Mary Karr
American poet, essayist and memoirist from East Texas
20th-century american women writers
Helen Keller
American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer
Zora Neale Hurston
American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker
Shirley Jackson
American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery
Helene Hanff
American writer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Vicki Hearne
American author, philosopher, poet, animal trainer, and scholar of literary criticism and linguistics.
Patricia Highsmith
American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley
Katharine Graham
American newspaper publisher
M. F. K. Fisher
American food writer
Louise Fitzhugh
American writer and illustrator of children’s books, known best for the novel Harriet the Spy