Below is a comprehensive list of all Mississippi writers currently scheduled for inclusion in this web site. If you know of other Mississippi writers who should be included here, or if you spot an error, please let us know.
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A-D	E-K
A: Margaret Walker Alexander (1915-1998) Stephen E. Ambrose (1936-2002) John Armistead (1941-   ) William Attaway (1911-1986) James A. Autry (1933-   ) B: Howard Bahr (1946-   ) Ben E. Bailey (1932-   ) Joseph Glover Baldwin (1815-1864) Angela Ball (1952-   ) Red Barber (1908-1992) Ida Wells Barnett (1862-1931): See Ida B. Wells-Barnett Nevada Barr (1952-   ) Frederick Barthelme (1943-   ) Steven Barthelme (1947-   ) Franz Baskett (1952-   ) Jack Bass (1934-   ) Rick Bass (1958-   ) Randolph Bates (1945-   ) Charles G. Bell (1916-   ) Katherine Bellamann (1877-1956) Lerone Bennett, Jr. (1928-   ) D. C. Berry (1942-   ) Jason Berry (1949-   ) Samuel Newton Berryhill (1832-1877) Patti Carr Black (1934-   ) Albert Taylor Bledsoe (1809-1877) Patricia Boatner (1936-   ) Maxwell Bodenheim (1892-1954) Sherwood Bonner (1849-1883) Joseph Bosco (1948-   ) Theodore Bozeman (1955-   ) Charles Braxton (1961-   ) besmilr brigham (1923-   ) Virgia Brocks-Shedd (1943-   ) Jonathan Henderson Brooks (1905-1945) Isabella M. Brown (1917-   ) Larry Brown (1951-2004) Jill Conner Browne Jimmy Buffett (1946-   ) Nash K. Burger (1908-1996) Charles Burnett (1944-   ) Carl Burnham William Burt (1950-   ) Jack Butler (1944-   ) C: Price Caldwell (1940-   ) Will Davis Campbell (1924-2013) Robert Canzoneri (1925-   ) Charlotte Capers (1913-1996) Anne Carsley (1935-   ) William Hodding Carter, II (1907-1972) Turner Cassity (1929-   ) [William] Turner Catledge (1901-1983) Henry Tim Chambers: See Henry Tim Elliot Chaze (1915-   ) Sung Gay Chow (1947-   ) Craig Claiborne (1920-   ) J.F.H. Claiborne (1807-1884) Thomas D. Clark (1903-   ) Cecile Brown Clement (1932-   ) Jerry Clower (1926-1998) Joseph Beckham Cobb (1819-1858) David Lewis Cohn (1897-1960) Edward Cohen (1948-    ) Danny Collum (1954-   ) Paul Conklin (1929-   ) Willie Cook (1929-   ) Wyatt Cooper (1927-1978) Carol Cox (1946-   ) Hubert Creekmore (1907-1966) Patrick Creevy (1947-   ) John Crews (1926-   ) Jack Crocker (1940-   ) Mart Crowley (1935-   ) D: Henry Dalton (1909-   ) Rosalie Burkes Daniels (1944-   ) Jean Davidson (1947-   ) David Davis (1948-    ) Reuben Davis (1813-1890) Reuben G. Davis (1889-1966) Borden Deal (1922-1985) Margaret-Love Denman (1940-     ) Harris Dickson (1868-1946) Louisa Dixon (1950-    ) Louis Dollarhide (1918-    ) David Herbert Donald (1920-   ) L. C. Dorsey (1938-   ) Ellen Douglas (1921-   ) Wylene Dunbar	E: Charles East (1924-   ) Lehman Engel (1910-1982) Barbara Ensrud (1939-   ) Sybil Pittman Estess (1942-   ) Charles Evers (1922-   ) Medgar Evers (1925-1963) Myrlie Evers-Williams (1933-   ) F: Murry C. Falkner (1899-1975) William Clark Falkner (1826-1889) Winifred Farrar Jimmy Faulkner (1923-2001) John Faulkner (1901-1963) William Faulkner (1897-1962) Claire T. Feild (1946-     ) Jack Fenwick (1911-   ) William R. Ferris (1942-    ) Bill Fitzhugh (1957-    ) Shelby Foote (1916-2005) Charles Henri Ford (1913-    ) Richard Ford (1944-    ) Ruth Ford (1920-    ) James Forman (1928-    ) Jim Fraiser Malcolm Franklin (1923-1977) John P. Freeman (1942-    ) Richard Freis (1939-    ) G: Frances Gaither (1889-1955) David Galef (1959-   ) Ellen Gilchrist (1935-   ) Alice Walworth Graham (1905-   ) Edwin Granberry (1897-   ) Sid Graves (1946-   ) Douglas Gray (1948-   ) Walt Grayson John Grisham (1955-   ) David Edgar Guyton (1880-1964) H: Carolyn Haines (1953-    ) Loyle Hairston (1926-   ) Martha Lacy Hall (1923-   ) William C. Hall (1819-1865) Robert Hamblin (1938-   ) Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) Barry Hannah (1942-2010) Phyllis Harper (1933-   ) Evans Harrington (1925-1997) Charlaine Harris (1951-   ) Thomas Harris (1940-   ) Rabiul Hasan Brooks Haxton (1950-   ) Josephine Ayres Haxton: See Ellen Douglas Martin Hegwood Beth Henley (1952-   ) Jim Henson (1936-1990) Robert Herring (1938-   ) Jay Higginbotham (1937-    ) Sylvia Higginbotham Rebecca Hill (1944-   ) Jere Hoar (1929-   ) Kenneth Holditch (1933-   ) Endesha Ida Mae Holland (1944-   ) Joyce Hollingsworth-Barkley (1929-   ) M. Carl Holman (1919-   ) Rebecca Hood-Adams (1949-   ) Lisa Howorth (1951-   ) T. R. Hummer (1950-   ) James Hughes (1957-   ) I: Greg Iles Prentiss Ingraham (1843-1904) Robert Ivy (1947-   ) J: Angela Jackson (1951-   ) Aurolyn Charise Jacobs (1957-   ) Joan Johnson (1953-   ) Larry Johnson (1945-   ) Shirley Jean Johnson Michael Johnston Emory Davis Jones (1944-   ) Laurence C. Jones (1882-1975) Winthrop Jordan (1931-   ) K: Belle Kearney (1863-1939) Bern Keating (1915-   ) Don Lee Keith (1940-   ) Randall Kenan Margaret Kent (1941-   ) J. Gregory Keyes William Edward Kimbrough (1918-   ) Edwin King (1936-   ) Etheridge Knight (1931-1991) Philip C. Kolin
L-M	N-R
L: Joyce A. Ladner (1943-    ) L.Q.C. Lamar (1825-1893) Margaret Morgan Lawrence (1914-   ) Muna Lee (1895-1965) Henry Clay Lewis (1825-1850) Sinclair O. Lewis (1930-   ) Anne S. Lipscomb John Little (1939-   ) Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790-1870) Perrin Holmes Lowery Rosewell Graves Lowrey (1895-1979) Beverly Lowry (1938-   ) John Roy Lynch (1847-1939) Richard Lyons (1951-   ) M: Dumas Malone (1892-1986) Walter Malone (1866-1915) Florence Mars (1923-   ) John F. Marszalek (1939-    ) Katherine Sherwood Bonner McDowell: See Sherwood Bonner Robert McElvaine (1947-   ) Neil McGaughey Thomas [Tom] McHaney (1936-   ) Rollie McKenna (1918-   ) Alexander G. McNutt (1802?-1848) James Meredith (1933-   ) Birthalene Miller William Mills (1935-   ) Karen Mitchell (1955-   ) Margaree King Mitchell (1953-   ) Anne Moody (1940-   ) Bess Miller Moore: See besmilr brigham Charles Moorman (1925-   ) Berry Morgan (1919-2002) Willie Morris (1934-1999) Jane Mullen (1948-   ) Gary Myers (1950-   )	N: Sandra Napier-Dyess (1954-   ) Jack Nelson (1929-   ) Eliza Jane Poitevant Nicholson: See Pearl Rivers (1849-1896) John Nixon, Jr. (1924-   ) Lewis Nordan (1939-2012) Gloria Norris (1937-   ) O: Howard Washington Odum (1884-1954) John O’Neal Stephen Owen (1946-   ) P: Patsy Clark Pace (1929-   ) Linda Peavy (1943-   ) Walker Percy (1916-1990) William Alexander Percy (1885-1942) Thomas Hal Phillips (1922-   ) Erin Clayton Pitner (1921-   ) Sterling D. Plumpp (1940-   ) Noel Polk (1943-   ) Margaret Porter (1949-   ) Walter F. “Jack” Pratt, Jr. (1946-   ) Samuel Prestridge (1952-   ) Susan Prospere (1952-   ) Q: R: William Raspberry (1935-2012) Roosevelt Richards Shannon Riley (1941-   ) Pearl Rivers (1849-1896) Mary Robison (1949-   ) Lavine Rogers (1929-   ) Charlemae Rollins (1897-1979) Jessie Rosenberg: See Jessie Schell Paul Ruffin (1941-   ) Irwin Russell (1853-1879)
S-U	V-Z
S: Velma Sanders (1912-1979) Robert Sargent (1912-   ) Brenda E. Sartoris (1940-   ) James R. Scafidel (1942-   ) Jessie Schell (1941-   ) Don Schueler (1929-   ) James Seay (1939-   ) Larry Semon (1889-1928) Jean-Marc Sens (1959-   ) Kevin Sessums (1957-   ) Dorothy Sample Shawhan (1942-   ) Cynthia Shearer (1955-   ) Aleda Shirley (1955-   ) James W. Silver (1907-   ) J. Edgar Simmons (1921-1979) Jes Simmons (1954-   ) Ann Odene Smith (1926-   ) Frank Smith (1918-   ) Patrick D. Smith (1927-   ) Elizabeth Spencer (1921-   ) Sue C. Spigner (1939-   ) Frank Stanford (1949-1978) Stuart Stevens (1952-   ) John Stone (1936-    ) James Howell Street (1903-1954) Marty Stuart (1958-     ) Chester Sullivan (1939-   ) Clayton Sullivan (1930-    ) Otha Richard Sullivan (1941-    ) William Sullivan (1942-   ) Cid Ricketts Sumner (1890-1970) Glenn Robert Swetman (1936-   ) T: Donna Tartt (1963-   ) Clifton L. Taulbert (1945-   ) Mildred D. Taylor (1943-   ) Madison Tensas: See Henry Clay Lewis George Thatcher (1922-    ) Julius Thompson (1946-   ) Phillip Thompson (1962-    ) Carolyn Thornton Henry Tim [Chambers] (1903-   ) Mildred Spurrier Topp (1897-1963) Frank Trippett (1926-1998) Mary J. Turner: See Shannon Riley Glennray Tutor (1950-   ) Dorothy Twiss (1928-   ) U:	V: Ovid Vickers (1930- ) Danny Von Kanel (1955- ) W: Margaret Walker: See Margaret Walker Alexander Luke Wallin (1943-   ) Jerry Ward (1943-   ) Catherine Ann Warfield (1816-1877) Nagueyalti Warren (1947-   ) Benjamin Franklin Wasson (1899-1982) Nayo-Barbara Malcolm Watkins (1940-   ) Brad Watson Harold W. Webster, Jr. Sheldon B. Webster (1944-    ) Dean Faulkner Wells (1936-   ) Ida Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) Lawrence Wells (1941-   ) Eudora Welty (1909-2001) John Milton Wesley (1948-   ) James Whitehead (1936-2003) Ben Ames Williams (1889-1953) Benjamin Williams (1947-   ) Joan Williams (1928-2004) John A[lfred] Williams (1925-   ) Otis Williams (1939-1997) Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) Wirt Alfred Williams (1921-1986) Austin Wilson (1943-   ) Charles Wilson (1939-    ) Charles Reagan Wilson (1948-   ) Oprah Winfrey Richard Wright (1908-1960) X: Y: Steve Yarbrough (1956-    ) Gayle Graham Yates (1940-   ) Al Young (1939-   ) Billie Jean Young (1947-    ) Stark Young (1881-1963) Z: Zig Ziglar Ahmos Zu-Bolton II (1935-   )

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