| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| John W. Campbell |
June 8, 1910 |
July 11, 1971 |
| Jonathan Kozol |
September 5, 1936 |
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| Jonathan Lethem |
February 19, 1964 |
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| Joseph Chilton Pearce |
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| Joseph Epstein |
January 9, 1937 |
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| Joseph Greenberg |
May 28, 1915 |
May 7, 2001 |
| Joseph J. Ellis |
1943 |
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| Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
February 11, 1909 |
February 5, 1993 |
| Joseph Lewis |
1889 |
1968 |
| Joseph Mitchell |
July 27, 1908 |
May 24, 1996 |
| Joseph Stefano |
May 5, 1922 |
August 25, 2006 |
| Joseph Wambaugh |
January 22, 1937 |
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| Josh McDowell |
August 17, 1939 |
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| Joss Whedon |
June 23, 1964 |
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| Joyce Maynard |
November 5, 1953 |
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| Julian May |
July 10, 1931 |
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| June Jordan |
July 9, 1936 |
June 14, 2002 |
| Justin Kaplan |
September 5, 1925 |
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| Justin Winsor |
January 2, 1831 |
October 22, 1897 |
| Katharine Anthony |
November 27, 1877 |
November 20, 1965 |
| Katharine Fullerton Gerould |
1879 |
1944 |
| Kathryn Hulme |
July 6, 1900 |
August 25, 1981 |
| Kay Boyle |
February 19, 1902 |
December 27, 1992 |
| Kevin J. Anderson |
March 27, 1962 |
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| Kim Stanley Robinson |
March 23, 1952 |
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| Kristin Hunter |
September 12, 1931 |
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| L. Neil Smith |
May 12, 1946 |
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| Larry Gelbart |
February 25, 1928 |
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| Larry McMurtry |
June 3, 1936 |
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| Larry Merchant |
February 11, 1931 |
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| Larry Niven |
April 30, 1938 |
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| Laura Schlessinger |
January 16, 1947 |
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| Laurell K. Hamilton |
February 19, 1963 |
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| Leon Uris |
August 3, 1924 |
June 21, 2003 |
| Leon Wieseltier |
June 14, 1952 |
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| Lewis Grizzard |
October 20, 1946 |
March 20, 1994 |
| Liz Carpenter |
September 1, 1920 |
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| Lloyd Alexander |
January 30, 1924 |
May 17, 2007 |
| Logan P. Smith |
1865 |
1946 |
| Lois McMaster Bujold |
November 2, 1949 |
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| Louise Erdrich |
June 7, 1954 |
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| M. F. K. Fisher |
July 3, 1908 |
June 22, 1992 |
| Madalyn Murray O'Hair |
April 13, 1919 |
September 29, 1995 |
| Maggie Gallagher |
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| Marc Cherry |
March 23, 1962 |
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| Margaret J. Wheatley |
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| Margaret Weis |
March 16, 1948 |
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| Marge Piercy |
March 31, 1936 |
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| Marilyn Ferguson |
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| Marilyn vos Savant |
August 11, 1946 |
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| Marion Zimmer Bradley |
June 3, 1930 |
September 25, 1999 |
| Marjorie Holmes |
1910 |
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| Mark Davis |
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| Mark Russell |
August 23, 1932 |
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| Marsha Sinetar |
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| Martin Cruz Smith |
1942 |
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| Mary Austin |
September 9, 1868 |
August 13, 1934 |
| Mary Elizabeth Lease |
1853 |
1933 |
| Mary Frances Berry |
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| Mary Gordon |
December 8, 1949 |
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| Mary Wilson Little |
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| Mason Cooley |
1927 |
2002 |
| Maxine Hong Kingston |
October 27, 1940 |
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| Melissa Harris-Lacewell |
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| Melody Beattie |
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| Merrie Spaeth |
August 23, 1948 |
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| Michael Arlen |
November 16, 1895 |
June 23, 1956 |
| Michael Cunningham |
November 6, 1952 |
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| Michael Gerber |
June 14, 1969 |
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| Michael Harrington |
February 24, 1928 |
July 31, 1989 |
| Michael Ledeen |
August 1, 1941 |
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| Michael Lesy |
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| Michael Musto |
December 3, 1955 |
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| Michael O'Donoghue |
January 5, 1940 |
November 8, 1994 |
| Michel Gondry |
May 8, 1963 |
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| Michelle Malkin |
October 20, 1970 |
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| Mike Royko |
September 19, 1932 |
April 29, 1997 |
| Minna Antrim |
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| Mitch Albom |
May 23, 1958 |
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| Mo Rocca |
January 28, 1969 |
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| Morris Kline |
May 1, 1908 |
June 10, 1992 |
| Nancy Thayer |
1943 |
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| Napoleon Hill |
October 26, 1883 |
November 8, 1970 |
| Nathanael West |
October 17, 1903 |
December 22, 1940 |
| Neal Cassady |
February 8, 1926 |
February 4, 1968 |
| Neal Stephenson |
October 31, 1959 |
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| Nicholas D. Kristof |
April 27, 1959 |
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| Nicholas Meyer |
December 24, 1945 |
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| Noah Webster |
October 16, 1758 |
May 28, 1843 |
| Norman Corwin |
May 3, 1910 |
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| O. Henry |
September 11, 1862 |
June 5, 1910 |
| Octavia Butler |
June 22, 1947 |
February 24, 2006 |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes |
August 29, 1809 |
October 8, 1894 |
| Olivia Goldsmith |
1949 |
2004 |
| Orison Swett Marden |
1850 |
1924 |
| Orson Scott Card |
August 24, 1951 |
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| Oscar Hammerstein |
July 12, 1895 |
August 23, 1960 |
| Owen Wister |
July 14, 1860 |
July 21, 1938 |
| Pat Conroy |
October 26, 1945 |
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| Patricia Cornwell |
June 9, 1956 |
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