Co-author of the middle grade books Shivers! The Pirate Who's Afraid of Everything, Shivers! The Pirate and Time Tracers: The Stolen Summers. Performs of Shivers to schools across the country to promote literacy and writing through comedy
Author - From Jesus to Christianity ; featured in two award-winning PBS Frontline documentaries, From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians and Apocalypse!
Author, two-time Pulitzer winner/author of eight novels, including his 1999 debut The Intuitionist; The Underground Railroad (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; and The Nickel Boys
American Female Author - Novel -'To Rescue The Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, The Fragile Union, And The Crisis of 1876' (2021), 'Eat Right for 4 Your Type: Complete Blood Type Encyclopedia' (1998), 'Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final..'(2017)
First disabled person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. Founded the Cooperative Wilderness Handicapped Outdoor Group. In the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours List, Whittaker was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Canadian poet, novelist and TV writer. Previously worked as an arts reporter. Her first novel, Bottle Rocket Hearts, was named a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year & one of the top 10 essential Canadian novels of the decade
Writer/illustrator of science comics. First Second Book, Spongebob Comics, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics. Wicks is the illustrator of Primates (2013), written by Jim Ottaviani. Also Human Body Theater (2015) and Coral Reefs (2016)
One of the news cameramen you see running in Malcolm Couch's film, shot this film as he jumped from one of the camera cars following the limo and ran towards the grassy knoll at the JFK assassination
Historian, folklorist, writer & teacher. Developed Foxfire Project, writing project led to magazine & series of best-selling Foxfire books, 12 vols. Based on articles Georgia high school students wrote. 1986 Georgia Teacher of the Year
Actor: 'Blazing Saddles', 'Silver Streak', 'See No Evil, Hear No Evil', 'The Woman In Red', 'Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory', 'Young Frankenstein'. 'Stir Crazy'
Dutch politician.He has been a member of the Dutch Parliament since 1998.He founded PPV and is their current leader.Wilders is best known for his controversial criticism of Islam, which has led to his forced isolation due to threats
Playwright, screenwriter, author of fiction & nonfiction books/WW 2 Wilk served First Motion Picture Unit of the US Army Air Forces/ wrote the novelization of Beatles' cartoon Yellow Submarine/Wrote Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Louis Alan 'Pete' Williams is a former American journalist and former government official. From 1993-2022, he was a television correspondent for NBC News. He served in the administration of President George H. W. Bush
American public relations speaker, author, philanthropist and founder of The Terrie Williams Agency which has repped Prince, Chris Rock, Janet Jackson, and Louis Gossett Jr., amongst others. Mental health advocate
Author of Hurricanes of Independence: The Untold Story of the Deadly Storm at the Deciding Moment of the American Revolution and The Pox and the Covenant: Franklin, Mather, and the Epidemic that Changed America's Destiny
Actress-Elephant Juice,Father of the Bride 1-2,Indian Summer,Cold Blooded,Jakes Women,The War at Home,Just a Little Harmless Sex,Simpatico,The 10th Kingdom,According to Jim,Lucky 7,Shade, We Are Marshall
Author/Inventor/U.S. Air Force Cold War spy, nearly getting shot down by Russian MIGs, and landing in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis/makes his fortune working for computer software magnate Bill Gates
American Female Author - Novel - 'Unholy Covenant: A True Story Of Murder In North Carolina' (2000), 'Tell Me You Love Me'[ (2019), 'Tell Me No Secrets' (2019), 'Tell Me No Lies' (2017), 'Wink Of An Eye: A Mystery' (2014), 'Rising' (2013)
Pulitzer Prize-winning and prolific author, journalist, and historian, specializing in American politics and political history and the Roman Catholic Church
Singer/Songwriter/Composer: founding member of 'The Beach Boys', author of the best-selling book, 'Wouldn't It Be Nice?', father of Wendy and Carnie Wilson
Environmental activist/fisherwoman from Seadrift, Texas, won Goldman Environmental Prize 2023. Goldman Environmental Prize is a award that honors grassroots environmental activists from around the world for their work to protect the planet
Syndicated Gossip Columnist - It Happened Last Night (1942-1983). Author - Sinatra - An Unauthorized Biography, Show Business Laid Bare. Actor - Copacabana, A Face In The Crowd, College Confidential, Beach Blanket Bingo
Southern American chef, composer and humorist known for his brand of Cajun-inspired cuisine, humor and storytelling. Wrote 7 Cajun cookbooks and he hosted several cooking shows on PBS. Known for the catchphrase, 'I gar-on-tee!'