Authors Born August 9

1

Kenya Barris, 47

2

Tove Jansson (1914-2001)

3

PL Travers (1899-1996)

4

Rachel Martino, 31

5

Posy Simmonds, 76

6

Delayna Denaye, 34

7

Daniel Keyes (1927-2014)

8

Tyson Mayr, 36

9

Maria Schwandt, 31

10

Ida Jemina, 33

11

Jamila Gavin, 80

12

Seymour Simon, 90

13

Mackenzie Horan, 32

14

John Coy, 63

15

Philip Larkin (1922-1985)

16

Patricia McKissack (1944-2017)

17

Reetika Vazirani (1962-2003)

18

The Red BayBerry, 26

19

Gloria Monserrat, 27

20

Joseph McBride, 74

21

Jonathan Kellerman, 72

22

Buz Kohan, 88

23

John Varley, 74

24

Peta Kelly, 33

25

Don Nicholl (1925-1980)

26

Jean Tirole, 68

27

Hugh Cook (1956-2008)

28

Claudia Kaunang, 34