Maxwell Bodenheim (26 May, 1892 – 6 February, 1954) was a poet and novelist known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians.

Dorothy Leigh Sayers was an author, playwright, translator & critic from Oxford, England. She is known for her crime novels, which were more than just puzzles

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (6 May, 1806, 29 June, 1861) was a popular Victorian poet who was famous, during he lifetime in both England and the United States. 

Cornelia Otis Skinner (30 May, 2018 – ) an American author, playwright, and actress. She is remembered for her 1942 best-seller Our Hearts were young and Gay

Thomas Hood  (23 May 1799 – 3 May 1845)  was an English writer and humorist. He has been called “the finest English poet” of his generation.

H.E. Bates (16 May, 1905 – 29 January, 1974) was a British writer, born in Northamptonshire, who was known for his short stories and novels

Rudolph Fisher was an American writer, dramatist, musician, and physician. Mr. Fisher wrote about the relationship dynamics between blacks & whites in Harlem

Jerome K. Jerome (2 May, 1859 – 14 June, 1927) was an English writer best known for his delightful travelogue Three Men in a Boat

J. Anthony Lukas was an American journalist, known for his book Common Ground, a study of race relations, class conflict and busing to schools in Boston.