Alice Munro

Alice Munro

female, 78 years old
Alice Ann Munro, née Laidlaw is a Canadian short-story writer who is widely considered one of the world's premier fiction writers. Munro is a t...
Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis

male, deceased (1951)
Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930 he became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in...

Peter Taylor

male, deceased (1994)
Peter Hillsman Taylor (January 8, 1917 - November 2, 1994) was an American short-story writer and novelist. Born to a wealthy Nashville family in...

Deborah Eisenberg

female
Deborah Eisenberg is an American short-story writer, actor and teacher.
Christina Stead

Christina Stead

female, deceased (1983)
Christina Stead (17 July 1902-31 March 1983) was an Australian novelist and short-story writer noted for her satirical wit and psychological...
Ilan Stavans

Ilan Stavans

male, 48 years old
Ilan Stavans (born Ilan Stavchansky on April 7, 1961, in Mexico City) is an American intellectual, essayist, lexicographer, cultural commentator,...
Vivian Vande Velde

Vivian Vande Velde

female, 58 years old
Vivian Vande Velde (born 1951, Rochester, New York) is an American author who writes books primarily aimed at young adults. Vande Velde is very...
Simon van Booy

Simon van Booy

male
Simon Van Booy is a British author. His debut short-story collection is "The Secret Lives of People in Love". Van Booy was born in London and grew...
J. F. Powers

J. F. Powers

male, deceased (1999)
J. F. (James Farl) Powers (8 July 1917 Jacksonville, Illinois - 12 June 1999 Collegeville, Minnesota) was a Roman Catholic American novelist and...
D. Harlan Wilson

D. Harlan Wilson

male, 38 years old
D. Harlan Wilson (born September 3 1971 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American short-story writer and novelist whose body of work is typically...