Robert James Waller (1939-2017)

Novelist

13

Jessica Garvin, 38

Blogger

14

Peter Hedges, 62

Screenwriter

15

RV Cassill (1919-2002)

Novelist

16

Mona Van Duyn (1921-2004)

Poet

17

George Cram Cook (1873-1924)

Playwright

18

James Hearst (1900-1983)

Poet

19

Jim Garrison (1921-1992)

Religious Author

20

MacKinlay Kantor (1904-1977)

Novelist

21

Ted Kooser, 85

Poet

22

Thomas Beer (1889-1940)

Non-Fiction Author

23

Joseph Petrick, 42

Screenwriter

24

Susan Glaspell (1876-1948)

Playwright

25

Katelyn Cheek, 33

Blogger

26

Chelsea Snow Cain, 52

Novelist

27

Meridel Lesueur (1900-1996)

Children's Author

28

Tami Hoag, 65

Novelist

29

Dorothy M. Johnson (1905-1984)

Novelist

30

Nina Nunez Williams, 41

Blogger

31

Amy Clampitt (1920-1994)

Poet

32

Gordon W. Prange (1910-1980)

Novelist

33

Dennis Schmitz (1937-2019)

Poet

34

Norman Maclean (1902-1990)

Novelist

35

Phil Stong (1899-1957)

Novelist

36

RA Lafferty (1914-2002)

Novelist

37

Elswyth Thane (1900-1984)

Novelist

38

Thomas M. Disch (1940-2008)

Novelist

39

Brad Steiger (1936-2018)

Non-Fiction Author

40

Richard Pike Bissell (1913-1977)

Novelist

41

Marquis Childs (1903-1990)

Novelist

42

Frederick Manfred (1912-1994)

Novelist

43