Steve Barnes

Novelist

13

Sarah Ellis

Children's Author

14

Bill Johnson

Religious Author

15

Joan Bauer

Young Adult Author

16

Naomi Shihab Nye

Poet

17

Bill Bryson

Novelist

18

Robin Hobb

Novelist

19

Lee Strobel

Religious Author

20

Diana Gabaldon

Novelist

21

Angie Sage

Young Adult Author

22

Alex Finlayson

Playwright

23

Timothy Zahn

Novelist

24

Terry McMillan

Novelist

25

Alice Hoffman

Young Adult Author

26

Orhan Pamuk

Novelist

27

Kate White

Novelist

28

Linda Woolverton

Screenwriter

29

Jimmy Santiago Baca

Poet

30

Mick Garris

Screenwriter

31

Ehsan Sehgal

Poet

32

Tomson Highway

Novelist

33

Carmen Tafolla

Poet

34

Walter Mosley

Novelist

35

Mike Berenstain

Novelist

36

Walter Isaacson

Non-Fiction Author

37

Johanna Lindsey

Novelist

38

Charlaine Harris

Novelist

39

Paulette Bourgeois

Children's Author

40

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Essayist

41

Terri McMillan

Novelist

42

Diane Duane

Screenwriter

43

Cynthia DeFelice

Novelist

44

Vikram Seth

Poet

45

Elizabeth Hay

Novelist

46

John Townsend

Self-Help Author

47

Thomas Mallon

Novelist

48