1

J.K. Rowling, 55

2

Tana Ramsay, 46

3

Suzanne Collins, 58

4

Veronica Roth, 32

5

Lady C, 71

6

Cassandra Clare, 47

7

Enid Blyton (1897-1968)

8

Verniece Enciso, 26

9

Courtney Quinn, 30

10

Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)

11

Herman Melville (1819-1891)

12

Ann M. Martin, 65

13

Tui Sutherland, 42

14

Michael Grant, 66

15

Robert Francis (1901-1987)

16

James Baldwin (1924-1987)

17

Liz Pichon, 57

18

Kenya Barris, 46

19

Melanie Shankle, 49

20

Leonie Hanne, 32

21

Esther Earl (1994-2010)

22

Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

23

Ann Marie Heasley, 35

24

Victoria Aveyard, 30

25

David Wolfe, 50

26

Walter Dean Myers (1937-2014)

27

Amelia Gray, 38

28

HP Lovecraft (1890-1937)

29

Soman Chainani, 41

30

Emily Bronte (1818-1848)

31

Yovana Mendoza, 31

32

Alex Haley (1921-1992)

33

Karen Swenson, 84

34

Anita Sarkeesian, 37

35

Sharon Creech, 75

36

5 Minutes for Mom Susan, 47

37

Tove Jansson (1914-2001)

38

Tony Ross, 82

39

July Meunier, 23

40

Cara Loren, 30

41

Andrew Kevin Walker, 56

42

Lisi Harrison, 50

43

Terry Denton, 70

44

Rafael Casal, 35

45

Jim Carroll (1949-2009)

46

Sharon Draper, 68

47

Lauren Johnson, 29

48

Kamila Shamsie, 47