List of People From Texas - Literature

Literature

• Jeff Abbott (born 1963), mystery novelist
• Susan Wittig Albert (born 1940), mystery writer
• Sybil Leonard Armes (1914–2007), author, poet, musician
• Karle Wilson Baker (1878–1960), poet, author
• Neal Barrett, Jr. (born 1929), science fiction-fantasy writer
• Barbara Barrie (born 1931), author of children's books
• Rick Bass (born 1958), writer, environmentalist
• Raymond Benson (born 1955), novelist
• Sarah Bird (born 1949), novelist, screenwriter, journalist
• James Lee Burke (born 1936), mystery writer
• Harley True Burton (1888–1964), author The History of the JA Ranch
• Katherine Center (born 1972), author of chick lit, mommy lit
• Pat Choate (born 1941), author, economist
• Sandra Cisneros (born 1954), author and poet
• Deborah Crombie (born 1952), mystery writer
• Justin Cronin (born 1962), novelist
• James Crumley (1939–2008), crime novelist
• Jim Dent (born 1953), author, sportswriter
• J. Frank Dobie (1888–1964), folklorist and writer about open-range days
• Carole Nelson Douglas (born 1944), mystery writer
• Robert M. Edsel (born 1956), nonfiction writer, oil company founder and innovator
• Kitty Ferguson (born 1941), science writer
• Robert Flynn (born 1932), novelist
• Horton Foote (1916–2009), author and playwright
• Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen Gammel (1854–1931), editor and publisher of The Laws of Texas 1822–1897
• Bryan A. Garner (born 1958), lexicographer, grammarian, author, educator
• Fred Gipson (1908–1973), novelist, author of Old Yeller
• John Graves (born 1920), author
• Christine Ha (born 1979), writer, poet, editor; also a chef who won the grand prize on the MasterChef cooking competition on Fox in 2012
• Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (born 1938), novelist, journalist, playwright
• J. Evetts Haley (1901–1995), historian and political activist
• Laura Vernon Hamner (1871–1968), author; ranch historian; educator
• Stephen Harrigan (born 1948), novelist, journalist
• Stanley Hauerwas (born 1940), theologian, philosopher
• Bobbie Louise Hawkins (born 1930), short story writer, monologist, and poet
• Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958), poet and writer
• Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), writer, author of Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley
• Thomas Elisha Hogg (1842–1880), poet, writer, editor
• Mary Austin Holley (1784–1846), wrote first English-language history of Texas
• Robert E. Howard (1906–1936), author of the Conan the Barbarian stories, and other pulp adventure tales
• William Humphrey (1924–1997), novelist
• Bret Anthony Johnston (born 1971), author, director of creative writing program at Harvard University
• Mary Karr (born 1955), poet, essayist, memoirist
• Elmer Kelton (1926–2009), journalist, western novelist
• Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951), author of crime thrillers and the Hap and Leonard novels
• Jenny Lawson, journalist, humorist, blogger
• David Liss (born 1966), writer
• Max Lucado (born 1955), best-selling Christian author
• Corey Marks (born 1970), poet, educator
• Larry McMurtry (born 1936), Pulitzer Prize winning author of Lonesome Dove
• Frances Mossiker (1906–1985), author of historical novels
• Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952), poet, songwriter, novelist
• Bill O'Neal (born 1942), author, historian, educator
• Marc Ostrofsky (born 1961), author, entrepreneur, investor
• William A. Owens (1905–1990), author, folklorist, educator
• Americo Paredes (1915–1999), author of books on life along the U.S.–Mexican border
• Stanley G. Payne (born 1934), historian of modern Spain and European Fascism
• Rachel Plummer (1818–1839), wrote a sensational account of her captivity among Comanches
• Julie Powell (born 1973), author and subject of the film, Julie & Julia
• Rupert N. Richardson (1891–1988), historian
• Rick Riordan (born 1964), novelist
• Lou Halsell Rodenberger (1926–2009), author, educator, journalist
• Jane Gilmore Rushing (born c. 1923), novelist, journalist
• Dorothy Scarborough (1878–1935), author, folklorist
• Robert Schenkkan (born 1953), playwright, screenwriter, actor
• Cynthia Leitich Smith (born 1967), author of fiction for children and young adults
• Suzy Spencer (born 1954) True crime author, journalist; New York Times Best Seller List
• John Steakley (1951–2010), science fiction-fantasy writer
• Lorenzo Thomas (1944–2005), poet, critic, educator
• Jim Thompson (1906–1977), author of hardboiled crime fiction
• Lon Tinkle (1906–1980), author, Texas historian
• Sergio Troncoso (born 1961), author of The Nature of Truth
• Walter Prescott Webb (1888–1963), author, historian
• Ruthe Lewin Winegarten (1929–2004), author, editor, historian, social activist
• Joaquin Zihuatanejo, poet