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This is a '''List of authors''' who were born, raised, or worked in the [[Birmingham]] area:
 
This is a '''List of writers from Birmingham''':


==Novelists==
==Novelists==
* [[James Saxon Childers]], ''Laurel and Straw'', ''Hilltop in the Rain'', '"From Siam to Suez''
* [[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''
* [[Mark Childress]], ''Crazy in Alabama''
* [[Charles Gaines]], ''[[Stay Hungry]]''
* [[Todd Dills]], ''Sons of the Rapture'' (2006)
* [[C. C. Edge]], ''Blood Terminal'' (2022)
* [[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''
* [[Ethel Gorman]], ''Red Acres''
* [[John Temple Graves]], ''The Fighting South'', ''Tonight in the South'', ''The Shaft in the Sky''
* [[John Temple Graves]], ''The Fighting South'', ''Tonight in the South'', ''The Shaft in the Sky''
* [[Frances Nimmo Green]], ''The Right of the Strongest'', ''Into the Night'', ''One Clear Call''
* [[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]]
* [[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''
* [[Mary Johnston]], ''To Have and to Hold'', ''Prisoner of Hope''
* [[Caitlin Kiernan]]
* [[Caitlín R. Kiernan]] (born 1964), ''Silk'' (1998), ''Low Red Moon'' (2003)
* [[Jim Lawrence]]
* [[Jim Lawrence]]
* [[Hugh Martin]], "Best Foot Forward"
* [[Robert R. McCammon]] (born 1952), ''Baal'' (1978), ''Speaks the Nightbird'' (2002)
* [[Robert McCammon]]
* [[Roy McCardell]] (1870-after 1940), ''The Jarr Family'' (1907), ''The Diamond from the Sky'' (1916)
* [[Mittie Owen McDavid]], ''Princess Pocahontas'', ''Children of the Meadow''
* [[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)
* [[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]]
* [[Rebecca Rogers]]
* [[Steven Rudd]], ''Midnight Red''
* [[Margaret D. Sizemore]], ''The Amazing Marriage of Marie Eustis and Josef Hoffman''
* [[Margaret D. Sizemore]], ''The Amazing Marriage of Marie Eustis and Josef Hoffman''
* [[Edgar Valentine Smith]], "Elijah"
* [[Edgar Valentine Smith]], ''Elijah''
* [[Emma Gelders Sterne]], ''Calico Ball'', ''No Surrender'', ''Some Plant Olive Trees''
* [[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)
* [[LaDarrion Williams]], ''[[Blood at the Root]]'' (2024)
* [[Tobias Wolff]]
* [[Tobias Wolff]]
* [[Erna Oleson Xan]], ''Wisconsin, My Home'', ''Home For Good''
* [[Erna Oleson Xan]], ''Wisconsin, My Home'', ''Home For Good''


==Children's authors==
==Children's authors==
* [[Charles Ghigna]]
* [[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]]
* [[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==
==Historians==
* [[Hul-Cee M. Acton]], ''Chalk, Termites and God's Country'', ''Pierian Club of Birmingham''
* [[Hul-Cee M. Acton]]: ''Chalk, Termites and God's Country'', ''Pierian Club of Birmingham''
* [[Ethel Armes]], ''[[Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama]]''
* [[Lee Allen]] (born 1926): church historian.
* [[Mary Powell Crane]], ''History of Alabama and Birmingham''
* [[Ethel Armes]] (1876–1945): ''[[The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama]]''
* [[George M. Cruikshank]], ''Birmingham and Environs'' (2 vols.)
* [[Leah Rawls Atkins]] (born 1935): ''[[The Valley and the Hills]]'', ''[[Developed for the Service of Alabama]]''
* [[Hill Ferguson]], ''Personalities of Birmingham Men and Women''
* [[Hugh Bailey]] (1929-2012)
* [[John Henley, Jr]], ''This is Birmingham''
* [[James R. Bennett]]: ''[[Tannehill and the Growth of the Alabama Iron Industry]]'', ''[[Historic Birmingham and Jefferson County]]''
* [[J. R. Hornady]], ''Book of Birmingham''
* [[Charles Brown|Charles Allen Brown]] (died 1982): African-American historian
* [[Thomas Huey, Sr]], ''Story of Ruhama''
* [[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 DuBose|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]]
* [[Lou Emma Matthews]]
* [[Florence Wood Moss]], ''Building of Birmingham and Jefferson County''
* [[Diane McWhorter]]: ''Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama: The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution.''
* [[Jim Sulzby]], ''[[Birmingham Sketches]]''
* [[Florence Wood Moss]]: ''Building of Birmingham and Jefferson County''
* [[Elberta Taylor]], ''Birmingham, My Home''
* [[Marlene Hunt Rikard]]
* [[Ken Roxburgh]]: church historian
* [[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: Architectural and Historical Walking Tour Guide|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]]''
 
==Poets==
{{Main|List of poets}}


==Other==
==Other==
* [[Eddie Aldridge]], ''Garden of Destiny''
* [[Andy Andrews]], motivational books
* [[Sloan Bashinsky Jr]], real estate and legal advice
* [[Fanna K. Bee]]
* [[Fanna K. Bee]]
* [[Emma Bolden]], memoir
* [[Clint Bonner]], ''Alabama Oddities''
* [[Clint Bonner]], ''Alabama Oddities''
* [[John Claypool]], theology
* [[Octavus Roy Cohen]], short stories about African-American life on 18th Street
* [[Octavus Roy Cohen]], short stories about African-American life on 18th Street
* [[Howard Cruse]]
* [[Mary Elizabeth Counselman]], short stories, often in the horror genre
* [[Howard Cruse]], comics and graphic novels
* [[Angela Davis]]
* [[Angela Davis]]
* [[Blanche Dean]], nature guides
* [[James Douglass]], theology of non-violence, revisionist history
* [[Michael Dubruiel]], spirituality
* [[Rachel Held Evans]], Christian memoir
* [[Paul Finebaum]]
* [[Paul Finebaum]]
* [[Vonetta Flowers]]
* [[Vonetta Flowers]]
* [[Sally Hill]], ''[[Progressive Farmer]]'', cookbook
* [[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]]
* [[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]]
* [[David Vest]]
* [[Amy Welborn]], spirituality
* [[Heather Whitestone]]
* [[Heather Whitestone]]


[[Category:Writers]]
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[[Category:Lists|Writers]]
 
==References==
* [http://alabamaliterarymap.lib.ua.edu/ 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]]
 
[[Category:Authors|*]]
[[Category:Lists of people|Authors]]

Latest revision as of 11:00, 6 February 2024

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

Novelists

Children's authors

Historians

Poets

Main article: List of poets

Other

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References

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