Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

Novelist

13

Brad Falchuk, 54

Screenwriter

14

Victoria Aveyard, 34

Young Adult Author

15

Abbie Farwell Brown (1871-1927)

Children's Author

16

Carly Brooke, 35

Blogger

17

Karen M. McManus, 56

Novelist

18

Robert Grant (1852-1940)

Novelist

19

Sahara Rose, 34

Non-Fiction Author

20

Mary Jane Holmes (1825-1907)

Novelist

21

Madeline Miller, 46

Novelist

22

Janet Tashjian, 68

Young Adult Author

23

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

Novelist

24

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

Novelist

25

Susanna Kaysen, 76

Memoirist

26

Kurt Busiek, 64

Comic Book Author

27

Guinevere Turner, 56

Screenwriter

28

Robert B. Parker (1932-2010)

Novelist

29

Helene Johnson (1906-1995)

Poet

30

Jan Brett, 75

Children's Author

31

William Macdonald (1917-2007)

Religious Author

32

Jessica Ward, 56

Novelist

33

Max Brallier, 41

Children's Author

34

Jon Favreau, 43

Essayist

35

Erica Eckman, 39

Blogger

36

William Monahan, 64

Screenwriter

37

Tracy K. Smith, 53

Poet

38

Hannah Webster Foster (1758-1840)

Novelist

39

Jonathan Roberts, 69

Screenwriter

40

Ram Dass (1931-2019)

Non-Fiction Author

41

EE Cummings (1894-1962)

Poet

42

Fred Finklehoffe (1910-1977)

Screenwriter

43

Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)

Poet

44

Charles Olson (1910-1970)

Poet

45

John Clellon Holmes (1926-1988)

Novelist

46

Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970)

Novelist

47

Sarah Smith, 77

Novelist

48