Maya Angelou
American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist
Creator
Richard Adams
English novelist and writer of the books Watership Down, Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs
Anonymous
A writer unknown.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian writer whose works include novels, short stories and nonfiction
Aristophanes
Comic playwright or comedy-writer of ancient Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy
Aeschylus
Ancient Greek tragedian, and is often described as the father of tragedy
Aristotle
Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece
James Agee
American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic
Reginald Arkell
British script writer and comic novelist who wrote many musical plays for the London theatre
Edward Albee
American playwright known for works such as The Zoo Story , The Sandbox , Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , A Delicate Balance , and Three Tall Women . Some critics have argued that some of his work constitutes an American variant of what Martin Esslin identified and named the Theater of the Absurd