List of Michigan Writers (166 items)report

• Verna Aardema, author of ethnic-themed works (Ashanti, Zanzibari, Akamba and Ayutla Mexican sources), winner of Caldecott Medal (born in New Era) (Children's books)

• Chris Van Allsburg, author of The Polar Express, twice winner of Caldecott Medal (born in East Grand Rapids) (Children's books)

• Rodolfo Alvarado author of children's and young adult books (Children's books)

• Marguerite de Angeli, writer and illustrator, won 1950 Newbery Award, one of first inductees of Michigan Women's Hall in of Fame (born in Lapeer) (Children's books)

• K. A. Applegate, children's and young adult author (born in Ann Arbor) (Children's books)

• Mark Crilley, manga creator, children's book author/illustrator; creator of Miki Falls, Akiko, Brody's Ghost, and POP! Goes the Weasel (born in Detroit) (Children's books)

• Christopher Paul Curtis, author, won Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King award (born in Flint) (Children's books)

• Meindert DeJong, received 1962 Hans Christian Andersen Award, awarded Newbery Medal and National Book Award (resided in Grand Rapids, attended Calvin College) (Children's books)

• Aileen Fisher (1906–2002), author (born in Iron River) (Children's books)

• Rhonda Gowler Greene, author of children's picture books (Children's books)

• Margaret Hillert, poet and author of children's literature (born in Saginaw, taught in Royal Oak School District) (Children's books)

• Laurie Keller, writer and illustrator (born in Muskegon) (Children's books)

• Robert Sabuda, pop-up book artist and paper engineer (born in Pinckney) (Children's books)

• Jon Scieszka, author (born in Flint) (Children's books)

• Devin Scillian, author (broadcaster in Detroit) (Children's books)

• Philip C. Stead, author (born in Farmington Hills) (Children's books)

• Gloria Whelan, author born in Detroit, winner of National Book Award for Young People's Literature for 2000 (Children's books)

• Christopher Wright, author of American Chillers and Michigan Chillers (born in Pontiac, Michigan) (Children's books)

• Nelson Algren, novelist (born in Detroit) (Fiction)

• John Edward Ames, western writer (born in Monroe County) (Fiction)

• Harriette Simpson Arnow, novelist (resided in Ann Arbor) (Fiction)

• Robert Asprin, science-fiction and fantasy writer (born in St. Johns) (Fiction)

• Mathis Bailey, novelist and fiction writer (Fiction)

• Deb Baker, author (born in Escanaba) (Fiction)

• Rex Beach, novelist (born in Atwood) (Fiction)

• John Bellairs, mystery novelist (born in Marshall) (Fiction)

• Bonnie Jo Campbell, author (born in Kalamazoo) (Fiction)

• Jaqueline Carey, fantasy author (resides in Michigan) (Fiction)

• James Oliver Curwood, novelist and conservationist (born in Owosso) (Fiction)

• Loren D. Estleman, crime fiction author (born in Ann Arbor, graduate of Eastern Michigan University) (Fiction)

• Jeffrey Eugenides, novelist (born in Detroit) (Fiction)

• Edna Ferber, novelist (born in Kalamazoo) (Fiction)

• Alice Fulton, short-story writer (born in Troy, New York; moved to Ypsilanti) (Fiction)

• J. Gabriel Gates, young adult and science-fiction writer (raised in Michigan) (Fiction)

• Donald Goines, novelist (born in Detroit) (Fiction)

• Judith Guest, novelist and screenwriter (born in Detroit) (Fiction)

• Aaron Hamburger, short-story writer and novelist (born in Detroit) (Fiction)

• Steve Hamilton, mystery and thriller novelist (born in Detroit) (Fiction)

• Jim Harrison, novelist, poet, screenwriter (born in Grayling, attended Michigan State University) (Fiction)

• Jim C. Hines, fantasy novelist and short-story writer (attended Michigan State and Eastern Michigan) (Fiction)

• James Hynes, author (born in Okemos) (Fiction)

• Alex Irvine, novelist and short-story writer (born in Ann Arbor, raised in Ypsilanti) (Fiction)

• Jerry B. Jenkins, novelist, author of Left Behind series (born in Kalamazoo) (Fiction)

• Janet Kauffman, novelist (born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; moved to Hudson) (Fiction)

• William X. Kienzle, Catholic priest, mystery author (born in Detroit, resided in Grand Rapids) (Fiction)

• Brad Leithauser, poet, novelist, essayist (born in Detroit) (Fiction)

• Elmore Leonard, novelist and screenwriter (raised in Detroit), resided in Bloomfield Hills) (Fiction)

• Thomas Ligotti, reclusive writer of fiction and poetry (born and raised in Detroit) (Fiction)

• Thomas McGuane, novelist and screenwriter (born in Wyandotte) (Fiction)

• Terry McMillan, author (born in Port Huron) (Fiction)

• Ander Monson, poet, essayist, novelist (born in Houghton) (Fiction)

• Joyce Carol Oates, novelist, winner of National Book Award (born in Lockport, New York, lived in metro Detroit and Windsor, Ontario) (Fiction)

• Alice Randall, author (born in Detroit) (Fiction)

• Lev Raphael, crime fiction author and author across genres (born in New York City) (Fiction)

• Marcus Sakey, crime novelist (born in Flint) (Fiction)

• K.J. Stevens, novelist and short-story writer (born in Alpena) (Fiction)

• Glendon Swarthout, novelist and short-story writer, winner of the O. Henry Prize (born in Pinckney) (Fiction)

• John D. Voelker, novelist who wrote Anatomy of a Murder under pen name Robert Traver (born in Ishpeming) (Fiction)

• Maritta Wolff, novelist (born in Grass Lake) (Fiction)

• Michael Zadoorian, novelist and short-story writer (born in Detroit) (Fiction)

• Bruce Ableson, inventor of Open Diary (born in West Bloomfield) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Mitch Albom, author, sportswriter, radio talk show host (born in Trenton, New Jersey; lives in metro Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Rodolfo Alvarado, author of books published by the University of Michigan Press, Michigan State Press, and Alpha Books of New York; winner of Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award; Latino International Book Award finalist (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Joel Bakan, legal writer and Canadian lawyer (born in Lansing) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Ray Stannard Baker, 19th-century muckraking journalist (born in Lansing) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Michael Barone, journalist, pundit, editor (born in Highland Park) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Jim Bellows, newspaper editor in Washington, New York and Los Angeles (born in Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Robert K. Brown, war correspondent, founder of Soldier of Fortune magazine (born in Monroe) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Amanda Carpenter, author, former correspondent (born in Montrose) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• E. Jean Carroll, magazine writer and advice columnist (born in Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Jill Carroll, journalist, Iraqi terrorists' kidnap victim (born in Ann Arbor) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Bruce Catton, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian (born in Petoskey) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Zev Chafets, journalist and columnist (born in Pontiac) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Jonathan Chait, senior editor and columnist (grew up in metro Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• David Chardavoyne, legal writer (born in Ohio, moved to metro Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Arthur Danto, art critic for The Nation (born in Ann Arbor) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Paul de Kruif, science writer and microbiologist (born in Zeeland) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Rachael Denhollander, author, lawyer, advocate (born in Kalamazoo, Michigan) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• James Deren, literary nonfiction writer (born in Detroit (resides in White Lake) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Fred Dustin, early 20th-century writer (born in Glens Falls, New York; settled and died in Saginaw) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Joe Falls, sportswriter for Detroit newspapers 1956–2004 (born in New York, moved to Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• M. F. K. Fisher, food writer (born in Albion) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Terry Foster, sportswriter and radio personality (born in Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Ron Fournier, national political journalist (born in Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Jennifer Eaton Gökmen, literary nonfiction writer (born in Wayne, raised in West Bloomfield, in 1994 moved to Istanbul, Turkey) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Lou Gordon, radio and TV commentator, talk show host, columnist, political reporter (born and based in Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Jerry Green, sportswriter for Detroit newspapers 1963–2004 (Journalists and nonfiction)

• John Grogan, columnist and author (born in Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Ben Hamper, journalist and non-fiction writer (born in Flint) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Jemele Hill, sports commentator and columnist for ESPN (born in Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Michael Kinsley, editor, columnist (born in Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Charlie LeDuff, journalist, author (born in Virginia, grew up in Westland) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Karl Ludvigsen, editor of Car and Driver, Motor Trend (born in Kalamazoo) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Betty Mahmoody, author (born in Alma, Michigan) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• William McPherson, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (born in Sault Ste. Marie) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• John J. Miller, national political reporter (born in Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Elvis Mitchell, film critic (born in Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Michael Moore, documentary filmmaker and nonfiction writer (born in Flint) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Jay Nordlinger, senior editor (born in Ann Arbor) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Isabel Paterson, author, co-founder of libertarianism (born on Manitoulin Island, Canada; grew up on a rural Upper Peninsula ranch) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Neal Rubin, columnist, writer of comic strip Gil Thorp (born in California, lives in Farmington Hills) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Joseph Sobran, paleo-conservative syndicated columnist (raised in Ypsilanti) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Helen Thomas, journalist, White House correspondent (born in Winchester, Kentucky; moved to Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Heather Ann Thompson, winner of 2017 Pulitzer Prize for History (born in Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Paul Vachon, freelance journalist and local historian (born in Detroit in 1959) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Bob Wojnowski, sports columnist and radio personality (born in Buffalo, New York, lives in metro Detroit) (Journalists and nonfiction)

• Ron Allen, playwright (born in Detroit) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Mike Binder, actor, director, screenwriter (born in Detroit, raised in Birmingham) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Bruce Campbell, actor and autobiographer (born in Royal Oak) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Jim Cash, screenwriter(born in Boyne City, lived in Grand Rapids) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Francis Ford Coppola, screenwriter, director (born in Detroit) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Pete Dexter, novelist, screenwriter (born in Pontiac) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Gerald Di Pego, screenwriter (born in Flint) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Jack Epps, Jr., screenwriter (attended Michigan State) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Jim Harrison, novelist, screenwriter (attended Michigan State) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Jake Kasdan, screenwriter, director (born in Detroit) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter, director (attended University of Michigan) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Neil LaBute, playwright, director, screenwriter (born in Detroit) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Elmore Leonard, novelist, screenwriter (lived in Bloomfield Hills) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Thomas McGuane, novelist, screenwriter (attended Michigan State) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Arthur Miller, playwright (attended University of Michigan) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Ron Milner, playwright (born in Detroit) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Jane Murfin, playwright, screenwriter (born in Quincy) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Heather Raffo, playwright, actress (raised in Michigan) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Ivan Raimi, screenwriter (born in Royal Oak) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Sam Raimi, screenwriter, director, producer (born in Royal Oak) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Terry Rossio, screenwriter, producer (born in Kalamazoo) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Leonard Schrader, screenwriter (born in Grand Rapids) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Paul Schrader, screenwriter, director (born in Grand Rapids) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Sandra Seaton, playwright, librettist (lives in Michigan) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• Donald E. Stewart, screenwriter (born in Detroit) (Playwrights and screenwriters)

• John Malcolm Brinnin, poet (born in Halifax Nova Scotia; raised in Detroit) (Poets)

• Jim Daniels, poet (born in Detroit) (Poets)

• Toi Derricotte, poet (born in Hamtramck) (Poets)

• Dorothy Donnelly, poet and prose writer (born in Detroit, raised in Grosse Pointe Park, resided in Ann Arbor) (Poets)

• Stuart Dybek, poet (born in Chicago; lives in Kalamazoo) (Poets)

• Clayton Eshleman, poet (born in Indianapolis, moved to Ypsilanti) (Poets)

• Carolyn Forché, poet (born in Detroit) (Poets)

• Robert Frost, poet (born in San Francisco, resided and taught in Ann Arbor) (Poets)

• Alice Fulton, MacArthur "Genius Award" poet (born in Troy, New York; moved to Ypsilanti) (Poets)

• Edgar Guest, poet (born in Birmingham, England; moved to Detroit) (Poets)

• Jim Harrison, poet and novelist (born in Grayling) (Poets)

• Robert Hayden, poet (born in Detroit; moved to Ann Arbor) (Poets)

• Conrad Hilberry, poet (born in Ferndale; moved to Kalamazoo) (Poets)

• Lawrence Joseph, poet (born in Detroit) (Poets)

• Jane Kenyon, poet (born in Ann Arbor) (Poets)

• Philip Levine, poet (born in Detroit) (Poets)

• Thomas Lynch, poet (born in Detroit) (Poets)

• Naomi Long Madgett, poet (born in Norfolk, Virginia, raised in East Orange, New Jersey, moved to Detroit and Ypsilanti) (Poets)

• Angel Nafis, poet, graduated from Huron High School (Poets)

• John Frederick Nims, poet (born in Muskegon) (Poets)

• Marge Piercy, poet and novelist (born in Detroit) (Poets)

• Dudley Randall, poet, Broadside Press founder (born in Detroit) (Poets)

• Theodore Roethke, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning poet (born in Saginaw) (Poets)

• Carol Smallwood, poet (born in Cheboygan) (Poets)

• Richard Tillinghast, poet (born in Memphis, resides in Ann Arbor) (Poets)

• Nancy Willard, poet, novelist, children's writer and literary critic (born in Ann Arbor) (Poets)

• Wayne Dyer, self-help book writer (born in Detroit) (Others)

• James Finn Garner, humorist (born in Dearborn) (Others)

• Jerry B. Jenkins, religious writer, "as told to" biographer, romance writer (born in Kalamazoo) (Others)

• Ring Lardner, Sr., satirist, short story writer and sports columnist (born in Niles) (Others)

• Robert McKee, well-known creative writing instructor (born in Detroit) (Others)

• Peter McWilliams, writer and cannabis legalization advocate (born in Detroit) (Others)

• Stewart Edward White, writer (born in Grand Rapids) (Others)

• Gavrilovich, Peter and Bill McGraw (2000). The Detroit Almanac. Detroit Free Press. ISBN 0-937247-34-0. (References and further reading)

• Gavrilovich, Peter and Bill McGraw (2006). The Detroit Almanac, 2nd edition. Detroit Free Press. ISBN 978-0-937247-48-8. (References and further reading)

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