| Edward | Albee | American playwright. |
| Mr. | Bandit | Therapist. |
| Hilda | Battley | Jackson's first assistant. |
| Ruth | Bennett | Mrs. Parrish's mother. |
| Jimmy | Choo | Fashion designer. |
| Lana | Crump | Real name of Amber Patterson. |
| Aelbert | Cuyp | Dutch painter. |
| Patrick | Dempsey | American actor. |
| Albert | Einstein | German-born theoretical physicist. |
| Eric | Ferry | Artist. |
| Dr. | Finn | Jackson's friend. |
| Jerry | Hanson | Investigator. |
| Gregg | Higgins | Daphne's acquaintance. |
| Marc | Jacobs | American fashion designer. |
| Mark | Jansen | Amber's boss. |
| Stephen | King | American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense. |
| Barbara | Kingsolver | American novelist, essayist and poet. |
| Abraham | Lincoln | 16th U.S. President. |
| Matthew | Lockwood | Frances's older brother. |
| Mrs. | Lockwood | Amber's acquaintance. |
| Rosamund | Lupton | British author. |
| Sally | MacAteer | Jenna's friend. |
| Stella | McCartney | English fashion designer. |
| Herman | Melville | American novelist, short story writer and poet. |
| Vladimir | Nabokov | Russian and American novelist, poet. |
| Bunny | Nichols | One of Daphne's friends. |
| March | Nichols | Bunny's husband. |
| Daphne | Parrish | Jackson Parrish's wife. |
| Jackson | Parrish | CEO of Parrish International. |
| Jackson Marc | Parrish Jr. | Jackson and Amber's son. |
| Amber | Patterson | The secretary in the residential division of Rollins Realty. |
| Edgar Allan | Poe | American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. |
| Margot | Samuelson | Jackson's client. |
| Mrs. | Sinclair | Headmistress. |
| Meredith Bell | Stanton | One of Daphne's friends. |
| Randolph H. | Stanton III | Meredith's husband. Aka: Rand. |
| Virginia | Woolf | English writer. |
| Mrs. | Worth | Amber's acquaintance. |
| Mrs. | Wright | Jackson Junior's nanny. |
| Jean | Yu | Korean born fashion designer. |
| Angela | | Hairdresser. |
| Barry | | Daphne's cousin. |
| Barry | | Ruth's acquaintance. |
| Becky | | Gregg's assistant. |
| Bella | | One of Daphne's daughters. |
| Bree | | Jackson's new vice president. |
| Bunny | | Mrs. Wright's acquaintance. |
| Charlene | | Amber's sister. Aka: Char. |
| Danny | | Daphne's acquaintance. |
| Douglas | | Jackson's new assistant. |
| Edgar | | Jackson's butler. |
| Erin | | Barry's wife. |
| Ezra | | Daphne's father. |
| Faith | | One of Daphne's friends. |
| Fiona | | Daphne's secretary. |
| Flora | | Jackson's father's girlfriend. |
| Frances | | Mrs. Lockwood's daughter. |
| Frank | | Amber's uncle. |
| Homer | | Legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. |
| Irene | | One of Daphne's friends. |
| Jenka | | Daphne's friend. |
| Jenna | | Amber's receptionist. |
| Julie | | Daphne's sister. |
| Lois | | One of Daphne's friends. |
| Lydia | | Bunny's friend. |
| Marco | | Amber's boyfriend. |
| Margarita | | Parrish's housekeeper. |
| Marvin | | Waiter. |
| Neve | | One of Daphne's friends. |
| Sabine | | One of the nannies. |
| Simone | | Erin's child. |
| Surrey | | Sally's friend. |
| Tallulah | | One of Daphne's daughters. Aka: Lu. |
| Tanaka | | Jackson's acquaintance. |
| Tommy | | Parrish's driver. |
| Trudy | | Amber's sister. |
| Warren | | Jenka's husband. |
