04/05/1920 - 11/24/2004
Arthur Hailey (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a British/Canadian novelist.
08/02/1948 - 11/29/2009
Robert Paul Holdstock (2 August 1948 – 29 November 2009) was an English novelist and author best known for his works of Celtic, Nordic, Gothic and Pictish fantasy literature, predominantly in the...
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01/25/1882 - 03/28/1941
Adeline Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941) was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.
During the interwar pe...
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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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08/06/1874 - 05/03/1932
Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 – May 3, 1932) was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. Today, the terms Fortean and Forteana are used to characterize various such phenomena. Fort's books sold well and are still i...
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Tim Russert (Timothy John Russert)
05/07/1950 - 06/13/2008
Timothy John "Tim" Russert (May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008) was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press.
01/11/1825 - 12/19/1878
Bayard Taylor (1825-1878), American poet, translator, and travel author wrote Eldorado, or, Adventures in the Path of Empire (1850).
12/17/1929 - 09/27/2009
William Lewis Safire (December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009) was an American author, columnist, journalist and presidential speechwriter.
06/12/1892 - 06/18/1892
Djuna Barnes (12 June 1892 – 18 June 1982) was an American writer who played an important part in the development of 20th century English language modernist writing and was one of the key figures in 1920s and 30s bohemian Paris after filling...
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06/01/1913 - 08/17/2007
William Francis Deedes (1 June 1913 – 17 August 2007) was a British Conservative Party politician, soldier and journalist; he is to date the only person in Britain to have been both a member of the Cabinet and the editor of a major daily new...
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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.
11/29/1918 - 09/06/2007
Madeleine L'Engle (November 29, 1918 – September 6, 2007) was an American writer best known for her young-adult fiction.
07/13/1926 - 05/28/2008
Robert Harris "Bob" Justman (July 13, 1926 – May 28, 2008) was an American television producer, director and production manager. He worked on many television series including Lassie, The Life...
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01/26/1918 - 02/25/2009
Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author, principally known for his award-winning science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories.
09/12/1921 - 03/27/2006
Stanisław Lem (12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer of science fiction, philosophy and satire.