People in the category Contemporary Writers
Authors 1 till 100 of 452.
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Abbey, Edward
American author and essayist 1927-1989 3 -
Abbott, Lyman
American Congregationalist theologian, editor, and author. 1835-1922 4 -
Ace, Goodman
American humourist, radio writer and comedian 1899-1982 2 -
Achard, Marcel
French writer 1899-1974 1 -
Adams, James Truslow
American writer and historian 1878-1949 3 -
Addams, Jane
American activist, reformer, social worker, and author 1860-1935 1 -
Ade, George
American humorist, playwright 1866-1944 10 -
Adler, Polly
American madam and author 1900-1962 1 -
Agee, James
American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic 1909-1955 1 -
Aldiss, Brian
English writer and editor 1925-2017 1 -
Aldrich, Thomas B.
American writer, editor 1836-1907 7 -
Aleichem, Sholem
Yiddish author and playwright 1859-1916 5 -
Alger, William R.
American writer 1822-1905 9 -
Algren, Nelson
American writer 1909-1981 6 -
Alinsky, Saul
American community organizer and writer 1909-1972 5 -
Allen, Hervey
American author 1889-1949 3 -
Allston, Aaron
American game designer and author 1960-2014 17 -
Amory, Cleveland
American author, reporter and commentator 1917-1998 2 -
Angell, Norman
English lecturer, journalist, author, and Member 1872-1967 1 -
Anouilh, Jean
French playwright 1910-1987 20 -
Anshen, Ruth Nanda
American philosopher, author and editor 1900-2003 1 -
Antrim, Minna
American writer 1861-1950 12 -
Antrim, Minna Thomas
American writer 1861-1950 1 -
Appelfeld, Aharon
Israeli writer 1932-2018 3 -
Archer, William
Scottish writer and theatre critic 1856-1924 1 -
Armour, Richard
American poet and author 1906-1989 4 -
Ashford, Daisy
English writer 1881-1972 5 -
Asimov, Isaac
American writer 1920-1992 19 -
Asquith, Margot
Anglo-Scottish socialite, author, and wit 1864-1945 6 -
Aughey, John H.
American clergyman and writer 1828-1911 2 -
Baden-Powell, Robert
British Army officer, writer, author and founder of the Scout Movement 1857-1941 7 -
Bagnold, Enid
British writer, playwright 1889-1981 9 -
Bailey, Henry Christopher
English author of detective fiction 1878-1961 2 -
Bailyn, Bernard
American historian, author, and academic 1922-2020 23 -
Bainbridge, Beryl
English writer 1932-2010 5 -
Baldwin, Faith
American author of romance and fiction 1893-1978 3 -
Baldwin, James
American writer 1924-1987 120 -
Ball, Hugo
German author and poet 1886-1927 3 -
Ballard, J.G.
English novelist, short story writer 1930-2009 36 -
Bangs, Lester
American music journalist, critic and author 1948-1982 4 -
Banks, Iain
Scottish author 11 -
Baraka, Imamu Amiri
African-American writer of poetry, drama and fiction 1934-2014 6 -
Barnes, Djuna
American writer and artist 1892-1982 5 -
Barney, Natalie Clifford
American-born French Author 1876-1972 16 -
Barrie, Sir James Matthew
British playwright 1860-1937 31 -
Barton, Bruce
American Author, Advertising Executive 1886-1967 29 -
Barton, Bruce Fairchild
American author, advertising executive, and politician 1886-1967 4 -
Bastos, Augusto Roa
Paraguayan novelist and writer 1917-2005 4 -
Beauvoir, Simone de
French authoress and philosopher 1908-1986 17 -
Beefheart, Captain
American singer, songwriter and musician 1941-2010 6 -
Behan, Brendan
Irish poet, short story writer, novelist and playwright 1923-1964 16 -
Behan, Brendan F.
Irish Republican, poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright 1923-1964 5 -
Belloc, Hilaire
British Author 1870-1953 14 -
Benét, Stephen Vincent
American poet, short story writer, and novelist 1898-1943 5 -
Bennis, Warren
American scholar, organizational consultant and author 1925-2014 5 -
Benson, Arthur Christopher
English essayist, poet, author and academic 1862-1925 14 -
Bernanos, Georges
French writer 1888-1948 17 -
Bernstein, Leonard
American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer and pianist 1918-1990 7 -
Besant, Annie
British socialist, activist and writer 1847-1933 5 -
Betjeman, John
English poet, writer, and broadcaster 1906-1984 3 -
Bettelheim, Bruno
Austrian-born psychologist, scholar and author 1903-1990 3 -
Bierce, Ambrose
American writer 1842-1914 232 -
Bishop, Elizabeth
American poet and short-story writer 1911-1979 3 -
Bjornson, Bjornstjerne
Norwegian writer 1832-1910 9 -
Blackwood, Algernon H.
English broadcasting narrator, journalist and writer 1869-1951 5 -
Blanchot, Maurice
French writer and philosopher 3 -
Blishen, Edward
English author and broadcaster 1920-1996 3 -
Bloom, Allan
American writer 1930-1992 19 -
Bois, W. E. B. Du
American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist and writer 1868-1963 7 -
Borges, Jorge Luis
Argentijns writer 1899-1986 13 -
Bourdain, Anthony
American celebrity chef, author and journalist 1956-2018 5 -
Bourne, Randolph Silliman
American writer and intellectual 1886-1918 7 -
Bowie, David
English singer, songwriter and actor 1947-2016 7 -
Bradbury, Malcolm
English author and academic 1932-2000 5 -
Bradshaw, John
American educator, counselor, motivational speaker, and author 1933-2016 4 -
Brande, Dorothea
American writer and editor 1893–1948 12 -
Branden, Nathaniel
Canadian–American psychotherapist and writer 1930-2014 5 -
Brecht, Bertolt
German - Austrian writer 1898-1956 72 -
Brenan, Gerald
British writer and hispanist 1894-1987 3 -
Breton, Andre
French writer 1896-1966 21 -
Brittain, Vera
English nurse, writer, feminist, and pacifist 1893-1970 5 -
Broch, Hermann
Austrian writer 1886-1951 4 -
Bronowski, Jacob
British Scientist, Author 1908-1974 14 -
Brown, John Mason
American drama critic and author 1900-1969 10 -
Brown, Norman O.
American scholar, writer and philosopher 1913-2002 6 -
Broyard, Anatole
American writer, literary critic, and editor 13 -
Buckminster Fuller, Richard
American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor 1895-1983 5 -
Bukowski, Charles
American writer 1920-1994 4 -
Burgess, Anthony
British writer, criticus 1917-1993 23 -
Burroughs, John
American writer 1837-1921 13 -
Byrne, Robert
American author 1930-2016 9 -
Calvino, Italo
Cuban Writer, Essayist, Journalist 1923-1985 17 -
Cambridge, Ada
English-born Australian writer 1844-1926 4 -
Camus, Albert
French writer and essayist 1913-1960 134 -
Carlin, George
American stand-up comedian, actor and author 1937-2008 10 -
Carr, Emily
Canadian artist and writer 1871-1945 3 -
Carson, Rachel
American marine biologist, author, and conservationist 1907-1964 4 -
Carter, Angela
British author 1940-1992 39 -
Cartland, Barbara
English author of romance novels 1901-2000 17 -
Castaneda, Carlos
American author and anthropologist 1925-1998 13