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This is a list of San Francisco Bay Area writers, notable writers who have lived in, or written about, the San Francisco Bay Area. __NOTOC__


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Chester Aaron Chester Aaron (May 9, 1923 – August 30, 2019) was an American writer. Early life and education He was born in Butler, Pennsylvania to Albert and Celia (Charleson) Aaron. He attended the following schools: Butler Senior High School, UCLA, UC ...
(May 9, 1923 – August 30, 2019) ''An American Ghost'' * Scott Adams (June 8, 1957 – ) '' Dilbert'' * Kim Addonizio (July 31, 1954 – ) ''My Dreams Out in the Street'' *
Laura Albert Laura Victoria Albert (born November 2, 1965) is an American author who invented the literary persona JT LeRoy, whom Albert described as an "avatar." She published various works of purportedly autobiographical fiction under the LeRoy name bef ...
(November 2, 1965 – ) '' The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things'' *
David M. Alexander David M. Alexander, born in 1945 in upstate New York, is a writer of science fiction and mysteries who now lives in Palo Alto, California. Novels published under his own name are ''The Chocolate Spy'', ''Fane'', and ''My Real Name Is Lisa''. ...
(1945 – ) ''My Real Name Is Lisa'' * Isabel Allende (August 2, 1942 – ) '' The House of the Spirits'' *
Dorothy Allison Dorothy Allison (born April 11, 1949) is an American writer from South Carolina whose writing focuses on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism and lesbianism. She is a self-identified lesbian femme. Allison has won a number of a ...
(April 11, 1949 – ) '' Bastard out of Carolina'' *
Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders is an American writer and commentator. She has written several novels, published magazines and websites, and hosted podcasts. In 2005, she received the Lambda Literary Award for work in the transgender category, and in 2009, t ...
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Brent Anderson Brent Anderson may refer to: * Brent Anderson (comics) (born 1955), American comics artist * Brent Anderson (singer) Brent Anderson (born in Pascagoula, Mississippi) is an American country music singer. He has charted on Hot Country Songs with t ...
(June 15, 1955 – ) '' Astro City'' series * Robert Mailer Anderson, ''Boonville'', ''The Adventures of Teddy Ballgame'',
Windows on the World Windows on the World was a complex of dining, meeting, and entertainment venues on the top floors (106th and 107th) of the North Tower (Building One) of the original World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan. It included a restaurant called ...
* Sarah Andrews, ''An Eye For Gold'' *
Maya Angelou Maya Angelou ( ; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and ...
(April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ''I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'' is a 1969 autobiography describing the young and early years of American writer and poet Maya Angelou. The first in a seven-volume series, it is a coming-of-age story that illustrates how strength of char ...
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Tamim Ansary Mir Tamim Ansary (born November 4, 1948, in Kabul, Afghanistan) is an Afghan American, Afghan-American author and public speaker. He is the author of ''Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes'', ''West of Kabul, East of New ...
(November 4, 1948 – ) ''West of Kabul, East of New York''


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Natalie Baszile ''Queen Sugar'' is the debut novel of American writer Natalie Baszile, published by Penguin in 2014. Set in contemporary Louisiana, it tells the story of Charley Bordelon, a young African-American divorcee from Los Angeles who moves to a rural t ...
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Peter S. Beagle Peter Soyer Beagle (born April 20, 1939) is an American novelist and screenwriter, especially of fantasy fiction. His best-known work is ''The Last Unicorn'' (1968), a fantasy novel he wrote in his twenties, which ''Locus'' subscribers voted the ...
(April 20, 1939 – ) '' The Last Unicorn'' *
John Bear John Bear may refer to: *John Bear (educator), American author and educator *John Bear (snooker player) John Norman Bear (8 August 1944 – 17 March 2007) was a Canadian professional snooker player. Career Born in Kinistino, Saskatchewan ...
(1938 – ) ''Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning'' *
Dodie Bellamy Dodie Bellamy (born 1951) is an American novelist, nonfiction author, journalist, educator and editor. Her book, ''Cunt-Ups'' (2001) won the 2002 Firecracker Alternative Book Award. Her work is frequently associated with that of the New Narrativ ...
, ''Pink Steam'' * Hester A. Benedict (1838-1921), president,
Pacific Coast Women's Press Association Pacific Coast Women's Press Association (PCWPA; September 27, 1890 - 1941) was a press organization for women located on the West Coast of the United States. Discussions were not permitted regarding politics, religion, or reform. The members of the ...
* Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) * Terry Bisson (February 12, 1942 – ) " They're Made Out of Meat" *
Vance Bourjaily Vance Nye Bourjaily (September 17, 1922 – August 31, 2010) was an American novelist, playwright, journalist, creative writing teacher, and essayist.T. Rees Shapirofrom ''The Washington Post'', September 4, 2010. Life Bourjaily was born in Clev ...
(September 17, 1922 – August 31, 2010) ''Brill Among the Ruins'' *
Steven R. Boyett Steven R. Boyett, also known as DJ Steve Boyett, is a writer and disc jockey based in Northern California. Early work Boyett sold his first novel, ''Ariel'', at the age of 21, and went on to publish ''The Architect of Sleep'', ''The Gnole'' (wit ...
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Kate Braverman Kate Braverman (February 5, 1949 – October 12, 2019) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. Los Angeles is the focus for much of her writing. Biography Kate Braverman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1949. ...
(February 5, 1949 – October 12, 2019) "Squandering the Blue" * Genea Brice Poet laureate of Vallejo, California * Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849 – April 11, 1926) ''How Plants are Trained to Work for Man''


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* Patrick Califia (1954 – ) ''Speaking Sex to Power'' * Ethan Canin (July 19, 1960 – ) ''
For Kings and Planets ''For Kings and Planets'' is a 1999 novel by Ethan Canin. Plot The story centers around the friendship of two college students at Columbia University and follows them from their freshman year in 1974 to their adult lives in the late 1990s. Orno i ...
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Gail Carriger Gail Carriger is the pen name of Tofa Borregaard, an author of steampunk fiction and an American archaeologist. She was born in Bolinas, an unincorporated community in Marin County, California, and attended high school at Marin Academy. She ...
(May 4, 1976 – ) ''
Soulless Soulless may refer to: * Soulless (gene), a historic name for PHOX2A, a human transcription factor * ''Soulless'' (film), a 2012 film * ''Soulless'' (album), a 1994 album by metal band Grave * ''Soulless'' (novel), a 2009 steampunk novel by Gail Ca ...
'' * Michael Chabon (May 24, 1963 – ) '' The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay'' *
Meg Waite Clayton Meg Waite Clayton (born January 1, 1959 in Washington, D.C.) is an American novelist. Biography A graduate of University of Michigan Law School, Clayton also earned bachelor's degrees in History and Psychology from the University of Michigan. ...
(January 1, 1959 – ) ''The Last Train to London'', ''The Race for Paris'', ''The Wednesday Sisters'' * Andy Couturier (June 3, 1964 – ) ''The Abundance of Less'' * Belo Cipriani (June 21, 1980 – ) ''Blind: A Memoir'' *
Ann Weiser Cornell Ann Weiser Cornell (born Ann Weiser on October 6, 1949) is an American author, educator, and worldwide authority on Focusing, the self-inquiry psychotherapeutic technique developed by Eugene Gendlin.Kirschner, Ellen"FOCUS ON: Ann Weiser Cornell". ...
(1949 – ) ''The Power of Focusing''


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* Avram Davidson (April 23, 1923 – May 8, 1993) ''
The Scarlet Fig ''The Scarlet Fig: or, Slowly through a Land of Stone'', is a fantasy novel written by American writer Avram Davidson, edited by Grania Davis and Henry Wessells, published in hardcover by Rose Press in 2005. An ebook edition was published by Prolo ...
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Kyra Davis Kyra Davis (born August 23, 1972) is an American novelist. She is best known for her ''Just One Night'' trilogy and the ''Sophie Katz'' mystery series. In 2013 Anonymous Content optioned Davis' ''Just One Night'' trilogy with the intent to develo ...
, ''Sex, Murder and a Double Latte'' *
Tiffanie DeBartolo Tiffanie DeBartolo (born November 27, 1970) is an American novelist, filmmaker, co-founder of the independent record label Bright Antenna, and co-founder of The ShineMaker Foundation. Tiffanie has written three novels: ''God-Shaped Hole,'' ''Ho ...
(November 27, 1970 – ) ''How To Kill a Rock Star'', ''Dream for an Insomniac'' *
Alonzo Delano Alonzo Delano (July 2, 1806 - September 8, 1874), who went by the pen name "Old Block", was an American humorist, pioneer town city father, and a California Gold Rush Forty-niner. Delano's sketches of gold rush camp life rivaled Bret Harte and ...
(July 2, 1806 – September 8, 1874) ''On the Trail to the California Gold Rush'' * Diane di Prima (August 6, 1934 – October 25, 2020) ''Loba'' * N. A. Diaman (November 1, 1936 – November 8, 2020) ''Castro Street Memories'' *
Philip K. Dick Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928March 2, 1982), often referred to by his initials PKD, was an American science fiction writer. He wrote 44 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his l ...
(December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982) '' Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'' * Greg Downs (November 22, 1971 – ) ''Spit Baths'' *
Howard Dully Howard Dully (born November 30, 1948) is one of the youngest recipients and survivors of the transorbital lobotomy, a procedure performed on him when he was 12 years old. Dully received international attention in 2005, following the broadcasting ...
(November 30, 1948 – ) ''My Lobotomy'' * Robert Duncan (January 7, 1919 – February 3, 1988) ''The Opening of the Field'', ''Bending the Bow''


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Dossie Easton Dorothy "Dossie" Easton (born February 26, 1944), who has also written under the name Scarlet Woman, is an American author and family therapist based in San Francisco, California. She is polyamorous and lives in West Marin, California. Backgro ...
(February 26, 1944 – ) ''The Ethical Slut'' * Dave Eggers (March 12, 1970 – ) '' A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius'', '' You Shall Know Our Velocity'' *
Duane Elgin Duane Elgin (born 1943) is an American author, speaker, educator, consultant, and media activist. Early life and education Duane Elgin grew up near Wilder, Idaho. He attended the Sorbonne in Paris for one semester in 1963 and earned a Bachelor o ...
(1943 – ) ''Voluntary Simplicity'' * Stephen Elliott (December 3, 1971 – ) ''
Happy Baby ''Happy Baby'' is a 2004 novel by Stephen Elliott. The book was a finalist for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. Plot Theo is addicted to sadomasochism. He insists on being hurt - whether by one he loves or by a profes ...
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* Lawrence Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021) ''
A Coney Island of the Mind ''A Coney Island of the Mind'' is a collection of poetry by Lawrence Ferlinghetti originally published in 1958. It contains some of Ferlinghetti’s most famous poems, such as “I Am Waiting” and “Junkman's Obbligato”, which were created f ...
'' * Timothy Ferris (August 29, 1944 – ) ''The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe(s) Report'' * Karen Joy Fowler (February 7, 1950 – ) '' The Jane Austen Book Club'' * Soma Mei Sheng Frazier *
Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost (March26, 1874January29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in the United States. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloq ...
(March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) " Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"


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* Michelle Gagnon (July 4, 1971 – ) ''Don't Turn Around'' * Cristina Garcia, ''Dreaming in Cuban''; ''The Aguero Sisters''; ''King of Cuba'' * Erle Stanley Gardner (July 17, 1889 – March 11, 1970) Perry Mason novels * Eric Garris (December 1953 – ) * Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) "
Howl Howl most often refers to: *Howling, an animal vocalization in many canine species *Howl (poem), a 1956 poem by Allen Ginsberg Howl may also refer to: Film * ''The Howl'', a 1970 Italian film * ''Howl'' (2010 film), a 2010 American arthouse b ...
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Robert Gluck Robert Gluck (born 1955) is a writer, educator, rabbi, pianist and composer whose repertoire spans jazz, live electronic music, and avant-garde music. Bob Gluck is currently an Associate Professor for the Department of Music at The University at ...
(February 2, 1947 –) ''Jack the Modernist'', '' Margery Kempe'' *
Herbert Gold Herbert Gold (born March 9, 1924) is an American novelist. Early life Gold was born on March 9, 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio, in to a Russian Jewish family. His parents were Samuel S. and Frieda (Frankel) Gold. His father ran a fruit store and later a ...
(March 9, 1924 – ) ''Birth of a Hero'' * Lisa Goldstein (November 21, 1953 – ) ''
The Red Magician ''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speak ...
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Daphne Gottlieb Daphne Gottlieb is a San Francisco-based performance poet. She is the winner of the Acker Award for Excellence in the Avant-Garde, the Audre Lorde Award for Poetry, the Firecracker Alternative Book Award, and a five-time finalist for the Lambda L ...
(1968 – ) ''Final Girl'' *
Judy Grahn Judy Grahn (born July 28, 1940) is an American poet and author. Inspired by her experiences of disenfranchisement as a butch lesbian, she became a feminist poet, highly-regarded in underground circles before achieving public fame. A major influe ...
(July 28, 1940 – ) ''A Woman is Talking to Death'' *
Andrew Sean Greer Andrew Sean Greer (born November 1970) is an American novelist and short story writer. Greer received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel ''Less''. He is the author of ''The Story of a Marriage'', which ''The New York Times'' has ...
(November 21, 1970 – ) ''Less'' *
Susan Griffin Susan Griffin (born January 26, 1943) is a radical feminist philosopher, essayist and playwright particularly known for her innovative, hybrid-form ecofeminist works. Life Griffin was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1943 and has resided in ...
(January 26, 1943) ''Woman and Nature: the Roaring Inside Her ''


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* Katie Hafner (1957 –) ''A Romance on Three Legs'' * Dashiell Hammett (1894 – 1961) * Daniel Handler (February 28, 1970 – ) '' A Series of Unfortunate Events'' *
Jean Hegland Jean Hegland (born November 1956) is an American novelist. Early life and education She was born and raised in Pullman, Washington, near the Washington/Idaho state line. Her mother taught high school and college level English, and was the Pullman ...
(1956 – ) ''Into the Forest'' *
John L. Hennessy John Leroy Hennessy (born September 22, 1952) is an American computer scientist, academician and businessman who serves as Chairman of Alphabet Inc. Hennessy is one of the founders of MIPS Computer Systems Inc. as well as Atheros and served as t ...
(1953 – ) ''Computer Organization and Design'' *
Dorothy J. Heydt Dorothy Jones Heydt (1942-2022) was a United States author of science fiction and fantasy. She lived on the U.S. West Coast and was an active participant in the Usenet newsgroups rec.arts.sf.written and rec.arts.sf.fandom, and in science fictio ...
''A Point of Honor'' * Jack Hirschman (1933 – 2021) *
Jane Hirshfield Jane Hirshfield (born February 24, 1953) is an American poet, essayist, and translator, known as 'one of American poetry's central spokespersons for the biosphere' and recognized as 'among the modern masters,' 'writing some of the most important ...
(February 24, 1953 –) ''The Ink Dark Moon'' * Adam Hochschild (1942 – ) '' King Leopold's Ghost'' *
Khaled Hosseini Khaled Hosseini (;Pashto/Dari ; born March 4, 1965) is an Afghan Americans, Afghan-American novelist, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician. His debut novel ''The Kite Runner'' (2003) wa ...
(March 4, 1965 – ) '' The Kite Runner'' *
Daedalus Howell Daedalus Howell (born July 19, 1972), is an American writer, journalist, filmmaker, actor and conceptual artist who lives and works in Petaluma, California. He wrote the novels '' Quantum Deadline'' and ''The Late Projectionist'' and the essay ...
(July 19, 1972 – ) ''The Late Projectionist''


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* Shirley Jackson (1916 – 1965)


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Richard Kadrey Richard Kadrey (born August 27, 1957) is a San Francisco-based novelist, freelance writer, and photographer. Kadrey was born in New York City, New York. Fiction Kadrey has written fifteen novels, including ''The New York Times'' Best Seller ...
(1957 – ) ''From Myst to Riven'' * Alan Kaufman, ''Jew Boy'' *
Jack Kerouac Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Of French-Canadian a ...
(March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) ''
On the Road ''On the Road'' is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonis ...
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Laleh Khadivi Laleh Khadivi (born 1977) is an Iranian American novelist, and filmmaker. Life Khadivi was born to a Kurdish family in Esfahan, Iran, in 1977. Shortly after the Iranian Revolution, she emigrated to the United States with her family in 1979, set ...
, ''The Walking''; ''The Age of Orphans'' *
Derek Kirk Kim Derek Kirk Kim is a Korean-American writer, director, and artist. He is the recipient of the Eisner (2004), the Harvey (2004), and the Ignatz Award (2003) for his debut graphic novel ''Same Difference and Other Stories.'' (The contents of which w ...
(1974 – ) ''Same Difference and Other Stories'' *
Carla King Carla King is a lecturer at St Patrick's College, Dublin and an author in Irish history. According to Diarmaid Ferriter, she is "peerless in her expertise on Michael Davitt". Works * * * * * * References {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Carla 21s ...
(1958 – ) ''American Borders, Stories from Elsewhere'' *
Laurie R. King Laurie R. King (born September 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her detective fiction. Life and career Born in Oakland, California, King earned a degree in comparative religion from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1977 ...
(September 19, 1952 – ) ''
The Beekeeper's Apprentice ''The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Or On the Segregation of the Queen'' is the first book in the Mary Russell series by Laurie R. King. It was nominated for the Agatha best novel award and was deemed a Notable Young Adult book by the American Libra ...
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Maxine Hong Kingston Maxine Hong Kingston (; born Maxine Ting Ting Hong;Huntley, E. D. (2001). ''Maxine Hong Kingston: A Critical Companion'', p. 1. October 27, 1940) is an American novelist. She is a Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, wher ...
(October 27, 1940 – ) '' The Woman Warrior'' *
Ellen Klages Ellen Klages (, ; born 1954) is an American science, science fiction and historical fiction writer who lives in San Francisco. Her novelette "Basement Magic" won the 2005 Nebula Award for Best Novelette. She had previously been nominated for Hugo ...
(1954 – ) "Basement Magic"


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Howard Lachtman Howard Lawrence Lachtman (born July 8, 1941) is an American academic, literary critic, editor and author, who has written extensively on the life and works of Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, and on crime fiction as a whole. Early life and ca ...
(July 8, 1941 — ), American academic, literary critic, editor and author *
Anne Lamott Anne Lamott (born April 10, 1954) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer. She is also a progressive political activist, public speaker, and writing teacher. Lamott is based in Marin County, California. Her nonfiction works are largely ...
(April 10, 1954 – ) ''Hard Laughter'' *
D.L. Lang D.L. Lang (born 1983, Bad Hersfeld, West Germany) is an American poet. She has published twelve full-length books of poetry, and served as the Poet Laureate of Vallejo, California. Early life Diana Lucille Lang (née Kettle) was born in Bad He ...
Poet laureate of Vallejo, California *
Michael Lederer Michael Lederer (born July 9, 1956 in Princeton, New Jersey) is an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist currently living in Berlin, Germany. Die Welt has called him "an archaeologist among the grea ...
(July 9, 1956 – ) ''Cadaqués'' *
Ursula K. Le Guin Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the '' Earthsea'' fantasy series. She was ...
(October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) '' The Dispossessed'' *
Gus Lee Augustus Samuel Mein-Sun "Gus" Lee (born August 8, 1946) is an American author and ethicist. He was born in San Francisco, a place he recounts in his childhood memoir/novel ''China Boy'' (1991) about growing up in a broken, poverty-stricken immigr ...
(1946 – ) * Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr. (1910 – 1992) *
Daniel Levitin Daniel Joseph Levitin, FRSC (born December 27, 1957) is an American-Canadian cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, writer, musician, and record producer. He is the author of four ''New York Times'' best-selling books, including '' This Is You ...
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This Is Your Brain On Music ''This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession'' is a popular science book written by the McGill University neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin, and first published by Dutton Penguin in the U.S. and Canada in 2006, and updated and r ...
, The Organized Mind'' * Michael Lewis (October 15, 1960 – ) '' Liar's Poker'' * Jack London (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) " To Build a Fire" * Ki Longfellow (December 9, 1944 – ) "
The Secret Magdalene ''The Secret Magdalene'', American writer Ki Longfellow's third book, was published in 2005. The historical novel presents a different view of events chronicled in the New Testament, specifically the ministry of Jesus Christ and his relationshi ...
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* Nick Mamatas (February 20, 1972 – ) '' Move Under Ground'' *
Micheline Aharonian Marcom Micheline Aharonian Marcom (born 1968) is an American novelist. Life and work Micheline Aharonian Marcom was born in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia in 1968 to an American father and an Armenian-Lebanese mother. She grew up in Los Angeles, but as a child ...
(1968 – ) ''Three Apples Fell from Heaven'' *
Anthony Marra Anthony Marra (born 1984) is an American fiction writer. Marra has won numerous awards for his short stories, as well as his first novel, ''A Constellation of Vital Phenomena,'' which was a The New York Times Best Seller list, ''New York Times'' ...
, ''A Constellation of Vital Phenomena'' * Armistead Maupin (May 13, 1944 – ) '' Tales of the City'' * Terry McMillan (October 18, 1951 –) ''Waiting to Exhale'' *
Cathleen Miller Cathleen Miller is an internationally best-selling American nonfiction writer based in California. Her 2013 book, ''Champion of Choice'', is the biography of United Nations leader Nafis Sadik. She is also the author of Desert Flower (1998), co- ...
(February 13, 1956 –) ''Champion of Choice'' * Joaquin Miller (September 8, 1837 – February 17, 1913) "Columbus" * Christopher Moore (author) (January 1, 1957 – ) ''Noir'' * John Muir (1838 – 1914)


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* Annalee Newitz (1969 – ) ''White Trash: Race and Class in America'' *
Janis Cooke Newman Janis Cooke Newman is an American writer. She is known for her novels, ''Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln'' (McAdam/Cage 2006, Harcourt 2007) and ''A Master Plan for Rescue'' (Riverhead 2015) as well as her memoir ''The Russian Word for Snow'' (St. Martin's ...
(1955 – ) ''Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln'' * Wendy Newman (1967 – ) 121 First Dates: How to Succeed at Online Dating, Fall in Love, and Live Happily Ever After (Really!) * Bich (Beth) Minh Nguyen, ''Stealing Buddha's Dinner''; ''Short Girls''; ''Pioneer Girl'' *
Katia Noyes Katia Noyes is an American author whose works have appeared in many publications and anthologies. Her debut novel, ''Crashing America'', was a Book Sense Notable Book in 2005, and was chosen as one of the Ten Best Gay/Lesbian Books of 2005 by Ama ...
, ''Crashing America''


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Carol Anne O'Marie Sister Carol Anne O'Marie, C.S.J., (August 28, 1933 – May 27, 2009) was a Roman Catholic sister in the Religious Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. She was also a mystery writer. She wrote eleven novels, whose protagonis ...
(1933 – 2009) * Tommy Orange (January 19, 1982 –) ''
There There "There There" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released as the lead single from their sixth album, '' Hail to the Thief'' (2003), on 26 May 2003. It reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, number one in Canada and Port ...
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Charlotte Painter Charlotte Painter (born 1926) is an American novelist and writer, best known for her nonfiction photo essay ''Gifts of Age'', which profiles notable older women, including Julia Child. Painter was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She published her f ...
(1926 – ) ''The Fortunes of Laurie Breaux'' * Stephan Pastis (January 16, 1968 ) ''
Pearls Before Swine A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle (mollusc), mantle) of a living animal shell, shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pea ...
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Diana Paxson Diana Lucile Paxson (born February 20, 1943) is an American author, primarily in the fields of Paganism and Heathenism. Her published works include fantasy and historical fiction novels, as well as numerous short stories. More recently she has ...
(February 20, 1943 – ) ''Mistress of the Jewels'' *
Howard Pease Howard Pease (September 6, 1894–April 14, 1974) was an American writer of adventure stories from Stockton, California. Most of his stories revolved around a young protagonist, Joseph Todhunter ("Tod") Moran, who shipped out on tramp freight ...
(September 6, 1894 – April 14, 1974) The Tod Moran Mysteries *
Aimee Phan Aimee Phan is a Vietnamese-American author. She was born and raised in Orange County, California. She received her BA in English from UCLA and her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she won a Maytag Fellowship. Her first novel, ''We Should ...
, ''We Should Never Meet''; ''The Reeducation of Cherry Truong'' * Michael Pollan (February 6, 1955 – ) ''The Omnivore's Dilemma'' *
Tim Pratt Tim Pratt (born December 12, 1976) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet. He won a Hugo Award in 2007 for his short story " Impossible Dreams". He has written over 20 books, including the Marla Mason series and several Path ...
(December 12, 1976 – ) ''
The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl ''The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl'' is a 2005 novel by Tim Pratt. This is Pratt's first full-length novel. ''Rangergirl'' takes place in the real world, but with supernatural and Western elements. The cover artwork was illustrated by pulp ...
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* Carol Queen (1958 – ) ''Real Live Nude Girl'' *
Lisa Quinn Lisa Pickens Quinn is an American artist, author, and television host. Biography Lisa Quinn was born in Memphis, Tennessee, where she attended Briarcrest High School. After graduating from the The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Art Institute o ...
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* Justin Raimondo (November 18, 1951 – June 27, 2019) ''Reclaiming the American Right'' * Ruth Reichl (January 16, 1948 – ) ''Tender at the Bone'' *
Mark Rein-Hagen Mark Rein-Hagen, stylized as Mark Rein•Hagen (born 1964), is an American role-playing, card, video and board game designer best known as the creator of '' Vampire: The Masquerade'' and its associated ''World of Darkness'' games. Along with Jo ...
, '' Vampire: The Masquerade'' * Kathryn Reiss (December 4, 1957 – ) ''Time Windows'' *
Barbara Jane Reyes Barbara Jane Reyes is an American poet whose work "explores the translatable and untranslatable collisions of writing, self and culture." Early life Reyes was born in Manila, Philippines, and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her ...
(1971 – ) ''Poeta en San Francisco'' * Kim Stanley Robinson (March 23, 1952 – ) ''
Red Mars Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary ...
'' * Rudy Rucker (March 22, 1946 – ) '' Software''


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* William Saroyan (1908 – 1981) * Kate Schatz (September 19, 1978 – ) ''Rad American Women A-Z'' *
Ariel Schrag Ariel Schrag (born December 29, 1979) is an American cartoonist and television writer who achieved critical recognition at an early age for her autobiographical comics. Her novel ''Adam'' provoked controversy with its theme of a heterosexual tee ...
(December 29, 1979 – ) ''Awkward'' * Charles M. Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) '' Peanuts'' * Kemble Scott (1962 – ) ''
SoMa Soma may refer to: Businesses and brands * SOMA (architects), a New York–based firm of architects * Soma (company), a company that designs eco-friendly water filtration systems * SOMA Fabrications, a builder of bicycle frames and other bicycle ...
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Mary Ann Shaffer Mary Ann Shaffer (née Fiery; December 13, 1934 – February 16, 2008) was an American writer, editor, librarian, and a bookshop worker. She is noted for her posthumously published work ''The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society'', whi ...
(December 13, 1934 – February 16, 2008) ''
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ''The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society'' is a Historical fiction, historical novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows that was published in 2008. It was The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (film), adapted into a fi ...
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Dave Smeds Dave Smeds is an American science fiction writer. To date he has written eleven books and over one hundred short stories. Bibliography War of the Dragons series *''The Sorcery Within'' (1985) *''The Schemes of Dragons'' (1989) Novels *''Sinki ...
(1955 – ) ''The Sorcery Within'' * Jane Smiley (September 26, 1949 – ) '' A Thousand Acres'' * Jeremy Adam Smith, ''The Daddy Shift'' *
Gary Snyder Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. His early poetry has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance and he has been described as the "poet laureate of ...
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Jeremy Snyder Jeremy Snyder is an American poet. He served as poet laureate of Vallejo, California from 2020 through 2023. Background Snyder was born in Vallejo, California, educated at the University of Montana, and served in the United States Navy. Poetry J ...
Poet laureate of Vallejo, California * Rebecca Solnit (1961 – ) '' River of Shadows'' * Starhawk (June 17, 1951 – ) '' The Spiral Dance'' * Joseph Staten, '' Halo: Contact Harvest'' *
Danielle Steel Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel (born August 14, 1947) is an American writer, best known for her romance novels. She is the bestselling author alive and the fourth-bestselling fiction author of all time, with over 800 million ...
(August 14, 1947 – ) * Melissa Stein, ''Rough Honey, Terrible Blooms'' * George Sterling (1869 – 1926) *
George R. Stewart George Rippey Stewart (May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980) was an American historian, toponymist, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. His 1959 book, ''Pickett's Charge'', a detailed history of the final ...
(May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980) ''Pickett's Charge'' *
Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born January 31, 1968) is an American poet. Stonestreet's second book, ''The Greenhouse,'' was awarded the 2014 Frost Place Chapbook Prize and published by Bull City Press in August 2014. Her first book, ''Tulips, Water, ...
(born 1968) ''The Greenhouse'' *
Emelie Tracy Y. Swett Emelie Tracy Young Swett (after marriage, Parkhurst; March 9, 1863 – April 21, 1892) was an American author, editor, poet and translator. She wrote both prose and verse, and in her literary work was often employed by publishers to translate Fre ...
(1863 – 1892) ''Californian Illustrated Magazine'' * Rachel Swirsky (April 14, 1982 – ) "The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window" * Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, ''That's Revolting!''


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* Amy Tan (February 19, 1952 – ) '' The Joy Luck Club'' * Michelle Tea (1971 – ) ''Rose of No Man's Land'' *
Daniel Terdiman Daniel Terdiman is a journalist, who has been published in both print and non-print media, including ''Time'', ''The New York Times'', ''Wired'', '' CNET'', '' Martha Stewart Weddings'', ''Salon.com'', '' Business 2.0'', ''VentureBeat'' and the ''S ...
(May 31, 1974 – ) ''The Entrepreneur's Guide to Second Life'' * Walter Tevis (1928 – 1994) * Robert Alfred Theobald (1884 – 1957) ''The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor'' * Adrian Tomine, '' Optic Nerve'' * Gail Tsukiyama, '' The Samurai's Garden'' *
Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...
(1835 – April 21, 1910) '' The Adventures of Tom Sawyer''


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* Abraham Verghese (1955 – ) ''
My Own Country ''My Own Country: A Doctor's Story'' is Abraham Verghese's first book. First published in 1994, it made that year's ''New York Times Notable Book'' list. It is used in colleges and medical schools throughout North America and across the world becau ...
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Ayelet Waldman Ayelet Waldman ( he, איילת ולדמן, born December 11, 1964) is an Israeli-American novelist and essayist. She has written seven mystery novels in the series ''The Mommy-Track Mysteries'' and four other novels. She has also written autobio ...
(December 11, 1964 – ) '' Love and Other Impossible Pursuits'' * Alice Walker (February 9, 1944 – ) '' The Color Purple'' * Vivian Walsh, ''Olive, the Other Reindeer'' * Alice Waters (April 28, 1944 – ) ''The Art of Simple Food'' *
Jacob Weisman Jacob Astrov Weisman (born February 23, 1965) is an American editor of science fiction and fantasy. He founded Tachyon Publications, an independent publishing house specializing in genre fiction, in 1995. His writing has appeared in The Nation, ...
(February 23, 1965 – ) ''Death and the Elephant'' * Herman Whitaker (1867 – 1919) ''The Mystery of the Barranca'' * Sean Wilsey (1970 – ) ''
Oh the Glory of It All ''Oh the Glory of it All'' (2005), is a work of non-fiction by Sean Wilsey, published by Penguin Press. A humorous coming-of-age memoir, the book chronicles Wilsey's troubled years growing up in a wealthy and prominent San Francisco San ...
'' * Yvor Winters (October 17, 1900 – January 25, 1968) "The Testament of a Stone" * Emma Wolf (1865 – 1932) '' A Prodigal in Love'' * Naomi Wolf (1962 – ) * Tobias Wolff (June 19, 1945 – ) '' This Boy's Life'' * Russ Woody, ''The Wheel of Nuldoid''


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* Laurence Yep (1948 – )


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Daisy Zamora Daisy Zamora (born 20 June 1950 in Managua, Nicaragua) is a contemporary Latin American poet. Her work covers daily life, human rights, politics, revolution, feminist issues, art, history and culture. Early life and education She was raised in a ...
(June 20, 1950 – ) ''En limpio se escribe la vida'' *
Helen Zia Helen Zia is a Chinese-American journalist and activist for Asian American and LGBTQ rights. She is considered a key figure in the Asian American movement. Life and career Early childhood and education Zia was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1952 ...
(1952 – )


See also

* List of people associated with San Francisco * Litquake


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Writers, List Of San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco Bay Area * San Francisco Bay Area literature San Francisco Bay Area-related lists