Mark Twain

Mark Twain

male, deceased (1910)
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, writer, and lecturer. Twain is most noted... More
Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

male, deceased (1892)
Walter Whitman was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. Proclaimed the "greatest of all American poets" by many foreign observers... More
Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison

female, 77 years old (Princeton, New Jersey, United States)
Toni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18 1931), is a Nobel Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. Her novels are... More
Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

male, deceased (1961)
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Nicknamed "Papa", he was part... More
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne

male, deceased (1864)
Nathaniel Hawthorne (born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 - May 19, 1864) was a 19th century American novelist and short story writer. He is seen... More
John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

male, deceased (1968)
John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27 1902 - December 20 1968) was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. A... More
Stephen King

Stephen King

male, 61 years old
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror and fantasy novels.... More
Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

male, deceased (2005)
Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American literature and cinema for over 61 years, writing... More
Thomas Pynchon

Thomas Pynchon

male, 71 years old
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. (born May 8, 1937) is an American writer based in New York City. He is noted for his dense and complex works of... More
Joan Didion

Joan Didion

female, 73 years old
Joan Didion (born December 5, 1934) is an American writer, known as a journalist, essayist, and novelist. Didion contributes regularly to "The New... More