Harper Lee (1926-2016)
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Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)
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Fannie Flagg, 80
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Angela Johnson, 63
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Zig Ziglar (1926-2012)
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Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948)
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Cookie Johnson, 66
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Tobias Wolff, 79
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Rachel Held Evans (1981-2019)
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Gerald McCullouch, 58
Screenwriter
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Maria Alia, 32
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Eugene Sledge (1923-2001)
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Walker Percy (1916-1990)
13
Sonia Sanchez, 90
Poet
14
Erica Galloway, 37
15
Douglas Foster, 72
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Margaret Walker (1915-1998)
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Abbi Glines, 48
18
Libba Bray, 61
Young Adult Author
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Bronte Woodard (1940-1980)
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Jesse Hill Ford (1928-1996)
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William March (1893-1954)
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Kathryn Tucker Windham (1918-2011)
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Michael McCullers, 54
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Born in Alabama
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Mark Waid, 63
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Rob Penny (1941-2003)
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Jeremiah Clemens (1814-1865)
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Warren St. John, 55
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James Redfield, 75
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Gail Godwin, 87
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Rick Bragg, 65
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Asa Earl Carter (1925-1979)
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James Still (1906-2001)
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Gregory Benford, 84
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William Bradford Huie (1910-1986)
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Beverly Barton (1946-2011)
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Anne George (1927-2001)
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James Haskins, 83
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Robert R. McCammon, 72
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Marquis Clarke, 34
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