The authors listed below have connections to Tucson or Southern Arizona. To learn more about them check our E-Library's online resources for Biographies. Look for their books in our catalog.
Born in Tucson
- Alexander, Sue (1933-2008) Writer
- Allen, Rupert Clyde (1927-2008) Writer
- Arce, Hector (1935-1980) Author
- Arthur, Lowell Jay (1951- ) Writer
- Bancroft, Peter (1916- ) Author
- Broyles, Anne (1953- ) Author
- Chronic, Halka (1923-2013) Geologist, writer
- De La Garza, Rodolfo O. (1942-2018) Political Scientist, writer
- Dobyns, Henry F. (1925-2009) Anthropologist, author, and researcher
- Donnithorne, Larry (1944- ) Writer, U.S. Military Academy professor
- Drucker, Malka (1945- ) Writer
- Eckholm, Erik Peter (1949- ) Writer
- Fickett, Harold L., Jr. (1918- 2000) Author, minister
- Giffords, Gabrielle (1970- ) Retired politician
- Haberly, David T. (1942- ) Professor, writer
- Harrison, Allan E. (1925- ) Author
- Harrison, Nora Vitz (1955- ) Writer
- Henderson, Zenna Chlarson (1917-1983) Elementary school teacher, Sci-fi/Fantasy Author
- Hillman, Brenda (1951- ) Author
- Houck, Colleen (1969- ) Writer
- Hoff, Carol (1900-1979) Author
- Hom, Ken (1949- ) Chef, writer
- Itule, Bruce D. (1947- ) Editor, writer
- Kellogg, Mary Alice (1948- ) writer, editor and corporate consultant
- Martin, Patricia Preciado (1939- ) writer
- Miller, Worth Robert (1943- ) College professor, writer
- Mitton, Bruce Harold (1950- ) Free-lance writer, photographer
- Morales, Aaron Michael (1976- ) College professor, writer
- Murphy, James Martin (1917- )
- Rogers, Bruce Holland a.k.a Hanovi Braddock (1958-) Writer
- Smith, Kerri S. (1960- ) Author
- Spoehr, Alexander (1913-1992) Anthropologist, author
- Stone, Jennifer (1933- ) Writer
- Sutton, Kelsey (1992- ) Author
- Wallraff, Barbara Jean (1953- ) Writer
- Warren, Kenneth W. (1957- ) Author
- Welch, Michelle M. (1971- ) Author
- Wood, Silviana (?) Playwright
Died in Tucson
- Abbey, Edward (1927-1989) Author, environmentalist
- Anderson, Jon (1940-2007) Poet
- Angier, Bradford (1910-1997) Writer
- Ball, Edith Louise (1905-1996) Writer
- Baylor, Byrd (1924-2021) Writer
- Beal, Merrill D. (1898-1990) Writer
- Blake, Michael (1943-2015) Writer, screenwriter
- Bok, Bart Jan (1906-1983) Astronomer, educator, and author
- Bondurant, Joan Valerie (1918-2006) College teacher, author
- Bordes, Francois (1919-1981) Archeologist, educator, and author
- Bradley, Donald A. (1925-1974) Scientific researcher, astrologer, and writer
- Bredvold, Louis I. (1888-1977) Writer
- Brookbank, George (1925-2018) Horticulturalist, educator, author
- Brown, Fredric (1906-1972) Author
- Burroughs, Robert C. (1920-2003) Drama teacher, writer
- Chilcott, John Henry (1924-1998) Writer
- Clark, Ann Nolan (1896-1995) Writer
- De Grazia, Ettore “Ted” (1909-1982) Artist, author
- Dickinson, Robert Eric (1905-1981) College professor, writer
- Feinberg, Joel (1926-2004) Writer, editor
- Finney, Charles G. (1905-1984) Writer
- Fontana, Bernard Lee (1931-2016) Writer, historian
- Franken, Rose (Dorothy) (1895 -1988) Stage writer, writer
- Garrison, Paul (1918-1997) Movie producer, writer
- Gillmor, Frances (1903-1993) Writer
- Glatzer, Nahum Norbet (1903-1990) Writer
- Gordon, Gordon (1906-2002) Writer, screenwriter
- Gordon, Mildred (1912-1979) Editor, screenwriter, and author
- Gray, Genevieve Stuck (1920-1995) Writer
- Griffith, Jim (1936-2022) Folklorist, Founder Tucson Meet Yourself, Author
- Gunn, Elizabeth (1927-2022) Mystery writer
- Gurney, J. Eric (1910 -1992) Cartoonist, illustrator, and Canadian writer
- Haury, Emil Walter (1904-1992) Archaeologist, anthropologist, educator, and writer
- Hays, Paul R. (1903-1980) Writer
- Helmericks, Constance (1918-1987) Writer
- Hirschi, Travis (1935-2017) Sociologist, writer
- Houghton, Neal D. (1895-1985) Writer
- Ignatiev, Noel (1940-2019) Historian, writer
- Ingalls, Jeremy (1911-2000) Writer
- Inman, Will (1923-2009) Poet
- Jernigan, Gisela Evelyn (1948-2022) Writer
- Johnson, Enid (1892-1969) Writer
- Ketcham, Carl H. (1923-1991) Editor, writer
- Kick, Russ (1969-2021) Writer, editor, publisher
- Kolodny, Annette (1941-2019) Writer
- Krakel, Dean (1923-1998) Writer
- Krevitsky, Nathan I. (1914-1991) Writer
- Krutch, Joseph Wood (1893-1970) Writer
- Kuykendall, Ralph Simpson (1885-1963) Historian, writer
- Lamphere, Robert J. (1918-2002) Former FBI agent, writer
- Mairs, Nancy (1943-2016) Author
- Mettler, Barbara (1907-2002) Dancer, educator, filmmaker, writer
- Miller, Tom (1947-2022) Travel writer
- Nye, Nelson Coral (1907-1997) Writer
- Oberman, Heiko Augustinus (1930-2001) Writer
- Orlen, Steve (1942-2010) Writer, poet
- Roemer, William F., Jr. (1926-1996) Writer
- Russ, Joanna (1937-2011) Science Fiction author
- Schellie, Don (1932-1993) Writer
- Shelton, Richard (1933-2022) Writer, poet
- Sonnichsen, C. L. (1901-1991) Writer
- Speare, Elizabeth George (1908-1994) Writer
- Tate, Velma (1913-1997) Writer
- Vicker, Ray (1917-2000) Journalist, author
- Woodin, Ann (1926-2017) Author
Has Lived, or Currently Lives, in Tucson
- Ai (1947-2010) Writer and poet; Grew up in Tucson
- Alexander, Lori (?) Children's Writer, former Writer in Residence
- Arthur, Karl (1952- ) Writer; Attended University of Arizona
- Baker, Jes (1986 - ) Writer
- Baldwin, Gordon C. (1908-1984) Writer, archaeologist, anthropologist; Attended University of Arizona
- Benaron, Naomi (1951- ) Author
- Bernheimer, Kate (1950- ) Author
- Bowden, Charles (1945-2014) Writer, journalist
- Bowers, Janice Emily (1950- ) Writer, botanist
- Bradbury, Ray (1920-2012) Writer
- Brown, Joseph Paul Summers (1930-2021 ) Writer
- Brown, Wynne (?) Writer, editor, graphic designer
- Caldwell, Erskine (1903-1987) Writer
- Calhoun, Scott (?) Author
- Cantor, Jillian (?) Writer
- Cantú, Francisco (1985- ) Author
- Carrell, Jennifer Lee (1962- ) Author
- Celt, Adrienne (?) Writer, cartoonist, former Writer in Residence
- Cleere, Jan (?) Author, historian
- DeBarbieri, Lili (?) Author, librarian, travel expert, former Writer in Residence
- DeLint, Charles (1951- ) Author
- Deming, Alison Hawthorne (1946- ) Writer, poet; Lives in Tucson part time
- Doss, Helen Grigsby (1915-2013) Writer
- Gonzalez, Estella (?) Writer, former Writer in Residence
- Hatcher, Alice (?) Author, poet, former Writer in Residence
- Hayes, J.M. (1944- ) Author, former Writer in Residence
- Hubka, Betty (Josephine Morgan) (1924-2013) Writer
- Iserson, Kenneth Victor (1949- ) Writer, physician
- Jance, Judith Ann (1944- ) Author; Lives in Tucson part-time
- Johnson, Fenton (1953- ) Writer; Currently lives in Tucson
- Kingsolver, Barbara (1955- ) Author; Lived in Tucson from 1977-2004
- Kohanov, Linda (?) Author, lecturer, horse trainer
- Lancaster, Brad (1967- ) Author, Conservationist
- Levy, David H. (1948- ) Astronomer, writer
- Lodato, Victor (1968- ) Author; Lives part time in Tucson
- Lowell, Susan (1950- ) Author
- McKiernan, Dennis L. (1932- ) Science Fiction/Fantasy author
- McMurtry, Larry (1936-2021) Author, book store owner
- McNamee, Gregory (1957- ) Writer, editor, photographer, publisher, former Writer in Residence
- Miller, Susan Cummins (1949- ) Writer, former Writer in Residence
- Millet, Lydia (1968- ) Novelist
- Momaday, N. Scott (1934- ) Novelist, poet
- Nabhan, Gary (1952- ) Agricultural ecologist, ethnobotanist, author; Founder of Native Seeds
- Nelson, Adiba (?) Author
- Ossana, Diana (1949- ) Author
- Otero, Lydia R. (1955- ) Writer, historian, memoirist
- Pellegrino, Marjorie White "Marge" (?) Author, teacher, former Writer in Residence
- Phillips, Logan (1983- ) Poet, performer, DJ, educator, former Writer in Residence
- Porter, Liza (1956- ) Poet
- Regan, Margaret (1952- ) Author, journalist, former Writer in Residence
- Reid, Kiley (1987- ) Novelist
- Rex, Adam (1973- ) Children's book illustrator and author
- Russo, Richard (1949- ) Writer
- Seiferle, Rebecca (?) Poet
- Shane, C. J. (1948- ) Mystery author
- Sharmat Marjorie Weinman (1928-2019) Writer
- Silko, Leslie Marmon (1948- ) Poet, writer
- Simner, Janni Lee (1967- ) Fantasy author, former Writer in Residence
- Skibsrud, Johanna (1980- ) Author
- Stewart, Jennifer J. (1960- ) Author, children's author, former Writer in Residence
- Story, Ronald D. (1946- ) Writer
- Tapahanso, Luci (1953- ) Poet
- Tarr, Judith (1955- ) Fantasy author
- Turner, Nancy (1953- ) Author
- Twaronite, Gene (?) Poet, Writer in Residence
- Vornholt, John (1951- ) Science Fiction/Fantasy author, screenwriter, journalist
- Wallace, David Foster (1962-2008) Writer
- Weil, Andrew (1942- ) Writer, physician
- Wells, Catherine (1952- ) Writer
- Windling, Terri (1958- ) Fantasy author
- Wright, Harold Bell (1872-1944) Writer
- Zeitler, Jason (1971- ) Author
- Zepeda, Ofelia (1954- ) Writer, poet
Sources:
- Newspaper articles from the Arizona Daily Star, the Tucson Citizen, and the New York Times. Various online sources.
- "Vaya Con Dios, Tucson." Arizona Daily Star. May 9, 2004. Page B7. (About Barbara Kingsolver)
- Almanac of famous people: a comprehensive reference guide to more than 30,000 famous and infamous newsmakers from Biblical times to the present. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., c1998. Edition 6th ed.
- Gale Biography Resource Center, Gale Biography in Context, and Literature Resource Center - Writer and Author Biographies | Found at Online Resources - Biographies
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