Writers from Arkansas

American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)

American writer (born 1955)

Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. He received international attention after writing, directing and starring in the independent drama film Sling Blade (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. For his role in A Simple Plan (1998), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007

American actress (1926–2019)

American politician and army officer (born 1977)

American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general Associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, Freemason (1809–1891)

American singer

American actor, writer, film director, and film producer (1880–1971)

American novelist

American writer (1933–2020)

American civil rights activist (1914–1999)

36th governor of Arkansas (1910-1994)

American politician (1808-1864)

American speculative fiction author (1971-)

American author and LGBTQ activist

American artist and writer (born 1953)

American historian (1908-1999)

American evangelist

American writer

American screenwriter (1929-2007)

American hotelier and philanthropist

magazine editor and writer

American journalist

American writer (1850-1934)

biographer (1877-1965)

American author and historian

American actor and comedian

American nursing home administrator