Dr. Seuss (1904-1991)
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1
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
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2
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
3
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
4
Eric Bogosian, 72
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Madeline Miller, 47
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6
James MacGregor Burns (1918-2014)
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7
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
8
Esther Earl (1994-2010)
Blogger
9
Sahara Rose, 34
10
Kurt Busiek, 65
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11
Andie Mitchell, 40
12
Piper Kerman, 56
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WEB DuBois (1868-1963)
14
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
15
Victoria Aveyard, 35
Young Adult Author
16
Karen M. McManus, 56
17
Max Brallier, 42
18
Susanna Kaysen, 77
19
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
20
Henry Adams (1838-1918)
21
Helene Johnson (1906-1995)
22
EE Cummings (1894-1962)
23
Guinevere Turner, 57
Screenwriter
24
Born in Massachusetts
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Shion Takeuchi, 37
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Robert B. Parker (1932-2010)
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Abbie Farwell Brown (1871-1927)
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
29
Robert Grant (1852-1940)
30
Brad Falchuk, 54
31
AG Howard, 55
32
Lydia Davis, 78
33
Lydia Millet, 56
34
Jonathan Roberts, 69
35
William Macdonald (1917-2007)
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36
Dennis Lehane, 60
37
Laura Lacquer, 37
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Susan Minot, 68
39
Max Blumenthal, 47
40
Leslie Martinson (1915-2016)
41
Annie Baker, 44
42
Jan Brett, 75
43
Jon Favreau, 44
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44
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
45
Sarah Smith, 77
46
Jon Krakauer, 71
47
Richard Scarry (1919-1994)
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