1

Dr. Seuss (1904-1991)

Children's Author

2

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

Poet

3

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

Poet

4

Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)

Poet

5

Victoria Aveyard, 30

Young Adult Author

6

Esther Earl (1994-2010)

Blogger

7

WEB DuBois (1868-1963)

Non-Fiction Author

8

Mary Jane Holmes (1825-1907)

Novelist

9

Piper Kerman, 51

Memoirist

10

Andie Mitchell, 36

Blogger

11

Brad Falchuk, 50

Screenwriter

12

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

Novelist

13

Jan Brett, 71

Children's Author

14

Max Brallier, 37

Children's Author

15

EE Cummings (1894-1962)

Poet

16

Fred Finklehoffe (1910-1977)

Screenwriter

17

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

Novelist

18

Madeline Miller, 42

Novelist

19

Christiana Morgan (1897-1967)

Non-Fiction Author

20

Guinevere Turner, 52

Screenwriter

21

John Clellon Holmes (1926-1988)

Novelist

22

Robert Grant (1852-1940)

Novelist

23

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

Novelist

24

Richard Phillips, 65

Non-Fiction Author

25

Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)

Poet

26

Jeff Bauman, 35

Memoirist

27

Janet Tashjian, 64

Young Adult Author

28

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)

Poet

29

Jon Favreau, 39

Essayist

30

Kevin Sullivan, 62

Screenwriter

31

Sarah Smith, 73

Novelist

32

Jones Very (1813-1880)

Poet

33

Carly Brooke, 31

Blogger

34

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)

Novelist

35

Elizabeth George Speare (1908-1994)

Children's Author

36

Esther Forbes (1891-1967)

Children's Author

37

Jon Krakauer, 67

Non-Fiction Author

38

Thomas Lux, 74

Poet

39

James MacGregor Burns (1918-2014)

Non-Fiction Author

40

Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011)

Novelist

41

Nick Flynn, 61

Poet

42

Sahara Rose, 30

Non-Fiction Author

43

Richard Scarry (1919-1994)

Children's Author

44

Anne Caldwell (1867-1936)

Playwright

45

Abbie Farwell Brown (1871-1927)

Children's Author

46

Ram Dass (1931-2019)

Young Adult Author

47

Tracy K. Smith, 49

Poet

48

Peter Tolan, 62

Screenwriter