Peter Sneath (1923 to 2011), microbiologist, author of the book Planets and Life.

Jane Smiley is the author, most recently, of "Private Life," a novel.

Come back down, we would advise the author of "Life on Earth."

The son of Pierce Egan, the author of Life in London.

She is also the author of "Life Being the Best and Other Stories" (New Directions, 1988).

Mr. Jenkins, author of "Life on Earth," said the shifting ground of science made research challenging.

"The quintessential American company was Enron, which made nothing," said Neal Gabler, author of "Life the Movie."

He was the author of Life of Abigail Waters (1817).

A painter and printmaker of note, as well as the author of "Life With Picasso," Mlle.

Gahrton is the author of "Life and Death in the European Parliament", part political thriller, part tell-all memoir.