Forrest J. Ackerman
Science fiction editor and critic
Robert Lynn Asprin
Author of the humorous fantasy series MythAdventures
and beloved fixture in science fiction fandom
Eliot Asinof
Novelist best known for the non-fiction work Eight Men Out
Clive Barnes
Theater, dance, and art critic
Andrew Britton
Author of the Ryan Kealey suspense novels
William Buchan
Pioneer author of spy fiction
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Conservative commentator, founder of the National Review,
and author of political essays, memoirs, and thrillers
Algis Budrys
Science fiction writer and editor
George Carlin
Irreverent comedian and political commentator
George C. Chesbro
Author of several mystery and spy thrillers, best known for the Robert "Mongo" Frederickson private eye novels
Arthur C. Clarke
Science fiction novelist and futurist
best known for 2001 and Childhood's End
Myron Cope
Award-winning sportswriter
C. R. Corwin
Author of the Morgue Mama mystery series
Michael Crichton
Author of numerous speculative thrillers such as Jurassic Park, and creator of the television series ER
James Crumley
Prolific mystery author, including the Milo Milodragovitch
and the C. W. Sughrue series
Thomas M. Disch
Multiple award-winning science fiction novelist and critic
Julius Fast
Author of mysteries and popular non-fiction
Elaine Flinn
Author of the mystery series featuring antique dealer Molly Doyle
Leo Frankowski
Writer of military science fiction,
including the Conrad Stargard series
George MacDonald Fraser
Best known for the series of historical romps
featuring unrepentant rogue Harry Flashman
Simon Gray
Novelist and playwright
Elizabeth Guest
Author of contemporary and paranormal romances
Gary Gygax
Co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons and
writer of many books on role-playing games
Oakley Hall
Novelist and author of the Ambrose Bierce mystery series
Jon Hassler
Novelist of small-town life in Minnesota
Tony Hillerman
Prolific mystery novelist, best known for the Joe Leaphorn
and Jim Chee series set on the Navajo reservation
Edward D. Hoch
Prolific mystery author, especially short stories
Russell Warren Howe
True-crime, thriller, and spy novelist
Joe Hyams
Political journalist and celebrity biographer
Donald James
Writer of thrillers and television scripts
Janet Kagan
Hugo-award winning science fiction and fantasy author
William C. Knott
Wrote westerns under numerous pseudonyms
Ralph Kovel
Creator of the immensely popular price guides
for collectibles and antiques
John Leonard
Literary editor and pop culture critic
Jack Lynch
Author of the Peter Bragg private eye series
Arthur Lyons
Editor and author of the Jacob Asch private eye series
Steven Marlowe
Author of historical fiction and mysteries
Gregory McDonald
Mystery and suspense writer, best known for the Fletch series
Conor Cruise O'Brien
Irish politician, intellectual, and historian
Meg O'Brien
Authored the Jessica James mysteries
Audrey Peterson
Wrote mystery novels and criticism
Harold Pinter
Poet, playwright, essayist and critic
Dorothy Porter
Prize-winning poet and author of verse novels
Julian Rathbone
Wrote historical fiction and numerous mystery series
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Noted French experimental novelist and
"anti-literary" fiction writer
Jerry Rodriguez
Playwright and mystery writer
Tim Russert
Newsman, political analyst, and author of
such memoirs as Big Russ and Me
Benjamin Schutz
Author of crime procedurals and
the Leo Haggerty private-eye series
Edward Sheehan
Freelance journalist and novelist
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Nobel Prize-winning novelist and critic of the Soviet Union
Studs Terkel
Author of popular social histories and consummate interviewer
Margaret Truman (Daniel)
Daughter of President Harry Truman and prolific author
of the Capital Crimes murder mysteries
Tasha Tudor
Caldecott-winning illustrator and author of
classic children's books
W. T. Tyler
Author of spy novels and thrillers
Peter Vansittart
Prolific historical novelist
David Foster Wallace
Innovative novelist, essayist, and journalist,
best known for his novel Infinite Jest
Hillary Waugh
Pioneering writer of police procedurals and hardboiled suspense
Janwillem van de Wetering
Author of numerous mystery novels and short stories, including the Grijpstra and de Gier series
Donald Westlake
Writer of many mysteries and thrillers,
including the Dortmunder comic capers, who also
wrote under many pseudonyms, especially Richard Stark
Phyllis Whitney
Beloved author of many historical, romance, and
gothic novels for teens and adults
Helen Yglesias
Feminist writer and novelist
list compiled by Fiction_L
2 comments:
Funny - out of all those authors, the one I read first, lo these many decades ago, is also the one that has consistently given me the most pleasure over the years: Westlake.
Long before Vachss' Burke was Stark's Parker. And you would be hard pressed to find a Bernie doppleganger today - the closest anyone comes is Sanford's Kidd.
Is that wrong, do you think? I mean I remember reading a 2 mark paperback copy of Candle in the Wind on a train from Munich; I wrote him with a question and the paperback for an autograph and got the book back with a 7 page handwritten reply in French; I spent 30 fascinating minutes in the lobby at Naropa in Boulder listening to Wallace footnote himself; there will never, ever be anything like the Flashman Papers - too unique; disch, Faser, Port, Authur C Clark for pity's sake...
And it's Westlake I miss most.
Wow, so many books that we like in common, especially the Gospel according to Biff.
Such a shame to have lost so many good authors last year.
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Thanks,
Barry
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