Roland Smith

Young Adult Author

13

Alex Finlayson

Playwright

14

Sarah Ellis

Children's Author

15

Lee Strobel

Religious Author

16

Bill Johnson

Religious Author

17

Jack Gantos

Children's Author

18

Kate White

Novelist

19

Bill Bryson

Novelist

20

Joan Bauer

Young Adult Author

21

Naomi Shihab Nye

Poet

22

Robin Hobb

Novelist

23

Diane Duane

Screenwriter

24

Diana Gabaldon

Novelist

25

Elizabeth Hay

Novelist

26

Anne Flournoy

Screenwriter

27

Timothy Zahn

Novelist

28

Angie Sage

Young Adult Author

29

Terry McMillan

Novelist

30

Mick Garris

Screenwriter

31

Linda Woolverton

Screenwriter

32

Alice Hoffman

Young Adult Author

33

Orhan Pamuk

Novelist

34

Jimmy Santiago Baca

Poet

35

Ehsan Sehgal

Poet

36

Tomson Highway

Novelist

37

Carmen Tafolla

Poet

38

Walter Mosley

Novelist

39

Mike Berenstain

Novelist

40

Walter Isaacson

Non-Fiction Author

41

Johanna Lindsey

Novelist

42

Charlaine Harris

Novelist

43

Paulette Bourgeois

Children's Author

44

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Essayist

45

Terri McMillan

Novelist

46

Cynthia DeFelice

Novelist

47

Vikram Seth

Poet

48