James L. Swanson

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1. Gary Paulsen

   Author of Brian's Hunt, Lawn Boy, Mudshark

2. David McCullough

   Author of John Adams, Truman, Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt

3. Erik Larson

   Author of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Thunderstruck, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

4. Joseph J. Ellis

   Author of Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, His Excellency: George Washington, American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic

5. Mike Lupica

   Author of Summer Ball, The Big Field, Million-Dollar Throw

6. Frances O'Roark Dowell

   Author of Shooting the Moon, The Kind of Friends We Used to Be

7. Dan Gutman

   Author of The Homework Machine, Return of the Homework Machine

8. Edmund Morris

   Author of Theodore Rex, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Colonel Roosevelt

9. Gordon Korman

   Author of Schooled, Swindle, Zoobreak

10. James M. McPherson

    Author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

11. Stephen E. Ambrose

    Author of Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas…, Nothing Like It In the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869

12. Candice Millard

    Author of The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey, The Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Medicine, Madness and the Murder of a President

13. Nathaniel Philbrick

    Author of Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War, The Last Stand : Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

14. Doris Kearns Goodwin

    Author of Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

15. Allan Zullo

    Author of Miracle Pets: True Tales of Courage and Survival, Battle Heroes: Voices From Afghanistan (Ten True Tales), Ten True Tales - Heroes of 9/11 (Ten True Tales)

16. Lauren Tarshis

    Author of I Survived The Shark Attacks Of 1916, I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912, I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005

17. Hampton Sides

    Author of Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and the Conquest of the American West, Hellhound on His Trail : the Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the International Hunt for His Assassin

18. Margaret Peterson Haddix

    Author of Dexter the Tough, The Always War

19. Rodman Philbrick

    Author of Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

20. Michael W. Kauffman

    Author of American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies