Henry Beston
American writer and naturalist, best known as the author of The Outermost House, written in 1928.
Creator
Simone de Beauvoir
French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, socialist, and social theorist
Kai Bird
American author and columnist, best known for his works on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, United States-Middle East political relations and his biographies of political figures
Alison Bechdel
American cartoonist
Elizabeth Bishop
American poet and short-story writer
Ilene Beckerman
American writer, who was not published until she was 60 years old, and a former advertising agency executive
H. G. Bissinger
American journalist and author, best known for his 1990 non-fiction book Friday Night Lights
Samuel Beckett
Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator
Julia Blackburn
British author of both fiction and non-fiction
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor