1

Gary Soto

Poet

2

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Novelist

3

Amy Tan

Novelist

4

John Gray

Self-Help Author

5

David Almond

Children's Author

6

Nevada Barr

Novelist

7

Paula Vogel

Playwright

8

Andrew Taylor

Novelist

9

Bill Johnson

Religious Author

10

Joan Bauer

Young Adult Author

11

Steve Barnes

Novelist

12

Mark Fuhrman

Non-Fiction Author

13

Orson Scott Card

Novelist

14

Bill Bryson

Novelist

15

Roland Smith

Young Adult Author

16

Jack Gantos

Children's Author

17

Naomi Shihab Nye

Poet

18

Lee Strobel

Religious Author

19

Elvira Woodruff

Children's Author

20

Diana Gabaldon

Novelist

21

Craig Lucas

Playwright

22

Jimmy Santiago Baca

Poet

23

Terry McMillan

Novelist

24

Ehsan Sehgal

Poet

25

Johanna Lindsey

Novelist

26

Alice Hoffman

Young Adult Author

27

Kate White

Novelist

28

Walter Mosley

Novelist

29

Robin Hobb

Novelist

30

Charlaine Harris

Novelist

31

Tina Andrews

Screenwriter

32

Paulette Bourgeois

Children's Author

33

Bob Gale

Screenwriter

34

Tomson Highway

Novelist

35

Mick Garris

Screenwriter

36

Terri McMillan

Novelist

37

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Essayist

38

Steven Moore

Novelist

39

Carmen Tafolla

Poet

40

Cynthia DeFelice

Novelist

41

Charles Shyer

Screenwriter

42

Kim Stanley Robinson

Novelist

43

Linda Woolverton

Screenwriter

44

Theodore Judson

Novelist

45

Mike Berenstain

Novelist

46

Dorianne Laux

Poet

47

Ian Frazier

Non-Fiction Author

48

Steven Lisberger

Screenwriter