Nancy Pearl
American librarian, best-selling author, literary critic and the former Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book at Seattle Public Library
Creator
Katherine Anne Porter
American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist
Iris Origo
English-born biographer and writer
Samuel Pepys
English diarist and naval administrator
Beatrix Potter
English writer, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist; she was best known for her children’s books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit
George Orwell
English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic
Georges Perec
French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist
Ovid
Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus
S. J. Perelman
American humorist and screenwriter
George Packer
US journalist, novelist, and playwright