9051. Don Bauchum

9052. Sayman, Michael

American app developer, entrepreneur, and author who gained prominence as a teenage app maker and early Facebook employee; author of the memoir 'App Kid.'

9053. Horace Freeland Judson

American historian of science, best known for The Eighth Day of Creation, a comprehensive history of molecular biology; wrote on the history and sociology of biological research.

9054. Edward Rice

9055. Chandran Kukathas

Political theorist and academic known for work on liberal political theory, multiculturalism, and immigration; author of The Liberal Archipelago (2003).

9056. Svetislav Basara

Serbian novelist, short-story writer and essayist, noted for postmodern, satirical and experimental prose.

9057. Lucian Blaga

Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright and diplomat known for his work on the philosophy of culture, metaphysics, and significant contributions to 20th-century Romanian literature.

9058. Giacomo Leopardi

Italian poet, philosopher, essayist and philologist (1798–1837), major figure of 19th-century Italian literature known for his lyric poetry (Canti), philosophical writings (Zibaldone), and Operette morali.

9059. Marilynne Robinson

American novelist and essayist known for works exploring faith, history, and small‑town life; author of Housekeeping and Gilead (winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction).

9060. Samuel Johnson

English writer, poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic and lexicographer best known for A Dictionary of the English Language (1755); also noted for The Rambler and Lives of the Poets.

9061. James Salter

American novelist and short-story writer, formerly a U.S. Air Force pilot; author of The Hunters (1956), A Sport and a Pastime (1967), and Light Years (1975), noted for spare, lyrical prose.

9062. Thompson, Kate

Irish novelist and writer of children's and young-adult fiction.

9063. Salt, Renee

9064. Salaam, Yusef

American activist and motivational speaker; one of the Exonerated Five (formerly known as the Central Park Five), wrongfully convicted as a teenager in the 1989 Central Park jogger case and later exonerated.

9065. Stanislav Andreski

Polish-born social scientist and critic of social science methodology; author of the critique volume 'The Social Sciences as Sorcery'.

9066. Lori Roy

Lori Roy is an American author known for her mystery and thriller novels. She has received critical acclaim for her work, including winning the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and Best Novel.

9067. T.S. Eliot

Poet, essayist, playwright and literary critic; a leading modernist poet best known for The Waste Land and Four Quartets; awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948.

9068. E.B. White

American writer and essayist, best known for children's classics Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan; longtime New Yorker contributor and co-author (with William Strunk Jr.) of The Elements of Style.

9069. Horace Walpole

English writer, art historian, antiquarian and politician; author of The Castle of Otranto (1764) and noted for his extensive correspondence.

9070. Leopoldo Alas

Spanish novelist and literary critic, best known by the pseudonym "Clarín"; author of the novel La Regenta (1884–1885) and influential literary essays.

9071. Vera Brittain

English writer, feminist and pacifist best known for her First World War memoir Testament of Youth (1933); she served as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse and later worked as a novelist, poet, biographer and peace campaigner.

9072. Angela Carter

English novelist, short story writer and journalist known for feminist, magical-realist and fairy-tale retellings, including The Bloody Chamber and Nights at the Circus.

9073. Czesław Miłosz

Polish poet, prose writer, translator and diplomat; awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980; long-time professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

9074. Jeremias Gotthelf

Swiss Protestant pastor and novelist who published under the pen name Jeremias Gotthelf, known for realist portrayals of rural Bernese life (e.g., Die schwarze Spinne, Uli der Knecht).

9075. G.K. Chesterton

English writer, poet, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic, best known for the Father Brown detective stories and works such as Orthodoxy and The Man Who Was Thursday.

9076. Karl Ove Knausgård

Norwegian novelist and essayist, born 1968, best known for the six-volume autobiographical series "My Struggle" (Min Kamp), which brought him international acclaim and controversy; also author of novels and essay collections and noted for candid, introspective writing.

9077. Barry Hines

English novelist and screenwriter, best known for A Kestrel for a Knave (adapted as the film Kes) and for his social‑realist portrayals of working‑class life in South Yorkshire; formerly a teacher.

9078. Ernst Jünger

German writer, soldier, and intellectual (1895–1998), best known for his World War I memoir "Storm of Steel" (In Stahlgewittern). His work addresses war, technology, and modernity and has been associated with conservative-revolutionary thought; he remained a prominent and sometimes controversial literary figure in 20th-century Germany.

9079. Eça de Queirós

Portuguese novelist and diplomat, a leading 19th-century realist writer known for satirical social critique. Major works include O Crime do Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro), O Primo Basílio (Cousin Bazilio) and Os Maias (The Maias).

9080. Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Swiss playwright, novelist and essayist known for darkly comic and philosophical works such as the plays The Visit (Der Besuch der alten Dame) and The Physicists (Die Physiker) and for crime novels like The Judge and His Hangman.

9081. Alice Walker

Alice Malsenior Walker (born 1944) is an American novelist, short-story writer, poet, and activist best known for The Color Purple (1982), for which she won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her work often explores race, gender, and social justice.

9082. Henry Adams

American historian, biographer, and member of the Adams political family; author of The Education of Henry Adams (1907) and noted for essays on history, politics, and culture.

9083. Jane Smiley

American novelist and short-story writer (born 1949). Winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for A Thousand Acres; author of numerous novels and works of nonfiction, including Moo and The Greenlanders.

9084. Tiziano Sclavi

Italian comic book writer, novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the horror-fantasy comic series Dylan Dog; also worked as a journalist and editor.

9085. Ben Westhoff

American journalist and author known for reporting and books on music and popular culture, particularly hip-hop (author of 'Original Gangstas').

9086. Frank Alexander

9087. Eric Clapton

English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, known for his work with The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream, Derek and the Dominos, and a long solo career; widely influential and a multiple Grammy Award winner.

9088. Carl Solberg

9089. Ray Ginger

American historian and biographer, best known for works such as The Bending Cross, a biography of Eugene V. Debs.

9090. William Deresiewicz

American author, essayist, and literary critic, known for cultural criticism and critiques of higher education (notably the book 'Excellent Sheep') and for essays on literature and public life.

9091. David Owen

9092. Ward Clayton

9093. Tripp Bowden

9094. Clifford Roberts

American investment banker and golf administrator; co-founder and longtime chairman of Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament.

9095. José María Zavala

9096. Irvin Weathersby Jr.

9097. Charlotte Bond

9098. J.D. Evans

9099. James Tynion IV

American comic book writer known for work on Batman titles (including Detective Comics), creator-owned series such as The Woods and Something Is Killing the Children, and projects for DC Comics, BOOM! Studios, and Image Comics.

9100. Z.B. Steele