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Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American filmmaker, actor, and author. His films are characterized by graphic violence, extended dialogue often featuring much profanity, and references to popular culture. His work has earned a cult following alongside critical and commercial success; he has been named by some as the most influential director of his generation and has received numerous awards and nominations, including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. His films have grossed more than $1.9 billion worldwide.
O. Henry
American short story writer (1862–1910)
Cormac McCarthy
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)
Karl May
German author (1842–1912)

Vince Gilligan
George Vincent Gilligan Jr. is an American screenwriter and filmmaker. He became widely known as the creator, showrunner, and executive producer of the AMC crime series Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and its spin-off prequel series Better Call Saul (2015–2022). He has received numerous accolades, including four Primetime Emmy Awards, six Writers Guild of America Awards, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, two Producers Guild of America Awards, a Directors Guild of America Award, and a BAFTA Television Award.
Erle Stanley Gardner
American writer and lawyer (1889–1970)
Leigh Brackett
American novelist and screenwriter (1915–1978)
John D. MacDonald
American writer (1916–1986)

Larry McMurtry
American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter (1936-2021)
Owen Wister
American writer (1860–1938)
Asa Earl Carter
American speech writer and novelist (1925–1979)
Francisco González Ledesma
Spanish writer (1927–2015)
Steven Craig Zahler
American writer and director (born 1973)
E. Hoffmann Price
American writer (1898–1988)
Chad Oliver
American anthropologist and fiction author (1928-1993)
Sat-Okh
Sat-Okh (c. 1920 – 3 July 2003), also known as Stanisław Supłatowicz, was a soldier in the Polish Resistance during World War II. Purportedly born in Northwest Territories, Canada, he later published autobiographical children's books under the name Sat-Okh. These were translated into several European languages.
Brett Halliday
American novelist (1904-1977)
Jack Schaefer
American writer (1907–1991)
Edward S. Ellis
Novelist, nonfiction writer (1840-1916)

Brian Garfield
American novelist, historian and screenwriter (1939-2018)

Ernest Haycox
Novelist, short story writer (1899-1950)
Thomas Savage
American novelist (1915-2003)
Ned Buntline
American novelist (1821–1886)
Donald Hamilton
American writer (1916–2006)
Bill Pronzini
American writer of detective fiction, and anthologist
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
American writer
Oakley Hall
American novelist
Alfred Henry Lewis
American investigative journalist, lawyer, author, and editor (1855–1914)

Ed Earl Repp
American writer (1901–1979)
Bertha Muzzy Bower
American writer (1871–1940)
Tom W. Blackburn
American writer (1913-1992)
E. C. Vivian
writer, editor (1882–1947)
Jack Lewis
United States Marine (1924-2009)
T. V. Olsen
American writer (1932-1993)

Lee Hoffman
American novelist (1932–2007)
Lewis B. Patten
American writer
Edmund Naughton
American novelist
Kjell Hallbing
Norwegian writer (1934–2004)
Earl W. Bascom
American artist (1906-1995)
Richard Wormser
novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter
Otha Wearin
American politician (1903-1990)
Maria Dolores Acevedo
spanish writer (1932-1998)
Hugh Pendexter
American novelist and screenwriter (1875-1940)
Gordon D. Shirreffs
American writer (1914–1996)
Luke Short
American writer (1908-1975)
Wiesław Wernic
Polish writer (1906–1986)
Glendon Swarthout
1918-1992 American writer
Thomas Jeier
writer
Frederick Manfred
novelist
H. Bedford-Jones
Canadian-American writer (1887–1949)
Nelson Coral Nye
American author of Western fiction (1907-1997)
John W. Cunningham
American writer
David F. Case
American writer (1937-2018)
Tex O'Reilly
American mercenary (1880-1946)
Loren D. Estleman
Novelist