Authors Starting with "W"

W. Bruce Cameron is an American author and columnist, best known for his book A Dog’s Purpose, which was adapted into a major film. From a young age, ...

W. Michael Gear is an American author of historical fiction and an archaeologist. Frustrated by historical inaccuracies in the genre, he wrote a 550-p...

W.E.B. Griffin is an American author renowned for his military and detective novels, particularly in series like The Brotherhood of War, The Corps, Me...

W.J. Burley was a British crime novelist renowned for his Wycliffe series, which was adapted into the ITV television show "Wycliffe," airing for five ...

Wade Albert White is a Canadian writer known for his children's fantasy novels, particularly the Adventurer’s Guide series. In addition to writing, he...

Wahida Clark is an American author known for her urban fiction novels and for creating the Thug Love Fiction sub-genre of street literature. She was t...

Wallace Stegner was an American author regarded as the “Dean of Western Writers.” Throughout his career, he wrote many books, including The Big Rock C...

Wallace Stroby is an author and journalist who made his debut with the novel The Barbed-Wire Kiss, a finalist for the 2004 Barry Award for Best First ...

Wally Lamb is an American novelist who grew up in Norwich, Connecticut, a place that inspires the fictional settings of his works. As a child, he crea...

Walt Browning is an American author known for his dystopian and science fiction as well as medical mystery and action novels. Originally from Ohio, he...

Walter Farley was an American author renowned for his horse stories, particularly the series The Black Stallion. He learned about horse training from ...

Walter Mosley is an American author known for his crime fiction and historical mystery novels. He gained prominence through his hardboiled detective s...

Walter Satterthwait was an American author known for his mysteries and historical fiction. He gained recognition for the Escapade series and the Joshu...

Wanda E. Brunstetter is an American author known for her romance novels, Amish fiction, and children's books. She is regarded as one of the pioneers o...

Wanda Luttrell is an American writer known for her Christian-themed historical fiction and suspense novels. Residing just outside Frankfort, Kentucky,...

Wanda M. Morris is an American thriller novelist and corporate attorney with experience at leading Fortune 100 companies in the U.S. She has held the ...

Ward Larsen is an American writer known for his aviation thriller novels. A former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, he completed over twenty missions dur...

Warren C. Easley is an American writer renowned for his Cal Claxton Mysteries series, which started in 2013 with the publication of Matters of Doubt. ...

Warren Fahy is an American author who gained recognition with his debut novel, Fragment, which received nominations for both an International Thriller...

Warren Murphy is an American author known for his adventure, spy fiction, and crime fiction novels. He co-created the Destroyer series and has written...

Wayne Simmons is an Irish horror novelist whose journey to becoming a writer was somewhat unconventional. Before his first novel was released, he wrot...

Wayne Stinnett is an American author known for his action-adventure and thriller novels, particularly the Jesse McDermitt series. A veteran of the U.S...

Weike Wang is an author of Chinese-American descent. She graduated from Harvard University, where she obtained her undergraduate degree in chemistry a...

Wen Spencer is an American writer known for her science fiction and fantasy novels, particularly the Elfhome series. She has received the John W. Camp...

Wend Pentzler is an American romance author based in Idaho, known for her Paranormal and Historical Erotic Romance novels that have garnered a dedicat...

Wendall Thomas is an American writer and former entertainment reporter, script consultant, and writer for film and television. She is primarily recogn...

Wendy Cartmell is an English writer known for her crime thriller novels, particularly the Sgt. Major Crane series. Before becoming an author, she work...

Wendy Corsi Staub is an American author known for her psychological suspense and young adult novels. She also writes women’s fiction under the name We...

Wendy Delaney is an American author known for her cozy mystery novels, particularly the Working Stiffs Mysteries series. She has been a long-time memb...

Wendy Hornsby is an American mystery novelist, renowned for her Maggie MacGowen series. Her passion for writing began in childhood, leading to early s...

Wendy Sand Eckel is a mystery novelist with degrees in criminology and social work, and she has spent years in clinical practice. Her interest lies in...

Wendy Vella is a New Zealand author known for her historical romance novels. She also writes contemporary romance under the name Lani Blake. Wendy is ...

Wendy Wax is an American author known for her women’s fiction novels, particularly the Ten Beach Road series. She grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida, ...

Wendy Webb is an American author known for her gothic suspense novels. A native of Minnesota, she earned a degree in political science from the Univer...

Weston Ochse is an American author known for his horror, science fiction, and fantasy novels, including the SEAL Team 666 series. He received the Bram...

Whitley Strieber is an American author known for his works in horror, science fiction, fantasy, and thriller genres, as well as non-fiction books prim...

Whitney Dineen is an American author renowned for her work on the Seven Brides for Seven Mothers series, the Relatively series, and the Creek Water se...

Whitney G. is a contemporary romance novelist with several published titles to her name, including Reasonable Doubt, Two Weeks Notice, On a Tuesday, a...

Wilbur Smith was an Anglo-African author known for his historical adventure novels. Born in present-day Zambia, formerly Northern Rhodesia, he primari...

Wiley Cash is an American author known for his literary fiction and non-fiction works. Hailing from western North Carolina, he typically sets his fict...

Will Adams is a British author known for his adventure thriller novels, particularly the Daniel Knox series. Prior to his writing career, he was emplo...

Will Dean is an English author renowned for the Tuva Moodyson series, which began in 2018 with the publication of Dark Pines, followed by Red Snow the...

Will Jordan is a Scottish author known for his thriller novels, particularly the Ryan Drake series. After high school, he attended university, earning...

Will Lavender is an American thriller novelist. Prior to becoming a novelist, he wrote short stories and poems until he found his passion for thriller...

Will Thomas is an American author known for his historical mystery novels, particularly the Barker & Llewelyn series. Before his writing career, he co...

Will Wight is an American author renowned for his best-selling series, The Traveler’s Gate Trilogy and The Elder Empire. He also created the mythical ...

William Bernhardt is an American writer known for his suspense, thriller, and mystery novels. Prior to his career as a novelist, he worked as a trial ...

William Boyd is a British author of novels and screenplays, originally from Ghana. He spent his childhood there before attending university in Nice, G...

William Boyle is an American author of crime fiction, renowned for his novels Gravesend, The Lonely Witness, and A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself....

William C. Dietz is an American author known for his contributions to science fiction, particularly in the military subgenre. He has also penned sever...

William Coleman is an American author known for his crime fiction and thriller novels, particularly the Jack Mallory series. Raised in Arkansas, he ea...

William Deverell is a Canadian author known for his legal and crime thriller novels, particularly the Arthur Beauchamp series. He began his career as ...

William Diehl was an American novelist, journalist, and photographer. He published his first novel, Sharky’s Machine, in 1974, which was adapted into ...

William Dietrich is an American author known for his historical fiction and thriller novels, as well as non-fiction works focused on the environment i...

William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) was an American writer known for both his mystery novels and non-fiction works. He created the Blackford Oakes ser...

William Faulkner (1897-1962) was an American writer known for his novels, short stories, plays, poetry, essays, and screenplays. A lifelong inhabitant...

William G. Tapply (1940-2009) was an American writer known for his legal thriller and mystery novels, as well as non-fiction works on fishing, the out...

William Gay (1941-2012) was an American writer known for his contributions to Southern literature. Hailing from Hohenwald, Tennessee, he served in the...

William Gibson is an American-Canadian writer known for his speculative fiction, particularly in the genres of cyberpunk and steampunk. He introduced ...

William Golding (1911-1993) was a British novelist renowned for his seminal work, Lord of the Flies. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 198...

William Greenleaf is an American author known for a number of sci-fi novels and several non-fiction works. He has also ghostwritten various novels acr...

William H. Keith, Jr. is an American author known for his science fiction, action, and thriller novels. He has written the Freedom’s Rangers, Cybernar...

William H. Lovejoy is an American author known for his thrillers. His works span the genres of thriller, suspense, and mystery, and he has penned nume...

William Harrington (1931-2000) was an American writer known for his mystery and thriller novels. He authored the Columbo series, inspired by the telev...

William J. Coughlin (1929-1992) was an American writer known for his legal thrillers. Besides his writing career, Coughlin served as a U.S. administra...

William Johnston (1924-2010) was an American author born in Lincoln, Illinois, in 1924. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific starting in 1942. Fo...

William Kent Krueger, known to his friends as “Kent,” is an American crime fiction novelist. He is most recognized for his series featuring Cork O’Con...

William Landay is an American writer known for his police procedural and suspense novels. He was raised in Boston and earned degrees from Yale and Bos...

William Lashner is an American author who initially worked as a trial lawyer. He earned his degree from the NYU School of Law and attended the Iowa Wr...

William Martin is a best-selling author, a PBS documentarian, and the screenwriter of the cult classic Humanoids from the Deep. He is primarily recogn...

William McIlvanney was a Scottish crime writer renowned as “the godfather of tartan noir.” He gained prominence for his Laidlaw series of crime novels...

William Nicholson is an English novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, renowned for his play Shadowlands, which was adapted for television and won th...

William Paul Young is a Canadian suspense novelist. He was raised by his missionary parents among a stone-age tribe in New Guinea (now West Papua). Hi...

William Patterson is an author known for his suspense and thriller novels. He made his debut as a novelist in 2013 with the book Slice. Here is a list...

William Peter Blatty is an American author and screenwriter known for his work in the horror, science fiction/fantasy, and thriller genres. He gained ...

William Peter Grasso is an American author known for his military fiction novels. He has created several series, including those featuring Jock Miles,...

William R. Forstchen is an American writer known for his science fiction and alternate history novels. He is the author of the Lost Regiment series, c...

William Ritter is an American writer known for his YA historical fantasy and mystery novels. He is a New York Times bestselling author and is recogniz...

William S. Cohen is an American writer known for his thriller and suspense novels. He is also a politician who served in both the U.S. House of Repres...

William Shakespeare, a poet and playwright of English birth, is oft regarded as the preeminent scribe of the English tongue. He did dwell in Stratford...

William Shaw is an English journalist and author, widely recognized for his debut novel, The Birdwatcher. His book Salt Lane has been selected for a t...

William W. Johnstone (1938-2004) was an American writer known for his western, horror, and survivalist novels. A remarkably prolific author, he wrote ...

William X. Kienzle (1928-2001) was an American writer known for his crime fiction and mystery novels, particularly the Father Koesler series. A native...

Willow Rose is an American author who has sold over three million books globally. Her works span the genres of paranormal, romance, suspense, and horr...

Willow Winters is an American romance author who has made it onto the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestsellers lists. She is the author of the Ir...

Winnie Griggs is an American author known for her inspirational romance novels, particularly the Texas Grooms series. She grew up in a densely overgro...

Winston Graham (1908-2003) was an English writer known for his historical fiction and suspense novels, most notably the Poldark series. He aspired to ...

Winston Groom was an American author known for both fiction and non-fiction, most notably for his novel Forrest Gump, which was adapted into the Acade...

Wolf Haas is an Austrian writer known for his crime fiction novels, particularly the Detective Brenner series. He was born in Salzburg, Austria, and w...