Edna Ferber (Show Boat) was born on this day in 1885
	Rob Thomas (Rats Saw God, Green Thumb, Veronica Mars novels) was born on this day in 1965
	On this day in 2007, a patron in a bookstore in Alice Springs, Australia reported that a vandal was scribbling in books in the fiction section. The "vandal" turned out to be Stephen King, autographing books he had written.
	Harry Harrison (Make Room! Make Room!, the basis for the 1973 feature film Soylent Green), creator of the Stainless Steel Rat, died on this day in 2012