Elmer Kelton

Elmer Kelton

male, 83 years old
University of Texas, from Texas, novelist, Texaswriter, Western writer, American
Elmer Kelton (born April 29, 1926) is an American author, known for his Westerns. He was born in Andrews County, Texas. He graduated from the...
Larry McMurtry

Larry McMurtry

male, 73 years old
Stanford University, the electric kool-aid acid test, Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winner, North Texas State University, From Wichita Falls, Texas, Merry Pranksters…Western writer, Texaswriter
Larry McMurtry (born June 3, 1936 in Wichita Falls, Texas) is a novelist, screenwriter, and essayist. McMurtry is best known for his Pulitzer...
J. Frank Dobie

J. Frank Dobie

male, deceased (1964)
University of Texas at Austin faculty, liberal, texas longhorn, Texaswriter, Liberalism, American…From Austin, Texas, Folklore writer
James Frank Dobie (September 26, 1888-September 18,1964) was an American folklorist, writer, and newspaper columnist best known for many books...
Molly Ivins

Molly Ivins

female, deceased (2007)
journalist, Journalists accused of fabrication or plagiarism, Breast cancer patients, cancer death, From Houston, Breast cancer death…Texaswriter, Texas Observer
Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30 1944 - January 31 2007) was an American newspaper columnist, political commentator, and best-selling author...
Kinky Friedman

Kinky Friedman

male, 65 years old
Former atheists and agnostic, Jewish person, Independent, texas monthly, Humorist, Texas Chainsaw Massacre actor…Texaswriter, Texas musician, writer, mystery writer, Texas politician
Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman (born October 31, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for...
Katherine Anne Porter

Katherine Anne Porter

female, deceased (1980)
From San Antonio, Texas, From Fort Worth, Texas, Texaswriter, novelist, journalist, from San Antonio…Short story writer, known as a writer of tremendous clarity
Katherine Anne Porter was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and political activist. She is...
Joe R. Lansdale

Joe R. Lansdale

male, 58 years old
splatterpunk, Western fiction, elvis, From Nacogdoches, Texas, Working Class, Batman The Animated Series…science fiction writer, fantasy writer, Thriller writer, Horror writer, Texaswriter
Joe R. Lansdale (born October 28, 1951, Gladewater, Texas) is an American author and martial-arts expert. He has written novels and stories in many...
Robert E. Howard

Robert E. Howard

male, deceased (1936)
death by firearm in the United States, suicide by firearm in the United States, Mythopoeic writer, American historical novelist, Howard Payne University alumni, Cthulhu Mythos writer…fantasy writer, Texaswriter, Short story writer, From abilene, texas, Conan the Barbarian writer
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22 1906 - June 11 1936) was a classic American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western,...
Horton Foote

Horton Foote

male, 93 years old
Christian, scientist, Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner, Tony Award, American, to kill a mockingbird…Texaswriter, The Trip to Bountiful writer, Baby the Rain Must Fall writer, To Kill a Mockingbird writer, Storm Fear writer
Horton Foote (born March 14,1916 in Wharton, Texas), is a two-time Academy Award and one-time Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award-winning and Tony...
Robert Flynn

Robert Flynn

male, 77 years old
novelist, vietnam war, Texaswriter, Western writer, American, author…From San Antonio, Texas
Robert Flynn, professor emeritus, Trinity University and a native of Chillicothe, Texas, is the author of twelve books. Seven novels: North To...