Top Ten Authors I'd Love to Meet

I'm joining in with That Artsy Reader Girl for Top Ten Tuesday!  Today's topic is which 10 authors would you most love to meet?  I will apologize in advance that most of mine are no longer living.

1. Jane Austen
2.  Edgar Allen Poe
3.  Margaret Mitchell
4. John Steinbeck
5.  The Bronte sisters (all of them, please)
6. Janet Fitch (White Oleander)
7.  Janette Oke (Love Comes Softly books)
8. Neta Jackson (Yada Yada Prayer Group books)
9.  Kristin Hannah
10. Emily Dickinson