1

Katherine Alice Applegate

Novelist

2

Eric Walters

Children's Author

3

John Grogan

Autobiographer

4

Marta Kauffman

Screenwriter

5

Ellen Miles

Children's Author

6

Mark Allen Baker

Novelist

7

Janet Tashjian

Young Adult Author

8

David Sedaris

Novelist

9

Patricia Cornwell

Novelist

10

Sujata Bhatt

Poet

11

Caroline Thompson

Screenwriter

12

John Lee Hancock

Screenwriter

13

Robert Dennis Harris

Novelist

14

Michael Connelly

Novelist

15

Cynthia Kadohata

Children's Author

16

Ronnie Ray Jenkins

Novelist

17

Shirin Neshat

Screenwriter

18

Dale Brown

Novelist

19

Andre Alexis

Novelist

20

Jonathan Roberts

Screenwriter

21

Tony Gilroy

Screenwriter

22

Patricia Maldonado

Screenwriter

23

Shane Peacock

Young Adult Author

24

Tony Kushner

Screenwriter

25

Lorrie Moore

Self-Help Author

26

Cyrus Nowrasteh

Screenwriter

27

Nicholson Baker

Novelist

28

Jacquelyn Mitchard

Novelist

29

Danny Bilson

Screenwriter

30

Carol Leifer

Screenwriter

31

Peter David

Comic Book Author

32

Steve Yarbrough

Novelist

33

Kelley Baker

Screenwriter

34

Ana Forrest

Self-Help Author

35

Lakis Lazopoulos

Playwright

36

David A Carter

Children's Author

37

Michael Hammond

Novelist

38

Annie Finch

Poet

39

Lisa Loomer

Screenwriter

40

Alan Russell

Novelist

41

Barb Schmidt

Self-Help Author

42

Ann Hood

Novelist

43

Patrick Donnelly

Poet

44

Anchee Min

Memoirist

45

Sheila Walsh

Religious Author

46

Claudia Emerson

Poet

47

Bruce Larkin

Children's Author

48

Dominique Demers

Children's Author