Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell.

John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist.

Margaret Eleanor Atwood is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and inventor.

Donna Balon is a former certified public accountant and tax attorney based in Las Vegas who turned to fiction writing. She is the author of *Sam Time* (Desert Day Press LLC, September 2023), a historical fiction novel about a history professor who befriends Ulysses S. Grant. Inspired during a trip to Colorado's old mining towns, she immersed herself in researching Grant and Victorian customs to bring the story to life.

Maggie Shipstead is an American novelist, short story author, essayist, and travel writer.