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Esther Earl (1994-2010)
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Mary Jane Holmes (1825-1907)
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Karen M. McManus, 55
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James MacGregor Burns (1918-2014)
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Piper Kerman, 55
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Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
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Eric Bogosian, 71
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Victoria Aveyard, 34
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Madeline Miller, 46
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Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
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Brad Falchuk, 54
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Jan Brett, 75
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Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
19
Guinevere Turner, 56
20
Richard Phillips, 69
21
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
22
Janet Tashjian, 68
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Robert B. Parker (1932-2010)
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Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970)
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Henry Adams (1838-1918)
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Jo Yee, 44
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Sarah Smith, 77
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Jeff Bauman, 39
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Jon Krakauer, 70
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Max Brallier, 41
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Robert Grant (1852-1940)
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