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writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms.
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Biographers are authors who write an account of another person's life, while autobiographers are authors who write their own biography.
..... Click the link for more information. This list of Buddhist writers lists people who write about Buddhism. The topic can be more varied than might be expected, however, since Buddhism often discusses everything from deep psychoanalysis, to the right frame of mind when washing dishes.
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Business theorists:
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- David A. Aaker - marketing strategy (1980s)
- Derek Abell - marketing strategy (1980s)
- Russell L.
..... Click the link for more information. This is a list of important children's literature authors and their most famous works. For a discussion of the criteria used to define something as a work of children's literature, see children's literature.
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William F. Buckley, Jr. – Conservative, Anglophile founder of National Review; author of God and Man at Yale.
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Detective fiction authors. Many of these authors may also overlap with authors of crime fiction, mystery fiction, or thriller fiction.
- Margery Allingham, (1904-1966)
- Frank Arnau, (1894 - 1976) (pseudonym of Heinrich Schmitt)
- E.C.
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This is a chronological list of women playwrights who were active in the United Kingdom before approximately 1800, with a brief indication of productivity. (NB.
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- Jean Adams (1704-1765)
- Lucy Aikin (1781-1864)
- Mary Alcock (c.1742-1798)
- Elizabeth Amherst (c.1716-1779)
- Anne Askew (1521-1546)
- Mary Astell (1666-1731)
- Penelope Aubin (c.
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- Kingsley Amis (1922–1995, United Kingdom)
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Genre studies ..... Click the link for more information. Folkloristics is the formal academic study of folklore such as fairy tales and mythology in oral or non-literary traditions. It makes use of such methods as the Aarne-Thompson classification system or the morphology devised for Russian tales by Vladimir Propp.
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“Historians” redirects here. For the actual profession, see Historian.
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This is a list of some (not all) notable writers in the horror fiction genre.
Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres, especially fantasy and science fiction, and some of the best authors are missing from the list.
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A humorist is a person who writes or performs humorous material. The material written and/or performed by humorists tends to be more subtle and cerebral than the material created by stand-up comedians and comedy writers.
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This is an alphabetical list of illustrators.
It may never be fully completed or, depending on its its nature, it may be that it can never be completed. However, new and revised entries in the list are always welcome.
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- Mitsuru Adachi (あだち 充)
- Yu Aida (相田 裕)
- Koji Aihara (相原 コージ)
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- Alina Adams
- Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, (pseudonyms Carolyn Keene, Franklin W.
..... Click the link for more information. Technical writers are professional writers who design, create, maintain and update many types of technical documentation, online help, user guides, white papers, design specifications, and other documents. Sometimes, a field engineer may need to be a technical writer, as well.
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The term
non-fiction author encompasses a vast number of fields and individuals. This list includes authors who primarily have written non-fiction books for publication.
For more specific lists see:
- List of biographers
- List of critics
- List of essayists
..... Click the link for more information. Isak Dinesen), author of Seven Gothic Tales (1934), Out of Africa (1937) - Peter Høeg
- Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (1873–1950), Nobel Prize for Literature (1944)
- Peter Kjærulff (1946– )
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- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa
- Albertus Magnus
- Marcus Allen
- Luis Alvarado
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..... Click the link for more information. This is a list of poets. People on this list should have articles of their own, and should meet the for their poetry. Please place names on the list only if there is a real and existing article on the poet.
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The following people are authors of writings on political subjects:
- Andrej Amalrik
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
- Harry Browne (1933–2006)
..... Click the link for more information. This is a list of individuals that design role-playing games, including live-action role-playing games but excluding computer and console games. Artists are listed separately on the annotated List of role-playing game artists.
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± This is a list of published novelists who specialise or specialised in writing romance novels.
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