Elif Shafak
British-Turkish novelist, essayist, memoirist, and political scientist who writes in Turkish and English.
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British-Turkish novelist, essayist, memoirist, and political scientist who writes in Turkish and English.
English novelist, journalist, and memoirist best known for meticulously researched espionage and political thrillers.
Brazilian comic-book artist and writer best known for The Umbrella Academy, Casanova, Daytripper, and Two Brothers.
Mexican filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and author known for horror, dark fantasy, fairy tales, and monster fiction.

South Korean novelist, poet, essayist, and children's author whose lyrical prose confronts historical trauma, violence, embodiment, and human fragility. She received the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Pseudonym of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, best known for the science-fiction series The Expanse.
French art historian, critic, and author (1904–1997), known for monographs on modern and nineteenth-century artists.
British literary critic, novelist, essayist, and memoirist (1925–2015), and Oxford literary scholar.

English science-fiction novelist and short-story writer, best known for The Day of the Triffids and other postwar speculative fiction.

American author of horror, speculative, historical, weird, and young adult fiction.
American comics artist and creator known for horror-oriented graphic storytelling, especially Batman, Deadman, and creator-owned work such as The Hammer.

American author of fantasy, science fiction, children's literature, and juvenile nonfiction.
American technology writer, futurist, photographer, editor, and co-founder of Wired magazine, known for optimistic writing about technology, networks, culture, and the future.
American author, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, and staff writer for The New Yorker; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.

German-born author of military science fiction, best known for the Frontlines series.
Michael Ondaatje is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, novelist, filmmaker, and editor known for formally inventive writing about memory, displacement, war, and identity.

Olivie Blake is the pen name of Alexene Farol Follmuth, an American author of speculative fiction, fantasy, literary romance, young adult fiction, and comics.
Robert Charles Wilson is an American-Canadian science-fiction author known for ambitious novels about time, identity, society, and humanity's place in the universe.

Japanese modernist writer celebrated for psychologically intense short fiction, historical tales, essays, criticism, travel writing, and aphorisms.

Scarlett St. Clair is a #1 New York Times bestselling Muscogee author of dark fantasy romance, romantasy, paranormal romance, and young adult fantasy.

American comic-book writer, editor, publisher, and producer who co-created many of Marvel Comics' most influential superheroes.

American author and journalist known for memoir, essays, historical fiction, poetry, and Marvel comics.

American writer of philosophical horror, weird fiction, dark fantasy, poetry, and nonfiction.

American novelist and short-story writer best known for the Divergent series.

American author, essayist, historian, biographer, travel writer, and diplomat best known for The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., including “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
American writer, editor, journalist, literary critic, and teacher best known for On Writing Well.

Russian novelist, satirist, playwright, literary critic, and naval engineer best known for the dystopian novel We.

American science-fiction author, editor, and writer for comics, radio, and television, best known for The Demolished Man and The Stars My Destination.
Scottish novelist, short-story writer, essayist, playwright, and author of illustrated fiction.
American novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist known for historical fiction, contemporary romance, romantic fantasy, and young adult fiction.

Anne Lamott is an American novelist, memoirist, essayist, and nonfiction writer known for candid, humorous books about family, faith, recovery, and writing.
English translator, adapter, and writer known for literary and children's-book work.

American author, journalist, political activist, and social critic known for writing on class, labor, feminism, health, and inequality.

Danielle Paige is a New York Times bestselling young-adult author known for dark fairy-tale retellings, fantasy novels, and graphic fiction.

Daryl Gregory is an American science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comics author known for novels, novellas, short fiction, and graphic works.
American filmmaker, visual artist, photographer, musician, and author known for surrealist and psychologically distinctive works.

American humorist, essayist, memoirist, short-story writer, playwright, and author of children's books known for acerbic, observational personal writing.
British literary scholar and emeritus professor of English at Cardiff University, known for work on Victorian fiction, Anthony Trollope, literary illustration, and the art and literature of London.
American author, researcher, and technology leader known for influential books on DevOps, organizational performance, and software delivery.

Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, journalist, and editor best known for Victorian Gothic, supernatural, mystery, and sensation fiction, including Uncle Silas and In a Glass Darkly.

American fantasy novelist best known for the Kushiel's Legacy series.

Australian author of internationally bestselling adult and young adult fantasy and science fiction, including solo and co-authored series.
American comic-book writer, artist, and illustrator known for Scary Godmother, Magic Trixie, The Little Endless Storybook, Death: At Death's Door, Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, and Beasts of Burden.

American-Canadian novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, and screenwriter known for comic, dramatic literary fiction about unconventional families, sexuality, morality, and social justice.

Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) was a Lebanese-American poet, writer, and artist who wrote in Arabic and English and became a leading figure of Mahjar and modern Arabic literature.

American author of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and historical romance, best known for the Highlander and Fever series.
American novelist and children's author known for feminist fiction, young adult novels, and middle-grade books.

American author-illustrator of children's picture books and middle-grade fiction, known for surreal humor, satire, and distinctive mixed-media artwork.