Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian writer whose works include novels, short stories and nonfiction
novelist
James Agee
American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic
Louisa May Alcott
American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women and its sequels Little Men and Jo’s Boys . Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.Alcott’s family suffered from financial difficulties, and while she worked to help support the family from an early age, she also sought an outlet in writing
Lloyd Alexander
American author of more than 40 books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults
Sherman Alexie
Spokane-Coeur d’Alene-Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker
Isabel Allende
Chilean writer
Eric Ambler
English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels, who introduced a new realism to the genre
Kingsley Amis
English novelist, poet, critic and teacher
Hans Christian Andersen
Danish author
Reginald Arkell
British script writer and comic novelist who wrote many musical plays for the London theatre