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Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem . Former Los Angeles Laker.

Abella, Alex . Mystery writer.

Achebe, Chinua . Nigeria writer.

Alexie, Sherman . Native American writer.

Ahrens, Chris . Writer of surfing stories.

Alfau, Felipe . Spanish writer, author of LOCUS and CHROMOS.

Allison, Dorothy . American writer, author of BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA.

Alvarez, Julia . Dominican/America writer, author of HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS.

Amado, Jorge. Brazilian writer

Amis, Kinglsey . British writer.

Amis, Martin . British writer.

Anderson, Edward . American writer, author of THIEVES LIKE US.

Anderson, Kent . American writer.

Andrews, Raymond . African American writer.

Angelou, Maya . African American writer and poet.

Appelfeld, Aharon . Israeli writer.

Arax, Mark . American journalist, author of IN MY FATHER'S NAME (about family and murder in Fresno, California)

Arias, Arturo . Guatemalan writer.

Atwood, Margaret . Canadian writer.

Aubert, Rosemary . Candian mystery writer.

Austen, John (illustrator) . British illustrator.

Auster, Paul . American writer.

Baker, Nicholson . American writer.

Balaban, John . American writer and poet.

Baldwin, James . African American writer.

Ballard, J.G. . British writer.

Banbury, Jen . American writer.

Banks, Iain . Scottish writer.

Banks, Russell . American writer.

Bartko, George (illustrator) . Ilustrator

Barnes, Julian . British writer.

Barry, Sebastian . Irish writer.

Beatty, Paul . African American writer and poet.

Belfer, Lauren . American writer.

Bell, Derrick . African American writer

Benard, Cheryl . American writer.

Bennett, Ronan . Irish writer.

Bernays, Anne . American writer.

Bienek, Horst . German writer.

Black, Cara . American mystery writer.

Bland, Eleanor Taylor . African American mystery writer.

Bowles, Paul . American writer.

Bowman, David . American writer.

Boyd, William. Scottish/British writer.

Boyle, T.Coraghessan . American writer.

Bradbury, Malcolm . British writer.

Bradbury, Ray . American writer.

Bradley, David . African American writer.

Braithwaite, E.R. . Caribbean writer.

Branch, Taylor . American writer.

Brink, Andre . South African/Afrikaner writer.

Brown, Cecil . African American writer.

Bruccoli, Matthew J. . American writer.

Brutus, Dennis . South African writer and poet.

Bukowski, Charles . American writer and poet.

Burke, James Lee . American writer.

Burke, Jan . American mystery writer.

Busch, Frederick . American writer.

Butler, Robert Olen . American writer.

Cabrera Infante, Guillermo . Cuban writer.

Calvino, Italo . Italian writer.

Campbell, Bebe Moore . African American writer.

Carew, Jan . Caribbean writer.

Carey, Peter . Australian writer.

Carroll, Jonathan . American writer.

Carson, Clayborne . American writer.

Carter, Charlotte . African American mystery writer.

Carver, Raymond . American writer.

Castillo, Ana . Mexican/American writer.

Charyn, Jerome . American writer.

Chisholm, Shirley . African American writer and former candidate for President.

Churchill, Ward . Native American writer, historian, and activist.

Clausen, Lowen . American writer.

Clinton, Hillary Rodham. Former First Lady.

Clinton, Michelle T. . African American writer and poet.

Cockburn, Alexander . Journalist.

Cockey, Tim . American mystery writer.

Coleman, Wanda . African American writer and poet.

Connelly, Michael . American mystery writer.

Constantine, K.C. . American mystery writer.

Cornwell, Patricia . American mystery writer.

Corpi, Lucha . Latina mystery writer.

Cossery, Albert . Egyptian writer.

Crais, Robert . American mystery writer.

Crews, Harry . American writer.

Crombie, Deborah . American mystery writer.

Crumley, James . American mystery writer.

Dabydeen, David . Caribbean writer.

D'adesky, Anne-Christine . French/Haitian writer.

Danielewski, Mark Z. . American writer.

Danticat, Edwidge . Haitian American writer.

Davies, Ray . Musician, leader of the KINKS.

Davies, Robertson . Canadian writer.

Davis, Jefferson . American Northwest local history writer, author of GHOSTS,CRITTERS & SACRED PLACES OF WASHINGTON & OREGON.

Davis, Mike . American writer, historian, and activist, author of CITY OF QUARTZ: EXCAVATING THE FUTURE IN LOS ANGELES.

De Castro, Josue . Brazilian writer.

Delacorte, Peter . American writer.

Delillo, Don . American writer.

Deloria jr., Vine . Native American writer.

Dexter, Pete . American writer.

Didion, Joan . American writer.

Dillon, Richard H.. Historian.

Disch, Thomas M. . American writer.

Doctorow, E.L. . American writer.

Donoso, Jose . Chilean writer.

Dorfman, Ariel . Chilean writer.

Dorris, Michael . American writer.

Doyle, Roddy . Irish writer.

Du Bois, W.E.B . African American writer.

Dunn, Katherine . American writer.

Dunne, John Gregory . American writer.

Dunning, John . American mystery writer.

Eady, Cornelius . African American writer and poet.

Eco, Umberto. Italian writer.

Edelman, Marian Wright . African American writer and educator.

Edwards, Grace F. . African American writer.

Ellroy, James . American mystery writer.

Erdrich, Louise . American writer.

Erickson, Steve . American writer.

Escandon, Maria Amparo . Mexican/American writer.

Evans, Maurice . Actor.

Everett, Percival . African American writer.

Fante, Dan . American writer.

Fante, John . American writer.

Farah, Nuruddin . Somalian author.

Fassbender, Tom . American writer.

Feifer, Tatyana & George (translators) . Translators from the Russian.

Ferre, Rosario . Puerto Rican writer.

Fesperman, Dan . American writer.

Fforde, Jasper . British writer.

Fiedler, Leslie A. . American writer.

Fishkin, Shelley Fisher . American writer and literary critic.

Flanagan, Richard. Australia writer

Ford, Richard . American writer.

Fox, Laurie . American writer.

Franklin, Tom . American writer.

Friar, Kimon . Translator

Friedman, Kinky . American mystery writer.

Fuentes, Carlos . Mexican writer.

Galeano, Eduardo . Uruguayan writer.

Garcia, Cristina . Cuban/American writer.

Garcia Marquez, Gabriel . Colombian writer and Nobel Prize winner.

Garland, Alex . British writer.

Gates Jr., Henry Louis . African American writer.

Gerhardie, William . British writer.

Ghose, Zulfikar . Pakistani writer.

Gifford, Barry . American writer.

Giovanni, Nikki . African American writer and poet.

Gloss, Molly. American writer.

Gold, Glen David . American writer.

Golden, Marita . African American writer.

Gonzalez, Juan . American writer and historian.

Goodwin, Doris Kearns . American writer and biographer.

Gordimer, Nadine . South African writer.

Gottlieb, Samuel Hirsh . American writer.

Grant, Linda . American mystery writer.

Graves, Robert . British writer.

Greenleaf, Stephen . American mystery writer.

Greer, Robert O. . African American mystery writer.

Grzimek, Martin . German writer.

Hagedorn, Jessica . American writer.

Hall, Oakley . American writer.

Hall, Rodney . Australian writer and poet.

Hamer, Forrest . African American writer and poet

Hannah, Barry . American writer.

Hansen, Ron . American writer.

Hardwick, Gary . African American mystery writer.

Harrington, Kent . American writer.

Harris, Eddy L. . African American writer.

Harrison, Jim . American writer.

Harshberger, Kay & Mac. American illustrators

Hasford, Gustav . American writer.

Haut, Woody . American writer on mysteries.

Hautman, Pete . American writer.

Hawley, Noah . American writer.

Haynes, David . African American writer.

Hayslip, Le Ly . Vietnamese writer.

Heaney, Seamus . Irish writer and poet.

Heinl, Robert & Nancy. Historians of Haitian history.

Heller, Joseph . American writer.

Hentoff, Nat . American writer.

Hercules, Frank . Caribbean writer.

Heston, Charlton . Actor.

Hiaasen, Carl . American mystery writer.

Highsmith, Patricia . American mystery writer.

Hijuelos, Oscar . Cuban American writer.

Hillerman, Tony . American mystery writer.

Hitchens, Christopher . British writer and contrarian.

Hjortsberg, William . American writer.

Hockenberry, John . American writer and journalist.

Holden, Craig . American writer.

Holloway, Ariel Williams . African American writer and poet.

Holthe, Tess Uriza . Filipino American writer.

hooks, bell . African American writer.

Hornby, Nick . British writer.

Horwitz, Tony . American writer.

Ishiguro, Kazuo . British writer.

Jackson, Jon A. . American mystery writer.

Jefferson, Roland . African American writer.

Johnson, B.S. . British writer.

Johnson, Charles . African American writer.

Johnson, Denis . American writer.

Jones, Edward P. African American writer

Just, Ward . American writer.

Kakonis, Tom. American mystery writer.

Kamau, Kwadwo Agymah . Caribbean writer.

Kaplan, Justin . American writer.

Karasu, Bilge . Turkish writer.

Karr, Mary . American writer.

Kellerman, Jonathan . American mystery writer.

Kemal, Yashar . Turkish writer.

Kennedy, William . American writer.

Kesavan, Mukul . Indian writer.

Kesey, Ken . American writer.

Kincaid, Jamaica . Caribbean writer.

King, Stephen . American writer.

Kinsella, W.P. . Canadian writer.

Klima, Ivan . Czech writer.

Knowlton Jr., Edgar C.. Historian

Kosinski, Jerzy . Polish/American writer.

Kotun, Debo . Nigerian mystery writer.

Kozol, Jonathan . American writer.

Kumin, Maxine . American writer.

Kundera, Milan . Czech writer.

Kurlansky, Mark . American writer.

Kwitny, Jonathan . American writer and journalist.

Lafarge, Paul . American writer.

Lafourcade, Enrique . Chilean writer.

Laguerre, Enrique . Puerto Rican writer.

Lapp, Rudolph M. . Historian, author of BLACKS IN GOLD RUSH CALIFORNIA.

Lau, Carolyn (Carolyn Lei-lanilau) . Hawaiian writer.

Lauck, Jennifer. American writer.

Laurie, Hugh . British writer and actor.

Le Carre, John . British writer.

Lee, Chang-Rae . Korean American writer.

Leguin, Ursula K. . American fantasy writer.

Lehane, Dennis . American mystery writer.

Lent, Jeffrey . American writer.

Leonard, Elmore . American mystery writer.

Lethem, Jonathan . American writer.

Levine, Suzanne Jill (translator) . Translator of many works from the Spanish, particularly Latin American.

Limon, Martin . American mystery writer.

Little, Eddie . American writer.

Liu, Eric . American writer, author of ACCIDENTAL ASIAN.

Loewen, James W. American historian.

Long, David . American writer.

Lorde, Audre . African American writer and poet.

Lynch, Thomas . American writer, poet, and mortician.

MacDonald, Ross . American mystery writer.

MacNeil, Robert . Canadian author and former TV news anchorperson.

Mahier, Edith (illustrator) . Illustrator.

Major, Clarence . African American writer.

Makeba, Miriam . African singer extraordinaire.

Maney, Mabel. America writer.

Marek, Richard . American writer and publisher.

Marmol, Miguel. Political activist from El Salvador.

Marshall, James . American children's book writer and illustrator.

Marshall, Paule . African American writer.

Martin, Steve . American writer and comedian.

Martinez, Elena M. Latin American literary critic

Mason, Bobbie Ann . American writer.

McCourt, Frank . Irish American writer.

McCray, Carrie Allen . African American writer.

McElroy, Joseph. American writer.

McEwan, Ian . British writer.

McGarrity, Michael . American mystery writer.

McGrath, Patrick . British writer.

McIlvanney, William . Scottish writer.

McKnight, Reginald . African American writer.

McMillan, Terry . African American writer.

Meallet, Sandro . American writer.

Means, Russell . Native American writer.

Michaels, Anne . Canadian writer and poet.

Millar, Kenneth (Ross Macdonald) . American mystery writer.

Miller, Arthur . American writer and playwright.

Miller, John A. . American writer.

Min, Anchee . Chinese writer.

Minot, Susan . American writer.

Moore, Rod Val . American writer.

Moore, Susanna . American writer.

Moravia, Alberto . Italian writer.

Morris, Willie . American writer.

Morris, Wright . American writer.

Morrison, Toni . African American writer.

Mosley, Walter . African American writer.

Mowry, Jess . African American writer.

Mrabet, Mohammed . Moroccan writer.

Mukherjee, Bharati . Indian/Canadian writer.

Munro, Alice . Canadian writer.

Murray, Yxta Maya. Latina writer.

Naipaul, V.S. . Trinidadian/British writer and Nobel Prize writer.

Narayan, R.K. . Indian writer.

Naylor, Gloria . African American writer.

Neely, Barbara . African American mystery writer.

Nelscott, Kris . African American mystery writer.

Nelson, Antonya . American writer.

Nolan, Tom . American writer and Ross MacDonald biographer.

Nooteboom, Cees . Dutch writer.

Norman, Howard . American writer.

Nunn, Kem . American writer.

Nunnally, Tiina . Translator from the Scandinavian.

O'Brien, Tim . American writer.

Okri, Ben . African writer.

Olinto, Antonio . Brazilian Writer.

Oliver, Steve American mystery writer.

Ondaatje, Michael Sri Lankan/Canadian writer.

Oppen, George . American poet.

Owens, Louis. Native American writer.

Ozeki, Ruth L. Japanese American writer.

Ozick, Cynthia . American writer.

Paiewonsky, Isidor . Historian, author of EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF SLAVERY IN THE DANISH WEST INDIES.

Painter, Nell Irvin . African American historian.

Pamuk, Orhan Turkish writer.

Parker, Dorothy. American writer.

Pascoe, Jim . American writer.

Pearson, Ridley . American mystery writer.

Pelecanos, George P. American mystery writer.

Peres da Costa, Suneeta . Indian writer.

Perez, Loida Maritza . Caribbean writer.

Petievich, Gerald. Mystery writer.

Phillips, Caryl . Caribbean/British writer.

Phillips, Gary . African American mystery writer.

Phillips, Jayne Anne. American writer.

Phillips, Scott . American mystery writer.

Pinckney, Darryl . African American writer.

Pipes, James . American writer.

Plate, Peter . American writer.

Plimpton, George . American writer.

Pohl, Frederik . American science fiction writer

Potts, Randall. American poet.

Prager, Emily. American writer.

Prejean C.S.J., Helen . American activist and author of DEAD MAN WALKING.

Price, Reynolds . American writer.

Proulx, E.Annie . American writer.

Rankin, Ian . Scottish mystery writer.

Ratch, Jerry. American poet.

Raymond, Linda . African American writer.

Reed, Ishmael . African American writer.

Reed, Philip . American mystery writer.

Reichs, Kathy American mystery writer.

Rekdal, Paisley . Asian American writer.

Rice, Anne . American writer.

Richer, Clement. Caribbean writer.

Richler, Mordecai . Canadian writer.

Ringgold, Faith . African American writer and illustrator.

Robinson, Holland.

Roditi, Edouard. American writer.

Rooke, Leon . Canadian writer.

Rush, Norman . American writer.

Rushdie, Salman . Indian/British writer

Russell, Alan American mystery writer.

St. Clair, Jeffrey . American political writer and journalist.

Sakamoto, Kerri . Canadian writer.

Salinger, Margaret A. . American writer and daughter of J.D. Salinger.

Sallis, James . American mystery writer.

Sanchez, Thomas . American writer.

Sanders, Dori . African American writer.

Sante, Luc . American writer.

Sayles, John . American writer.

Schwartz, John Burnham . American writer.

Schwarzenegger, Arnold . Weightlifter/Movie star

Seranella, Barbara American mystery writer.

Shacochis, Bob . American writer.

Shange, Ntozake . African American writer and poet.

Shannon, John. American mystery writer

Sherry, Norman . Literary biographer.

Sifton, Elisabeth (editor) . Editor.

Silko, Leslie Marmon . Native American writer.

Sinclair, April . African American writer.

Skvorecky, Josef . Czech writer.

Smith, Lee . American writer.

Smith, Martin Cruz . American writer.

Smith, Zadie . British writer.

Snyder, Gary . American writer and poet.

Spain, Johnny . Community activist and former leader of the Black Panther prison movement.

Stansberry, Domenic . American writer.

Stark, Richard (Pseudonym of Donald Westlake) . American mystery writer.

Stone, Robert . American writer.

Strassler, Robert B. . Historian, editor of THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES.

Styron, William . American writer.

Sudo, Philip Toshio . American writer on Zen.

Sukenick, Ronald. American writer.

Swift, Graham . British writer.

Szymborska, Wislawa . Polish poet and winner of the Nobel Prize.

Tan, Amy . Chinese American writer.

Tan, Maureen British mystery writer.

Theroux, Paul . American writer.

Thomson, David . American writer.

Tipton, Carolyn L. (translator) . Translator from the Spanish.

Toibin, Colm . Irish writer.

Toscana, David . Mexican writer.

Tremain, Rose . British writer.

Vachss, Andrew . American mystery writer.

Valenzuela, Luisa. Argentinian women writer.

Vargas Llosa, Mario . Peruvian writer.

Vidal, Gore . American writer.

Vollmann, William T. . American writer.

Vonnegut Jr., Kurt . American writer.

Walker, Alice . African American writer.

Wattleton, Faye . African American activist and former director of Planned Parenthood.

Weber, Christin Lore . American writer.

Webster, Ivan . African American writer.

Welch, James . Native American writer.

Wendt, Albert . Samoan writer.

West, Paul. American writer.

Westlake, Donald . American mystery writer.

White, Michael C. . American writer.

Whitehead, Colson . African American writer.

Wideman, John Edgar . African American writer.

Wiggins, Marianne . American writer.

Willeford, Charles . American writer.

Williams, Dennis A. . African American writer.

Williams, John A. . African American writer.

Williams, Sherley Anne . African American writer.

Wills, Garry. American writer.

Wilson, August . African American playwright.

Wilson, Clotilde (translator) . Translator from the Brazilian Portuguese.

Winton, Tim . Australian writer.

Wishnia, K.J.A. . American writer.

Wolff, Geoffrey . American writer.

Wolff, Tobias . American writer.

Wong, Shawn . American writer.

Woods, Paula L. . African American mystery writer.

Wray. John. American writer.

Wyatt, Wyatt . American writer.

Yamanaka, Lois-Ann . Hawaiian American writer.

Yarbrough, Steve . American writer.