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Rosellen Brown

May 12, 1939–

Alice C. Browning

November 5, 1907–October 15, 1985

Suzanne Buffam

1972–

Clara Louise Burnham

May 25, 1854–June 20, 1927

Dan Burns

April 5, 1963-–

Edgar Rice Burroughs

September 1, 1875–March 19, 1950

Margaret T. Burroughs

November 1, 1915–November 21, 2010

Janet Burroway

September 21, 1936–

Fanny Butcher

September 13, 1888–May 1987

Halle Butler

1985–

Laura Caldwell

October 24, 1967–March 1, 2020

Susanna Calkins

November 3, 1971–

John Callaway

August 22, 1936–June 23, 2009

Bonnie Jo Campbell

September 14, 1962–

James Edwin Campbell

September 28, 1867–January 26, 1896

Paul Carroll

July 15, 1927–August 31, 1996

Vera Caspary

November 13, 1904–June 13, 1987

Claudia Cassidy

1899–July 21, 1996

Ana Castillo

June 15, 1953–

Willa Cather

December 7, 1873–April 24, 1947

Raymond Chandler

July 23, 1888–March 26, 1959

Bob Chicoine

Sandra Cisneros

September 20, 1954–

Herma Clark

1930–1947

Hillary Clinton

October 26, 1947-–

Rich Cohen

July 30, 1968-–

Kristiana Colón

April 16, 1986–

Cyrus Colter

January 8, 1910–April 15, 2002

Common

March 13, 1972-–

Jack Conroy

December 5, 1899–February 28, 1990

Wyllis Cooper

January 26, 1899–June 22, 1955

Joshua Corey

1970–

Billy Corrigan

March 17, 1967-–

James D. Corrothers

July 2, 1869–February 12, 1917

Carlos Cortez

August 13, 1923–January 19, 2005

Ellis Cose

February 20, 1951-–

Robert Cromie

February 28, 1909–May 22, 1999

Carlos Cumpián

August 22, 1953–

Avery Cunningham

February 7, 1993–

John D’Emilio

September 21, 1948-–

Barbara D’Amato

April 10, 1938–

Clarence Darrow

April 18, 1857–March 13, 1938

Frank Marshall Davis

December 31, 1905–July 26, 1987

Dorothy Day

November 8, 1897–November 29, 1980

Don De Grazia

January 3, 1968–June 13, 2024

Tina De Rosa

October 20, 1944–February 3, 2007

Emmett Dedmon

April 16, 1918–September 18, 1983

Floyd Dell

June 28, 1887–July 23, 1969

Martha Vertreace-Doody

November 24, 1945–

John Dos Passos

January 14, 1896–September 28, 1970

St. Clair Drake

January 2, 1911–June 15, 1990

Theodore Dreiser

August 27, 1871–December 28, 1945

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