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Esther Earl (1994-2010)
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Piper Kerman, 55
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
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Eric Bogosian, 71
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Brad Falchuk, 53
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Jan Brett, 75
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John Clellon Holmes (1926-1988)
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James MacGregor Burns (1918-2014)
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Anne Caldwell (1867-1936)
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Madeline Miller, 46
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Helene Johnson (1906-1995)
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Fred Finklehoffe (1910-1977)
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Henry Adams (1838-1918)
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EE Cummings (1894-1962)
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Robert Grant (1852-1940)
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Susanna Kaysen, 76
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John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
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Hannah Webster Foster (1758-1840)
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Lydia Millet, 56
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Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011)
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Max Brallier, 41
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Jon Krakauer, 70
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