Horace Greeley was a newspaper editor and columnist. He was a very influential figure in publishing during his lifetime and launched the New York Tribune.

Mordecai Richle was an award-winning Canadian writer & journalist. He is known for his novels, usually about the Jewish experience in Canada

Joy Adamson was an author, painter, and naturalist who is known for her book Born Free which chronicles her experiences raising Elsa the lioness

Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon was a French writer known for his poetry and tragedies, many consider him a better tragic poet than Voltaire

Tómas Guðmundsson was a writer and poet from Iceland. He is known as Reykjavík’s unofficial poet laureate for introducing Reykjavík in Icelandic poetry.

Rudyard Kipling was an English writer, poet and novelist. Mr. Kipling is best known for his books The Man Who Would Be King and The Jungle Book.

Martin Opitz was a German poet and literary theorist who was considered to be the greatest poet in the land during his lifetime.

George Santayana was a Spanish-American poet, novelist and philosopher. He is considered one of the most influential thinkers of the early 20th century.

John Milton (9 December, 1608 – 8 November, 1674) was an English poet whose epic poem Paradise Lost is considered to be one of the greatest works of literature

Joseph P. Lash was an American journalist and writer. He is known for his Pulitzer Prize winning biography Eleanor and Franklin