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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

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

Nick Drnaso

March 10, 1989–

John Drury

August 16, 1898–January 10, 1973

Katherine Dunham

June 22, 1909–May 21, 2006

Nora Dunn

April 29, 1952-–

Finley Peter Dunne

July 10, 1867–April 24, 1936

Stuart Dybek

April 10, 1942–

Thomas Dyja

July 31, 1962-–

Roger Ebert

June 18, 1942–April 4, 2013

Dave Eggers

March 12, 1970–

Jonathan Eig

April 26, 1964–

Deborah Eisenberg

November 20, 1945–

Robert K. Elder

January 20, 1976–

Stanley Elkin

May 11, 1930–May 31, 1995

Kelly Norman Ellis

August 23, 1964–

Stuart Engstrand

March 13, 1904–September 8, 1955

Elaine Equi

July 24, 1953-–

Donald G. Evans

September 25, 1965–

Eve L. Ewing

May 31, 1986–

Frederick Exley

March 28, 1929–June 17, 1992

Ronald L. Fair

October 27, 1932–February 2018

Janet Ayer Fairbank

June 7, 1878–December 28, 1951

James T. Farrell

February 27, 1904–August 22, 1979

Ainee Fatima

April 5–

Eileen Favorite

September 10, 1964–

Edna Ferber

August 15, 1885–April 16, 1968

Peter Ferry

June 17, 1947–

Eugene Field

September 2, 1850–November 4, 1895

Sharon Fiffer

January 28, 1951–

Steve Fiffer

July 10, 1950–

Horace Spencer Fiske

November 4, 1869–June 2, 1940

Gillian Flynn

February 24, 1971–

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