Allan Ahlberg Natalie Angier W. H. Auden Beryl Bainbridge James Beard Aphra Behn Katharine Mary Briggs Fawn M. Brodie Emily Brontë Anita Brookner Frances Hodgson Burnett BWhit A. S. Byatt Thomas Christopher Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe Susanna Clarke Achmat Dangor Charles Dickens George (translator) Racine; Dillon Margaret Drabble Ralph Ellison Louise Erdrich William Faulkner Eric Fischl Tom Frank Russell Freedman Jonathan Gash Mary Gentle Dorothy Gilman Ellen Glasgow John S. Goodall Nadine Gordimer Günter Grass Brian Hall Edith Hamilton Lorraine Hansberry Moss Hart Seamus Heaney Steve Hockensmith Kazuo Ishiguro Randall Kenan Jon Krakauer Jhumpa Lahiri Primo Levi Sir Thomas Malory Dean Marney Gabriel García Márquez Carson McCullers Aaron McGruder Ernesto Mestre-Reed Arthur Miller L. M. Montgomery Joachim Neugroschel Joyce Carol Oates Cynthia Ozick Ann Patchett Elizabeth Marie Pope Chaim Potok Richard Price Alexander Pushkin François Rabelais Wilson Rawls Barbara Robinson Philip Roth Elissa Schappell David Sedaris Idries Shah Mary Shelley Martin Cruz Smith Robert Southey Maggie Stiefvater Natalie Tyler Gore Vidal Marina Warner H. G. Wells Simon Winchester Meg Wolitzer Charlotte Zolotow