Category
page 1Novelists from Philadelphia

Kate DiCamillo
American children's writer (born 1964)
Charles Brockden Brown
American novelist, historian and editor (1771-1810)

Jacqueline Susann
American writer and actress (1918–1974)
Michael Swanwick
American science fiction author
Jack McDevitt
American science fiction author (born 1935)
Richard Harding Davis
American journalist and fiction writer (1864–1916)
Robert Arthur Jr.
American mystery and speculative fiction writer (1909–1969)
Philip Francis Nowlan
American science fiction writer who created Buck Rogers (1888–1940)
Frank R. Stockton
American writer (1834-1902)
David Goodis
Novelist, screenwriter (1917–1967)
Steve Alten
American writer
Joseph Hergesheimer
Novelist, short story writer (1880-1954)
Maureen Johnson
American author
Laurie Colwin
American novelist, short story writer, food writer (1944–1992)
George Lippard
Novelist, journalist (1822-1854)

Bebe Moore Campbell
American novelist, journalist, teacher (1950–2006)
Timothy Shay Arthur
American novelist, short story writer and publisher (1809–1885)
Jack Dunphy
American writer and playwright (1914-1992)
Mat Johnson
American novelist
Walter B. Gibson
Pulp writer and magician (1897–1985)
Barbara G. Walker
American writer and knitting specialist
Gordon Merrick
American-born writer of gay romance (1916–1988)

Virginia Kidd
American literary agent and writer (1921–2003)

Miriam Allen deFord
American writer
Edward Childs Carpenter
American novelist and screenwriter (1872–1950)
Fran Wilde
American science fiction and fantasy writer and blogger (1972-)
Rosellen Brown
American poet, novelist and teacher
Stephen Goldin
science fiction and fantasy author from the United States
Adele Griffin
American children's writer

Louisa Hall
American writer and squash player
Fran Ross
American writer (1935-1985)
Omar Tyree
American writer

Kate Braverman
American novelist, short story writer, poet (1950-2019)