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Frederic Raphael

American-born, British BAFTA and Academy Award winning screenwriter, biographer, nonfiction writer, novelist and journalist.

Ishmael Reed

American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor and publisher known for his satirical works challenging American political culture

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

Anne Rice

American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Christian literature

Dawn Powell

Award-winning novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and short story writer