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
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
Novelist
6
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
7
Victoria Aveyard, 35
Young Adult Author
8
Andie Mitchell, 40
Blogger
9
Piper Kerman, 56
Memoirist
10
Henry Adams (1838-1918)
11
Karen M. McManus, 56
12
Sahara Rose, 34
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13
WEB DuBois (1868-1963)
14
Mary Jane Holmes (1825-1907)
15
James MacGregor Burns (1918-2014)
16
Esther Earl (1994-2010)
17
Madeline Miller, 47
18
Lydia Davis, 78
19
Annie Baker, 44
20
Max Blumenthal, 47
21
Kurt Busiek, 65
Comic Book Author
22
EE Cummings (1894-1962)
23
Helene Johnson (1906-1995)
24
Born in Massachusetts
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Brad Falchuk, 54
Screenwriter
25
Susanna Kaysen, 76
26
Elinor Lipman, 75
27
Guinevere Turner, 57
28
Sean Gullette, 57
29
Jeff Bauman, 39
30
Robert Grant (1852-1940)
31
Jon Krakauer, 71
32
Sarah Smith, 77
33
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
34
Shion Takeuchi, 37
35
John Ciardi (1916-1986)
36
William Macdonald (1917-2007)
Religious Author
37
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
38
Richard Phillips, 70
39
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
40
Harry Crosby (1898-1929)
41
Josh Billings (1818-1885)
42
John Clellon Holmes (1926-1988)
43
Jan Brett, 75
44
Max Brallier, 42
45
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
46
Richard Scarry (1919-1994)
47
Jared Diamond, 88
48
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