1

RL Stine, 77

2

Dav Pilkey, 55

3

Ashley Dun, 31

4

Toni Morrison (1931-2019)

5

Jack Matthews (1925-2013)

6

Sharon Creech, 76

7

Jack Moore, 33

8

Margaret Peterson Haddix, 57

9

Michael Dougherty, 46

10

Sharon Draper, 69

11

Tony Abbott, 68

12

Jacqueline Woodson, 58

13

Natalie Babbitt (1932-2016)

14

Julieanne Smolinski, 37

15

Zane Grey (1872-1939)

16

James Arlington Wright (1927-1980)

17

Lynn Shelton (1965-2020)

18

Tieghan Gerard, 28

19

Sue Thomas, 71

20

Lauren Kate, 40

21

Ernest Cline, 49

22

Stacee Myers, 31

23

Mary Oliver (1935-2019)

24

Rachel Jones (1989-2019)

25

Amanda Williams, 35

26

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)

27

Carter Bays, 46

28

Rita Dove, 69

29

Elizabeth George, 72

30

Cathy Guisewite, 71

31

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1913)

32

Brian Carter, 48

33

James Frey, 52

34

Jake Bell, 46

35

Sara Petty, 25

36

Harlan Ellison (1934-2018)

37

Kevin Kramer, 45

38

Amanda West, 36

39

Antwone Fisher, 62

40

Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941)

41

Virginia Hamilton (1934-2002)

42

Lora Leigh, 56

43

William Lord Wright (1879-1947)

44

Heather Hahn, 31

45

Maggie Thompson, 78

46

Jamie Babbit, 50

47

Robert McCloskey (1914-2003)

48

Brian Michael Bendis, 54