1

Gary Soto

Poet

2

Sharon Draper

Novelist

3

Morris Gleitzman

Children's Author

4

Tony Abbott

Children's Author

5

Rita Dove

Poet

6

Ben Mikaelsen

Children's Author

7

Marianne Williamson

Self-Help Author

8

Karen Hesse

Young Adult Author

9

David Icke

Novelist

10

Clive Barker

Novelist

11

Christopher G. Moore

Novelist

12

Naomi Shihab Nye

Poet

13

Orhan Pamuk

Novelist

14

Michael Cunningham

Novelist

15

Alison Baker

Novelist

16

Melissa Fay Greene

Non-Fiction Author

17

Sean O'Brien

Poet

18

Angie Sage

Young Adult Author

19

Anna Quindlen

Non-Fiction Author

20

Johanna Lindsey

Novelist

21

Alison Lester

Children's Author

22

Alice Hoffman

Young Adult Author

23

Robin Hobb

Novelist

24

Walter Isaacson

Non-Fiction Author

25

Laurie R. King

Novelist

26

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal

Children's Author

27

Robin McKinley

Children's Author

28

Vikram Seth

Poet

29

Beth Henley

Playwright

30

Hilary Mantel

Novelist

31

Andrew Motion

Poet

32

Kim Stanley Robinson

Novelist

33

Linda Woolverton

Screenwriter

34

Sky Gilbert

Playwright

35

John Townsend

Self-Help Author

36

David Weber

Novelist

37

Diane Duane

Screenwriter

38

Dean Parisot

Screenwriter

39

Mutabaruka

Poet

40

Ken Tucker

Non-Fiction Author

41

Bimal Guha

Poet

42

Lutz Rathenow

Playwright

43

Loren D. Estleman

Novelist

44

Steven Zaillian

Screenwriter

45

Justin Fleming

Playwright

46

Rohinton Mistry

Playwright

47

Faye Kellerman

Novelist

48

Don Miguel Ruiz

Religious Author