Authors Born in Missouri

1

Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

2

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

3

Langston Hughes (1902-1967)

4

Joyce Meyer, 78

5

Francesca Simon, 66

6

Hang T Nguyen, 29

7

Sylvia Browne (1936-2013)

8

Danyelle Little, 46

9

Derek Blasberg, 39

10

TS Eliot (1888-1965)

11

Marilyn Vos Savant, 75

12

Molly McNearney, 43

13

Jordan Sonnenblick, 52

14

Jackie Hill-Perry, 32

15

Kay Thompson (1909-1988)

16

William F. Nolan, 93

17

William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)

18

Kilee Nickels, 35

19

Elsie Larson, 38

20

Gillian Flynn, 50

21

Naomi Shihab Nye, 69

22

Brian McDonald, 56

23

Jennifer Roberson, 68

24

Kate Chopin (1850-1904)

25

Jim Butcher, 50

26

Stephen Hunter, 75

27

Jason F Wright, 50

28

Olivia Jeanette, 38

29

Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)

30

Calvin Trillin, 86

31

William Rose (1914-1987)

32

Z Brewer, 48

33

Bob Gale, 70

34

Kristin MacDowell, 40

35

Robert Heinlein (1907-1988)

36

John Paxton (1911-1985)

37

Marianne Moore (1887-1972)

38

Eugene Field (1850-1895)

39

Goldie Taylor, 53

40

James Tate (1943-2015)

41

Courtney Ryley Cooper (1886-1940)

42

Zoe Akins (1886-1958)

43

Quincy Troupe, 82

44

Curly Nikki, 38

45

Katherine Neville, 76

46

Candice Mathis, 36

47

Clyde Robert Bulla (1914-2007)

48

Gregg Braden, 67