O. Henry (1862–1910)

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1. O. Henry

   Author of Heart of the West, The Four Million, Whirligigs

2. Henry James

   Author of The Wings of the Dove, The Bostonians, The Golden Bowl

3. Mark Twain

   Author of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Prince and the Pauper, Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings

4. Charles Dickens

   Author of Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop

5. Edgar Allan Poe

   Author of The Raven and Other Poems, Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe, The Gold-Bug and Other Tales (Dover Thrift Editions)

6. Washington Irving

   Author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., Washington Irving: Three Western Narratives (Library of America)

7. Arthur Conan Doyle

   Author of The Sign of Four, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear

8. Rudyard Kipling

   Author of Kim, Just So Stories, Plain Tales from the Hills

9. Robert Louis Stevenson

   Author of Kidnapped, A Child's Garden of Verses, The Master of Ballantrae

10. H. G. Wells

    Author of The Outline of History, The Time Machine and The Invisible Man, The Food of the Gods

11. Will Durant

    Author of Our Oriental Heritage, The Age of Louis the XIV, The Age of Reason Begins

12. Jack London

    Author of The Call of the Wild, White Fang, To Build a Fire and Other Stories

13. Thornton Niven Wilder

    Author of Our Town, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, The Eighth Day

14. James Fenimore Cooper

    Author of The Deerslayer, The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea, The Prairie: A Tale

15. John Dos Passos

    Author of U.S.A., Three Soldiers, John Dos Passos: Travel Books and Other Writings 1916-1941

16. Anton Tsjechov

    Author of Five Great Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions), The Shooting Party, The Black Monk and Peasants

17. Gary Paulsen

    Author of Woodsong, Tracker, The Monument

18. Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Author of The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, Twice-Told Tales

19. James Agee

    Author of James Agee: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction (Library of America), Film Writing and Selected Journalism

20. W. Somerset Maugham

    Author of Of Human Bondage, The Razor's Edge, Cakes and Ale