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Dale Messick

April 11, 1906–April 5, 2005

Robin Metz

January 4, 1942–November 27, 2018

Oscar Micheaux

January 2, 1884–March 15, 1951

Effie Harriet Mihopoulos

February 15, 1952–January 14, 2010

Jacquelyn Mitchard

December 10, 1956-–

Gwendolyn Mitchell

December 27. 1955-–

Mary Mitchell

May 23, 1949-–

Mary Anne Mohanraj

July 26, 1971–

Harriet Monroe

December 23, 1860–September 26, 1936

Anna Morgan

July 25, 1873 –January 29, 1952

Mary Morris

May 14, 1947–

Willard Motley

July 14, 1909–March 4, 1965

Lisel Mueller

February 8, 1924–February 21, 2020

G.E. Murray

1945–2008

Ifti Nasim

September, 1946–July 22, 2011

Bob Newhart

September 5, 1929-–

Audrey Niffenegger

June 13, 1963-–

Bruce Norris

May 16, 1960-–

Frank Norris

March 5, 1870–October 25, 1902

Barrack Obama

August 4, 1961-–

Michelle Obama

January 17, 1964-–

Achy Objejas

June 28. 1956–

Ron Offen

October 2, 1930–August 9, 2010

Bayo Ojikutu

August 27, 1971–

Nnedi Okorafor

April 8, 1974-–

Anthony Opal

1983–

Lorena Ornelas

ZZ Packer

January 12, 1973-–

Dominic A. Pacyga

May 1, 1949-–

Clarence Page

June 2, 1947-–

Sara Paretsky

June 8, 1947-–

Gordon Parks

November 30, 1912–March 7, 2006

Deval Patrick

July 31, 1956-–

Joseph Medill Patterson

January 6, 1879–May 26, 1946

Ethel L. Payne

August 4, 1911–May 28. 1991

William Morton Payne

February 14, 1858–1919

Elia W. Peattie

January 5, 1862–July 12, 1935

Richard Peck

April 5, 1934–May 23, 2018

Useni Eugene Perkins,

September 13, 1932–May 7, 2023

Mark Perlberg

1929–June 23, 2008

Rick Perlstein

September 3, 1969-–

Harry Mark Petrakis

June 5, 1923-–February 2, 2021

Liz Phair

April 17, 1967-–

Irna Phillips

July 1, 1901–December 23, 1973

Christian Piccolini

November 3, 1973–

Sterling Plumpp

January 30, 1940-–

Hilda Satt Polachek

October 12, 1882–May 18, 1967

Robert Polito

October 27, 1951–

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