List of authors

This is a List of authors who were born, raised, or worked in the Birmingham area:

Novelists

• Daniel Alarcón, Lost City Radio
• Caroline Ballin, Search for Freedom (1966)
• Asa Carter, Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales (1973), The Education of Little Tree (1976)
• James Saxon Childers, Laurel and Straw (1927), Hilltop in the Rain (1928), A Novel About a White Man and a Black Man in the Deep South (1936)
• Mark Childress, Crazy in Alabama
• Todd Dills, Sons of the Rapture (2006)
• Susannah Felts, This Will Go Down on Your Permanent Record (2008)
• Margaret Fenton, Little Lamb Lost (2009)
• Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!, Standing in the Rainbow, A Redbird Christmas
• Charles Gaines, Stay Hungry (1972)
• Gail Godwin (born 1937), The Odd Woman (1974), Violet Clay (1978), A Mother and Two Daughters (1982)
• Ethel Gorman, Red Acres
• John Temple Graves, The Fighting South, Tonight in the South, The Shaft in the Sky
• Wayne Greenhaw (1940–2011): The Golfer (1967)
• Valerie Gribben, The Fairytale Trilogy
• Frances Nimmo Greene, Into the Night (1909), The Right of the Strongest (1913), One Clear Call (1915)
• Keith Harrelson
• Patti Callahan Henry, Becoming Mrs. Lewis (2018)
• William Bradford Huie (1910–1986), The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1951), The Klansman (1967)
• Mary Johnston, To Have and to Hold, Prisoner of Hope
• Caitlín R. Kiernan (born 1964), Silk (1998), Low Red Moon (2003)
• Jim Lawrence
• Robert R. McCammon (born 1952), Baal (1978), Speaks the Nightbird (2002)
• Roy McCardell (1870-after 1940), The Jarr Family (1907), The Diamond from the Sky (1916)
• Mittie Owen McDavid, Princess Pocahontas, Children of the Meadow
• Kevin McGowin (1970-2005) The Benny Poda Years (2001)
• Hugh Martin, Best Foot Forward
• Michael Martone‎ (born 1955), The Blue Guide to Indiana. (2001)
• Han Nolan (born 1956), Send Me Down a Miracle (1996), Dancing on the Edge (1997)
• Richard North Patterson (born 1947)
• Walker Percy (1916-1990), The Moviegoer (1961)
• Gin Phillips, The Well and the Mine (2008)
• Randi Pink, Into White (2016), Girls Like Us (2019), Angel of Greenwood (2021)
• Rebecca Rogers
• Steven Rudd, Midnight Red
• Margaret D. Sizemore, The Amazing Marriage of Marie Eustis and Josef Hoffman
• Edgar Valentine Smith, Elijah
• Emma Gelders Sterne, Calico Ball, No Surrender, Some Plant Olive Trees
• Mike Stewart (b. 1955), Sins of the Brother (1999), A Perfect Life (2004)
• Howell Vines (1899-1981), This Green Thicket World (1934)
• Daniel Wallace (born 1959), Big Fish (1998)
• Tobias Wolff
• Erna Oleson Xan, Wisconsin, My Home, Home For Good

Children's authors

• Wyatt Blassingame (1909-85) Pecos Bill Rides a Tornado
• Virginia Pounds Brown (1916-) Gold Disc of Coosa, Cochula's Journey
• Carl Carmer (1893-1976) Hurricane Luck, Windfall Fiddle, Pets at the White House
• Mark Childress (1957-) Joshua and Bigtooth, Joshua and the Big Bad Blue Crabs
• Dennis Covington (1948-) Lizard, Lasso the Moon
• Julie Fields (1938-) The Green Lion of Zion Street
• Charles Ghigna (1946-) "Father Goose" series
• Debra Ghigna (1955-)
• Faye Gibbons (1938-) Some Glad Morning
• John Green (1977-) Looking for Alaska
• Betsy Hearne (1942-) Seven Brave Women
• Aileen Kilgore Henderson (1921-) The Summer of the Bonepile Monster
• Peter Huggins (1951-) In the Company of Owls
• Angela Johnson (1961-) Tell Me a Story, Mama, The First Part Last
• Carroll Karch
• Jo Kittinger (1955-) Rosa's Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights
• Dian McCray (1949-) Amma's Magic Box
• William Miller (1959-) Night Golf, The Piano
• Sheror Caton Moore, Treasures in an Alabama Attic
• Han Nolan (1956-) Send Me Down a Miracle, Dancing on the Edge
• Lorenzo Pace (1943-) Jalani and the Lock
• Barbara Park (1947-2013) "Junie B. Jones" series
• Sonia Sanchez (1934-) It's a New Day: Poems for Young Brothas and Sistuhs, homegirls & handgrenades
• Margaret Zehmer Searcy (1926-) Tiny Bat and the Ball Game
• Emma Gelders Sterne (1874-1971) "Kathy Martin" series
• Virginia Sorensen (1912-91) Plain Girl, Miracles on Maple Hill
• Ellen Tarry (1906-2008) The Runaway Elephant
• C. L. Threatt
• Nancy Van Laan (1939-) Rainbow Crow: A Lenape Tale
• Ann Waldron, The Integration of Mary-Larkin Thornhill
• Leah Wiggins, My Neighbor is Gone
• Kathryn Tucker Windham, 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey
• Martha Young (1862-1941) Somebody's Little Girl

Historians

• Hul-Cee M. Acton: Chalk, Termites and God's Country, Pierian Club of Birmingham
• Ethel Armes (1876–1945): The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama
• Leah Rawls Atkins (born 1935): The Valley and the Hills, Developed for the Service of Alabama
• Hugh Bailey (1929-2012)
• James R. Bennett: Tannehill and the Growth of the Alabama Iron Industry, Historic Birmingham and Jefferson County
• Charles Allen Brown (died 1982): African-American historian
• Virginia Pounds Brown
• Mary Powell Crane: History of Alabama and Birmingham
• George Cruikshank: Birmingham and Environs (2 vols.)
• Colin Davis: Migration and the Transformation of the Southern Workplace Since 1945
• John Witherspoon DuBose (1836–1918): Jefferson County and Birmingham, Ala.: Historical and Biographical
• Carl Elliott: Annals of Northwest Alabama (5 vols.)
• Wilson Fallin Jr (born 1943)
• Hill Ferguson: Personalities of Birmingham Men and Women
• Wayne Greenhaw (1940–2011): Fighting the Devil in Dixie
• Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton (1921-2016), Hugo Black: the Alabama Years, The Story of Alabama and Alabama, A History
• John Henley Jr: This is Birmingham
• Tim Hollis: Birmingham's Theater and Retail District, Birmingham Broadcasting
• J. R. Hornady: Book of Birmingham
• Thomas Huey Sr: Story of Ruhama
• Jere King Jr (1910-1999): Generals and Politicians: Conflict between France’s High Command, Parliament, and Government, 1914-18
• Andrew Manis: A Fire You Can't Put Out
• Lou Emma Matthews
• Diane McWhorter: Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution.
• Florence Wood Moss: Building of Birmingham and Jefferson County
• Marlene Hunt Rikard
• Bobby Joe Seales
• James Sulzby Jr: Birmingham Sketches from 1872 through 1921, Historic Alabama Hotels and Resorts.
• Elberta Taylor: Birmingham, My Home
• Marjorie Longenecker White: Downtown Birmingham, The Birmingham District
• Marvin Yeomans Whiting: Fairfield: Past, Present, Future, One Great City, Vestavia Hills, Alabama: A Place Apart
• Cecil Whitmire: The Alabama Theatre: Showplace of the South

Other

• Eddie Aldridge, Garden of Destiny
• Andy Andrews, motivational books
• Sloan Bashinsky Jr, real estate and legal advice
• Fanna K. Bee
• Emma Bolden, memoir
• Clint Bonner, Alabama Oddities
• John Claypool, theology
• Octavus Roy Cohen, short stories about African-American life on 18th Street
• Mary Elizabeth Counselman, short stories, often in the horror genre
• Howard Cruse, comics and graphic novels
• Angela Davis
• Blanche Dean, nature guides
• James Douglass, theology of non-violence, revisionist history
• Michael Dubruiel, spirituality
• Rachel Held Evans, Christian memoir
• Paul Finebaum
• Vonetta Flowers
• Roland Frye, Milton's Imagery and the Visual Arts, Is God a Creationist?
• Sally Hill, The Progressive Farmer, cookbook
• Harry Middleton (1949–1993), The Earth is Enough, The Bright Country
• Kate Speake Penny
• Jack Sacco, Where the Birds Never Sing
• Dottie Smith, Cake Expressions
• Gay Talese, essayist, memoirist
• Dallas Teague, Professionally Polished: Business Etiquette Savvy for Today's Competitive Market
• David Vest
• Amy Welborn, spirituality
• Heather Whitestone

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References

• This Goodly Land: Alabama's Literary Landscape. Alabama Center for the Book and Auburn University.

See also

• List of actors
• List of artists
• List of filmmakers
• List of musicians