Jeff Kinney, 54
Children's Author
1
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895)
Autobiographer
2
Tom Clancy (1947-2013)
Novelist
3
Mattie Stepanek (1990-2004)
Poet
4
Mary Downing Hahn, 87
Young Adult Author
5
Nora Roberts, 74
6
Ransom Riggs, 46
7
Angela Stanton, 48
Non-Fiction Author
8
Nick Irving, 37
9
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968)
10
David Jacobs (1939-2023)
Screenwriter
11
Joni Eareckson Tada, 75
12
Howard Ashman (1950-1991)
Playwright
13
Francis X. Bushman (1883-1966)
14
Charley Chase (1893-1940)
15
Julie Smith, 80
16
Brelyn Bowman, 31
17
Jamie Nash, 53
18
Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)
19
Darren Star, 63
20
Necole Kane, 38
Blogger
21
Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)
22
Karen Hesse, 72
23
Emily Giffin, 52
24
Born in Maryland
Most Popular Authors
Frank O'Hara (1926-1966)
25
Franklin Adreon (1902-1979)
26
Oliver Willis, 47
27
Peter David, 68
Comic Book Author
28
Ty Alexander, 48
29
HL Mencken (1880-1956)
30
Leon Uris (1924-2003)
31
James M. Cain (1892-1977)
32
Jack L. Chalker (1944-2005)
33
Ruth Krauss (1901-1993)
34
Sarah Benning, 34
35
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, 40
36
Ann Wynn, 33
37
Laura Amy Schlitz, 69
38
Bill Oakley, 58
39
Barbara Kingsolver, 69
40
Mark Halperin, 60
41
Thorne Smith (1892-1934)
42
Munro Leaf (1905-1976)
43
Frank Deford (1938-2017)
44
Rachel Cohn, 56
45
Rachel Simmons, 50
46
Alfred Gough, 57
47
Kim Addonizio, 70
48
Authors by State
Authors by Age
