Linda Woolverton

Screenwriter

9

Roland Smith

Young Adult Author

10

Robin Hobb

Novelist

11

Alice Hoffman

Young Adult Author

12

Bob Gale

Screenwriter

13

Steve Barnes

Novelist

14

John Gray

Self-Help Author

15

Bill Johnson

Religious Author

16

Orson Scott Card

Novelist

17

Lee Strobel

Religious Author

18

Bill Bryson

Novelist

19

Kate White

Novelist

20

Terry McMillan

Novelist

21

Jimmy Santiago Baca

Poet

22

Paula Vogel

Playwright

23

Joan Bauer

Young Adult Author

24

Richard Grayson

Novelist

25

Jack Gantos

Children's Author

26

Mike Berenstain

Novelist

27

Kim Stanley Robinson

Novelist

28

Mark Fuhrman

Non-Fiction Author

29

Theodore Judson

Novelist

30

Paulette Bourgeois

Children's Author

31

Naomi Shihab Nye

Poet

32

Ian Frazier

Non-Fiction Author

33

Diana Gabaldon

Novelist

34

Beth Henley

Playwright

35

Elvira Woodruff

Children's Author

36

Ehsan Sehgal

Poet

37

Elizabeth Hay

Novelist

38

Timothy Zahn

Novelist

39

Laura Schroff

Novelist

40

Walter Mosley

Novelist

41

Willy Holtzman

Playwright

42

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Essayist

43

Carmen Tafolla

Poet

44

Tomson Highway

Novelist

45

Johanna Lindsey

Novelist

46

Charlaine Harris

Novelist

47

Steven Moore

Novelist

48