Incorrect, but good guess!  :)

Edgar Allen Poe?

Also incorrect, yet another good guess!  :)

Jane Austen?

Nope!  :)  (We might actually get to the second hint on this one...)

Charlotte Bronte?

Incorrect, but only one guess per person per hint.  ;)

Does Johannes Gutenberg count?

Does Johannes Gutenberg count?

Now that's what I call thinking outside the box.

lol....

 

*needs more clues, too many ppl reading too many books at the same time*

Robert Jordan? =)

Good idea for thinking outside the box, Sen, but no.  :P

 

And it's not Robert Jordan, either.  lol

Second hint for the fifth Great:

 

This Great's masterpiece is a well-known and well-loved piece that has been translated into many different languages...including English.

Shakespear???  (sorry no blue, my reply box not working right)

absolutely no idea but...

 

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

How do you translate something from English into English?  xD  Well, I suppose Middle English counts for something, but no, this is not the Bard.  ;)

 

Cindy is also incorrect.  

Homer

Good guess, but not quite.

Plato

Nope.  :)  One more guess, and I'll either move on to the next hint or give points.  >.>

Geoffrey Chaucer.

 

Boom.

English?

Old English to English.

yeah I don't have any idea here

 

guess Shakespeare was Middle English

Not Chaucer, no.  :P

 

On to the next hint!