American Writer
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| Vernor Vinge |
February 10, 1944 |
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| W. D. Richter |
December 7, 1945 |
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| W. E. B. Du Bois |
February 23, 1868 |
August 27, 1963 |
| Waldemar Young |
July 1, 1878 |
August 30, 1938 |
| Walker Percy |
May 28, 1916 |
May 10, 1990 |
| Walter Jon Williams |
October 15, 1953 |
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| Walter Rauschenbusch |
October 4, 1861 |
July 25, 1918 |
| Warren Bennis |
March 8, 1925 |
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| Warren Farrell |
June 26, 1943 |
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| Washington Irving |
April 3, 1783 |
November 28, 1859 |
| Wes Anderson |
May 1, 1969 |
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| Whitley Strieber |
June 13, 1945 |
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| Whittaker Chambers |
April 1, 1901 |
July 9, 1961 |
| Will Cuppy |
August 23, 1884 |
September 19, 1949 |
| Will Durst |
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| Will McDonough |
July 6, 1935 |
January 9, 2003 |
| William A. Drake |
December 9, 1899 |
October 28, 1965 |
| William Arthur Ward |
1921 |
1994 |
| William Ellery Channing |
April 7, 1780 |
October 2, 1842 |
| William Gibson |
March 17, 1948 |
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| William Hurlbut |
1883 |
1957 |
| William Kennedy |
December 22, 1918 |
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| William Labov |
December 4, 1927 |
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| William Least Heat-Moon |
August 27, 1939 |
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| William McFee |
June 15, 1881 |
July 2, 1966 |
| William Peter Blatty |
January 7, 1928 |
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| William R. Alger |
1823 |
1905 |
| William S. Burroughs |
February 5, 1914 |
August 2, 1997 |
| William Strunk, Jr. |
July 1, 1869 |
September 26, 1946 |
| Willie Morris |
November 29, 1934 |
August 2, 1999 |
| Wolcott Gibbs |
March 15, 1902 |
August 16, 1958 |
| Zelda Fitzgerald |
July 24, 1900 |
March 10, 1948 |