American Author
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| Mark Twain |
November 30, 1835 |
April 21, 1910 |
| Martha Beck |
November 29, 1962 |
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| Mary Boykin Chesnut |
March 31, 1823 |
November 22, 1886 |
| Mary Higgins Clark |
December 24, 1927 |
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| Mary McCarthy |
June 21, 1912 |
October 25, 1989 |
| Max Eastman |
January 4, 1883 |
March 25, 1969 |
| Meg Cabot |
February 1, 1967 |
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| Mercedes Lackey |
June 24, 1950 |
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| Michael Bergdahl |
February 8, 1954 |
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| Michael Chabon |
May 24, 1963 |
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| Michael Connelly |
July 21, 1956 |
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| Michael Crichton |
October 23, 1942 |
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| Michael Malone |
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| Mickey Spillane |
March 9, 1918 |
July 17, 2006 |
| Nancy Friday |
August 27, 1933 |
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| Naomi Wolf |
November 12, 1962 |
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| Napolean Hill |
October 26, 1883 |
November 8, 1970 |
| Natalie Clifford Barney |
October 31, 1876 |
February 2, 1972 |
| Natalie Goldberg |
1948 |
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| Nathaniel Parker Willis |
January 20, 1806 |
January 20, 1867 |
| Neal Barnard |
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| Neale Donald Walsch |
September 10, 1943 |
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| Nelson DeMille |
August 23, 1943 |
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| Nicholas Sparks |
December 31, 1965 |
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| Nora Ephron |
May 19, 1941 |
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| Nora Roberts |
October 10, 1950 |
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| Norman Maclean |
December 23, 1902 |
August 2, 1990 |
| Norman Ralph Augustine |
July 27, 1935 |
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| Norman Spinrad |
September 15, 1940 |
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| Og Mandino |
December 12, 1923 |
September 3, 1996 |
| Oliver Herford |
1863 |
1935 |
| Patrick Dennis |
May 18, 1921 |
November 6, 1976 |
| Paul Auster |
February 3, 1947 |
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| Paul Horgan |
August 1, 1903 |
March 8, 1995 |
| Paula Danziger |
August 18, 1944 |
July 8, 2004 |
| Peter Benchley |
May 8, 1940 |
February 11, 2006 |
| Peter S. Beagle |
April 20, 1939 |
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| Phil Crosby |
June 18, 1926 |
August 18, 2001 |
| Philip Caputo |
June 10, 1941 |
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| Phyllis McGinley |
March 21, 1905 |
1978 |
| Poppy Z. Brite |
May 25, 1967 |
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| R. A. Salvatore |
January 20, 1959 |
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| Ralph Ellison |
March 1, 1914 |
April 16, 1994 |
| Raymond E. Feist |
1945 |
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| Rebecca Harding Davis |
1831 |
1910 |
| Richard Carlson |
April 29, 1912 |
November 21, 1977 |
| Richard Ford |
February 16, 1944 |
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| Richard Grant |
1952 |
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| Richard Schickel |
February 10, 1933 |
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| Robert Asprin |
June 28, 1946 |
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| Robert Coover |
February 4, 1932 |
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| Robert Cormier |
July 17, 1925 |
November 2, 2000 |
| Robert Fitzgerald |
October 12, 1910 |
January 16, 1985 |
| Robert Fulghum |
June 4, 1937 |
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| Robert Kiyosaki |
April 8, 1947 |
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| Robert McCloskey |
September 14, 1914 |
June 30, 2003 |
| Robert Shea |
April 17, 1909 |
March 10, 1994 |
| Robert Sheckley |
July 16, 1928 |
December 9, 2005 |
| Ron Chernow |
1949 |
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| Rose Kennedy |
July 22, 1890 |
January 22, 1995 |
| Russell Banks |
March 28, 1940 |
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| Sam Keen |
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| Sam Keith |
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| Sam Levenson |
December 28, 1911 |
August 27, 1980 |
| Sandra Cisneros |
December 20, 1954 |
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| Sara Paretsky |
June 8, 1947 |
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| Sara Teasdale |
August 8, 1884 |
January 29, 1933 |
| Sarah Ban Breathnach |
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| Sarah Orne Jewett |
September 3, 1849 |
June 24, 1909 |
| Sarah Vowell |
December 27, 1969 |
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| Sarah Zettel |
December 1, 1966 |
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| Scott Alexander |
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| Shelby Foote |
November 17, 1916 |
June 27, 2005 |
| Sheri S. Tepper |
July 16, 1929 |
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| Sherwood Eddy |
1871 |
1963 |
| Steve McConnell |
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| Steven Brust |
November 23, 1955 |
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| Stewart Brand |
December 14, 1938 |
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| Susan Sontag |
January 28, 1933 |
December 28, 2004 |
| Suze Orman |
June 5, 1951 |
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| Tammy Bruce |
August 19, 1962 |
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| Tavis Smiley |
September 13, 1964 |
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| Taylor Caldwell |
September 7, 1900 |
August 30, 1985 |
| Ted Nelson |
1937 |
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| Terry McMillan |
October 18, 1951 |
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| Thomas Frank |
1965 |
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| Thomas Harris |
April 11, 1940 |
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| Thomas M. Disch |
February 2, 1940 |
July 4, 2008 |
| Thomas Merton |
January 31, 1915 |
December 10, 1968 |
| Tom Bodett |
February 23, 1955 |
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| Tom Robbins |
July 22, 1936 |
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| Toni Cade Bambara |
March 25, 1939 |
December 9, 1995 |
| Tony Hillerman |
May 27, 1925 |
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| Tony Robbins |
February 29, 1960 |
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| Tracy Kidder |
December 12, 1945 |
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| Upton Sinclair |
September 20, 1878 |
November 25, 1968 |
| Ursula K. LeGuin |
October 21, 1929 |
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| Vash Young |
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| Vernon Howard |
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| Vincent Bugliosi |
August 18, 1934 |
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