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A. A. MilneAdam HochschildAdam OsborneAesop
Agatha ChristieAgnes RepplierAl BernsteinAlain De Botton
Alan CorenAlan CorenkAlan Dean FosterAlan Lomax
Alan MooreAlan SillitoeAleksandr SolzhenitsynAlex Comfort
Alexander BerkmanAlexandra RipleyAlfred A. MontapertAlfred De Musset
Alfred JarryAlice HoffmanAlice JamesAlice Koller
Alice MunroAlice Roosevelt LongworthAlice Thomas EllisAlice Walker
Alphonse AllaisAlvin TofflerAma Ata AidooAmir Butler
Amos OzAmy VanderbiltAnais NinAndre Dubus
Andre MalrauxAndre MauroisAndre NortonAndreas Capellanus
Andrew CohenAndrew FletcherAndrew MarvellAnita Loos
Ann BeattieAnn DruyanAnna JamesonAnna Katharine Green
Anna SewellAnne FrankAnne LamottAnne Mccaffrey
Anne Morrow LindberghAnne Sophie SwetchineAnnie DillardAnthony Bourdain
Anthony HopeAnthony SampsonAnthony StorrAnthony Trollope
AntiphanesAntonia FraserAntony JayAnya Seton
Ariel DurantArthur C. ClarkeArthur Conan Doyle, Sr.Arthur Golden
Arthur MurphyArthur RansomeArthur YoungAstrid Lindgren
AthenaeusAuberon WaughAugusten BurroughsAugustine Birrell
Augustus HareAulus GelliusAxel MuntheAyn Rand
Azar NafisiBarbara De AngelisBarbara DemingBarbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Grizzuti HarrisonBarry LopezBeatrix PotterBede Jarrett
Ben SweetlandBernard De VotoBernard GoldbergBernardo Bertolucci
Bernie TaupinBerthold AuerbachBessie HeadBeverley Nichols
Beverly ClearyBeverly JonesBill BrysonBill James
Bram StokerBrenda UelandBret Easton EllisBret Harte
Brian FlemingBrian TracyBrian W. AldissBruce Barton
Bruce FeirsteinBruce MccallBruce SterlingBruno Bettelheim
Budd SchulbergC. S. LewisCamille PagliaCamilo Jose Cela
Candace BushnellCarl HiaasenCarl Van DorenCarl Van Vechten
Carlos CastanedaCarol ShieldsCaroline GordonCarolyn Heilbrun
Carolyn WellsCatherine CroweCatherine Drinker BowenCelia Green
Chaim PotokCharles AnthonyCharles BukowskiCharles Caleb Colton
Charles De LintCharles Farrar BrowneCharles FortCharles Handy
Charles PlattCharley ReeseCharlotte LennoxCharlotte Perkins Gilman
Chinua AchebeChris BunchChris Van AllsburgChrista Wolf
Christian Nestell BoveeChristina Hoff SommersChristine De PisanChristopher Dawson
Christopher HitchensChristopher IsherwoodChristopher Lehmann-hauptChristopher Morley
Claire WolfeClarence DayClaude MckayClaude Simon
Clement FreudCliff FadimanClifford IrvingClifford Stoll
Clifton FadimanClive BarkerClive CusslerClive James
Colin WilsonColleen McculloughConnie WillisConrad Aiken
Cormac MccarthyCornelius NeposCraig ShirleyCynthia Heimel
Daisaku IkedaDaisy AshfordDale CarnegieDan Brown
Dan MillmanDan SavageDan SimmonsDaniel Clowes
Daniel GolemanDaniel PinkwaterDaniel PipesDaniel Yergin
Dashiell HammettDave AndersonDave EggersDave Pelzer
David BrinkleyDavid BrockDavid GerroldDavid Guterson
David Herbert LawrenceDavid HorowitzDavid IrvingDavid Lodge
David SedarisDavid SimonDavid SimonsDavid Starr Jordan
David WainDean IngeDean KoontzDenis Johnson
Denis WaitleyDerrick JensenDiane DuaneDick Francis
Dick MorrisDinesh D'SouzaDon HeroldDonald Davis
Donna LeonDoris LessingDorothea BrandeDorothy Allison
Dorothy Canfield FisherDorothy L. SayersDorothy Salisbury DavisDorthea Brande
Douglas AdamsDouglas HofstadterDr. Laura SchlessingerDr. Laurence J. Peter
Dr. Neal BarnardDr. Paul TournierDr. SeussE. L. Doctorow
E. V. LucasEdgar Rice BurroughsEdgar SaltusEdgar Wallace
Edith HamiltonEdith WhartonEdmond de GoncourtEdna St. Vincent Millay
Eduard HanslickEdward AbbeyEdward BellamyEdward Gorey
Edward HoaglandEdward SaidEknath EaswaranElbert Hubbard
Elias CanettiElinor GlynEliphas LeviElizabeth David
Elizabeth FishelElizabeth GeorgeElizabeth GoudgeElizabeth Janeway
Elizabeth MontaguElizabeth MoonElizabeth MooneyElizabeth Stuart Phelps
Elizabeth WurtzelElla Wheeler WilcoxEllen G. WhiteEllen Key
Ellen WillisEllis PetersElsa MaxwellElspeth Huxley
Ely CulbertsonEmil LudwigEmily PostEmma Bull
Emmet FoxEnid BagnoldEric AltermanEric Ambler
Eric BrownEric BrownleeEric HofferEric Linklater
Ernest BramahErnest GainesErnest MandelErnst Fischer
Eudora WeltyEustace BudgellEvan EsarEvan Hunter
Evelyn UnderhillEvelyn WaughF. Scott FitzgeraldFannie Flagg
Fannie HurstFernando PessoaFlann O'brienFlannery O'Connor
Fletcher KnebelFlorence KingFlorida Scott-MaxwellFrances Wright
Francis Scott KeyFrancois de La RochefoucauldFrank DefordFrank Gaffney
Frank Gelett BurgessFrank HarrisFrank HerbertFrank Mccourt
Frank MuirFrank Richard StocktonFrank YerbyFranklin Pierce Adams
Franz WerfelFrederick DouglassFrederick ForsythFrederick Warren
Freya StarkGabrielle RoyGail SheehyGarrison Keillor
Garth EnnisGary NorthGary WillsGay Talese
Gelett BurgessGeorge BorrowGeorge EliotGeorge Gilder
George GroveGeorge MikesGeorge Norman DouglasGeorge Orwell
George SaintsburyGeorge SaundersGeorge William CurtisGeorge William Russell
Georges BatailleGeorges BernanosGeorges SimenonGerald Brenan
Gerald DurrellGerald F. LiebermanGerald GouldGerald Griffin
Gertrude SteinGilbert HighetGiovanni BoccaccioGoodman Ace
Gordon R. DicksonGrace PaleyGraham SwiftGreg Bear
Gregg EasterbrookGreil MarcusGrenville KleiserGunter Grass
Gunther GrassGuy De MaupassantGuy DebordH. G. Wells
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.H. L. MenckenH. Rider HaggardH. Stanley Judd
Hal BorlandHal ClementsHal LindseyHan Suyin
Haniel LongHannah MoreHans Christian AndersenHans Magnus Enzensberger
Harlan EllisonHarold BrodkeyHarold RosenbergHarriet Ann Jacobs
Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet MartineauHarry BrowneHarry Golden
Harry HarrisonHaruki MurakamiHarvey PekarHelen Fielding
Helen KellerHelen RowlandHelene CixousHenry Beston
Henry ChadwickHenry David ThoreauHenry DrummondHenry James
Henry LawsonHenry MillerHenry NewboltHenry Reed
Henry Wotton, Sr.Herbert GoldHerbert KaufmanHerman Hesse
Herman J. MankiewiczHermann BrochHervey AllenHolbrook Jackson
Horace WalpoleHoward Mumford JonesHowie CarrHowie Carroll
Hugh KingsmillHugh Walpole, Sr.Hugo BallHutton Gibson
Ian FlemingIan McewanIdries ShahIgnazio Silone
Ilya EhrenburgIrene PeterIrene PetersIris Murdoch
Irving WallaceIsaac DisraeliIsabel AllendeIsabelle Holland
Isak DinesenIsidore Ducasse LautreamontIsocratesIvo Andric
Ivy LeeIzaak WaltonJ. B. PriestleyJ. Donald Walters
J. G. BallardJ. K. RowlingJack Henry AbbottJack Vance
Jackie CollinsJames AllenJames BeardJames Bovard
James DuffJames DuffecyJames DuffyJames Gunn
James HerriotJames HowellJames HunekerJames Lee Burke
James Macgregor BurnsJames McbrideJames PattersonJan Morris
Jan MyrdalJane AustenJane HaddamJane Harrison
Jane RobertsJane RuleJane SmileyJanet Malcolm
Jared DiamondJean HoustonJean Paul GettyJean Paul Richter
Jean StaffordJean ToomerJeff LongJeff Longnecker
Jerome K. JeromeJerry GilliesJessamyn WestJilly Cooper
Jim GoadJim HarrisonJim WallisJoan D. Vinge
Joan DidionJoanna RussJoe ConasonJoe Eszterhas
Joe McginnissJoel RosenbergJohann Georg ZimmermannJohn Aubrey
John BerendtJohn BurroughsJohn ByrneJohn Cheever
John CrowleyJohn FlorioJohn GalsworthyJohn Gould
John GrayJohn GraykenJohn Gregory DunneJohn Grisham
John HaringtonJohn HarriganJohn HayJohn Hay Whitney
John HaydenJohn HayesJohn Haynes HolmesJohn Henry Mackay
John HerseyJohn JakesJohn Kendrick BangsJohn le Carre
John LylyJohn M. FordJohn McpheeJohn O'hara
John Perry BarlowJohn Ralston SaulJohn RuskinJohn Shirley
John SladekJohn SteinbeckJohn WilmotJohn Wilson
Jonathan CarrollJonathan DimblebyJonathan KozolJonathan Raban
Jonathan SwiftJordan BrownJose BergaminJose Saramago
Josef SkvoreckyJoseph AddisonJoseph CampbellJoseph Chilton Pearce
Joseph EpsteinJoseph JoubertJoseph L. MankiewiczJoseph Lewis
Joseph MccabeJoseph StefanovJoseph WambaughJosephine Hart
Josh McdowellJoss WhedonJoyce MaynardJudith Martin
Judith ViorstJules VerneJulia CameronJulia Phillips
Julian BarnesJulie De LespinasseJune JordanKarel Capek
Karen ArmstrongKarl KrausKate ChopinKate Fox
Kate SeredyKatharine Lee BatesKatherine MansfieldKathleen Winsor
Kathryn HulmeKay BoyleKay ThompsonKazuo Ishiguro
Keith MillerKen FolletKen KeseyKent Nerburn
Kevin PattersonKit WilliamsKnut HamsunKristin Hunter
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut, Jr.L. Frank BaumL. M. Montgomery
LactantiusLady Mary Wortley MontaguLarry GelbartLarry McMurtry
Larry MerchantLarry WallLaura HillenbrandLaura Ingalls Wilder
Laurence J. PeterLawrence DurrellLeo F. BuscagliaLeon Uris
Leon WieseltierLeslie StephenLewis CarrollLewis Grizzard
Lin YutangLinda ChavezLiz CarpenterLloyd Alexander
Lois McMaster BujoldLouis L'AmourLouise ErdrichLouise L. Hay
Lt. Terence SheppardLu XunLu YuanshengLudovic Halevy
Ludwig BemelmansLudwig BorneLyman AbbottM. F. K. Fisher
Madalyn Murray O'hairMadame de StaelMaggie GallagherMalcolm De Chazal
Malcolm GladwellMarc CherryMarcel ProustMarcus Terentius Varro
Margaret CavendishMargaret HalseyMargaret J. WheatleyMargaret Millar
Margaret WeisMarge PiercyMargery AllinghamMargot Asquith
Marguerite GardinerMarguerite YoungMarianne WilliamsonMarie Henri Beyle (stendhal)
Marie StopesMarilyn FergusonMarilyn FrenchMarilyn vos Savant
Mario Vargas LlosaMarion Zimmer BradleyMarjorie HolmesMark Davis
Mark DavisonMark MillarMark MillardMark Russell
Mark RutherfordMark SteynMark TwainMarquis De Custine
Marsha SinetarMartha BeckMartin AmisMartin Cruz Smith
Mary AstellMary AustinMary Frances BerryMary Gordon
Mary Higgins ClarkMary MaclaneMary MccarthyMary Wilson Little
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyMason CooleyMavis GallantMax Eastman
Maxine Hong KingstonMeg CabotMelinda ChavezMelody Beattie
Mercedes LackeyMervyn PeakeMichael ArlenMichael Chabon
Michael ConnellyMichael CrichtonMichael CunninghamMichael Ende
Michael GerberMichael HarringtonMichael LedeenMichael Lesy
Michael MustoMichael O'donoghueMichel GondryMichelle Malkin
Mika WaltariMike RoykoMilan KunderaMiles Franklin
Minna AntrimMitch AlbomMonica BaldwinMonica Edwards
Morris KlineMorris WestMoses HadasMunshi Premchand
Nan FairbrotherNancy FridayNancy MitfordNaomi Wolf
Napoleon HillNatalie Clifford BarneyNatalie GoldbergNatan Sharansky
Nathaniel Parker WillisNeal Barnard, M.d.Neal StephensonNeale Donald Walsch
Neil GaimanNelson DemilleNiccolo MachiavelliNicholas Meyer
Nicholas SparksNick HornbyNigel ReesNikolai Gogol
Nikos KazantzakisNinon de LenclosNoah WebsterNora Ephron
Nora RobertsNorman AngellNorman DouglasNorman Maclean
Norman MacleodO. HenryOctave MirbeauOg Mandino
Olive SchreinerOliver HerfordOliver Wendell HolmesOliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.Olivia GoldsmithOrison Swett MardenOrson Scott Card
Oscar Hammerstein IiOtto BauerP. G. WodehousePablo Neruda
Pat ConroyPatricia CornwellPatricia Meyer SpacksPatrick Dennis
Patrick ReillyPatrick WhitePaul AusterPaul Davies
Paul GallicoPaul GoodmanPaul KanePaul Nitze
Paul TournierPaul VirilioPaul VixiePeggy Noonan
Penelope LivelyPeter AckroydPeter BenchleyPeter Cook
Peter McWilliamsPeter S. BeaglePeter StonePeter Weiss
Peter WeissbergPhilip K. DickPhilip PullmanPhilip Wylie
Phillip AdamsPhyllis McginleyPico IyerPierre Berton
Pierre NicolePiers AnthonyPliny the ElderPoul Anderson
Preston SturgesPublilius SyrusQuentin CrispQuintus Septimius Tertullianus
Ralph EllisonRandolph BourneRay BradburyRaymond Chandler
Rebecca WestRene DaumalRex StoutRichard Aldington
Richard BrautiganRichard CarlsonRichard CorlissRichard Curtis
Richard FordRichard HollowayRichard HughesRichard John Neuhaus
Richard R. GrantRichard ReevesRichard SchickelRichard Wallace
Richard WhatelyRicky GervaisRita Mae BrownRobert A. Heinlein
Robert Anton WilsonRobert BarclayRobert BlochRobert Burton
Robert ChambersRobert FitzgeraldRobert FulghumRobert J. Ringer
Robert James WallerRobert KaganRobert KiyosakiRobert Louis Stevenson
Robert McCloskeyRobert MusilRobert OwenRobert Owens
Robert Paul SmithRobert SheaRobert VaughanRod Serling
Roger AngellRoger AschamRoger KahnRoger Zelazny
Rose F. KennedyRoy Blount, Jr.Rudyard KiplingRufus Jones
Russell BanksRuth RendellS. J. PerelmanSam Keen
Sam LevensonSamuel JohnsonSamuel SmilesSandra Cisneros
Sara TeasdaleSarah Ban BreathnachSarah Orne JewettSarah Vowell
Savitri DeviScott AlexanderSean HannitySean O'Faolain
Seth GodinShakti GawainSharry MathewsShawn Ryan
Sherman AlexieSherwood AndersonSherwood EddySholom Aleichem
Simeon StrunskySimone de BeauvoirSir Arthur Conan DoyleSir Thomas Malory
Sir Thomas MoreSogyal RinpocheSpider RobinsonStan Lee
Stanislaw LemStanley FishStefan ZweigStella Benson
Stephen CraneStephen KingStephen PotterSteve Almond
Steve McconnellSteven BrustStorm JamesonStuart Chase
Stuart WildeSue JohansonSue Monk KiddSusan Griffin
Susan SontagSuze OrmanTad WilliamsTammy Bruce
Tanith LeeTaslima NasrinTavis SmileyTaylor Caldwell
Ted MorganTed NelsonTerenceTerence Courtney
Terence GabrielTerence HodgsonTerence M. O'sullivanTerence Mcelroy
Terence MckennaTerence NewmanTerence RileyTerence Smith
Terry BrooksTerry GoodkindTerry McmillanTerry Pratchett
Terry WaiteTheodore SturgeonThomas DayThomas De Quincey
Thomas FrankThomas HarrisThomas Haynes BaylyThomas J. Peters
Thomas KempisThomas KuhnThomas Love PeacockThomas Mann
Thomas ManningThomas MertonThomas NashThomas Nashe
Thomas Nelson PageThomas NorthThomas PaineThomas Payne
Thomas PercyThomas PynchonThomas SpratTimothy Zahn
Tobias WolffTodd SolondzTom BodettTom Robbins
Tom ShalesToni Cade BambaraTony RobbinsTracy Kidder
Upton SinclairUrsula K. LeGuinValerie SolanasVance Packard
Vash YoungVera Brittain (mary)Vernon HowardVernon Lee
Victor HugoVine Deloria, Jr.Virginia WoolfVoltaire
W. E. B. Du BoisW. L. GeorgeWalker PercyWally Lamb
Walter AndersonWalter BagehotWarren EllisWarren Farrell
Washington IrvingWes AndersonWhitley StrieberWhittaker Chambers
Will CuppyWill DurstWilla CatherWilliam Arthur Ward
William BlumWilliam ChappellWilliam Dean HowellsWilliam Ellery Channing
William FeatherWilliam GibsonWilliam GodwinWilliam Greider
William GurnallWilliam Henry HudsonWilliam HoneWilliam Joyce
William KennedyWilliam McFeeWilliam R. AlgerWilliam S. Burroughs
William SafireWilliam Strunk, Jr.William TaylorWilliam Trevor
Willie MorrisYukio MishimaZelda FitzgeraldZig Ziglar