Dr. Seuss (1904-1991)
Children's Author
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
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2
Eric Bogosian, 73
Playwright
3
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
4
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
5
Dave Eggers, 56
Novelist
6
Richard Phillips, 71
Non-Fiction Author
7
William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
8
Jonathan Roberts, 70
Screenwriter
9
Victoria Aveyard, 36
Young Adult Author
10
Esther Earl (1994-2010)
Blogger
11
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
12
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
13
Piper Kerman, 56
Memoirist
14
Ram Dass (1931-2019)
15
Karen M. McManus, 57
16
Helene Johnson (1906-1995)
17
James MacGregor Burns (1918-2014)
18
Andie Mitchell, 41
19
Guinevere Turner, 58
20
Born in Massachusetts
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Henry Adams (1838-1918)
21
WEB DuBois (1868-1963)
22
Madeline Miller, 48
23
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
24
Brad Falchuk, 55
25
Tracy K. Smith, 54
26
Mary Jane Holmes (1825-1907)
27
Seth Abramson, 49
28
Jan Brett, 76
29
Paul Theroux, 85
30
EE Cummings (1894-1962)
31
Anne Sexton (1928-1974)
32
Jeff Belanger, 51
33
Jessica Ward, 57
34
Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885)
35
Richard Scarry (1919-1994)
36
Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
37
Joe Keenan, 68
38
Molly Madfis, 41
39
Matia Karrell, 63
40
Deborah Copaken Kogan, 60
41
Tyler Chen, 37
42
Susanna Kaysen, 77
43
Paul Landry Monette (1945-1995)
44
Sahara Rose, 35
45
John Clellon Holmes (1926-1988)
46
Robert Grant (1852-1940)
47
Nick Flynn, 66
48
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