08/06/1874 - 05/03/1932
Charles Hoy Fort (August 6, 1874 – May 3, 1932) was an American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena. Today, the terms Fortean and Forteana are used to characterize various such phenomena. Fort's books sold well and are still i...
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03/11/1952 - 05/11/2001
Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a ...
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Don Galloway (Donald Galloway)
07/27/1937 - 01/08/2009
Donald "Don" Galloway (July 27, 1937 – January 8, 2009) was an American actor of stage, film and television, a political libertarian and journalist, perhaps best-known for his...
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07/11/1910 - 06/27/2004
Hugh Barnett Cave (July 11, 1910–June 27, 2004) was a prolific writer of pulp fiction who also excelled in other genres.
07/13/1926 - 05/28/2008
Robert Harris "Bob" Justman (July 13, 1926 – May 28, 2008) was an American television producer, director and production manager. He worked on many television series including Lassie, The Life...
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Gordon Parks (Gordon Roger Parks)
11/30/1912 - 03/07/2006
Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director.
03/14/1916 - 03/04/2009
Albert Horton Foote, Jr. (March 14, 1916 – March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his Academy Award-winning screenplays for the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and the 1983 film...
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01/11/1825 - 12/19/1878
Bayard Taylor (1825-1878), American poet, translator, and travel author wrote Eldorado, or, Adventures in the Path of Empire (1850).
12/06/1904 - 10/22/2007
Ève Denise Curie Labouisse (December 6, 1904 – October 22, 2007) was a French-American writer, journalist and pianist.
01/14/1912 - 01/01/2007
Tillie Lerner Olsen (January 14, 1912 – January 1, 2007) was an American writer associated with the political turmoil of the 1930s and the first generation of American feminists.
01/01/1919 - 01/27/2010
Jerome David Salinger (January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American author, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as his reclusive nature. His last original published work was in 1965; he gave his last int...
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04/05/1920 - 11/24/2004
Arthur Hailey (5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004) was a British/Canadian novelist.
08/02/1948 - 11/29/2009
Robert Paul Holdstock (2 August 1948 – 29 November 2009) was an English novelist and author best known for his works of Celtic, Nordic, Gothic and Pictish fantasy literature, predominantly in the...
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11/24/1925 - 02/27/2008
William Frank Buckley, Jr. (November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American conservative author and commentator. He founded the political magazine National Review in 1955, hosted 1,429 episodes...
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07/11/1899 - 10/01/1985
Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985), usually known as E. B. White, was an American writer. A long-time contributor to The New Yorker magazine, he also wrote many famous books for both adults and children, such as the po...
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