Dr. Seuss (1904-1991)
Children's Author
1
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Poet
2
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
3
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
4
Eric Bogosian, 72
Playwright
5
WEB DuBois (1868-1963)
Non-Fiction Author
6
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
Novelist
7
Piper Kerman, 56
Memoirist
8
Sahara Rose, 34
9
Victoria Aveyard, 35
Young Adult Author
10
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
11
Helene Johnson (1906-1995)
12
Henry Adams (1838-1918)
13
Madeline Miller, 47
14
Esther Earl (1994-2010)
Blogger
15
Guinevere Turner, 57
Screenwriter
16
Andie Mitchell, 40
17
Brad Falchuk, 54
18
Karen M. McManus, 56
19
Mary Jane Holmes (1825-1907)
20
Robert Grant (1852-1940)
21
James MacGregor Burns (1918-2014)
22
EE Cummings (1894-1962)
23
Richard Phillips, 70
24
Born in Massachusetts
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Kurt Busiek, 65
Comic Book Author
25
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
26
Annie Baker, 44
27
John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
28
Jeff Bauman, 39
29
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
30
Michael Palmer (1942-2013)
31
Lillie Marshall, 43
32
Lydia Davis, 78
33
Michael Mohan, 39
34
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
35
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
36
Susanna Kaysen, 76
37
Max Brallier, 42
38
Jan Brett, 75
39
John Clellon Holmes (1926-1988)
40
Spike Feresten, 61
41
Paul Theroux, 84
42
David Eggers, 55
43
Robert B. Parker (1932-2010)
44
Royall Tyler (1757-1826)
45
Jon Favreau, 44
Essayist
46
Sarah Smith, 77
47
Jared Diamond, 88
48
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