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词条 List of Michigan writers
释义

  1. Children's books

  2. Fiction

  3. Journalists and nonfiction

  4. Playwrights and screenwriters

  5. Poets

  6. Others

  7. References and further reading

Following is a list of Michigan writers, who are noteworthy either by having been born in Michigan or by living there during their writing career.

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Children's books

  • Verna Aardema, author of ethnic-themed works (Ashanti, Zanzibari, Akamba and Ayutla Mexican sources), winner of Caldecott Medal (born in New Era)
  • Chris Van Allsburg, author of The Polar Express, twice winner of Caldecott Medal (born in East Grand Rapids)
  • 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)
  • K. A. Applegate, children's and young adult author (born in Ann Arbor)
  • 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)
  • Christopher Paul Curtis, author, won Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King award (born in Flint)
  • Meindert DeJong, received 1962 Hans Christian Andersen Award, awarded Newbery Medal and National Book Award (resided in Grand Rapids, attended Calvin College)
  • Aileen Fisher (1906–2002), author (born in Iron River)
  • Rhonda Gowler Greene author of award-winning children's picture books
  • Margaret Hillert, poet and author of children's literature (born in Saginaw, taught in Royal Oak School District)
  • Laurie Keller, writer and illustrator (born in Muskegon)
  • Robert Sabuda, pop-up book artist and paper engineer (born in Pinckney)
  • Jon Scieszka, author (born in Flint)
  • Devin Scillian, author (broadcaster in Detroit)
  • Philip C. Stead, author (born in Farmington Hills)
  • Gloria Whelan, author [1] born in Detroit,[2] winner of National Book Award for Young People's Literature for 2000 [3]
  • Christopher Wright, author of American Chillers and Michigan Chillers (Born in Pontiac, Michigan)

Fiction

  • Nelson Algren, novelist (born in Detroit)
  • John Edward Ames, Western writer (born in Monroe County)
  • Harriette Simpson Arnow, novelist (resided in Ann Arbor)
  • Robert Asprin, science-fiction and fantasy writer (born in St. Johns)
  • Mathis Bailey, novelist and fiction writer
  • Deb Baker, author (born in Escanaba)
  • Rex Beach, novelist (born in Atwood)
  • John Bellairs, mystery novelist (born in Marshall)
  • Bonnie Jo Campbell, author (born in Kalamazoo)
  • Jaqueline Carey, fantasy author (resides in Michigan)
  • James Oliver Curwood, novelist and conservationist (born in Owosso)
  • Loren D. Estleman, crime fiction author (born in Ann Arbor, graduate of Eastern Michigan University)
  • Edna Ferber, novelist (born in Kalamazoo)
  • Jeffrey Eugenides, novelist (born in Detroit)
  • Alice Fulton, short-story writer (born in Troy, New York; moved to Ypsilanti)
  • J. Gabriel Gates, young adult and science-fiction writer (raised in Michigan)
  • Donald Goines, novelist (born in Detroit)
  • Judith Guest, novelist and screenwriter (born in Detroit)
  • Aaron Hamburger, short-story writer and novelist (born in Detroit)
  • Steve Hamilton, mystery and thriller novelist (born in Detroit)
  • Jim Harrison, novelist, poet, screenwriter (born in Grayling, attended Michigan State University)
  • Jim C. Hines, fantasy novelist and short-story writer (attended Michigan State and Eastern Michigan)
  • James Hynes, author (born in Okemos)
  • Alex Irvine, novelist and short-story writer (born in Ann Arbor, raised in Ypsilanti)
  • Jerry B. Jenkins, novelist, author of Left Behind series (born in Kalamazoo)
  • Janet Kauffman, novelist (born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; moved to Hudson)
  • William X. Kienzle, Catholic priest, mystery author (born in Detroit, resided in Grand Rapids)
  • Brad Leithauser, poet, novelist, essayist (born in Detroit)
  • Elmore Leonard, novelist and screenwriter (raised in Detroit), resided in Bloomfield Hills)
  • Thomas Ligotti, reclusive writer of fiction and poetry (born and raised in Detroit)
  • Ander Monson, poet, essayist, novelist (born in Houghton)
  • Thomas McGuane, novelist and screenwriter (born in Wyandotte)
  • Terry McMillan, author (born in Port Huron)
  • Joyce Carol Oates, novelist, winner of National Book Award (born in Lockport, New York, lived in metro Detroit and Windsor, Ontario)
  • Alice Randall, author (born in Detroit)
  • Lev Raphael, crime fiction author and author across genres (born in New York City)
  • Marcus Sakey, crime novelist (born in Flint)
  • K.J. Stevens, novelist and short-story writer (born in Alpena)
  • Glendon Swarthout, novelist and short-story writer, winner of the O. Henry Prize (born in Pinckney)
  • John D. Voelker, novelist who wrote Anatomy of a Murder under pen name Robert Traver (born in Ishpeming)
  • Maritta Wolff, novelist (born in Grass Lake)

Journalists and nonfiction

  • Bruce Ableson, inventor of Open Diary (born in West Bloomfield)
  • Mitch Albom, author, sportswriter, radio talk show host (born in Trenton, New Jersey; lives in metro Detroit)
  • Joel Bakan, legal writer and Canadian lawyer (born in Lansing)
  • Ray Stannard Baker, 19th Century muckraking journalist (born in Lansing)
  • Michael Barone, journalist, pundit, editor (born in Highland Park)
  • Jim Bellows, newspaper editor in Washington, New York and Los Angeles (born in Detroit)
  • Robert K. Brown, war correspondent, founder of Soldier of Fortune magazine (born in Monroe)
  • Amanda Carpenter, author, former correspondent (born in Montrose)
  • E. Jean Carroll, magazine writer and advice columnist (born in Detroit)
  • Jill Carroll, journalist, Iraqi terrorists' kidnap victim (born in Ann Arbor)
  • Bruce Catton, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian (born in Petoskey)
  • Zev Chafets, journalist and columnist (born in Pontiac)
  • Jonathan Chait, senior editor and columnist (grew up in metro Detroit)
  • David Chardavoyne, legal writer (born in Ohio, moved to metro Detroit)
  • Arthur Danto, art critic for The Nation (born in Ann Arbor)
  • Paul de Kruif, science writer and microbiologist (born in Zeeland)
  • James Deren, literary nonfiction writer (born in Detroit, (resides in White Lake)
  • Fred Dustin, early 20th Century writer (born in Glens Falls, New York; settled and died in Saginaw)
  • Joe Falls, sportswriter for Detroit newspapers from 1956-2004 (born in New York, moved to Detroit)
  • M. F. K. Fisher, food writer (born in Albion)
  • Terry Foster, sportswriter and radio personality (born in Detroit)
  • Ron Fournier, national political journalist (born in Detroit)
  • Jennifer Eaton Gökmen, literary nonfiction writer (born in Wayne, raised in West Bloomfield, in 1994 moved to Istanbul, Turkey)
  • Lou Gordon, radio and TV commentator, talk show host, columnist, political reporter (born and based in Detroit)
  • Jerry Green, sportswriter for Detroit newspapers from 1963-2004
  • John Grogan, columnist and author (born in Detroit)
  • Ben Hamper, journalist and non-fiction writer (born in Flint)
  • Jemele Hill, sports commentator and columnist for ESPN (born in Detroit)
  • Michael Kinsley, editor, columnist (born in Detroit)
  • Charlie LeDuff, journalist, author (born in Virginia, grew up in Westland)
  • Karl Ludvigsen, editor of Car and Driver, Motor Trend (born in Kalamazoo)
  • Betty Mahmoody, author (born in Alma, Michigan)
  • William McPherson, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (born in Sault St. Marie)
  • John J. Miller, national political reporter (born in Detroit)
  • Elvis Mitchell, film critic (born in Detroit)
  • Michael Moore, documentary filmmaker and nonfiction writer (born in Flint)
  • Jay Nordlinger, senior editor (born in Ann Arbor)
  • Isabel Paterson, author, co-founder of libertarianism (born on Manitoulin Island, Canada; grew up on a rural Upper Peninsula ranch)
  • Neal Rubin, columnist, writer of comic strip Gil Thorp (born in California, lives in Farmington Hills)
  • Joseph Sobran, paleo-conservative syndicated columnist (raised in Ypsilanti)
  • Helen Thomas, journalist, White House correspondent (born in Winchester, Kentucky; moved to Detroit)
  • Heather Ann Thompson, winner of 2017 Pulitzer Prize for History (born in Detroit)
  • Paul Vachon, freelance journalist and local historian (born in Detroit in 1959)
  • Bob Wojnowski, sports columnist and radio personality (born in Buffalo, New York, lives in metro Detroit)

Playwrights and screenwriters

  • Ron Allen, playwright (born in Detroit)
  • Mike Binder, actor, director, screenwriter (born in Detroit, raised in Birmingham)
  • Bruce Campbell, actor and autobiographer (born in Royal Oak)
  • Jim Cash, screenwriter(born in Boyne City, lived in Grand Rapids)
  • Francis Ford Coppola, screenwriter, director (born in Detroit)
  • Pete Dexter, novelist, screenwriter (born in Pontiac)
  • Gerald Di Pego, screenwriter (born in Flint)
  • Jack Epps, Jr., screenwriter (attended Michigan State)
  • Jim Harrison, novelist, screenwriter (attended Michigan State)
  • Jake Kasdan, screenwriter, director (born in Detroit)
  • Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter, director (attended University of Michigan)
  • Neil LaBute, playwright, director, screenwriter (born in Detroit)
  • Elmore Leonard, novelist, screenwriter (lived in Bloomfield Hills)
  • Thomas McGuane, novelist, screenwriter (attended Michigan State)
  • Arthur Miller, playwright (attended University of Michigan)
  • Ron Milner, playwright (born in Detroit)
  • Jane Murfin, playwright, screenwriter (born in Quincy)
  • Terry Rossio, screenwriter, producer (born in Kalamazoo)
  • Ivan Raimi, screenwriter (born in Royal Oak)
  • Sam Raimi, screenwriter, director, producer (born in Royal Oak)
  • Heather Raffo, playwright, actress (raised in Michigan)
  • Leonard Schrader, screenwriter (born in Grand Rapids)
  • Paul Schrader, screenwriter, director (born in Grand Rapids)
  • Sandra Seaton, playwright, librettist (lives in Michigan)
  • Donald E. Stewart, screenwriter (born in Detroit)

Poets

  • John Malcolm Brinnin, poet (born in Halifax Nova Scotia; raised in Detroit)
  • Jim Daniels, poet (born in Detroit)
  • Toi Derricotte, poet (born in Hamtramck)
  • Dorothy Donnelly, poet and prose writer (born in Detroit, raised in Grosse Pointe Park, resided in Ann Arbor)
  • Stuart Dybek, poet (born in Chicago; lives in Kalamazoo)
  • Clayton Eshleman, poet (born in Indianapolis, moved to Ypsilanti)
  • Carolyn Forché, poet (born in Detroit)
  • Robert Frost, poet (born in San Francisco, resided and taught in Ann Arbor)
  • Alice Fulton, MacArthur "Genius Award" poet (born in Troy, New York; moved to Ypsilanti)
  • Edgar Guest, poet (born in Birmingham, England; moved to Detroit)
  • Jim Harrison, poet and novelist (born in Grayling)
  • Robert Hayden, poet (born in Detroit; moved to Ann Arbor)
  • Conrad Hilberry, poet (born in Ferndale; moved to Kalamazoo)
  • Lawrence Joseph, poet (born in Detroit)
  • Jane Kenyon, poet (born in Ann Arbor)
  • Philip Levine, poet (born in Detroit)
  • Naomi Long Madgett, poet (born in Norfolk, Virginia, raised in East Orange, New Jersey, moved to Detroit and Ypsilanti)
  • Thomas Lynch, poet (born in Detroit)
  • John Frederick Nims, poet (born in Muskegon)
  • Marge Piercy, poet and novelist (born in Detroit)
  • Dudley Randall, poet, Broadside Press founder (born in Detroit)
  • Theodore Roethke, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning poet (born in Saginaw)
  • Carol Smallwood, poet (born in Cheboygan)
  • Richard Tillinghast, poet (born in Memphis, resides in Ann Arbor)
  • Nancy Willard, poet, novelist, children's writer and literary critic (born in Ann Arbor)

Others

  • Wayne Dyer, self-help book writer (born in Detroit)
  • James Finn Garner, humorist (born in Dearborn)
  • Jerry B. Jenkins, religious writer, "as told to" biographer, romance writer (born in Kalamazoo)
  • Ring Lardner, Sr., satirist, short story writer and sports columnist (born in Niles)
  • Robert McKee, well-known creative writing instructor (born in Detroit)
  • Peter McWilliams, writer and cannabis legalization advocate (born in Detroit)
  • Stewart Edward White, writer (born in Grand Rapids)

References and further reading

1. ^https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-2000#.V45lKY-cFy0
2. ^http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/degrum/public_html/html/research/findaids/DG1150f.html
3. ^https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14233.Gloria_Whelan
  • {{Cite book| author=Gavrilovich, Peter and Bill McGraw |title=The Detroit Almanac|publisher=Detroit Free Press| year=2000|isbn=0-937247-34-0}}
  • {{Cite book| author=Gavrilovich, Peter and Bill McGraw |title=The Detroit Almanac, 2nd edition|publisher=Detroit Free Press| year=2006|isbn=978-0-937247-48-8}}
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