Dr. Seuss (1904-1991)
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1
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
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2
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3
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
4
Eric Bogosian, 73
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5
Esther Earl (1994-2010)
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6
WEB DuBois (1868-1963)
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Max Brallier, 42
8
Guinevere Turner, 57
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9
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
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Victoria Aveyard, 35
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11
Tyler Chen, 37
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Abbie Farwell Brown (1871-1927)
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Brad Falchuk, 55
14
Madeline Miller, 47
15
Piper Kerman, 56
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16
Jan Brett, 76
17
Karen M. McManus, 56
18
Jessica Ward, 57
19
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
20
Born in Massachusetts
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
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Robert B. Parker (1932-2010)
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Jonathan Roberts, 69
23
James MacGregor Burns (1918-2014)
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Andie Mitchell, 41
25
Jon Favreau, 44
Essayist
26
Richard Phillips, 70
27
Joy Williams, 82
28
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
29
Mary Jane Holmes (1825-1907)
30
Sarah Smith, 78
31
Andrea Barrett, 71
32
Benjamin Tucker (1854-1939)
33
Helene Johnson (1906-1995)
34
Henry Adams (1838-1918)
35
Dick Wesson (1922-1996)
36
John Clellon Holmes (1926-1988)
37
Susanna Kaysen, 77
38
Ram Dass (1931-2019)
39
William Macdonald (1917-2007)
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40
Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885)
41
EE Cummings (1894-1962)
42
Richard Scarry (1919-1994)
43
Max Blumenthal, 48
44
Nick Flynn, 66
45
Jeff Bauman, 40
46
Robert Grant (1852-1940)
47
Sahara Rose, 35
48
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