Sex and death, the magnetic poles of fiction, attract us children's writers no less than adult authors, but we have to be more leery of their pull.

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• Aldous Huxley

  Writer

  Thursday, Jul 26, 1894
  Friday, Nov 22, 1963

• H. L. Mencken

  Journalist

  Sunday, Sep 12, 1880
  Sunday, Jan 29, 1956

• Kim Kardashian

  Television Personality

  Tuesday, Oct 21, 1980
  

• William Blake

  Poet

  Monday, Nov 28, 1757
  Sunday, Aug 12, 1827

• Paulo Coelho

  Lyricist

  Sunday, Aug 24, 1947
  

• Vincent Van Gogh

  Painter

  Wednesday, Mar 30, 1853
  Tuesday, Jul 29, 1890

• Edgar Allan Poe

  Author

  Thursday, Jan 19, 1809
  Sunday, Oct 07, 1849

• Nelson Mandela

  Former President Of South Africa

  Thursday, Jul 18, 1918
  Thursday, Dec 05, 2013

• John Lewis

  U.s. Representative

  Wednesday, Feb 21, 1940
  

• Martin Luther

  Monk

  Saturday, Nov 10, 1483
  Monday, Feb 18, 1546

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Civil Rights Activist

  Tuesday, Jan 15, 1929
  Thursday, Apr 04, 1968

• Dalai Lama

  Saturday, Jul 06, 1935
  

• Mae West

  Actress

  Thursday, Aug 17, 1893
  Saturday, Nov 22, 1980

• Peter Drucker

  Author

  Friday, Nov 19, 1909
  Friday, Nov 11, 2005

• Robert Frost

  Poet

  Thursday, Mar 26, 1874
  Tuesday, Jan 29, 1963