 1986 |
| L. Sprague de Camp |
November 27, 1907 |
November 6, 2000 |
| Laura Hillenbrand |
1967 |
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| Laura Ingalls Wilder |
February 7, 1867 |
February 10, 1957 |
| Leigh Brackett |
December 7, 1915 |
March 18, 1978 |
| Leo Buscaglia |
March 31, 1924 |
June 11, 1998 |
| Linda Chavez |
June 17, 1947 |
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| Louis E. Boone |
1941 |
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| Louis L'Amour |
March 22, 1908 |
June 10, 1988 |
| Louise L. Hay |
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| Lyman Abbott |
December 18, 1835 |
October 22, 1922 |
| Lynn Abbey |
January 1, 1948 |
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| Margaret Haddix |
April 19, 1964 |
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| Margaret Halsey |
1910 |
1997 |
| Marguerite Young |
August 28, 1908 |
November 17, 1995 |
| Marianne Williamson |
July 8, 1952 |
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| Marilyn French |
November 21, 1929 |
May 2, 2009 |
| Mark Bittman |
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