Authors
- Craig Arnold (born 1967), poet; teaches at the University of Wyoming; lives in Laramie
- C. J. Box, author of the Joe Pickett series
- Maxwell Struthers Burt (1882–1954), novelist
- James A. "Jim" Corbett (1933–2001), writer, philosopher, and human rights activist; born in Casper
- Gretel Ehrlich, novelist
- Joe Clifford Faust, novelist
- Shirley E. Flynn, Cheyenne historian
- Alexandra Fuller (born 1969), writer, author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight; lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- Kathleen O'Neal Gear (born 1954), writer
- W. Michael Gear (born 1955), writer
- Grace Raymond Hebard (1861–1936) western history writer whose findings regarding Sacajawea and Esther Hobart Morris tend to be challenged by contemporary historians
- Jean Henry-Mead, writer of Western novels and nonfiction as well as mystery novels and personality interviews; lives in Natrona County
- George Clayton Johnson (born 1929), co-author of Logan's Run; born in Cheyenne
- Theodore Judson, science fiction author
- Patricia MacLachlan (born 1938), children's book author, Newbery Medal for Sarah, Plain and Tall; born in Cheyenne
- Kyle Mills (born 1966), author; lives in Jackson Hole
- Florabel Muir (1889–1970), newspaper reporter and columnist; born in Rock Springs
- Edgar Wilson Nye (1850–1896), journalist and humorist; postmaster of Laramie City in the Wyoming Territory
- Todd Parr (born 1962) children's book author, artist, children's TV show producer, grew up in Rock Springs.
- E. Annie Proulx (born 1935), writer, author of Brokeback Mountain; lives in Wyoming
- Chip Rawlins, non-fiction writer, outdoorsman; lives in Laramie
- David Romtvedt, Wyoming Poet Laureate
- Owen Wister (1860–1938), writer of Western novels
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—Ihab Hassan (b. 1925)
“Paper is cheap, and authors need not now erase one book before they write another. Instead of cultivating the earth for wheat and potatoes, they cultivate literature, and fill a place in the Republic of Letters. Or they would fain write for fame merely, as others actually raise crops of grain to be distilled into brandy.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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