1

Laura Esquivel

Novelist

2

Terry Denton

Children's Author

3

Nora Roberts

Novelist

4

Jeffery Deaver

Novelist

5

Nikki Grimes

Young Adult Author

6

David Unger

Novelist

7

Julia Alvarez

Poet

8

Sapphire

Poet

9

Edward Bloor

Young Adult Author

10

Fran Lebowitz

Essayist

11

Steve Erickson

Novelist

12

Sue Thomas

Memoirist

13

Bodil Bredsdorff

Children's Author

14

John Marsden

Young Adult Author

15

Mike Richardson

Comic Book Author

16

Bruce Coville

Children's Author

17

Jorie Graham

Poet

18

Andre Aciman

Novelist

19

Carl Deuker

Young Adult Author

20

Richard Nelson

Playwright

21

Frank E Peretti

Novelist

22

Graham Hancock

Novelist

23

Elinor Lipman

Novelist

24

James Redfield

Screenwriter

25

Carolyn Forche

Poet

26

Cathy Guisewite

Comic Book Author

27

Mary Doria Russell

Novelist

28

Anne Carson

Poet

29

Nick Toczek

Poet

30

Charles Bernstein

Poet

31

Louis Romano

Novelist

32

Chris Claremont

Comic Book Author

33

Nicholas Evans

Novelist

34

Wally Lamb

Novelist

35

Alan Greenberg

Screenwriter

36

Pritish Nandy

Poet

37

Charles Frazier

Novelist

38

Nicholas Kazan

Playwright

39

Ed Naha

Screenwriter

40

John Katzenbach

Novelist

41

Dana Gioia

Poet

42

David Ignatius

Novelist

43

Christopher Wilkinson

Screenwriter

44

Bruce Brooks

Children's Author

45

Donita K. Paul

Novelist

46

Mercedes Lackey

Novelist

47

David Brin

Novelist

48

Joseph Ruben

Screenwriter