Novelists from Illinois

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

Canadian-American writer (1915–2005)

American author and screenwriter (1920–2012)

American writer and editor (1878–1967)

American actor (1930–2025)

American writer (1875–1950)

American author, screenwriter, film director (1942–2008)

American author of children's books (1856–1919)

American spiritual writer

American actress (born 1965)

American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)

American writer (1876–1941)

American writer (1917–2007)

American fiction writer and essayist (1962–2008)

American writer

American author

American science fiction writer (born 1952)

American science fiction writer and editor (1919–2013)

American novelist (1948–2026)

American author and critic

American novelist, screenwriter and playwright (1931-2018)

American writer (1918–2009)

American novelist (1931–2020)

American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964)

American soul and jazz poet, musician, and author (1949–2011)

American game designer and author (1938–2008)

American writer (1868–1950)

American author (1921–1977)

American novelist, short story writer (1909-1981)

American novelist of Finnish descent

American writer, editor, and publisher

American novelist (born 1957)

American writer, artist and academic (born 1963)

American writer and forensic anthropologist

American/Canadian author

American writer

American novelist, journalist, lawyer

American novelist and LGBT essayist (1940–2025)

Bosnian-American author, novelist, columnist

Lithuanian-American author, editor, and critic (1931–2008)

American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter

American writer

American author

American recording artist (1925–1999)

American writer (1942-2020)

American writer (1916-1990)

American writer (1883-1958)

philosophy professor, author of Gor novel series

author, artist (1892-1973)

American sportswriter, short story writer (1885–1933)

American cartoonist

American historical novelist and fantasy writer (1932–2023)

American writer

American writer

American fiction writer

screenwriter

American writer

American filmmaker (1932–2021)

American science fiction, fantasy, horror, science and children's writer (1931–2017)

American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist (1944–2024)