white , maxine hong kingston , jorge luis borges , lucille iverson , sylvia plath , george bernard shaw , george macdonald fraser , david johnston , donald westlake , kurt vonnegut , ralph ellison , sue townsend , james baldwin , jean kerr , alice walker , peg bracken , dorothy parker , robert benchley , lewis carroll , l. frank baum , c. s. lewis , h. p. lovecraft , charles dickens , p. l. ryan , simon lewenberg , justine mbabzazi , farid hotaki , harlan ellison ( as in forever ) , and the `` keep `` em flying '' lady , erica jong , and , to : the erstwhile creators of the amerikanski sherlock holmes ( namely ellery queen ) , the timeless duo of frederic dannay and manfred b. lee , publishers of firsts .