Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks

female, deceased (2000)
Gwendolyn Brooks was an award-winning African American woman poet.
David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace

male, 47 years old
David Foster Wallace (born February 21 1962) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer.
Stephen Ambrose

Stephen Ambrose

male, deceased (2002)
Stephen Edward Ambrose, Ph.D. (January 10, 1936 – October 13, 2002) was an American historian and biographer of U.S. Presidents Dwight Eisenhower an...
Diane Ackerman

Diane Ackerman

female, 53 years old
Diane Ackerman (born October 7 1948) is an American author, poet, and naturalist known best for her work "A Natural History of the Senses." Her...
Richard Powers

Richard Powers

male, 52 years old
Richard Powers (born June 18, 1957) is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology.
James B. Stewart

James B. Stewart

male, 57 years old
James Bennett Stewart (born c.1952 in Quincy, Illinois) is an American lawyer, journalist, and author. A graduate of DePauw University and Harvard...
Jackie Moran

Jackie Moran

male, deceased (1991)
Jackie Moran (January 261923-September 201990) was an American movie actor who, between 1936 and 1946, appeared in over thirty films, primarily in...
Patrick Dennis

Patrick Dennis

male, deceased (1976)
Patrick Dennis was an American author. Born Edward Everett Tanner III in Evanston, Illinois, Dennis attended Evanston High School, where he began...
Barry Hughart

Barry Hughart

male, 75 years old
Barry Hughart (born March 13, 1934) is an American author of fantasy novels. Hughart was born in Peoria, Illinois, and educated at Phillips Academy...
Robert Olen Butler

Robert Olen Butler

male, 64 years old
Robert Olen Butler (b. January 20, 1945) is a fiction writer who has written novels and short story collections. He resides in Tallahassee,...