Mary Karr

Poet

13

Amy Rogers

Screenwriter

14

Candia McWilliam

Novelist

15

Serita Jakes

Non-Fiction Author

16

Ellen Hopkins

Young Adult Author

17

José Rivera

Playwright

18

Nancy Butts

Young Adult Author

19

E Max Frye

Screenwriter

20

Paul van Loon

Children's Author

21

David Twohy

Screenwriter

22

Michael Gerard Bauer

Young Adult Author

23

Amy Holden Jones

Screenwriter

24

Steven Gould

Novelist

25

Salvatore Calabrese

Non-Fiction Author

26

Luanne Rice

Novelist

27

Yasmina Khadra

Novelist

28

Cat Bauer

Young Adult Author

29

DJ MacHale

Screenwriter

30

Suzanne Weyn

Young Adult Author

31

Laura Amy Schlitz

Children's Author

32

Val McDermid

Novelist

33

Nihat Hatipoglu

Non-Fiction Author

34

Barbara Kingsolver

Novelist

35

Mo Yan

Novelist

36

Flint Dille

Screenwriter

37

Andy Breckman

Screenwriter

38

Cathy Song

Poet

39

Jay McInerney

Novelist

40

Nancy Alspaugh

Screenwriter

41

Kario Salem

Screenwriter

42

Don Roos

Screenwriter

43

Elizabeth Strout

Novelist

44

James Hynes

Novelist

45

Fraser Heston

Screenwriter

46

Shahabuddin Nagari

Poet

47

Katharine Weber

Novelist

48