| Name | Nationality | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
|---|
| Malcolm De Chazal |
French |
1902 |
1981 |
| Marc Cherry |
American |
March 23, 1962 |
|
| Margaret Cavendish |
English |
1623 |
1673 |
| Margaret J. Wheatley |
American |
|
|
| Margaret Millar |
Canadian |
February 5, 1915 |
March 26, 1994 |
| Margaret Weis |
American |
March 16, 1948 |
|
| Marge Piercy |
American |
March 31, 1936 |
|
| Margery Allingham |
English |
May 20, 1889 |
June 30, 1966 |
| Marguerite Gardiner |
Irish |
September 1, 1789 |
June 4, 1849 |
| Marilyn Ferguson |
American |
|
|
| Marilyn vos Savant |
American |
August 11, 1946 |
|
| Mario Vargas Llosa |
Peruvian |
March 28, 1936 |
|
| Marion Zimmer Bradley |
American |
June 3, 1930 |
September 25, 1999 |
| Marjorie Holmes |
American |
1910 |
|
| Mark Davis |
American |
|
|
| Mark Millar |
Scottish |
December 24, 1969 |
|
| Mark Russell |
American |
August 23, 1932 |
|
| Mark Rutherford |
British |
December 22, 1831 |
March 14, 1913 |
| Mark Steyn |
Canadian |
1959 |
|
| Marsha Sinetar |
American |
|
|
| Martin Cruz Smith |
American |
1942 |
|
| Martin Farquhar Tupper |
English |
1810 |
1889 |
| Martin Goldsmith |
|
|
|
| Mary Astell |
English |
December 12, 1666 |
May 11, 1731 |
| Mary Austin |
American |
September 9, 1868 |
August 13, 1934 |
| Mary Elizabeth Lease |
American |
1853 |
1933 |
| Mary Frances Berry |
American |
|
|
| Mary Gordon |
American |
December 8, 1949 |
|
| Mary MacLane |
Canadian |
1881 |
1929 |
| Mary Teresa Norton |
British |
March 7, 1875 |
August 2, 1959 |
| Mary Wilson Little |
American |
|
|
| Mary Wollstonecraft |
British |
April 27, 1759 |
September 10, 1797 |
| Mary Wortley Montagu |
English |
May 26, 1689 |
August 21, 1762 |
| Mason Cooley |
American |
1927 |
2002 |
| Maxine Hong Kingston |
American |
October 27, 1940 |
|
| May Sinclair |
British |
1862 |
1946 |
| Melissa Harris-Lacewell |
American |
|
|
| Melody Beattie |
American |
|
|
| Merrie Spaeth |
American |
August 23, 1948 |
|
| Mervyn Peake |
British |
July 9, 1911 |
November 17, 1968 |
| Michael Arlen |
American |
November 16, 1895 |
June 23, 1956 |
| Michael Cunningham |
American |
November 6, 1952 |
|
| Michael Ende |
German |
November 12, 1929 |
August 29, 1995 |
| Michael Gerber |
American |
June 14, 1969 |
|
| Michael Harrington |
American |
February 24, 1928 |
July 31, 1989 |
| Michael Ledeen |
American |
August 1, 1941 |
|
| Michael Lesy |
American |
|
|
| Michael Musto |
American |
December 3, 1955 |
|
| Michael O'Donoghue |
American |
January 5, 1940 |
November 8, 1994 |
| Michael Shermer |
|
September 8, 1954 |
|
| Michel De Certeau |
French |
|
|
| Michel Gondry |
American |
May 8, 1963 |
|
| Michelle Malkin |
American |
October 20, 1970 |
|
| Mike Royko |
American |
September 19, 1932 |
April 29, 1997 |
| Milan Kundera |
Czechoslovakian |
April 1, 1929 |
|
| Miles Franklin |
Australian |
October 14, 1879 |
September 19, 1954 |
| Minna Antrim |
American |
|
|
| Mitch Albom |
American |
May 23, 1958 |
|
| Mo Rocca |
American |
January 28, 1969 |
|
| Monica Baldwin |
English |
|
|
| Monica Edwards |
English |
1912 |
1998 |
| Morris Kline |
American |
May 1, 1908 |
June 10, 1992 |
| Morris West |
Australian |
April 26, 1916 |
October 9, 1999 |
| Moses Hadas |
|
|
|
| Multatuli |
Dutch |
March 2, 1820 |
February 19, 1887 |
| Munshi Premchand |
Indian |
July 31, 1880 |
October 8, 1936 |
| Muriel Box |
English |
September 22, 1905 |
May 19, 1991 |
| Nan Fairbrother |
English |
1913 |
1971 |
| Nancy Thayer |
American |
1943 |
|
| Napoleon Hill |
American |
October 26, 1883 |
November 8, 1970 |
| Natan Sharansky |
Russian |
January 20, 1948 |
|
| Nathan Bailey |
English |
|
|
| Nathanael West |
American |
October 17, 1903 |
December 22, 1940 |
| Neal Cassady |
American |
February 8, 1926 |
February 4, 1968 |
| Neal Stephenson |
American |
October 31, 1959 |
|
| Neil Innes |
British |
December 9, 1944 |
|
| Niccolo Machiavelli |
Italian |
May 3, 1469 |
June 21, 1527 |
| Nicholas D. Kristof |
American |
April 27, 1959 |
|
| Nicholas Meyer |
American |
December 24, 1945 |
|
| Nick Hornby |
English |
April 17, 1957 |
|
| Nicolas Chamfort |
French |
April 6, 1741 |
April 13, 1794 |
| Nigel Dennis |
British |
January 16, 1912 |
July 19, 1989 |
| Nigel Kneale |
English |
April 18, 1922 |
|
| Nikolai Gogol |
Russian |
March 31, 1809 |
March 4, 1852 |
| Nikos Kazantzakis |
Greek |
February 18, 1883 |
October 26, 1957 |
| Noah Webster |
American |
October 16, 1758 |
May 28, 1843 |
| Norman Angell |
British |
December 26, 1872 |
October 7, 1967 |
| Norman Corwin |
American |
May 3, 1910 |
|
| Norman Douglas |
British |
December 8, 1868 |
February 7, 1952 |
| Norman Macleod |
Scottish |
1812 |
1872 |
| O. Henry |
American |
September 11, 1862 |
June 5, 1910 |
| Octave Mirbeau |
French |
February 16, 1848 |
February 16, 1917 |
| Octavia Butler |
American |
June 22, 1947 |
February 24, 2006 |
| Odysseas Elytis |
Greek |
November 21, 1911 |
March 18, 1996 |
| Olive Schreiner |
South African |
March 24, 1855 |
December 11, 1920 |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes |
American |
August 29, 1809 |
October 8, 1894 |
| Olivia Goldsmith |
American |
1949 |
2004 |
| Orison Swett Marden |
American |
1850 |
1924 |
| Orson Scott Card |
American |
August 24, 1951 |
|
| Oscar Hammerstein |
American |
July 12, 1895 |
August 23, 1960 |
| Otto Bauer |
Austrian |
September 5, 1881 |
July 4, 1938 |
| Owen Wister |
American |
July 14, 1860 |
July 21, 1938 |
| P. G. Wodehouse |
English |
October 15, 1881 |
February 14, 1975 |
| P. L. Travers |
Australian |
August 9, 1899 |
April 23, 1996 |
| Pablo Neruda |
Chilean |
July 12, 1904 |
September 23, 1973 |
| Padraic Pearse |
Irish |
November 10, 1879 |
May 3, 1916 |
| Pat Conroy |
American |
October 26, 1945 |
|
| Patricia Cornwell |
American |
June 9, 1956 |
|
| Patricia Meyer Spacks |
American |
1929 |
|
| Patrick Marber |
English |
September 19, 1964 |
|
| Paul Davies |
British |
April 22, 1946 |
|
| Paul Gallico |
American |
July 26, 1897 |
July 15, 1976 |
| Paul Gerhardt |
German |
1606 |
1676 |
| Paul Goodman |
American |
September 11, 1911 |
August 2, 1972 |
| Paul Kane |
English |
1973 |
|
| Paul Nitze |
American |
January 16, 1907 |
October 19, 2004 |
| Paul Virilio |
French |
1932 |
|
| Paul Vixie |
American |
|
|
| Peggy Noonan |
American |
September 7, 1950 |
|
| Peter Bichsel |
Swiss |
March 24, 1935 |
|
| Peter Cook |
British |
November 17, 1937 |
January 9, 1995 |
| Peter Matthiessen |
American |
May 22, 1927 |
|
| Peter McWilliams |
American |
August 5, 1949 |
June 14, 2000 |
| Peter Sotos |
American |
April 16, 1960 |
|
| Peter Stone |
American |
February 27, 1930 |
April 26, 2003 |
| Peter Straub |
American |
March 2, 1943 |
|
| Peter Weiss |
German |
November 8, 1916 |
May 10, 1982 |
| Philip K. Dick |
American |
March 2, 1928 |
March 2, 1982 |
| Philip Pullman |
British |
October 19, 1946 |
|
| Philip Wylie |
American |
May 12, 1902 |
October 25, 1971 |
| Philippe Sollers |
French |
November 28, 1936 |
|
| Phillip Adams |
Australian |
July 12, 1939 |
|
| Pico Iyer |
Indian |
1957 |
|
| Pierre Loti |
French |
January 14, 1850 |
June 10, 1923 |
| Pierre Nicole |
French |
1625 |
1695 |
| Piers Anthony |
English |
August 6, 1934 |
|
| Poul Anderson |
American |
November 25, 1926 |
July 31, 2001 |
| Preston Sturges |
American |
August 29, 1898 |
September 6, 1959 |
| Publilius Syrus |
Roman |
85 |
43 |
| Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus |
Roman |
|
|
| Quentin Crisp |
English |
December 25, 1908 |
November 21, 1999 |
| R. C. Sherriff |
English |
June 6, 1896 |
November 13, 1975 |
| R. L. Stine |
American |
October 8, 1943 |
|
| Ralph Marston |
American |
January 18, 1955 |
|
| Randolph Bourne |
American |
May 30, 1886 |
December 22, 1918 |
| Randy Cohen |
American |
|
|
| Ray Bradbury |
American |
August 22, 1920 |
|
| Raymond Chandler |
American |
July 23, 1888 |
March 26, 1959 |
| Rebecca Latimer Felton |
American |
June 10, 1835 |
January 24, 1930 |
| Rene Daumal |
French |
March 16, 1908 |
May 21, 1944 |
| Rex Stout |
American |
December 1, 1886 |
October 27, 1975 |
| Richard Aldington |
English |
July 8, 1892 |
July 27, 1962 |
| Richard Brautigan |
American |
January 30, 1935 |
October 14, 1984 |
| Richard Corliss |
American |
|
|
| Richard Cowper |
English |
May 9, 1926 |
March 31, 2002 |
| Richard Curtis |
New Zealander |
November 8, 1956 |
|
| Richard Holloway |
Scottish |
|
|
| Richard Hughes |
British |
April 19, 1900 |
April 28, 1976 |
| Richard John Neuhaus |
American |
May 21, 1936 |
|
| Richard McKenna |
American |
1913 |
1964 |