Eudora Welty
American short story writer, novelist and photographer, who wrote about the American South
20th-century american novelists
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
Scott Turow
American author and lawyer
Mark Twain
American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer
Anne Tyler
American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic
John Updike
American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic
Jack Vance
American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer