Ogden Nash (1902–1971)

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1. Ogden Nash

   Author of The Pocket Book of Ogden Nash, The Old Dog Barks Backwards., Bed riddance; a posy for the indisposed

2. James Thurber

   Author of The Thurber Carnival, The Beast in Me and Other Animals, Thurber's Dogs
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3. Rex Stout

   Author of Fer-de-Lance, Black Orchids, A Right to Die
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4. Roger Angell

   Author of The Summer Game, Season Ticket, Late Innings

5. P. G. Wodehouse

   Author of The Inimitable Jeeves, Pigs Have Wings, Ukridge

6. Dorothy L. Sayers

   Author of The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, The Documents in the Case, In the Teeth of the Evidence
   All: (1 member)

7. Woody Allen

   Author of Without Feathers, Side Effects, Getting Even

8. David Remnick

   Author of Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker, Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker

9. Berkeley Breathed

   Author of Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things, Night of the Mary Kay Commandos, One Last Little Peek, 1980-1995: The Final Strips, the Special Hits, the Inside Tips
   All: (1 member)

10. Kevin Henkes

    Author of Owen, Sheila Rae, the Brave, Julius, the Baby of the World

11. Robert W. Creamer

    Author of Babe: The Legend Comes to Life, Stengel: His Life and Times

12. Thomas Boswell

    Author of Why Time Begins on Opening Day, How Life Imitates the World Series (The Penguin sports library)

13. Winston S. Churchill

    Author of The Gathering Storm, Their Finest Hour, Closing the Ring
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14. The New Yorker

    Author of The Complete New Yorker: Eighty Years of the Nation's Greatest Magazine (Book & 8 DVD-ROMs), Short Stories from The New Yorker, 1925 to 1940

15. David McPhail

    Author of Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore!, Edward and the Pirates, Pig Pig Grows Up

16. Robert A. Heinlein

    Author of The Green Hills of Earth, The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag, Waldo & Magic, Inc.

17. Isaac Asimov

    Author of The Martian way and other stories, Nightfall and Other Stories, Murder at the ABA

18. Robert Mankoff

    Author of The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker

19. Robert D. San Souci

    Author of The Talking Eggs, The Faithful Friend

20. Dorothy Parker

    Author of The Portable Dorothy Parker, The Collected Poetry of Dorothy Parker