Wilkie Collins (The Woman in White, No Name, Armadale, and the first moden English detective novel The Moonstone) was born on this day in 1824
	American publisher Frank Nelson Doubleday was born on this day in 1862
	Dennis Wheatley (The Devil Rides Out and dozens of other occult thrillers) was born on this day in 1897
	Peter Taylor (1987 Pulitzer Fiction winner A Summons to Memphis) was born on this day in 1917
	Alexandra Ripley (Scarlett) was born on this day in 1934
	British theoretical physicist and science popularizer Stephen Hawking (A Brief History of Time, The Universe in a Nutshell) was born on this day in 1942
	Terry Brooks (The Sword of Shannara) was born on this day in 1944