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Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
Alex Haley
American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist (1921–1992)
James Agee
American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic (1909-1955)
Thomas Harris
American author and screenwriter
Ann Patchett
American novelist and memoirist
James Weldon Johnson
American writer and activist (1871–1938)
Lorrie Moore
American writer
Elizabeth Kostova
American writer
Horace McCoy
American writer (1897–1955)
Alan Lightman
American physicist, science writer, essayist, novelist
Ishmael Reed
American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor and publisher
Sherrilyn Kenyon
American novelist
Allen Steele
US science fiction author
Shelby Foote
American novelist, historian (1916-2005)
Thomas Sigismund Stribling
American author and lawyer (1881–1965)
Margaret George
American writer
Lisa Alther
American novelist
Christie Golden
American writer
Arna Bontemps
American poet, novelist (1902–1973)
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American children's writer (1928–1974)
Roark Bradford
American writer known for stories based on American folklore (1896–1948)
Madison Smartt Bell
American author
Brad Thor
American writer
Kristin Gore
American writer; daughter of Al and Tipper Gore
David Galloway
American novelist, journalist and curator
Maria Thompson Daviess
American novelist (1872-1924)
Mary Noailles Murfree
author of Appalachian Fiction (1850-1922)
Donald Davidson
American poet (1893–1968)
Alice Randall
American writer
Bette Greene
American children's writer (1934–2020)
Richard Bausch
American novelist and short story writer
Rebecca Brandewyne
American writer
Caroline Randall Williams
American writer
Ed Allen
Novelist, short story writer
John Faulkner
American author and artist; brother of author William Faulkner (1901-1963)
Meredith Russo
American author
Caroline Gordon
American novelist and literary critic (1895–1981)
John Farris
American writer
Mark Richard
American short story writer, novelist, screenwriter, and poet