"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on March 12

Edward Albee  (1928)
John Aubrey  (1626)
Ribeiro Couto  (1898)
Gabriele D'Annunzio  (1863)
Dave Eggers  (1970)
John Gross  (1935)
Virginia Hamilton  (1934) 
Harry Harrison  (1925)
Carl Hiaasen  (1953)
Jack Kerouac  (1922)
Naomi Shihab Nye  (1952)
Kylie Tennant  (1912)