05/25/1926 - 07/14/2009
Phyllis Fay Gotlieb, née Bloom (May 25, 1926 – July 14, 2009) BA, MA was a Canadian science fiction novelist and
02/27/1902 - 12/20/1968
John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and East of Eden (1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). He wrote a total o...
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04/05/1920 - 11/24/2004
Arthur Hailey (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a British/Canadian novelist.
10/12/1908 - 04/28/1997
Ann Petry (October 12, 1908 – April 28, 1997) was an American author who became the first black woman writer with book sales topping a million copies for her novel The Street.
Daniel Defoe (Daniel Foe)
01/01/1660 - 04/24/1731
Daniel Defoe (1660 – 24 April 1731), born Daniel Foe, was an English writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, who gained fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to...
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02/11/1917 - 01/30/2007
Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an Academy Award-winning American writer.
Jim McKay (James Kenneth McManus)
09/24/1921 - 07/07/2008
James Kenneth McManus (September 24, 1921 – June 7, 2008), better known by his professional name of Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist
10/20/1925 - 01/17/2007
Arthur Buchwald (October 20, 1925 – January 17, 2007) was an American humorist best known for his long-running column in The Washington Post, which in turn was carried as a syndicated column in many other n...
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11/01/1923 - 01/31/2001
Gordon Rupert Dickson (November 1, 1923 – January 31, 2001) was an American science fiction author. He was born in Canada, then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, as a teenager. He is probably most famous for his Childe Cycle and the Dragon Kn...
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05/15/1856 - 05/06/1919
Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works (55 novels...
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07/07/1907 - 05/08/1988
Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre. He set a high...
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06/16/1937 - 01/17/2010
Erich Wolf Segal (June 16, 1937 – January 17, 2010) was an American author, screenwriter, and educator. He was best-known for writing the novel Love Story (1970), a best-seller, and writing the motion picture of the same name, which was a ma...
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05/23/1910 - 12/30/2004
Arthur Jacob Arshawsky (May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004), better known as Artie Shaw, was an American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader. He was also the author of both fiction and non-fiction writ...
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12/10/1830 - 05/15/1886
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leav...
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Molly Ivins (Mary Tyler Ivins)
08/30/1944 - 01/31/2007
Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30, 1944 – January 31, 2007) was an American newspaper columnist, populist, political commentator, humorist and author.