David Ward

Screenwriter

13

Posy Simmonds

Children's Author

14

Whitley Strieber

Novelist

15

Eric Roth

Screenwriter

16

Joan Murray

Poet

17

Leif GW Persson

Novelist

18

Hugo Dittberner

Novelist

19

Javed Akhtar

Screenwriter

20

Gary Goldman

Screenwriter

21

Vivian French

Children's Author

22

Annie Dillard

Non-Fiction Author

23

Scott Spencer

Novelist

24

Rita Mae Brown

Novelist

25

James Toback

Screenwriter

26

Susan Swan

Novelist

27

Wendy Cope

Poet

28

Katherine Neville

Novelist

29

Botho Strauß

Playwright

30

Michael Cristofer

Screenwriter

31

Hans Wilhelm

Children's Author

32

Anne Waldman

Poet

33

Kay Ryan

Poet

34

Lair Ribeiro

Self-Help Author

35

Nicholas Kazan

Playwright

36

Joe Eszterhas

Screenwriter

37

Patrick Modiano

Novelist

38

Steve Sohmer

Non-Fiction Author

39

John Howkins

Novelist

40

Josephine Humphreys

Novelist

41

Diane Drake

Screenwriter

42

Richard Dubin

Screenwriter

43

Allen Appel

Non-Fiction Author

44

Wayne Karlin

Essayist

45

Craig Raine

Poet

46

Willard Huyck

Screenwriter

47

Norman Dubie

Poet

48