Editing Amherst, Massachusetts (section)

===Live/lived in Amherst===
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* [[Gavin Andresen]], [[Bitcoin Foundation]] founder and former [[Bitcoin]] contributor
* [[Christian Appy]], author of ''Patriots'' and ''Working-Class War'', professor at [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]
* [[Christopher Benfey]], author of ''The Great Wave'', professor at [[Mount Holyoke College]]
* [[Holly Black]], author of ''[[Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale|Tithe]]'', ''[[Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie|Valiant]]'', ''[[Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale|Ironside]]'', and co-author of the ''[[Spiderwick|Spiderwick Chronicles]]''
* [[Augusten Burroughs]], author of ''[[Running with Scissors (memoir)|Running with Scissors]]''
* [[Michelle Chamuel]], singer, songwriter, producer
* [[Cassandra Clare]], author of ''[[The Mortal Instruments]]'' and ''[[The Infernal Devices]]''
* [[Arda Collins]], poet and winner of the [[Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition]]
* [[Tony DiTerlizzi]], author of ''[[The Spider and the Fly (poem)|The Spider and the Fly]]'' and co-author/illustrator for ''[[Spiderwick|Spiderwick Chronicles]]''
* [[Peter Elbow]], compositionist and professor emeritus at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]
* [[Joseph Ellis]], historian and author of ''[[Founding Brothers]]''
* [[Martín Espada]], poet, professor at the University of Massachusetts and author of the 2006 ''The Republic of Poetry'', among others
* [[Black Francis]], singer/guitarist of the [[alternative rock]] band the [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]], attended UMass Amherst
* [[Rebecca Guay]], artist specializing in watercolor painting and illustration
* [[Norton Juster]], author of ''[[The Phantom Tollbooth]]''
* [[John Katzenbach]], author of ''[[The Madman's Tale]]''
* [[Julius Lester]], author and professor at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]
* [[Michael Lesy]], author of ''[[Wisconsin Death Trip]]'', professor at Hampshire College
* [[Cale Makar]], professional ice hockey player for the [[Colorado Avalanche]] and former [[University of Massachusetts]] defenseman.
* [[Charles C. Mann]] (born 1955), journalist and author of ''[[1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus]]'' and ''[[1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created]]''
* [[Catherine Newman]], memoirist and novelist
* [[John Olver]], politician who served in the [[US House of Representatives]]
* [[John Elder Robison]], author of ''[[Look Me in the Eye]]''; older brother of [[Augusten Burroughs]]
* [[Joey Santiago]], lead guitarist of the [[alternative rock]] band the [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]], attended UMass Amherst
* [[Archie Shepp]], jazz musician and professor emeritus at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]
* [[Chris Smither]], folk/blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter
* [[James Tate (writer)|James Tate]] (born 1943), poet and professor at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]
* [[Carl Vigeland]], author of ''In Concert'' and many other books
* [[John Edgar Wideman]], novelist and writer
* [[Dara Wier]], poet and professor in the [[MFA Program for Poets & Writers]] at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]
* [[Roman Yakub]], composer
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