Author & Poet Names

Best-selling author of Jurassic Park

German philologist and mythologist, one of the Brothers Grimm

Victorian poet and cultural critic

American novelist known for Then We Came to the End

Elizabethan playwright and poet

Writer of Robinson Crusoe

Major English Romantic poet

Influential Irish novelist of Ulysses

Polish-British novelist of Heart of Darkness

Renowned American poet

Victorian era novelist

Major 18th-century English poet

Nobel Prize-winning author of The Grapes of Wrath

Best-selling novelist

American poet who wrote 'The New Colossus'

Prolific fantasy novelist

Award-winning American novelist and essayist

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet

Real name of author Mark Twain

Renowned Welsh poet and writer

Author of Treasure Island

Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author of fairy tales

Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwright

Nobel Prize-winning novelist of 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'

Academy Award-winning screenwriter and playwright

Nobel Prize-winning novelist

Military historian and novelist

Victorian era novelist and social critic

American novelist and journalist

Prolific science fiction writer and professor

Influential American journalist and author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

American poet and activist

Author and illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Renowned Russian modernist poet

American author also known as Ed McBain

American naturalist and philosopher

Author of the Twilight saga

English novelist known for Jane Eyre

Screenwriter and creator of Downton Abbey

Prolific American author of horror and suspense

British novelist known for Birdsong

Prominent New Zealand modernist short story writer

Influential Mexican writer and photographer

English writer of 'Brideshead Revisited'

British author who created the James Bond series

Writer of the novel Roots

Best-selling historical romance novelist

Author of Native Son and Black Boy

Influential British author and journalist

American novelist of The Scarlet Letter

Nobel Prize-winning French novelist

Renowned Mexican novelist and essayist

Prolific American romance novelist

Author of the Gothic novel Frankenstein

Prolific Hebrew-language poet and author

Lawyer and author of Just Mercy

English novelist known for Small Island

Renowned American playwright and memoirist

Pulitzer Prize-winning lyric poet

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of To Kill a Mockingbird

Renowned American writer and humorist

Novelist known for The Song of Achilles and Circe

Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet

Author of The Time Traveler's Wife

American novelist and playwright

Real name of beloved children's author Dr. Seuss

Author of 'Don Quixote'

Prolific American horror and fantasy novelist

Author of The Wind in the Willows

French-Romanian poet and founder of Dadaism

Renowned French novelist and poet who wrote Les Misérables

Renowned poet and civil rights activist

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and scientist

Former United States Navy SEAL and writer

Collective pseudonym for the Warriors book series

Victorian-era poet who wrote 'Goblin Market'

Bulgarian-born modernist novelist and Nobel Prize winner

English novelist and former politician

Renowned Russian novelist who wrote 'War and Peace'

English novelist known for '1984'

Author of The Joy Luck Club

Author of the 'Little House on the Prairie' series

South African-Australian novelist

Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwright

Influential American modernist poet

Feminist author and journalist

English novelist and journalist

Canadian author best known for 'Anne of Green Gables'

Bestselling American romance novelist

Major Russian novelist and playwright

Irish poet and playwright

English children's writer

Writer of World War Z and horror fiction

Bestselling author of the Shopaholic series

19th-century American abolitionist and novelist

Booker Prize-winning English novelist

Influential Argentine short-story writer and essayist

Renowned Canadian poet and novelist

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and writer

Author of the best-selling novel The Help

Renowned Chilean-American writer of magical realism

English novelist and journalist

Author of the Outlander series

Renaissance humanist and author of The Decameron

American film director, screenwriter, and author

Feminist novelist and poet known for 'Fear of Flying'

Pseudonymous Italian novelist of the Neapolitan Quartet

Influential Uruguayan journalist and writer

Author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles

American author and journalist

Prominent 20th-century Italian author

Irish author and wife of poet Dylan Thomas

Oscar-winning screenwriter and novelist

American novelist of the Jazz Age

Native American writer of the Laguna Pueblo tribe

Best-selling American author and playwright

Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet

Renowned Spanish novelist and translator

Influential crime novelist and screenwriter

Chicana novelist and poet

English novelist known for family dramas

Award-winning Mexican author

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple

Irish author best known for the novel Dracula

Author of The Godfather

Transgender rights scholar and professor

Famous Irish poet, short story writer, and novelist

Publisher and co-founder of Random House

Influential Portuguese poet and writer

British writer known for Brick Lane

American novelist and music critic

American horror novelist

Harvard professor and author of The Innovator's Dilemma

Prolific 19th-century Spanish novelist

Author of the Divergent trilogy

American writer and poet known for mystery and macabre

Prolific British novelist and poet

Nobel Prize-winning French author

American novelist and poet

Oscar-nominated screenwriter and director

Transcendentalist philosopher and essayist

Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet

American novelist and screenwriter

15th-century English writer and prioress

Newbery Medal-winning young adult novelist

Danish author who wrote 'Out of Africa' under the pen name Isak Dinesen

American novelist known for Up High in the Trees

Journalist and author of The Smartest Guys in the Room

Award-winning illustrator and graphic novelist

British author and playwright known for 'The Melting Pot'

Influential comic book writer and artist

Influential Spanish poet and playwright of the Generation of '27

American young adult novelist

Acclaimed Chilean novelist and poet

British novelist and short story writer

Creator of Sherlock Holmes

Fantasy novelist known for The Spiderwick Chronicles

English writer and pioneer of stream of consciousness

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and historian

Science fiction novelist and activist

Internet personality and author of The Alphabet of Manliness

American author of The Awakening

English novelist of 'The Power and the Glory'

Best-selling suspense and horror novelist

Prolific American author of Western adventure novels

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

Award-winning Irish-British novelist

American cartoonist and graphic novelist

Irish-British novelist and philosopher

Scottish poet and dramatist

English actor, director, and playwright

Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Thelma & Louise

Prolific novelist and poet

Influential Argentine poet

Late medieval writer and pioneering feminist philosopher

Dutch novelist

Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement of Modernismo

Co-creator of the influential comic Love and Rockets

British novelist known for the Thursday Next series

Southern American novelist and philosopher

Influential Beat Generation poet

Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist

Pulitzer Prize finalist novelist

Hugo Award-winning science fiction writer

New York Times bestselling novelist

English poet and Pre-Raphaelite painter

Award-winning children's book illustrator and author

American writer and humorist

Puerto Rican author known for her memoirs and novels

Bestselling American novelist

Famous investigative journalist and novelist

Prolific English crime novelist

Scottish historical novelist and poet

Psychological thriller novelist

Award-winning children's book author and illustrator

Acclaimed American short story writer and memoirist

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former US Poet Laureate

Contemporary Mexican novelist and short story writer

American novelist of 'Mystic River' and 'Shutter Island'

Author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Influential Argentine novelist and short story writer

Author of the memoir 'Educated'

English novelist and biographer

Best-selling historical novelist

Poet and former Chairman of the NEA

Bestselling novelist of The Nightingale

Bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere

Professor and author of 'The Last Lecture'

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and humorist

Creator of The Far Side comic strip

Pakistani writer and journalist

Author of A Wrinkle in Time

American novelist known for Roses

Award-winning cartoonist and producer

Nobel Prize-winning philosopher and novelist

Author of 'The House on Mango Street'

American writer and columnist

Prominent Italian novelist and journalist

Renowned English novelist of Pride and Prejudice

Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet

Christian author and speaker

English novelist and poet

Nobel Prize-winning Irish playwright and novelist

One of the Brothers Grimm, famous for their collection of fairy tales

English playwright, composer, and director

Poet and co-founder of City Lights Bookstore

Short story writer known for depicting Broadway characters

French-British best-selling novelist

Journalist and author of 'The Tipping Point'

Zoologist and author of The Naked Ape

Renowned Irish novelist and playwright

Irish author of 'The Saga of Darren Shan'

Best-selling American novelist and screenwriter

Best-selling Spanish novelist and journalist

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Victorian poet (surname used as namesake)

National Book Award-winning scholar and writer

Prolific fantasy novelist

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and biographer

Nobel Prize-winning novelist of Herzog

British-born American poet

American poet and frontiersman

Business columnist and biographer of Elon Musk

Editorial writer for The New York Times

Renowned fantasy novelist of the Discworld series

American author of 'A Girl Named Zippy'

American historical novelist

Author of the Horrid Henry series

Mystery and crime novelist

Modernist English writer and essayist

Contemporary English poet

English writer and raconteur

American novelist known for Western fiction

Famous Russian poet and writer

British historian and television presenter

Pen name of Edith Pargeter, creator of Brother Cadfael

American author and wife of Stephen King

American poet and wife of C.S. Lewis

American fantasy novelist

Pseudonym for the authors of the Nancy Drew series

Influential poet, essayist, and activist

Renowned French novelist and poet who wrote Les Misérables

American essayist and novelist

Canadian fiction writer

Organizing consultant and author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

English novelist known for The Day of the Jackal

Lebanese-American writer and poet of 'The Prophet'

American short story writer and memoirist

French novelist and feminist theorist

Renowned Uruguayan novelist and poet

Renowned Czech-French writer of The Unbearable Lightness of Being

24th United States Poet Laureate

Author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are

Spanish writer and diplomat

Writer and immigration rights advocate

English novelist and playwright known for 'Rebecca'

Influential American poet and novelist

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist

South African author and anti-war campaigner

Renowned war correspondent and novelist

Bestselling horror novelist

Writer of Into the Wild

Renowned Argentine writer and physicist

American author of 'Rascal'

Author and syndicated cartoonist

Award-winning American poet and educator

Abolitionist and author of Twelve Years a Slave

Swiss author of the children's classic Heidi

British author of the Jack Reacher series

American novelist known for Bee Season

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist

Saudi journalist and columnist for The Washington Post

American journalist and humorist known as The Bloggess

Influential essayist and novelist

Author of The Secret Garden

Renowned philosopher and poet of British India

Author of The Selection series

Columnist known for having the highest recorded IQ

Author of The Hate U Give

Prolific English poet of the Romantic period

National Book Award-winning poet

British-Pakistani novelist

English novelist known for historical fiction

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Poet Laureate

National Book Award-winning novelist

Anglo-Italian explorer and travel writer

Screenwriter of Twelve Angry Men

Naturalist and conservationist

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actor

Young adult fiction writer

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist

Literary critic and founder of gynocriticism

Spanish poet and novelist

Australian author of The Thorn Birds

Famous Romantic poet and peer

American author of historical romances

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

Famous Italian children's book writer

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet

Author of The Deep End of the Ocean

Futurist and author of Future Shock

Bestselling novelist of the Stephanie Plum series

Creator of the webcomic xkcd

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of The Age of Innocence

Existentialist philosopher and writer of The Second Sex

Science fiction author of the Red Rising series

Prolific Libyan novelist known for desert-themed literature

American novelist known for The Day of the Locust

Pseudonym of crime novelist Kenneth Millar

English author of fantasy and science fiction

Influential American poet and essayist

American writer of 'The Cat Who...' mystery series

Art dealer and author known for his hidden treasure chest

Author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Science communicator and writer

French-American journalist and daughter of Marie Curie

Author of the Mary Poppins series

Influential poet and figure in the Black Arts Movement

American novelist of The New Me

Australian writer of Looking for Alibrandi

Author of the thriller 'The Girl on the Train'

Founder of MuslimGirl.com and activist

American novelist and short story writer

Tony Award-winning playwright

Author of Sex and the City

Award-winning British-Australian novelist

Influential French novelist and physician

Author of The Catcher in the Rye, known as J.D. Salinger

Filipino playwright and short story writer

Nobel Prize-winning Swedish poet

Human rights activist and investigative journalist

Author of Forrest Gump

Renowned science fiction and fantasy writer

American poet, writer, and satirist known for her wit

Renowned translator of Russian literature

British-American novelist

American journalist and political correspondent

American historical novelist

German screenwriter and author of the novel Metropolis

New York Times bestselling writer

French writer and pioneer of the 'Nouveau Roman'

Influential philosopher and gender theorist

Nobel Prize-winning novelist of 'Beloved'

Journalist and close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt

Nobel Prize-winning playwright

American poet and sister of President Theodore Roosevelt

Renowned science fiction writer

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian

German writer and statesman

Booker Prize-winning novelist

American poet and writer

Nobel Prize-winning playwright

American comic book writer

Scottish writer of children's historical fantasy

Pseudonym of Seanan McGuire for science fiction works

Polish-British novelist of 'Heart of Darkness'

American poet and short story writer

Nobel Prize-winning Spanish poet of the Generation of '27

American author and illustrator of children's books

English playwright and poet

Nobel Prize-winning American novelist

French philosopher and literary theorist

Writer of 'How to Win Friends and Influence People'

New York Times bestselling author of Paranormalcy

Renowned Italian novelist and poet

American-French novelist and member of the Académie Française

Nobel Prize-nominated French novelist of 'Gigi'

Influential Spanish essayist and journalist

American author and activist

Influential Brazilian sociologist and writer

Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist

Iraqi novelist and winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature

French poet, playwright, and filmmaker

Prolific English writer and philosopher

Renowned American poet and activist

Prolific American writer and National Book Award winner

American author and former assistant to Whitney Houston

Renowned Austrian novelist and playwright

Award-winning Colombian poet and novelist

Renowned Victorian era Poet Laureate

American novelist and retired physician

Best-selling American novelist and journalist

Swedish author of Pippi Longstocking

Vlogger, science communicator, and novelist

Bestselling novelist of Gone Girl

Anthropologist and natural science writer

British historian and novelist

Norwegian author of My Struggle

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch

British author and television personality

British writer of psychological thrillers and young adult fiction

Renowned Russian novelist and dramatist

Australian author of The Book Thief

Writer of 'The Little Prince'

Transcendentalist philosopher and poet

Journalist and novelist known for 'Speedboat'

American comic book artist and writer

Influential Peruvian poet

Prolific romance novelist

Renowned French novelist of 'In Search of Lost Time'

American poet and translator

British biographer and journalist

Acclaimed American novelist and essayist

Nobel Prize-winning novelist of 'The Good Earth'

Irish novelist of Normal People

Prominent Russian writer and television host

American novelist known for The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Scottish crime novelist

Ancient Greek satirist and rhetorician

Mother of poet Sylvia Plath and editor of her letters

American crime writer who created Nero Wolfe

Nobel Prize-winning poet

American comic book artist and writer

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of The Underground Railroad

American screenwriter and playwright

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist

Influential American literary critic and short story writer

Award-winning graphic novelist of Smile and Sisters

Irish writer and painter of 'My Left Foot'

Renowned children's poet and author of The Giving Tree

American-Jewish author of 'The Chosen'

Poet and peace advocate known for Heartsongs

Prolific Canadian-American children's author

Award-winning English novelist

Acclaimed author of 'Slaughterhouse-Five'

Medieval author of The Canterbury Tales

Pulitzer Prize-winning publisher of The Washington Post

Novelist who wrote 'Nothing Lasts Forever'

South African crime fiction novelist

American teacher, writer, and father of Louisa May Alcott

Prolific Belgian writer

Polish writer and artist

Forensic anthropologist and crime novelist

Renowned American horror and mystery writer

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and novelist

Italian novelist and philosopher (variant Umberto)

Nobel Prize-winning Irish playwright

Food writer and journalist

Indian literary critic and poet

Creator of the comic strip Pearls Before Swine

Influential Argentine fiction writer

American playwright and critic

American journalist and editor

Influential German novelist and essayist

American playwright and screenwriter

American historian and writer

Influential French-Cuban diarist and novelist

American journalist and social critic

Award-winning novelist and journalist

Nobel Prize-winning Italian playwright and satirist

American author, poet, and playwright

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate

American teacher and writer, father of Louisa May Alcott

Prolific fantasy and science fiction writer

Award-winning Vietnamese-American poet and novelist

Urban fiction novelist and screenwriter

British author who created Doctor Dolittle

Existential psychiatrist and novelist

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and journalist

Author of the classic novel Little Women

Novelist known for 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'The Stepford Wives'

New York Times bestselling author of young adult fiction

British-Indian poet and writer

Renowned Russian playwright and short-story writer

Sports journalist and writer

Renowned English novelist and poet

Nobel Prize-winning poet

American novelist known for horror and speculative non-fiction

Cuban-born Mexican novelist and journalist

Beloved children's author of the Ramona Quimby series

Best-selling German psychologist and author

17th-century English poet known for Paradise Lost

British crime writer and children's author

Swiss-born novelist and poet

Influential Italian cookbook writer

Author of the classic novel Little Women

English novelist and poet known for 'The Good Soldier'

Nobel Prize-winning Mexican poet and diplomat

Canadian author and founder of the Festival of Literary Diversity

Author of Where the Crawdads Sing

Canadian fantasy novelist known for the Women of the Otherworld series

Nobel Prize-winning Spanish novelist

Novelist and creator of detective Charlie Chan

Cuban poet and novelist

Prolific American novelist

Colombian historian and essayist

Famous Serbian poet and diplomat

Czech journalist, writer, and translator

Feminist writer and activist

American poet and educator known for 'A Branch of May'

Best-selling Irish novelist

Iraqi-American humanitarian and founder of Women for Women International

Nobel Prize-winning South African writer and activist

Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright

Author and creator of 'A Prairie Home Companion'

Editor and celebrations expert

English wood-engraver and memoirist

Romanian novelist and journalist

Renowned Israeli poet and author

Ghanaian writer and founder of Smart Youth Volunteers Foundation

Bestselling mystery and thriller novelist

Caldecott-winning illustrator and children's book writer

Science fiction and fantasy writer

Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet and playwright

Argentine-American author of the Zodiac series

Afghan-American novelist of 'The Kite Runner'

Author of The Hunger Games series

American novelist and screenwriter best known for Miss Lonelyhearts

American author of the utopian novel Looking Backward

Renowned poet and leader of the Harlem Renaissance

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Yearling

Renowned Russian writer and political activist

Two-time Booker Prize-winning novelist

American journalist and author

17th-century Mexican scholar, poet, and nun

English author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

English video game writer and journalist

American poet and novelist known by her pen name Sapphire

English novelist and screenwriter

Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ORIGIN Magazine

Mexican journalist and investigative author

French writer remembered as a master of the short story

American novelist known for 'American Psycho'

Speculative fiction writer

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor known as Elie Wiesel

Author of The Adventures of Pinocchio

Renowned children's and young adult novelist

Intellectual, editor, and radio personality

American short story writer and journalist

American fantasy author

Award-winning author of 'The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle'

Journalist and first female staff writer for Life magazine

Castilian poet and first known Spanish author by name

Australian herb specialist and author on self-sufficiency

Influential Victorian poet and Jesuit priest

Prolific British horror fiction writer

Author of the Harry Potter series, known as J.K. Rowling

English novelist and poet known for the Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy

Major British dramatist and screenwriter

Fantasy writer known for The Chronicles of Prydain

American novelist and memoirist

British-Pakistani writer and political activist

American journalist, editor, and fiction writer

Renowned military historian

Influential rabbi known as the Chofetz Chaim

Acclaimed Canadian novelist and essayist

Academic and author of The Right to Sex

Author and widow of US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet

Postmodern novelist and playwright

Playwright of 'A Raisin in the Sun'

Award-winning science fiction writer

American novelist known for 'Peace Like a River'

Expert on identity theft and author of The Less People Know About Us

Booker Prize-winning novelist of 'The Bone People'

Psychoanalyst and author of controversial historical theories

Significant Galician romanticist writer and poet

Bestselling novelist of My Sister's Keeper

Two-time National Book Award-winning novelist

American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter

English science fiction and fantasy writer

Award-winning novelist and scholar

Best-selling American novelist and screenwriter

National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novelist

Award-winning children's book author and illustrator

English writer and encyclopedist

Leading 19th-century Spanish realist novelist

Nicaraguan anthropologist and writer

American children's and young adult author

British psychologist and writer

Nobel Prize-winning poet and playwright

Yiddish poet and memoirist

English writer and philosopher known for 'Brave New World'

Author of the memoir Wild

French-British writer of Sarah's Key

Acclaimed writer of 'In Cold Blood' and 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

Nobel Prize-winning Hebrew novelist

Elizabethan playwright and poet

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

Influential Mexican poet and author

Pulitzer Prize-winning American modernist poet

Acclaimed Canadian short story writer

English poet known for The Faerie Queene

British children's novelist and Carnegie Medal winner

Author of the Gossip Girl book series

Canadian author known for the 'Love Comes Softly' series

Author of the Percy Jackson series

Renowned Renaissance poet and scholar

Influential African-American poet and playwright

Author of The Da Vinci Code

Argentine writer known for the bestseller Abzurdah

Nobel Prize-winning Swedish-German poet and playwright

Canadian playwright and novelist

American author of the novel Push

English critic and poet

Irish author of The Seven Sisters series

Austrian author of The Wall

Dutch sinologist and author

Prolific English writer known as H.G. Wells

Chicana poet and award-winning writer

Leading muckraker and investigative journalist

Video game writer and daughter of Terry Pratchett

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times

Staff writer at The New Yorker and Dean of Columbia Journalism School

Prominent Mexican journalist and writer

National Book Award-winning author of Jesus' Son

Danish author of famous fairy tales

French novelist known for 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'

Renowned Urdu novelist and short story writer

Famous 19th-century Swiss novelist

Influential Harlem Renaissance author of 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'

Gujarati poet and writer

Miles Franklin Award-winning Australian novelist

Anglo-Irish poet and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom

Sierra Leonean author and human rights activist

Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels

Children's poet and educator

Russian-American novelist of 'Lolita'

Influential author and teacher in the Sufi tradition

American chef and travel memoirist

Author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

Man Booker Prize-winning novelist

Nobel Prize-winning Polish writer

American journalist and food writer

Israeli food writer and cookbook author

Prominent Israeli novelist and essayist

Nobel Prize-winning novelist

Bestselling novelist of 'Waiting to Exhale'

Canadian author and jewelry designer

Author of The Three Musketeers

Renowned French comics artist and film director

Renowned Japanese poet and novelist

Pulitzer Prize-winning lyrical poet and playwright

Influential Argentine writer and playwright

Entertainment journalist and author

American romance novelist known for Nantucket-set books

Modernist American poet

Influential American film critic for The New Yorker

Significant Finnish poet and translator

American novelist and playwright

Pharmacist and health author

Renowned Russian journalist and playwright

British screenwriter known for 'The Island'

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet

French writer and film director who survived the Holocaust

Egyptian feminist and writer known by her pen name Bahithat al-Badiya

Influential 19th-century Norwegian playwright

Nobel Prize-winning German-Swiss novelist

Political scientist and historian

Romanian philosopher and essayist

Prominent Israeli author and journalist

Iraqi-Canadian novelist and journalist

Renowned illustrator and children's book author

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of 'Trust'

Cuban-Italian writer and journalist

American poet

New York Times best-selling novelist

British journalist and broadcaster

Swiss writer and photographer

Nobel Prize-winning novelist

Influential Italian novelist and editor

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and writer

Social psychologist and Harvard professor

Award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer

American short story writer and satirist known for The Devil's Dictionary

Bosnian-American novelist and screenwriter

French author of 'La Bâtarde'

American author and activist

Award-winning non-fiction author and screenwriter

Scottish novelist of thrillers and adventure stories

Australian novelist known for 'The Shoes of the Fisherman'

Feminist activist and writer of children's literature

Creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip

Writer and statesman known for Faust

Christian radio host and author

Swedish journalist and pioneering investigative writer

British historian and biographer

Bestselling American novelist

American educator, writer, and welfare activist

American novelist and food columnist

Influential New Thought spiritual leader and writer

American novelist and sister of Steve Jobs

Renowned Serbian novelist and poet

Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin

American novelist, poet, and environmental activist

Lebanese-American writer and poet of 'The Prophet'

English writer and illustrator of Peter Rabbit

Nobel Prize-winning Guatemalan poet and novelist

American punk rock musician and columnist

Ancient Greek writer known for the novel Leucippe and Clitophon

Renowned Albanian novelist and poet

Co-author of the Beautiful Creatures series

Romantic writer and poet known as the 'poet of the Caucasus'

Author and immigration rights advocate

Screenwriter and author of Finding Fish

Children's author and illustrator of Stellaluna

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of 'The Road'

Spanish-born Paraguayan poet and novelist

Pioneering Hebrew short story writer

British Children's Laureate and novelist

Role-playing game designer and writer

Editor of the Whole Earth Catalog

Newbery Medal-winning author of The Giver

American poet and novelist of the early 20th century