Margaret Atwood
Born November 18, 1939 · 86 years old
The Handmaid's Tale, fifty-plus books
Every time the news resembles her dystopia, the internet spends a week calling her a prophet, and prophets are dead people by definition. She keeps having to point out she is alive and annoyed about it.
86, still writing, still winning the internet's respect in real time.
Confirmed alive as of September 23, 2026 · source: Wikidata