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Novelist and psychiatrist Daniel Mason.

Daniel Mason

American Congregational minister Cotton Mather.

Cotton Mather

(1663 - 1728)

Irish writer Colum McCann.

Colum McCann

American author Steven Millhauser.

Steven Millhauser

Oil painting portrair Michel de Montaigne in red robes and white collar

Michel de Montaigne

(1533 - 1592)

Depiction of Chinese philosopher Mozi.

Mozi

(c. 470 BC - c. 391 BC)

Portrait of English physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton.

Isaac Newton

(1643 - 1727)

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

(c. 1490 - c. 1560)

Russian writer Yuri Olesha.

Yuri Olesha

(1899 - 1960)

Portrait of English-American writer and polemicist Thomas Paine.

Thomas Paine

(1737 - 1809)

Black and white photograph of American poet and novelist Sylvia Plath.

Sylvia Plath

(1932 - 1963)

Photograph of American short-story writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe.

Edgar Allan Poe

(1809 - 1849)

Neoplatonist Greek philosopher Porphyry.

Porphyry

(c. 234 - c. 305)

Portrait of Chinese fiction writer Pu Songling.

Pu Songling

(1640 - 1715)

British author Philip Pullman.

Philip Pullman

Sufi mystic and poet Rumi.

Rumi

(c. 1207 - 1273)

Lady Sarashina

(c. 1008 - c. 1059)

Japanese diarist and poet Sei Shōnagon.

Sei Shonagon

(c. 966 - c. 1025)

Polish-born American writer Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

(1903 - 1991)

Psychologist and writer Lauren Slater.

Lauren Slater

New York Times editor Richard W. Stevenson.

Richard W. Stevenson

Irish writer Bram Stoker.

Bram Stoker

(1847 - 1912)

Photograph of English professor and author Andrew McConnell Stott.

Andrew McConnell Stott

Statue depicting Roman orator and historian Tacitus.

Tacitus

(56 - c. 120)