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Famous Marylanders: Writers, Authors, Journalists, Novelists, Playrights, Poets

• Baker, Russell (writer)
• Russell Baker
  Russell Baker was born in Loudoun County, Virginia. After graduating from Johns Hopkins University with a degree in English he worked as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun.
• Barth, John (1930- )(novelist)
• John Barth : American Literature on The Web
  John Barth (1930- ), a native of Maryland,  is one of the most influential authors of the second half of the twentieth century.
• John Barth - from the Heath Anthology
  John Barth was born in Cambridge, a small “southern” town on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
• Bell, Madison Smartt (writer)
• Madison Smartt Bell
  Born and raised in Tennessee, he has lived in New York and in London and now lives in Baltimore, Maryland.  He has taught in various creative writing programs, including the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars. Since 1984 he has taught the Goucher College Creative Program, where he is currently Writer In Residence,
along with his wife, the poet Elizabeth Spires.
• Madison Smartt Bell (his homepage)
• Branch, Taylor (writer)
• Taylor Branch
  A Pulitzer prize winning writer who lived in Maryland at least untill 1989. Parting the Waters established Taylor Branch as a national authority on America's civil rights movement.
• Buckholtz, Eileen (writer)
• Eileen Buckholtz
  Eileen Buckholtz is a Maryland writer with over forty mystery, suspense, romantic suspense, romance, young adult, and children's books to her credit. For many years, she collaborated with Ruth Glick as Rebecca York on the popular 43 Light St. Series for Harlequin Intrigue.
• Cain, James M. (writer)
• Cain, James M.
  James M. Cain (1892-1977) was born in Annapolis and  was raised in Chestertown, Maryland. He was a fiction writer. He was a familiar figure on the College Park campus.
• Cain Electronic Exhibit
• James M. Cain
• Carson, Rachel (1907-1964)(writer, scientist, ecologist)
• Rachel Carson
  Carson  was born in Pennsylvania and lived much of her life in Maryland.  Her 1962 book Silent Spring, about the long term effects of pesticides, helped launch the modern environmental movement.
• Cefaly, Audrey (playright)
• Audrey Cefaly
  is the acclaimed author of "fin & euba" and other works for the theater.
• Cherry, Lynne (author, illustrator)
• Lynne Cherry
  is the author and/or illustrator of over thirty award-winning books for children. Her best-selling books such as The Great Kapok Tree and A River Ran Wild teach children to respect the earth. Lynne Cherry hopes to get children excited about the prospect of exploring nature so that they will go outside and explore the natural world. Her books are a good start for getting kids interested in nature.
• Clancy, Tom (1947- ) (novelist)
• Tom Clancy
  Thomas L. Clancy Jr. was an insurance broker in Maryland, passionately fond of naval history; but, in 1984, everything changes: his first book is published, The Hunt for Red October.
• Clifton, Lucille (1936- ) (poet)
• Lucille Clifton
  Lucille Clifton was born in Depew, New York, in 1936. She has published nine books of poetry. She has served as Poet Laureate for the State of Maryland and is currently Distinguished Professor of Humanities at St. Mary's College of Maryland.
• Lucille Clifton
  This brief page includes several of Clifton's poems along with summaries and commentaries.
• Cockey, Tim (mystery writer)
• Tim Cockey
  award winning writer of humorous mysteries.
• Collier, Michael (1953- ) (poet)
• Michael Collier, Poet Laureate
  Michael Collier, a Catonsville poet who directs the creative writing program at the University of Maryland, College Park, was sworn in as the state's poet laureate on April 17, 2001.
• Michael Collier
  A short biography of Michael Collier, Maryland's Poet Laureate, 2001-
• Douglass, Frederick (author/editor)
• Frederick Douglass:  "Abolitionist/Editor"
  A biography of Douglass written by Sandra Thomas.
• Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
  The Douglass home in Washington D.C. is a museum operated by the National Park Service.  This web site includes biographical information about Douglass, the museum and its collections, plus links to other sites of related interest.
• Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896 - 1940) (author)
• F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary
  Information about the life and writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald.  From the University of South Carolina.
• Find a Grave
  F. Scott Fitzgerald is burried in St. Mary's Cemetery in Rockville, Maryland.
• Flint, Roland (1934- ) (poet)
• Poet Laureate, Roland Flint
  Roland Flint was named Poet Laureate of Maryland by the Governor in September 1995 . A nationally recognized poet, Dr. Flint has been a professor of English at Georgetown University since 1981. Dr. Flint lives in Kensington, Maryland.
• Roland Flint

Covers a short biography and a picture of him.
• Glick, Ruth (writer)
• Rebecca York Biography
  Ruth Glick is a Maryland writer with over ninety mystery, suspense, romantic suspense, romance, young adult, and children's books to her credit. She writes the popular and long-running 43 Light Street Series (set in Maryland) for Harlequin Intrigue, using the pseudonym Rebecca York.
• Gresham, William Lindsay (1909-1962) (writer)
• William LindsayGresham

William Lindsay Gresham was born in Baltimore in 1909, "the descendant of a family that settled in Maryland in 1641," according to the promotional copy on the back of the paperback edition of Nightmare Alley.
• Hammett, Dashiell (1894-1961) (crime/mystery writers)
• Dashiell Hammett
  Dashiell Hammett was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland, on May 27th, 1894. He became a detective in 1915 when he joined the Baltimore branch of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, housed in the Continental Building.
• Hammett, Dashiell
  Extensive site that includes biographical information about Hammett and an extensive bibliographic essay about his works.
• Hard-boiled Maryland:  Hammett, Cain, Gresham, Pelecanos
  An "electronic exhibit" about four Maryland authors of crime/mystery writing.  Includes a biography of Hammett.  Prepared by the University of Maryland at College Park.
• Harper, Frances E. W. (1825-1911) (Author, Orator, Social Reformer)
• Frances E. W. Harper
  Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born in Baltimore, MD. She taught school before beginning her travels lecturing on and for a variety of causes, chief among them the abolition of slavery.
• Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
  Harper was, by far, the most popular poet of her time. Her poetry reflected her views on the abolition of slavery, women's rights and other social ills of her era.
• Harris, Reginald (poet)
• Reginald Harris
  is a past recipient of Individual Artist Awards for both poetry and fiction from the Maryland State Arts Council, he was a finalist for the 2000 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize and winner of the POZ Magazine/Artery Rage and Remembrance 2001 Literary Contest. His work has appeared in the anthologies Brown Sugar, Bum Rush the Page, Role Call, and Black Silk, as well as numerous literary magazines.
• Jacobsen, Josephine (poet/writer)
• Josephine Jacobsen
  She was born on 1908, in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, and presently living in Maryland.
• Johnson, Mendal William (1928- 1976) (novelist)
• Mendal W Johnson : Let's Go Play Adams'
  An Annapolis--based novelists.
• Kamenetz, Rodger (writer)
• Rodger Kamenetz
  Rodger Kamenetz--poet, essayist, and religious thinker--is the author of eight books including The Jew in the Lotus and The Missing Jew: New and Selected Poems.
• Leese, Jennifer LB (writer)
• It's Only Ink : Official Webpage for Author Jennifer LB Leese
  She is a published author of several children’s fiction books, one young adult fantasy book, and a paranormal romance novel. Leese lives in Maryland with her husband and her three children.
• Laura, Lippman (writer)
• Letter From Laura
  When she was just 2 , her family first moved to the Washington D.C. suburbs, then to Baltimore in 1965, where her father took a job as an editorial writer at The Sun. She is working as a journalist for Baltimore Sun as well.
• Mencken, H.L.(Henry Louis:1880-1956) (journalist/author/critic)
• The Mencken Collection:  Julia Rogers Library, Goucher College
  This bibliography of materials by and about Mencken was prepared by Katherine S. Boude.
• The Mencken Society Home Page
• Biographical and other information about Mencken, as well as information about the Baltimore-based Society.
• Michener, James Albert (1907-1997) (writer)
• James A. Michener
  Contains biography, profile and interviews with the author. By the Academy of Achievement
• James A(lbert) Michener (1907-1997)
  American novelist, essayist, and travel book writer.
• James A. Michener Special Collection, Maryland Series
  After Mr. Michener's death, eight linear feet of Michener materials from the Talbot County Free Library in Easton, Maryland, were brought to the University of Northern Colorado Libraries in Greeley. They became the "Maryland Series" of the James A. Michener Special Collection.
• Nash, Ogden (1902-1971) (poet)
• Ogden Nash
  Nash, who is famous for his humorous poetry, lived most of his life in Baltimore.
• Ogden Nash Online
  The largest & most popular online collection of poetry by Ogden Nash!
• A Tribute to the Poet, Ogden Nash
  Includes his selected poems.
• O'Hara, Frank (1926-1966) (poet)
• Frank O'Hara
  Born in Baltimore.
• Pastan, Linda  (poet)
• Linda Pastan
  Maryland poet laureate 1991-1994.
• Pelecanos, George P. (1957- ) (writer)
• George Pelecanos
  Pelecanos was born in Washington, D.C. in 1957. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland at College Park. As a modern crime fiction author, Pelecanos is very much a descendant of the hard-boiled and noir schools. All of his novels take place in Washington, D.C. and in the Maryland and Virginia suburbs
• Pelecanos Electronic Exhibit
  Covers an exhibition of his works.
• Peters, Tom (1942- ) (author, management consultant)
• Tom Peter's Official Homepage
  Tom Peters is an author and management consultant who was born and grew up in the Baltimore area.
• Poe, Edgar Allen (1809- 1849) (poet)
• Poe, Edgar Allan ( biography)
  Poe, born in Boston, Jan. 19, 1809, died Oct. 7, 1849 in Baltimore, deserves more credit than any other writer for the transformation of the short story from anecdote to art.
• Edgar Allan Poe
  From the Internet Public Library, includes poe's literary criticism.
• The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
  Covers information about Poe in Baltimore, the works of Edgar Allan Poe,a Selection of lectures and articles on Poe , and a subject index.
• Knowing Poe : The Literature, Life and Times of Edgar Allen Poe
  Maryland Public Television has brought one of Baltimore's most famous writers to life with a media-rich electronic field trip about the literature and life of Edgar Allan Poe.
• A Poe Webliography
  Edgar Allan Poe on the Internet
• The Mysterious Home Page, Specific authors: Edgar Allan Poe
• Rich, Adrienne (1929- ) (poet and author)
• Adrienne Rich
  Adrienne Rich was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1929. She is the author of nearly twenty volumes of poetry, including the latest, Fox: Poems 1998-2000.
• Roberts, Nora (novelist)
• Nora Roberts
  She was born in Silver Spring, Maryland. She now lives in Keedysville, Maryland with her husband.
• Nora Roberts
  A Conversation With Nora Roberts by Claire E. White
• Shapiro, Karl (1913- )(poet)
• Karl Shapiro
  He was born in 1913 in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied at the University of Virginia, 1932-33, and Johns Hopkins, 1937-39, and attended Enoch Pratt Library School, 1940.
• Correspondence Between Karl J. Shapiro, American Poet and Literary Critic and Francis C. Rosenberger.
  On these pages you will find digitized letters from the correspondence between Karl Shapiro and Francis C. Rosenberger, 1940-1957, biographical information, photographs of the poets, and you can also listen to Karl Shapiro reading a piece of his poetry.
• Siegel, Eli (1902-1987)(poet, critic, philosopher, educator)
• Biographical Sketch of Eli Siegel from the Idaho Senior News
  Eli Siegel (1902-1978), poet, critic, philosopher, educator, grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1925 his "Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana" won the esteemed Nation Poetry Prize.
• Eli Siegel Collection
  Links to poems by the founder of Aesthetic Realism, Eli Siegel; links to critics who tell how they see his work; and finally, to essays and lectures about the Aesthetic Realism understanding of poetry.
• Spires,  Elizabeth (poet)
  Faculty at Goucher College, married to Bell.
• Tyler, Anne  (1941- )(writer)
• Anne Tyler
  This Pulitzer prize winning, American novelist, was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in North Carolina. She has lived in  Baltimore, Maryland since 1965.
• Uris, Leon (1924- )(writer)
• Leon Uris
  Leon Marcus Uris was born on August 3rd 1924 in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Vazirani, Reetika (1962- )(poet)
• Reetika Vazirani
  was born in India in 1962, emigrated to the United States in 1968, and raised in Maryland.
• Reetika Vazirani
• Voigt, Cynthia (1942- )(writer)
• Cynthia Voigt
  Voigt was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Connecticut.  For many years, she lived in Maryland and taught school, and now she lives in Maine.
• Cynthia Voigt
• Weaver, Afaa M. (1951- ) (poet)
• Afaa M. Weaver
  Afaa M. Weaver, formerly known as Michael S. Weaver, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1951. He is a published poet.
• Whitemore, Reed (poet)
  • Reed Whitemore
    was Maryland's poet laureate from  1986-1991.

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