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Lynda Barry

January 2, 1956–

Ann Barzel

December 13, 1905–February 12, 2007

L. Frank Baum

May 15, 1856–May 6, 1919

Saul Bellow

June 10, 1915–April 5, 2005

Raymond Benson

September 6, 1955–

Ira Berkow

January 7, 1940-–

Mary Healy Bigot

December 8, 1843–July 10, 1936

Eula Biss

August 9, 1977–

Timuel D. Black

Dec. 7, 1918–October 13, 2021

Nora Brooks Blakely

September 8, 1951-–

Eleanor Taylor Bland

December 31, 1944–June 2, 2010

Douglas Blazek

December 31, 1941–

Norbert Blei

August 23, 1935–April 23, 2013

Maxwell Bodenheim

May 26, 1892–February 6, 1954

Marita Bonner

June 16, 1898–December 6, 1971

Arna Bontemps

October 13, 1902–June 4, 1973

Robert Boone

January 18, 1941-–

Barrie Jean Borich

April 26, 1959–

Marianne Boruch

June 19, 1950–

Ray Bradbury

August 22, 1920–June 5, 2012

William Brashler

August 11, 1947–

Stuart Brent

April 8, 1912–June 24, 2010

Gwendolyn Brooks

June 7, 1917–December 3, 2000

Oscar Brown Jr.

October 10, 1926–May 29, 2005

Frank London Brown

October 7, 1927–March 12, 1962

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-–

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