Ben Ames Williams (1889-1953)
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Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
Playwright
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Angie Thomas, 37
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Donna Tartt, 60
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Richard Wright (1908-1960)
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William Faulkner (1897-1962)
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Mildred D. Taylor, 81
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Frank Stanford (1948-1978)
Poet
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Cornelius Lindsey, 38
Religious Author
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Justin Livingston, 36
Blogger
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Eudora Welty (1909-2001)
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Rebecca Walker, 54
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Paula White, 58
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Charlaine Harris, 72
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Anthony Morrison, 41
Self-Help Author
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Barry Hannah (1942-2010)
16
Mart Crowley (1935-2020)
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Al Young (1939-2021)
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Wyatt Emory Cooper (1927-1978)
Screenwriter
19
Beth Henley, 72
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Ellen Gilchrist (1935-2024)
21
Natasha Trethewey, 58
22
Richard Ford, 80
23
Anne Moody (1940-2015)
Memoirist
24
Charles Henri Ford (1913-2002)
25
Steve Yarbrough, 68
26
Cid Ricketts Sumner (1890-1970)
27
Etheridge Knight (1931-1991)
28
Stark Young (1881-1963)
29
Prentiss Ingraham (1843-1904)
30
David Herbert Donald (1920-2009)
Non-Fiction Author
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Carolyn Haines, 71
32
Maxwell Bodenheim (1892-1954)
33
William Alexander Percy (1885-1942)
34
Lewis Nordan (1939-2012)
35
Ellen Douglas (1921-2012)
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William Attaway (1911-1986)
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Born in Mississippi
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