Author index
Authors beginning with B
B.K. Borison
B.K. Borison is a New York Times bestselling author of cozy contemporary romances.
Baek Se-hee
Baek Se-hee (1990–2025) was a South Korean essayist and writer whose work explored mental health, self-acceptance, writing, relationships, and everyday life.
Banana Yoshimoto
Japanese novelist and essayist known for intimate fiction about grief, family, love, memory, and recovery.
Barack Obama
American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 44th president of the United States.
Barbara A. Mowat
American Shakespeare scholar, textual editor, and former director of research at the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Barbara Demick
American journalist and nonfiction author known for deeply reported books about conflict, authoritarianism, and East Asia.
Barbara Ehrenreich
American author, journalist, political activist, and social critic known for writing on class, labor, feminism, health, and inequality.
Barbara Hambly
American novelist and screenwriter known for fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and historical fiction.
Barbara Kingsolver
American novelist, essayist, poet, and nonfiction writer known for works about ecology, social justice, family, and place.
Barbara W. Tuchman
American historian and author (1912–1989) known for vivid, narrative histories of war, diplomacy, and political decision-making.
Barrie Kreinik
Actor, singer, writer, playwright, and award-winning audiobook narrator based in New York City.
Basil Creighton
Basil Creighton (1885–1989) was a British novelist and translator of German literature.
Beatrix Potter
English author and illustrator best known for her animal tales, nursery-rhyme books, and children's novel The Fairy Caravan.
Becky Albertalli
American young adult author and former clinical psychologist known for contemporary LGBTQ+ fiction.
Becky Chambers
Becky Chambers is an American science-fiction author known for humane, optimistic space opera and solarpunk fiction.
bell hooks
bell hooks (1952–2021) was an American author, feminist theorist, cultural critic, educator, and poet whose work examined race, gender, class, love, representation, and pedagogy.
Ben Aaronovitch
British author and screenwriter best known for the Rivers of London urban-fantasy series and Doctor Who fiction.
Ben H. Winters
Ben H. Winters is an American novelist, playwright, poet, comic-book writer, and creator of original audio fiction.
Ben Horowitz
American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, management writer, and cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz.
Benedict Jacka
English author best known for the Alex Verus urban fantasy series and the Inheritance of Magic series.
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Benjamin Alire Sáenz is an American poet, novelist, short-story writer, and author of books for young adults and children.
Benjamin Graham
English-American economist, investor, professor, and author widely regarded as the father of value investing.
Benjamin Hoff
American author best known for The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet, which explain Taoist ideas through A.A. Milne's Pooh characters.
Benjamín Labatut
Chilean writer born in Rotterdam in 1980, known for hybrid works that combine literary fiction, essays, scientific history, and philosophical inquiry.
Benjamin Martinez
Author and co-author of books on visual perception, composition, and design.
Benjamin Stevenson
Australian crime novelist, mystery writer, and award-winning stand-up comedian.
Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell is a British historical novelist best known for the Sharpe, Warlord Chronicles, and Last Kingdom series.
Bernard Stambler
American musicologist and Dante scholar, known for his study of Purgatorio and his teaching at The Juilliard School.
Bernardine Evaristo
British writer of fiction, verse fiction, poetry, memoir, nonfiction, essays, and drama, whose work explores African diasporic histories and identities.
Bertrand Russell
British philosopher, logician, mathematician, essayist, social critic, pacifist, and Nobel Prize-winning author.
Bessel van der Kolk
Dutch-American psychiatrist, researcher, author, and educator specializing in traumatic stress, trauma-related disorders, and their effects on the brain, mind, and body.
Beth Revis
American author of science fiction and fantasy for young adults and adults, best known for the Across the Universe trilogy.
Betty Smith
American novelist and playwright best known for the bestseller A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
Beverly Cleary
American author of children's and young-adult literature best known for the Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse books.
Bill Bryson
American-British journalist and author known for humorous travel writing, memoir, language books, history, and popular science.
Bill Gifford
American journalist and nonfiction author known for books on exploration, aging, longevity, and human performance.
Bill Sienkiewicz
American comics artist and writer known for expressive painted and mixed-media graphic work.
Bill Watterson
American cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes.
Bill Willingham
American comic-book writer, artist, and prose novelist best known for creating Elementals and Fables.
Biyi Bandele
Nigerian novelist, playwright, poet, and filmmaker whose work spans literary fiction, historical fiction, and theatre.
Blake Crouch
American novelist and screenwriter known for science-fiction, thriller, mystery, and horror fiction.
Blake Morrison
English poet, novelist, memoirist, critic, journalist, playwright, and librettist.
Bob Woodward
American investigative journalist and author known for deeply reported books about U.S. presidents, national security, politics, and government.
Bonnie Garmus
American novelist, copywriter, and creative director known for literary and historical fiction.
Bora Chung
South Korean novelist, short-story writer, essayist, translator, and activist known for blending horror, science fiction, fantasy, and social critique.
Boris Grabnar
Slovenian writer, dramatist, screenwriter, translator, and scholar of rhetoric, television, and science fiction (1921–2003).
Boris Pasternak
Russian poet, novelist, memoirist, and dramatist, best known internationally for Doctor Zhivago and for his influential lyric poetry.
Boris Strugatsky
Russian and Soviet science-fiction writer, best known for his long collaboration with his brother Arkady Strugatsky and for two later novels published under the pseudonym S. Vititsky.
Brad Meltzer
Brad Meltzer is an American novelist, nonfiction writer, children's author, and comic-book writer known for political thrillers, conspiracy histories, and the Ordinary People Change the World series.
Bram Stoker
Irish novelist, short-story writer, dramatist, biographer, and theatre manager best known for Dracula.
Brandon Hobson
Brandon Hobson is a Cherokee fiction writer and an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
Brandon Mull
American author best known for middle-grade and young-adult fantasy series including Fablehaven, Dragonwatch, Beyonders, Five Kingdoms, and The Candy Shop War.
Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson is an American fantasy and science-fiction author, best known for the Cosmere, The Stormlight Archive, and Mistborn. He also writes young-adult, middle-grade, graphic, and interactive fiction.
Brandon Taylor
American novelist and short-story writer known for literary fiction exploring race, sexuality, desire, intimacy, and artistic life.
Brené Brown
American research professor, author, and storyteller whose work focuses on vulnerability, shame, courage, belonging, and leadership.
Brent Weeks
American fantasy author best known for the Night Angel and Lightbringer series.
Breon Mitchell
American scholar, literary translator, bibliographer, and professor emeritus of comparative literature.
Bret Easton Ellis
Bret Easton Ellis is an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter known for influential works of contemporary fiction.
Brett Helquist
Brett Helquist is an American author and illustrator of children's books, best known for illustrating A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Brian Bolland
British comics artist, writer, and illustrator best known for Judge Dredd, Camelot 3000, Batman: The Killing Joke, and his influential comic-book cover art.
Brian Christian
American computer scientist, cognitive scientist, writer, and programmer whose books explore the human implications of computing and artificial intelligence.
Brian Evenson
American author of literary fiction, horror, science fiction, criticism, and graphic works.
Brian Greene
American theoretical physicist and bestselling author known for popularizing string theory, cosmology, and fundamental physics.
Brian Herbert
American science-fiction and fantasy author, biographer, and coauthor of Dune novels.
Brian Jacques
Brian Jacques (1939–2011) was an English author best known for the Redwall series of children's fantasy novels.
Brian K. Vaughan
American comic-book writer and television writer best known for Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways, Saga, and Paper Girls.
Brian McClellan
American epic fantasy author known for flintlock, military, and urban fantasy.
Brian Michael Bendis
American comics writer and artist known for creator-owned crime comics and influential Marvel and DC superhero work.
Brian Selznick
American author and illustrator known for innovative illustrated novels and picture books.
Brian Staveley
American fantasy author best known for the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne and Ashes of the Unhewn Throne series.
Brian Tracy
Canadian-American motivational speaker, business consultant, and author of books on personal achievement, sales, leadership, and success.
Brian W. Aldiss
English novelist, short-story writer, poet, critic, editor, and historian of science fiction.
Brianna Wiest
American author and poet known for nonfiction on self-understanding, personal transformation, healing, and purpose.
Bridget Collins
British author of young adult and adult fiction, writing young adult novels as B. R. Collins.
Brigid Kemmerer
American New York Times bestselling author of romantic fantasy and contemporary young adult romance.
Brit Bennett
Brit Bennett is an American novelist and children's author known for The Mothers, The Vanishing Half, and the Claudie Wells books.
Britney Spears
American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress who has published memoir, nonfiction diary, and co-authored fiction.
Brodi Ashton
American young adult novelist known for fantasy, historical fiction, and romantic adventure.
Brom
American fantasy and horror artist, illustrator, and author known for darkly illustrated novels and art books.
Bruce D. Perry
American psychiatrist, neuroscientist, child-trauma researcher, and author known for work on developmental adversity, childhood trauma, brain development, and resilience.
Bruce Sterling
American science-fiction writer, journalist, editor, critic, futurist, and design theorist associated with cyberpunk.
Bryan Lee O’Malley
Canadian cartoonist and writer best known for the Scott Pilgrim graphic-novel series.
Bryan Talbot
British comics writer and artist known for pioneering graphic novels including The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, The Tale of One Bad Rat, Alice in Sunderland, and Grandville.
Brynne Weaver
Canadian bestselling author of dark romance, romantic suspense, paranormal romance, and romantic fantasy.
Byung-Chul Han
South Korean-born German philosopher and cultural theorist known for concise critiques of neoliberalism, digital society, technology, and contemporary culture.