People in the category writers (contemporary)

Authors 1 till 100 of 714.

• Edward Abbey
  American author and essayist 1927 - 1989 3
• Lyman Abbott
  American Congregationalist theologian, editor, and author. 1835 - 1922 4
• Goodman Ace
  American humourist, radio writer and comedian 1899 - 1982 2
• Marcel Achard
  French writer 1899 - 1974 1
• Gilbert Adair
  Scottish novelist, poet, film critic and journalist. 1944 - 2011 3
• Douglas Adams
  British science-fiction writer 1952 - 2001 50
• James Truslow Adams
  American writer and historian 1878 - 1949 3
• Jane Addams
  American activist, reformer, social worker, and author 1860 - 1935 1
• George Ade
  American humorist, playwright 1866 - 1944 10
• Polly Adler
  American madam and author 0 - 1962 1
• James Agate
  English diarist and theatre critic 1877 - 1947 3
• James Agee
  American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic 1909 - 1955 1
• Edward Franklin Albee III
  American playwright  1928 - 2016 5
• Brian Aldiss
  English writer and editor 1925 - 2017 1
• Thomas B. Aldrich
  American writer, editor 1836 - 1907 7
• Sholem Aleichem
  Yiddish author and playwright 1859 - 1916 5
• William R. Alger
  American writer 1822 - 1905 9
• Nelson Algren
  American writer 1909 - 1981 6
• Saul Alinsky
  American community organizer and writer 1909 - 1972 5
• Alphonse Allais
  French writer and humorist 1854 - 1905 2
• Hervey Allen
  American author 1889 - 1949 3
• James Allen
  British philosophical writer 1864 - 1912 30
• Aaron Allston
  American game designer and author 1960 - 2014 17
• A. Alvarez
  English poet, novelist, essayist and critic 1929 - 2019 3
• Kingsley Amis
  English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher 1922 - 1995 17
• Martin Amis
  British novelist 1949 - 2023 15
• Cleveland Amory
  American author, reporter and commentator 1917 - 1998 2
• Margaret Anderson
  American editor and publisher 1886 - 1973 2
• Sir Robert Anderson
  English police officer, theologian and writer 1841 - 1918 1
• Norman Angell
  English lecturer, journalist, author, and Member 1872 - 1967 1
• Maya Angelou
  African-American poet and writer 1928 - 2014 35
• Jean Anouilh
  French playwright 1910 - 1987 20
• Ruth Nanda Anshen
  American philosopher, author and editor 1900 - 2003 1
• Minna Thomas Antrim
  American writer 1861 - 1950 13
• Aharon Appelfeld
  Israeli writer 1932 - 2018 3
• William Archer
  Scottish writer and theatre critic 1856 - 1924 1
• Sholem Asch
  Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist 0 - 1957 3
• Daisy Ashford
  English writer 1881 - 1972 5
• Isaac Asimov
  American writer 1920 - 1992 19
• Margot Asquith
  Anglo-Scottish socialite, author, and wit 1864 - 1945 6
• John H. Aughey
  American clergyman and writer 1828 - 1911 2
• Robert Baden-Powell
  British Army officer, writer, author and founder of the Scout Movement 1857 - 1941 7
• Enid Bagnold
  British writer, playwright 1889 - 1981 9
• Henry Christopher Bailey
  English author of detective fiction 1878 - 1961 2
• Bernard Bailyn
  American historian, author, and academic 1922 - 2020 23
• Beryl Bainbridge
  English writer 1932 - 2010 5
• Faith Baldwin
  American author of romance and fiction 1893 - 1978 3
• James Baldwin
  American writer 1924 - 1987 120
• Hugo Ball
  German author and poet 1886 - 1927 3
• Ivern Ball
  American author 1926 - 1992 7
• J. G. Ballard
  British author 1930 - 2009 48
• Lester Bangs
  American music journalist, critic and author 1948 - 1982 4
• Harry F. Banks
  American producer 1896 - 1915 2
• Iain Banks
  Scottish author 1954 - 2013 11
• Imamu Amiri Baraka
  African-American writer of poetry, drama and fiction 1934 - 2014 6
• Clive Barnes
  English writer and critic 1927 - 2008 1
• Djuna Barnes
  American writer and artist 1892 - 1982 5
• Natalie Clifford Barney
  American-born French author 1876 - 1972 16
• Amelia Barr
  British novelist and teacher 1831 - 1919 13
• Amelia E. Barr
  British novelist and teacher 1831 - 1919 7
• Sir James Matthew Barrie
  British playwright 1860 - 1937 31
• Roland Barthes
  French writer, literary critic, linguist and philosopher 1915 - 1980 19
• Bruce Barton
  American Author, Advertising Executive 1886 - 1967 29
• Bruce Fairchild Barton
  American author, advertising executive, and politician 1886 - 1967 4
• James Lendall Basford
  American aphorist 1845 - 1915 5
• Augusto Roa Bastos
  Paraguayan novelist and writer 1917 - 2005 4
• Georges Bataille
  French writer and critic 1897 - 1962 16
• Vicki Baum
  Austrian writer 1888 - 1960 4
• Simone de Beauvoir
  French writer and philosopher 1908 - 1986 17
• Samuel Beckett
  Irish dramatist and novelist 1906 - 1989 27
• John L. Beckley
  American writer and publisher 1913 - 1998 1
• Brendan Behan
  Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright 1923 - 1964 21
• Hilaire Belloc
  British Author 1870 - 1953 14
• Saul Bellow
  American writer 1915 - 2005 6
• Stephen Vincent Benét
  American poet, short story writer, and novelist 1898 - 1943 5
• Arnold Bennett
  British novelist 1867 - 1931 34
• Warren Bennis
  American scholar, organizational consultant and author 1925 - 2014 5
• Arthur Christopher Benson
  English essayist, poet, author and academic 1862 - 1925 14
• Edward F. Benson
  English writer and archaeologist 1867 - 1940 1
• Nicolas Bentley
  British illustrator, cartoonist and writer 1907 - 1978 1
• Irving Berlin
  American composer and lyricist 1888 - 1989 5
• Georges Bernanos
  French writer 1888 - 1948 17
• Annie Besant
  British socialist, activist and writer 1847 - 1933 5
• Bruno Bettelheim
  Austrian-born psychologist, scholar and author 1903 - 1990 3
• Elizabeth Bibesco
  British writer, and Romanian princess 1897 - 1945 1
• Ambrose Bierce
  American writer 1842 - 1914 232
• Elizabeth Bishop
  American poet and short-story writer 1911 - 1979 3
• Bjornstjerne Bjornson
  Norwegian writer 1832 - 1910 9
• Algernon H. Blackwood
  English broadcasting narrator, journalist and writer 1869 - 1951 5
• Maurice Blanchot
  French writer and philosopher 1907 - 2003 3
• Edward Blishen
  English author and broadcaster 1920 - 1996 3
• Robert Bloch
  American fiction writer 1917 - 1994 1
• Allan Bloom
  American writer 1930 - 1992 19
• Maxwell Bodenheim
  American writer 1892 - 1954 2
• Erma Bombeck
  American writer 1927 - 1996 12
• Corrie Ten Boom
  Dutch-American resistance fighter and autobiographical writer 1892 - 1983 9
• Daniel J. Boorstin
  American historian 1914 - 2004 12
• Jorge Luis Borges
  Argentijns writer 1899 - 1986 13
• Phyllis Bottome
  British writer 1882 - 1963 1
• Anthony Bourdain
  American celebrity chef, author and journalist  1956 - 2018 5

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