Jon Krakauer
American writer and mountaineer
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Maurice Sendak
American illustrator and writer of children’s books
Thomas S. Kuhn
American philosopher of science whose 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was influential in both academic and popular circles, introducing the term paradigm shift, which has since become an English-language idiom
Tony Kushner
American author, playwright, and screenwriter
Madeleine L’Engle
American writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time
Jhumpa Lahiri
American author known for her short stories, novels and essays in English, and, more recently, in Italian
John Lahr
American theater critic
Alfred Lansing
American journalist and writer, best known for his book Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage , an account of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic explorations.
Ursula K. Le Guin
American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series
Harper Lee
American novelist best known for her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird