American author (1804–1864).

Born July 4th, 1804 in Salem.

Died May 19th, 1864 at 59 years old in Plymouth.

Aldous Huxley

Born July 26th, 1894 in Godalming.

Died November 22nd, 1963 at 69 years old

Thomas Pynchon

Born May 8th, 1937 in Glen Cove.

William Faulkner

Born September 25th, 1897 in New Albany.

Died July 6th, 1962 at 64 years old

Henry David Thoreau

Born July 12th, 1817 in Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse, Concord.

Died May 6th, 1862 at 44 years old

Thomas Wolfe

Born October 3rd, 1900 in Asheville.

Died September 15th, 1938 at 37 years old