Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist, historian, and author.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X is an autobiography written by Muslim American minister and activist Malcolm X in collaboration with American journalist Alex Haley.

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family.

Barbara Ellen Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist, and poet.

Alexander Hamilton was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, an instrumental promoter of the U.S. Constitution, and founder of the nation's financial system. He co-wrote the 85 Federalist Papers essays (under the pseudonym "Publius") with James Madison and John Jay between October 1787 and May 1788, and published early political writings including *A Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress* and *The Farmer Refuted*.

Charles Aronstein, who wrote under the pen name James Madison, was an American theatre manager, writer and publisher, responsible for writing and publishing the periodical Madison's Budget..