Herman Melville (1819-1891)
Novelist
1
Leonie Hanne, 36
Blogger
2
Jim Carroll (1949-2009)
Autobiographer
3
Elizabeth Mathis, 41
4
Tomi Adeyemi, 31
5
Gwen Hartley, 50
6
Madison Smartt Bell, 67
7
James St James, 58
8
Bill Wallace (1947-2012)
Children's Author
9
Pooja Mittal, 36
10
Peony Lim, 36
11
Maitreni Mishra, 33
12
Erin Boyle, 39
13
Frank Stanford (1948-1978)
Poet
14
Warsan Shire, 36
15
Preston Smiles, 43
Non-Fiction Author
16
Robert James Waller (1939-2017)
17
Caroline Blomst, 46
18
Erin Sousa, 43
19
FR Scott (1899-1985)
20
Thomas Woods, 52
Religious Author
21
Beau Willimon, 49
Screenwriter
22
Noon Meem Rashid (1910-1975)
23
Julia Puig Soto, 30
24
Top August 1 Birthdays
Most Popular Authors
Iris Dijkers, 37
25
Edward Streeter (1891-1976)
26
Vivien Greene (1904-2003)
27
Anne Hebert (1916-2000)
28
Tony Giordano, 47
Self-Help Author
29
David Gemmell (1948-2006)
30
Anne-Marie Lodge, 50
31
Ernst Jandl (1925-2000)
32
Stuart Merrill (1863-1915)
33
João Doederlein, 28
34