- George Orwell
- Jon Krakauer
- Barbara Kingsolver
- James A. Michener
- Anthony Horowitz
- Nick Hornby
- Robert A. Caro
- Thomas Jefferson
- M. Neil Browne
- Stuart M. Keeley
- Joan Jacobs Brumberg
- Paula J. Giddings
- Edward T. Dowling
- Michael M. Topp
- David Richard Kasserman
- Eric C. Schneider
- Camille Kingsolver
- Steven L. Hopp