Andre Norton, the Grand Dame of science fiction and fantasy with over 100 titles to her credit, was born on this day in 1912
	Ruth Rendell, aka Barbara Vine, prolific mystery and crime novelist, was born on this day in 1930
	Randy Shilts, award-winning author of And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, died on this day in 1994
	German writer Ernst Jünger (Storm of Steel) died on this day in 1998