Walter Dean Myers (1937-2014)

Young Adult Author

1

Homer Hickam, 82

Memoirist

2

Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973)

Novelist

3

Cynthia Rylant, 71

Children's Author

4

Eugenia Price (1916-1996)

Novelist

5

kathleen rooney, 45

Non-Fiction Author

6

Linda Goodman (1925-1995)

Non-Fiction Author

7

Craig Johnson, 64

Playwright

8

John Knowles (1926-2001)

Novelist

9

JT Leroy, 45

Novelist

10

Emily Brightwell, 77

Young Adult Author

11

Mary Lee Settle (1918-2005)

Novelist

12