Marianne Williamson

Self-Help Author

9

Sharon Draper

Novelist

10

Beth Henley

Playwright

11

Kim Stanley Robinson

Novelist

12

David Weber

Novelist

13

Orhan Pamuk

Novelist

14

Christopher G. Moore

Novelist

15

Rita Dove

Poet

16

Ridley Pearson

Novelist

17

Paul Haggis

Screenwriter

18

Ben Mikaelsen

Children's Author

19

Michael Cunningham

Novelist

20

Angie Sage

Young Adult Author

21

Tony Abbott

Children's Author

22

Lutz Rathenow

Playwright

23

Anna Quindlen

Non-Fiction Author

24

Linda Woolverton

Screenwriter

25

Ken Tucker

Non-Fiction Author

26

Karen Hesse

Young Adult Author

27

Alison Baker

Novelist

28

Veronica Bennett

Children's Author

29

Sean O'Brien

Poet

30

Bimal Guha

Poet

31

Chrys Howard

Self-Help Author

32

Dean Parisot

Screenwriter

33

Antjie Krog

Poet

34

John Townsend

Self-Help Author

35

Melissa Fay Greene

Non-Fiction Author

36

Leslie Newman

Screenwriter

37

Alison Lester

Children's Author

38

Sarah Ellis

Children's Author

39

Steven Raichlen

Non-Fiction Author

40

Sky Gilbert

Playwright

41

Faye Kellerman

Novelist

42

Eric L. Haney

Screenwriter

43

Don Miguel Ruiz

Religious Author

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Justin Fleming

Playwright

45

Robert Duncan

Novelist

46

Caroline Myss

Non-Fiction Author

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Walter Isaacson

Non-Fiction Author

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