| Linda | Alcheri | Henry's new acquaintance. |
| Lila | Anderby | Kate's new neighbor. |
| Chet | Baker | American jazz trumpeter. |
| Hank | Bowman | Henry's fake name. |
| Claire | Brennan | Corbin's new acquaintance. |
| Kaylee | Buecher | Henry's new acquaintance. |
| Charles | Bukowski | German-American writer. |
| Orson Scott | Card | American science fiction novelist. |
| Gregory | Chapel | An instructor at nursing college. |
| Alan | Cherney | Kate's new acquaintance. |
| Rachael | Chess | Corbin's new acquaintance. |
| Agatha | Christie | English mystery and detective writer. |
| Robert | Christie | Canadian actor and director. |
| Ande | Damour | One of Abigail's colleagues. |
| George | Daniels | An English horologist. |
| Doris | Day | American actress. |
| Corbin | Dell | Kate Priddy's second cousin. |
| Richard | Dell | Corbin's father. |
| Albert | Dietrichson | A judge. |
| Gillian | Flynn | American writer. |
| Dick | Francis | English jockey and crime writer. |
| Mike | Gaetano | One of Abigail's colleagues. |
| Melanie | Gellar | A licensed therapist. |
| Karen | Gibson | A police officer. |
| John | Grisham | American lawyer, politician, and author. |
| Jenny | Gulli | The first girl to really disappoint Henry. |
| Joseph | Hahn | A CPA. |
| Florence | Halperin | Kate's neighbor. |
| Rex | Harrison | English actor. |
| Mrs. | Heathcote | Corbin's acquaintance. |
| Bram | Heymans | Corbin's acquaintance. |
| Wendy | Hiller | English film and stage actress. |
| Mr. | Hinchliffe | Corbin's professor. |
| Leslie | Howard | British actor. |
| Henry | James | American British author. |
| Roberta | James | A detective. |
| Rupert Penry | Jones | British actor. |
| Robert | Jordan | American author of epic fantasy. |
| Ashley | Judd | American actress. |
| Stephen | King | American writer. |
| Stanley | Kubrick | American filmmaker. |
| Martha | Lambert | Kate's new best friend. |
| John | Le Carre | British author. |
| Roger | Livesey | British stage and film actor. |
| Jack | Ludovico | Audrey's close friend. |
| John D. | MacDonald | American writer of novels and short stories. |
| Audrey | Marshall | A literary agent in New York. |
| Jack | Nicholson | American actor. |
| Chuck | Palahniuk | American novelist, essayist. |
| Pablo | Picasso | Spanish artist. |
| Brad | Pitt | American actor. |
| Katherine | Priddy | A Boston University student. aka: Kate. |
| Lucy | Priddy | Kate's mother. |
| Barbara | Pym | British writer. |
| Sarah | Scharfenberg | One of Corbin's acquaintances. |
| Jean | Seberg | American actress. |
| Abigail | Tan | An FBI agent. |
| Jack | Torrance | Fictional character in Stephen King's novel The Shining. |
| Bill | Valentine | Carol's husband. |
| Carol | Valentine | The president of the building association. |
| Andy | Warhol | American artist and film director and producer. |
| Vicky | Wilson | A nurse. |
| Henry | Wood | One of Corbin's acquaintances. |
| Jim | Wood | Henry Wood's father. |
| Lina | Wood | Henry Wood's mother. |
| Mao | Zedong | Chairman - Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. |
| Alice | | Patrick's border terrier. |
| Allie | | A counselor. |
| Amanda | | Richard Dell's wife. |
| Anna | | Henry's girlfriend. |
| Barry | | Corbin's fellow intern. |
| Bella | | Alan's acquaintance. |
| Bob | | The doorman. |
| Brandon | | Quinn's new acquaintance. |
| Hannah | | Alan's sister. |
| Kerry | | Audrey's best friend. |
| Martha | | Kate's neighbor in London. |
| Mike | | Quinn's friend. |
| Nancy | | A therapist. |
| Oscar | | A tenant. |
| Patrick | | Kate's father. |
| Philip | | Corbin's brother. |
| Quinn | | Alan Cherney's girlfriend. |
| Sadie | | Kate's cousin. |
| Samantha | | A bartender. |
| Sanders | | A cat. |
| Sanibel | | A doorman. |
| Sumera | | Kate's classmate. |
| Theodora | | Kate's therapist. |
| Viv | | Quinn's best friend. |
