Mike Royko (1932–1997)

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1. Mike Royko

   Author of Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago, One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko, Like I Was Saying

2. Robert A. Caro

   Author of Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson

3. Bob Woodward

   Author of All the President's Men, The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court, The Final Days

4. Studs Terkel

   Author of Working, American Dreams: Lost and Found, The Great Divide

5. David Halberstam

   Author of The Best and the Brightest, The Powers That Be, The Reckoning

6. P. J. O'Rourke

   Author of Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government, Holidays in Hell, Give War a Chance

7. Adam Cohen

   Author of American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley - His Battle for Chicago and the Nation

8. Molly Ivins

   Author of Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?, Nothin' But Good Times Ahead, You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You

9. Theodore H. White

   Author of The Making of the President 1960, In Search of History: A Personal Adventure, Breach of Faith: The Fall of Richard Nixon

10. Dave Barry

    Author of Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States, Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need, Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down

11. Berkeley Breathed

    Author of Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things, Toons for Our Times, Bloom County: Loose Tails

12. Norman Mailer

    Author of The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History, Miami and the Siege of Chicago

13. William Manchester

    Author of American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 1964, The Arms of Krupp, 1587-1968

14. Cecil Adams

    Author of The Straight Dope, More of the Straight Dope, Return of the Straight Dope

15. Joe McGinniss

    Author of The Selling of the President 1968

16. Art Buchwald

    Author of While Reagan Slept, Laid Back in Washington, The Establishment is alive and well in Washington

17. T. Harry Williams

    Author of Huey Long

18. Scott Adams

    Author of Excuse Me While I Wag: A Dilbert Book (Adams, Scott, Dilbert Book.), Another Day In Cubicle Paradise: A Dilbert Book, Words You Don't Want to Hear During Your Annual Review: A Dilbert Book

19. Calvin Trillin

    Author of Travels with Alice, Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater, Family Man

20. James Thurber

    Author of The Thurber Carnival, My Life and Hard Times