Edmund Wilson
American writer and literary critic who explored Freudian and Marxist themes
journalist
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
Emile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism
Lawrence Weschler
Author of works of creative nonfiction
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
Walt Whitman
American poet, essayist and journalist
Leon Wieseltier
American critic and magazine editor
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet and playwright
Barbara W. Tuchman
American historian and author