October-born Authors: Who do you share a birthday with?

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Which author do you share a birthday with?
October 1, 1946 – Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried
October 2, 1937 – Stanley Crawford – Log of the S.S. The Mrs. Unguentine  
October 3, 1900-September 15, 1938 – Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel
October 4, 1941 – Anne Rice,  The Vampire Chronicles
October 5, 1950 – Edward P. Jones, The Known World, 2004 Pulitzer 
October 6, 1939–June 17, 2014 Lois Battle, The Florabama Ladies’ Auxiliary & Sewing Circle
October 7, 1907 – September 30, 1985 – Helen MacInnes,  Above Suspicion
October 8, 1920-February 11, 1986 – Frank Herbert, Dune
October 9, 1956 – Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan
October 10, 1950 – Nora Roberts (aka J.D. Robb),  Year One, Shelter in Place
October 11, 1911-February 26, 1993 – Fletcher Knebel, Political Thrillers
October 12, 1982 – Julie Kagawa, The Iron Fey Series
October 13, 1890-October 30, 1968 – Conrad Richter, The Light in the Forest
October 14, 1950 – Kate Grenville, The Secret River
October 15, 1881-February 14, 1975 – P.G. (Sir Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse,  The Code of the Woosters
October 16, 1854-November 30, 1900 – Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Ernest, The Picture of Dorian Gray  
October 17, 1950 – Wally Lamb, She’s Come Undone, I Know this Much Is True
October 18, 1951 – Terry McMillan, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Waiting to Exhale
October 19, 1931 – John le Carre – Espionage novels, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
October 20, 1906-August 5, 2002 – Winifred Watson, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
October 21, 1929-January 22, 2018 – Ursula K. Le Guin, Earthsea Fantasy Series
October 22, 1948 – Debbie Macomber, Romance Novels 
October 23, 1960-July 3, 2008 – Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
October 24, 1977 – Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry 
October 25, 1960 – Richard C. Morais, The Hundred Foot Journey  
October 26, 1945-March 4, 2016 – Pat Conroy, Prince of Tides        
October 27, 1973 – Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
October 28, 1962 – Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
October 29, 1954 – Lee Child, Thriller Novels 
October 30, 1937 – Rudolfo Anaya, Bless Me, Ultima
October 31, 1932 – Katherine Paterson, The Bridge to Terabithia
            

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