Dr. Seuss (1904-1991)
Children's Author
1
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Poet
2
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
3
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
4
Eric Bogosian, 72
Playwright
5
Piper Kerman, 55
Memoirist
6
Madeline Miller, 47
Novelist
7
Esther Earl (1994-2010)
Blogger
8
Helene Johnson (1906-1995)
9
Andie Mitchell, 40
10
Victoria Aveyard, 35
Young Adult Author
11
WEB DuBois (1868-1963)
Non-Fiction Author
12
Henry Adams (1838-1918)
13
Guinevere Turner, 57
Screenwriter
14
Richard Phillips, 70
15
Karen M. McManus, 56
16
Mary Jane Holmes (1825-1907)
17
Sahara Rose, 34
18
Susanna Kaysen, 76
19
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
20
Jan Brett, 75
21
Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
22
Jeff Bauman, 39
23
Robert Grant (1852-1940)
24
Born in Massachusetts
Most Popular Authors
James MacGregor Burns (1918-2014)
25
Brad Falchuk, 54
26
Max Brallier, 42
27
John Clellon Holmes (1926-1988)
28
EE Cummings (1894-1962)
29
Kurt Busiek, 64
Comic Book Author
30
Shion Takeuchi, 37
31
Robert B. Parker (1932-2010)
32
Seth Abramson, 48
33
Jared Diamond, 88
34
Jon Favreau, 44
Essayist
35
Anne Caldwell (1867-1936)
36
Lydia Millet, 56
37
Elizabeth George Speare (1908-1994)
38
Lillie Marshall, 43
39
John Ciardi (1916-1986)
40
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)
41
Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, 48
42
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
43
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
44
Michael Mohan, 39
45
Sarah Smith, 77
46
Dorothy West (1907-1998)
47
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
48
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