Julien Green (Journal, Paris, Dixie) was born on this day in 1900
	Robert Pirsig (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance) was born on this day in 1928
	Leslie McFarlane, better known under the house pen name Franklin W. Dixon (The Hardy Boys) died on this day in 1977. McFarlane was the first and most prolific ghost writer of the early Hardy Boys series under the Dixon name, having written 19 of the first 25 novels.
	Madeleine L'Engle (A Wrinkle In Time) died on this day in 2007