Ben Ames Williams (1889-1953)
Novelist
1
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
Playwright
2
Angie Thomas, 36
3
Donna Tartt, 59
4
William Faulkner (1897-1962)
5
Eudora Welty (1909-2001)
6
Paula White, 57
Religious Author
7
Mildred D. Taylor, 80
8
Cornelius Lindsey, 37
9
Justin Livingston, 35
Blogger
10
Richard Wright (1908-1960)
11
Natasha Trethewey, 57
Poet
12
Wyatt Emory Cooper (1927-1978)
Screenwriter
13
Rebecca Walker, 54
14
Anne Moody (1940-2015)
Memoirist
15
Anthony Morrison, 40
Self-Help Author
16
Mart Crowley (1935-2020)
17
Charlaine Harris, 72
18
Al Young (1939-2021)
19
Richard Ford, 79
20
Barry Hannah (1942-2010)
21
Beth Henley, 71
22
Steve Yarbrough, 67
23
Ellen Gilchrist, 88
24
Charles Henri Ford (1913-2002)
25
Cid Ricketts Sumner (1890-1970)
26
Etheridge Knight (1931-1991)
27
Prentiss Ingraham (1843-1904)
28
Stark Young (1881-1963)
29
David Herbert Donald (1920-2009)
Non-Fiction Author
30
Carolyn Haines, 70
31
Maxwell Bodenheim (1892-1954)
32
Frank Stanford (1948-1978)
33
William Alexander Percy (1885-1942)
34
Ellen Douglas (1921-2012)
35
Lewis Nordan (1939-2012)
36
William Attaway (1911-1986)
37
Born in Mississippi
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