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Born December 22, 1852 • Nashville • Tennessee
Died November 2, 1939 (aged 86) • Chicago • Illinois
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Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
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Floyd Dell
American novelist and journalist
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Susanna Rowson
American author and actress
Cahan, Abraham
Abraham Cahan
American writer
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E.W. Howe
American writer
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Emerson Hough
American author and journalist
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Robert Cormier
American author
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Dominick Dunne
American writer
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American writer
W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois
American sociologist, historian, and activist
Carl Hiaasen, 2024
Carl Hiaasen
American journalist and novelist
James McBride
James McBride
American author and musician
Anna Quindlen
Anna Quindlen
American writer
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
American author
Dave Barry
Dave Barry
American humorist and author
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American author
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid
Caribbean American author
Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel
American journalist and news broadcaster
Tim O'Brien
Tim O’Brien
American author

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