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Cunard this year will feature a host of noted authors on trans-Atlantic crossings aboard Queen Mary 2 from April through September. Among the best-selling authors and playwrights scheduled to sail are E.L. Doctorow, Erica Jong, Amy Bloom, John Guare and Susan Cheever. Among the authors scheduled to sail are Kathryn Harrison, who has published six novels and reviews for The New York Times Book Review, April 20; Oscar Hijuelos, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love,” May 8; Rita Dove, a poet and Pulitzer Prize winner, May 25; E.L. Doctorow, author of “The Book of Daniel” and “Ragtime,” May 31; Erica Jong, author of “Fear of Flying,” June 13; Susan Cheever, daughter of John Cheever and author of numerous books, June 25; Amy Bloom, author of “Away” and “Love Invents Us,” July 6; Brad Gooch, author of “Zombie 00,” “Billy Idol” and “Scary Kisses,” July 30; and John Guare, author of “The House of Blue Leaves,” “Six Degrees of Separation” and “Landscape of the Body,” Sept. 8.

In 2009, Queen Mary 2 marks its fifth year of service with an extended trans-Atlantic season, including more than 20 six-day voyages between New York and Southampton, two voyages between New York and Hamburg and two voyages between Boston and Southampton.