1

Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957)

Autobiographer

2

Mark Dice, 42

Non-Fiction Author

3

Peg Kehret, 83

Children's Author

4

Kevin Henkes, 59

Children's Author

5

Ellen Raskin (1928-1984)

Children's Author

6

Hamlin Garland (1860-1940)

Poet

7

Mona Simpson, 63

Novelist

8

Meghan Joy Yancy, 33

Blogger

9

Jessica Nelson North (1891-1988)

Poet

10

Bruce Wagner, 66

Novelist

11

Andrew Adams, 33

Screenwriter

12

Thornton Wilder (1897-1975)

Playwright

13

Jack Finney (1911-1995)

Novelist

14

Alice Sebold, 57

Memoirist

15

Michael Angeli, 49

Screenwriter

16

Zona Gale (1874-1938)

Novelist

17

Michael Perry, 57

Screenwriter

18

S.A. Bodeen, 55

Young Adult Author

19

Ali Novak, 29

Young Adult Author

20

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919)

Poet

21

August Derleth (1909-1971)

Novelist

22

David Koepp, 57

Screenwriter

23

Erica Hoida, 42

Blogger

24

Patrick Rothfuss, 47

Novelist

25

John Ridley, 55

Screenwriter

26

Lorine Niedecker (1903-1970)

Poet

27

Sterling North (1906-1974)

Children's Author

28

Robert Peters (1924-2014)

Poet

29

Mike Gray (1935-2013)

Screenwriter

30

Neale Donald Walsch, 77

Screenwriter

31

Linda Wallem, 59

Screenwriter

32

Steven Grant, 66

Comic Book Author

33

Michael Brandt, 52

Screenwriter

34

Jane Hamilton, 63

Novelist

35

Randy Gage, 61

Novelist

36

Peter Straub, 77

Novelist

37

Lina Stock, 37

Blogger

38

Karisa Klee, 25

Blogger

39

William Bast (1931-2015)

Screenwriter

40

Amelia Markgraf, 32

Blogger

41

Clifford D. Simak (1904-1988)

Novelist

42

Robert Duncan, 67

Novelist

43

Jessie Chandler, 52

Novelist

44

Edward Cline (1891-1961)

Screenwriter

45

EE Smith (1890-1965)

Novelist

46

Frederic Prokosch (1906-1989)

Novelist

47

Horace Gregory (1898-1982)

Poet

48

David Stock, 37

Blogger