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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)
- 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
- 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)
- LaDarrion Williams, Blood at the Root (2024)
- 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
- Lee Allen (born 1926): church historian.
- 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
- 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, 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
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.