Scottish author and Dickens influence Tobias Smollett (The Adventures of Roderick Random) died on this day in 1771
	John Keats, afflicted with tuberculosis, departed for Italy on this day in 1820 in hope that his health would improve with the climate. He died there less than six months later.
	Ken Kesey (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) was born on this day in 1935
	William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies was published on this day in 1954
	Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife was published on this day in 2003