Ruth Reichl
American chef, food writer, co-producer of PBS’s Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie, culinary editor for the Modern Library, host of PBS’s Gourmet’s Adventures With Ruth, and the last editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine
20th-century american non-fiction writers
David Remnick
American journalist and writer
Dorothy Parker
American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles
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
Barack Obama
American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States
John McPhee
American writer
Arthur Miller
American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater
N. Scott Momaday
Kiowa novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet
Larry McMurtry
American novelist, essayist, bookseller, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas
Don Marquis
American humorist, journalist, and author