Walter Dean Myers (1937-2014)

Young Adult Author

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Homer Hickam, 81

Memoirist

2

kathleen rooney, 44

Non-Fiction Author

3

Cynthia Rylant, 70

Children's Author

4

Gray Barker (1925-1984)

Novelist

5

Emily Brightwell, 75

Young Adult Author

6

Mary Lee Settle (1918-2005)

Novelist

7

Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973)

Novelist

8

John Knowles (1926-2001)

Novelist

9

Aubrey Swan, 43

Blogger

10

Linda Goodman (1925-1995)

Non-Fiction Author

11

Craig Johnson, 63

Playwright

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