J. D. Salinger

J. D. Salinger

male, 90 years old
Jerome David Salinger (born January 1, 1919) is an American author best known for his 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye", as well as his reclusive...
Thomas Pynchon

Thomas Pynchon

male, 72 years old
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. (born May 8, 1937) is an American writer based in New York City. He is noted for his dense and complex works of...
Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin

female, deceased (1904)
Kate Chopin (born Katherine O'Flaherty on February 8, 1850 - August 22, 1904), was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly of a...
Washington Irving

Washington Irving

male, deceased (1859)
Washington Irving was an American author of the early 19th century. Best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip van...
Kelly Link

Kelly Link

female, 40 years old
Kelly Link is an American author of short stories born in 1969 (judging by this 2001 article). Her stories might be described as slipstream: a...
Roger Zelazny

Roger Zelazny

male, deceased (1995)
Roger Joseph Zelazny was an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels. He won the Nebula award three times and the...
Richard Wright

Richard Wright

male, deceased (1960)
Richard Wright was an American author of novels, short stories and non-fiction.
Tobias Wolff

Tobias Wolff

male, 64 years old
Tobias Jonathan Ansell Wolff (born June 19, 1945, in Birmingham, Alabama) is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. He is best known for his short...
Sherwood Anderson

Sherwood Anderson

male, deceased (1941)
Sherwood Anderson (September 13 1876 - March 8 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection "Winesburg,...
Piers Anthony

Piers Anthony

male, 75 years old
Anthony's family emigrated to the United States from Britain while he was a child. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in his twenties. He went to...