Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand

female, deceased (1982)
Ayn Rand (March 6 1982), born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher, best known for creating a...
Naomi Klein

Naomi Klein

female, 39 years old
Naomi Klein is a Canadian journalist, author and activist. Her grandfather was fired for labor organizing at Disney in the United States. Her...
Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke

male, deceased (2008) (Sri Lanka)
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born 16 December 1917) is a British science-fiction author and inventor, most famous for his novel "2001: A Space...
John Grisham

John Grisham

male, 54 years old
John Ray Grisham Jr. (born February 8, 1955) is a former politician, retired attorney, American novelist and author best known for his works of...
Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

male, deceased (1898)
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27 1832 - January 14 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician,...
Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald

male, 42 years old
Glenn Greenwald is a former constitutional and civil rights litigator in New York City, first at the Manhattan firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz,...
Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

male, deceased (1862)
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862; born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, de...
Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys

female, 29 years old
Alicia Keys (born Alicia J. Augello-Cook on January 25 1980) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, pianist, record producer, actress,...
James Patterson

James Patterson

male, 62 years old
James B. Patterson is an award-winning American author. Formerly the chairman of advertising company J. W. Thompson in the early 1990s, Patterson...
Pen Name

Pen Name

male
A pen name, nom de plume, or nom de guerre, is a pseudonym adopted by an author for various reasons. Authors may use a pen name to replace a long,...