Edward O. Wilson
American biologist, naturalist, and writer
20th-century american novelists
P. G. Wodehouse
English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century
Thomas Wolfe
American novelist of the early 20th century.Wolfe wrote four lengthy novels as well as many short stories, dramatic works, and novellas
Tom Wolfe
American author and journalist widely known for his association with New Journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that incorporated literary techniques
Robert Penn Warren
American poet, novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism
Eudora Welty
American short story writer, novelist and photographer, who wrote about the American South
Donald E. Westlake
American writer, with more than a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit
Edith Wharton
American novelist, short story writer, and designer
E. B. White
American writer
Theodore H. White
American political journalist and historian, known for his reporting from China during World War II and the Making of the President series