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John R. Powers

November 30, 1945–January 17, 2013

Richard Powers

June 18, 1957-–

Christina Pugh

February 18, 1966-–

Gilda Radner

June 28, 1946 –May 20, 1989

Henry Rago

1915–1969

A.K. Ramanujan

March 16, 1929–July 13, 1993

George Rawlinson

October 11, 1956-–

David Ray

May 20, 1932–

Clifford Raymond

1875–1959

Opie Read

December 22, 1852-–November 2, 1939

Srikanth Reddy

May 1, 1973–

Craig Rice

June 5, 1908–August 28, 1957

Randy Richardson

November 21, 1961-–

Donald Richberg

July 10, 1881–November 27, 1960

Steven A. Riess

August 26, 1947-–

Salima Rivera

August 19, 1946–May 16, 2004

Ed Roberson

December 26, 1939–

Elizabeth Madox Roberts

October 30, 1881–March 13, 1941

Harriette Gillem Robinet

July 14, 1931–May 17, 2024

Carolyn Rodgers

December 14, 1940–April 2, 2010

E.P. Roe

March 7, 1838–July 19, 1888

Richard Roeper

October 17, 1959- –

Franklin Rosemont

October 2, 1943–April 12, 2009

Deborah Rosen

August 11, 1935-–

Issac Rosenfeld

March 10, 1918–July 14, 1956

Sam Ross

March 12, 1910–March 30, 1998

Charlie Rossiter

December 11, 1942-–

Carlo Rotella

August 24, 1964-–

Phillip Roth

March 19, 1933–May 2, 2018

Veronica Roth

August 19, 1998-–

Mike Royko

September 19, 1932–April 29, 1997

Lois Ruby

September 11, 1942-–

Peter Sagal

January 31, 1965-–

Bernard Sahlins

August 20, 1922 –June 16, 2013

Erika L. Sanchez

June 4, 1984–

Carl Sandburg

January 6, 1878–July 22, 1967

Lee Sandlin

August 15, 1946–December 14, 2014

Lew Sarrett

May 16, 1888–August 17, 1954

George Saunders

December 2, 1958-–

June Sawyers

October 8, 1957-–

Mary Schmich

November 29, 1953-–

John Schultz

July 28. 1932–May 6, 2017

Donna Seaman

July 5, 1955–

Maureen Seaton

October 20, 1947–

Sandra Seaton

July 10, 1942-–

David Sedaris

December 26, 1956-–

Sidney Sheldon

February 11, 1917–January 30, 2007

Matthew Shenoda

July 14, 1977–

Carol Shields

June 2, 1935–June 16, 2003

Barry Silesky

April 10, 1949-–

Shel Silverstein

September 25, 1930–May 9, 1999

Scott Simon

March 16, 1952-–

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