1

Shonda Rhimes, 51

Screenwriter

2

Kelly Rizzo, 41

Blogger

3

Mandy Rose, 38

Blogger

4

Shel Silverstein (1930-1999)

Children's Author

5

Mo Willems, 53

Children's Author

6

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

Novelist

7

Daniel Cohen (1936-2018)

Non-Fiction Author

8

Lena Waithe, 36

Screenwriter

9

Shawn Ryan, 54

Screenwriter

10

Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934)

Novelist

11

Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)

Novelist

12

Sandra Cisneros, 66

Novelist

13

Sam Shepard (1943-2017)

Playwright

14

Linda Sue Park, 61

Young Adult Author

15

Robert Lewis Taylor (1912-1998)

Novelist

16

Betty Friedan (1921-2006)

Novelist

17

Sommer Nectarhoff, 29

Novelist

18

Michael Nelson, 56

Screenwriter

19

Sarah Dessen, 50

Novelist

20

Michael Crichton (1942-2008)

Novelist

21

Tom Clark (1941-2018)

Poet

22

Jeffery Deaver, 70

Novelist

23

Brian Doyle-Murray, 75

Screenwriter

24

Mary Morrison, 56

Novelist

25

Juanita Bynum, 62

Religious Author

26

Zach Davis, 35

Blogger

27

Daniel Carson Goodman (1881-1957)

Screenwriter

28

Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)

Poet

29

Diablo Cody, 42

Screenwriter

30

Lee Strobel, 69

Religious Author

31

Joan Bauer, 69

Young Adult Author

32

Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011)

Poet

33

Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965)

Playwright

34

Mark Schwahn, 54

Screenwriter

35

David Ayer, 53

Screenwriter

36

Jen DeLeon, 30

Blogger

37

Trey Kerby, 37

Blogger

38

Steven Levitan, 59

Screenwriter

39

Ana Castillo, 67

Novelist

40

Mark Roberts, 60

Screenwriter

41

Sean Stephenson (1979-2019)

Self-Help Author

42

Ali Leroi, 59

Screenwriter

43

Kathy Reichs, 72

Novelist

44

Richard Peck (1934-2018)

Young Adult Author

45

William Goldman (1931-2018)

Screenwriter

46

Wendelin Van Draanen, 56

Children's Author

47

Justin Hall, 46

Blogger

48

William Price Fox (1926-2015)

Novelist