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Ethan Hawke
Ethan Green Hawke is an American actor, author, and filmmaker whose career on both stage and screen has spanned four decades. Known for his versatility across a range of roles and collaborations with director Richard Linklater, he has worked in both independent films and blockbusters. His accolades include a Daytime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for five Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and a Tony Award.
Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
Robert E. Howard
American author (1906–1936)
James A. Michener
American author (1907-1997)
Katherine Anne Porter
American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist (1890–1980)
Colleen Hoover
American author
Bruce Sterling
American author, speaker and futurist (born 1954)
Barbara Barrie
American actress and author (born 1931)
Gene Wolfe
American science fiction and fantasy writer (1931–2019)
Donald Barthelme
American writer, editor, and professor (1931–1989)
Larry McMurtry
American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter (1936-2021)
John Edward Williams
American writer (1922–1994)
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist
Michael Nesmith
American musician, songwriter, actor (1942–2021)
Jim Thompson
American writer (1906–1977)
John Varley
American science fiction author (1947–2025)
Ernest Cline
American novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter
James Dickey
American writer (1923–1997)
Scott Westerfeld
American science fiction writer
Elizabeth Moon
American fiction writer (born 1945)
Sandra Brown
American author
Tim O'Brien
American novelist (born 1946)
Lawrence Wright
American author, screenwriter, and staff writer (1947-)
Justin Cronin
American writer
Martha Wells
American writer (born 1964)
Terry Southern
American writer (1924–1995)
James Lee Burke
American author
Aaron Allston
American writer (1960-2014)
Joe R. Lansdale
American novelist, short story writer, martial arts instructor (born 1951)
Whitley Strieber
American writer
Raymond Benson
American short story writer and novelist
Kinky Friedman
American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist (1944–2024)
Allen Drury
American novelist (1918-1998)
Lisa Tuttle
American-British writer (born 1952)
Rachel Caine
American author
Lauren Kate
American writer
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
poet, novelist and writer from the United States
Jim Lehrer
American writer (1934-2020)
John Rechy
American writer
Asa Earl Carter
American speech writer and novelist (1925–1979)
Trevanian
Rodney William Whitaker (June 12, 1931 – December 14, 2005) was an American film scholar and writer who wrote several novels under the pen name Trevanian. Whitaker wrote in a wide variety of genres, achieved bestseller status, and published under several other names, as well, including Nicholas Seare, Beñat Le Cagot, and Edoard Moran. He published the nonfiction book The Language of Film under his own name.
Libba Bray
American teen writer
Patricia Anthony
American science fiction writer (1947–2013)
Howard Waldrop
American writer (1946–2024)
Katherine Arden
American novelist
Sally Miller Gearhart
American teacher, feminist, science fiction writer, and political activist (1931–2021)
Meg Wolitzer
American writer
Chris Harrison
American television personality/game show host
James Crumley
American writer (1939–2008)
Chad Oliver
American anthropologist and fiction author (1928-1993)
Brett Halliday
American novelist (1904-1977)
Judith McNaught
American writer
Attica Locke
American writer
C. Robert Cargill
American writer (born 1975)
Philipp Meyer
American writer
Anita Brenner
Mexican writer (1905–1974)
Hafsah Faizal
American designer and YA author
David Liss
American novelist
Robert Jackson Bennett
American writer
William S. Burroughs Jr.
American writer (1947–1981)