People in the category Contemporary Writers

Authors 1 till 100 of 452.

• 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

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