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Lee Child

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Rick Overton

Screenwriter

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Nancy Butts

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Val McDermid

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Andrea Barrett

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Laura Amy Schlitz

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Mary Beard

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Angelo Pizzo

Screenwriter

21

Jon Scieszka

Children's Author

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José Rivera

Playwright

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Chris D'Lacey

Novelist

24

Barbara Kingsolver

Novelist

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Mo Yan

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26

Andy Breckman

Screenwriter

27

David Mason

Poet

28

Kerry Greenwood

Novelist

29

Allison Anders

Screenwriter

30

Gregg Braden

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Ellen Hopkins

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Mary Jo Buttafuoco

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Benjamin Alire Saenz

Poet

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Winnie Holzman

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Nihat Hatipoglu

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DJ MacHale

Screenwriter

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Paul van Loon

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Ann Cleeves

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Tim Parks

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Jay McInerney

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John Frederick Demartini

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Fraser Heston

Screenwriter

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Richard Preston

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Schim Schimmel

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Steven Gould

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Donald Margulies

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Ron Androla

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