Bob Woodward
American investigative journalist
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Alfred Bester
American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books
Henry Beston
American writer and naturalist, best known as the author of The Outermost House, written in 1928.
Kai Bird
American author and columnist, best known for his works on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, United States-Middle East political relations and his biographies of political figures
Elizabeth Bishop
American poet and short-story writer
Judy Blume
American writer of children’s, young adult and adult fiction
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor
Natalie Babbitt
American writer and illustrator of children’s books
Bernard Bailyn
American historian, author, and academic specializing in U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary-era History
Nicholson Baker
American novelist and essayist