"They say it's your birthday" - writers born on March 17

William Gibson  (1948) 

Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.  (1911) 
Paul Green  (1894) 
Kate Greenaway  (1846)
Karl Gutzkow  (1811)
Siegfried Lenz  (1926)

Penelope Lively  (1933) 

Gary Paul Nabhan  (1952)