Simone Weil
French philosopher, mystic, and political activist
Creator
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American writer, mostly known for the Little House on the Prairie series of children’s books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family.During the 1970s and early 1980s, the television series Little House on the Prairie was loosely based on the Little House books, and starred Melissa Gilbert as Laura and Michael Landon as her father, Charles Ingalls.
H. G. Wells
English writer
Thornton Wilder
American playwright and novelist
Eudora Welty
American short story writer, novelist and photographer, who wrote about the American South
John Williams
American composer, conductor and pianist
Lawrence Weschler
Author of works of creative nonfiction
Tennessee Williams
American playwright and screenwriter
Rebecca West
British author, journalist, literary critic, and travel writer
Donald E. Westlake
American writer, with more than a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit