Dr. Seuss (1904-1991)
Children's Author
1
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Poet
2
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
3
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
4
Eric Bogosian, 72
Playwright
5
WEB DuBois (1868-1963)
Non-Fiction Author
6
Andie Mitchell, 40
Blogger
7
Piper Kerman, 55
Memoirist
8
James MacGregor Burns (1918-2014)
9
Henry Adams (1838-1918)
Novelist
10
Esther Earl (1994-2010)
11
Brad Falchuk, 54
Screenwriter
12
Richard Phillips, 69
13
Sahara Rose, 34
14
Karen M. McManus, 55
15
Kurt Busiek, 64
Comic Book Author
16
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
17
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
18
Susanna Kaysen, 76
19
Madeline Miller, 46
20
Victoria Aveyard, 34
Young Adult Author
21
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
22
Mary Jane Holmes (1825-1907)
23
Guinevere Turner, 56
24
Born in Massachusetts
Most Popular Authors
Robert Grant (1852-1940)
25
Jan Brett, 75
26
William Macdonald (1917-2007)
Religious Author
27
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
28
Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970)
29
Tracy K. Smith, 53
30
Helene Johnson (1906-1995)
31
Robert B. Parker (1932-2010)
32
Sarah Smith, 77
33
Jonathan Roberts, 68
34
Mark O'Brien (1949-1999)
35
Robin Moore (1925-2008)
36
Jared Diamond, 87
37
Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011)
38
EE Cummings (1894-1962)
39
Fred Finklehoffe (1910-1977)
40
Jon Krakauer, 71
41
Max Brallier, 41
42
Anne Caldwell (1867-1936)
43
Molly Madfis, 39
44
Kelly McGrath, 30
45
Francis Van Wyck Mason (1901-1978)
46
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
47
William Monahan, 64
48
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