Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett

female, 45 years old
Ann Patchett (born December 2, 1963) is an American author. She received the Orange Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 2002 for her...
Joseph Campbell

Joseph Campbell

male, deceased (1987)
Joseph John Campbell was an American mythology professor, writer, and orator best known for his work in the fields of comparative mythology and...
Alice Stone Ilchman

Alice Stone Ilchman

female, deceased (2006)
Alice Stone Ilchman (April 18 1935 - August 11, 2006) served as the eighth president of Sarah Lawrence College from 1981 to 1998.

Marie Howe

female
Marie Howe, born in 1950, is an American poet living in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a National...
Vera Wang

Vera Wang

female, 60 years old (New York, New York, United States)
Vera Wang (born June 27, 1949) is an American fashion designer based in New York, NY, USA. She is known for her wedding gown collection, among...
Thomas Lux

Thomas Lux

male, 63 years old
Thomas Lux is an American poet. Thomas Lux was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, son of a milkman and a Sears & Roebuck switchboard operator,...
J. J. Abrams

J. J. Abrams

male, 43 years old
Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (usually credited as Jeffrey Abrams or J. J. Abrams), born to a Jewish family June 27, 1966, is an American film and...
Lucy Grealy

Lucy Grealy

female, deceased (2002)
Lucinda Margaret Grealy was a poet and memoirist who wrote "Autobiography of a Face" (1994). This critically acclaimed book describes her childhood...
Tovah Feldshuh

Tovah Feldshuh

female, 56 years old
Tovah Feldshuh (born December 27 1952) is an award-winning American actress, singer, and playwright. Born Terry Sue Feldshuh to a Jewish family in...
Jean Valentine

Jean Valentine

female, 75 years old
Jean Valentine (b. 1934) is an American poet. She was born in Chicago, received a bachelor of arts degree at Radcliffe College, and has lived most...