List of San Francisco Bay Area writers

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

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Chester Aaron (May 9, 1923 – August 30, 2019), An American Ghost Scott Adams (June 8, 1957 – January 13, 2026), Dilbert Kim Addonizio (July 31, 1954 – ), My Dreams Out in the Street Laura Albert (November 2, 1965 – ), The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things David M. Alexander (1945 – ), My Real Name Is Lisa Isabel Allende (August 2, 1942 – ), The House of the Spirits Dorothy Allison (April 11, 1949 – ), Bastard out of Carolina Charlie Jane Anders, Six Months, Three Days Brent Anderson (June 15, 1955 – ), Astro City series Robert Mailer Anderson, Boonville, The Adventures of Teddy Ballgame, Windows on the World Sarah Andrews, An Eye For Gold Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014), I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Tamim Ansary (November 4, 1948 – ), West of Kabul, East of New York Mary Therese Austin (d. 1889), theater critic, The Argonaut

B Natalie Baszile, Queen Sugar Peter S. Beagle (April 20, 1939 – ), The Last Unicorn John Bear (1938 – ), Bears' Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning Dodie Bellamy, Pink Steam Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921), president, Pacific Coast Women's Press Association Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914?) Terry Bisson (February 12, 1942 – January 10, 2024), "They're Made Out of Meat" Vance Bourjaily (September 17, 1922 – August 31, 2010), Brill Among the Ruins Steven R. Boyett, Elegy Beach Kate Braverman (February 5, 1949 – October 12, 2019), "Squandering the Blue" Gray Brechin (September 2, 1947 – ), "Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin" Genea Brice, poet laureate of Vallejo, California Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849 – April 11, 1926), How Plants are Trained to Work for Man

C Patrick Califia (1954 – ), Speaking Sex to Power Ethan Canin (July 19, 1960 – ), For Kings and Planets Gail Carriger (May 4, 1976 – ), Soulless Michael Chabon (May 24, 1963 – ), The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay Belo Cipriani (June 21, 1980 – ), Blind: A Memoir Meg Waite Clayton (January 1, 1959 – ), The Last Train to London, The Race for Paris, The Wednesday Sisters Mark Coggins (1957 – ) August Riordan novels Ann Weiser Cornell (1949 – ), The Power of Focusing Andy Couturier (June 3, 1964 – ), The Abundance of Less

D Avram Davidson (April 23, 1923 – May 8, 1993), The Scarlet Fig Kyra Davis, Sex, Murder and a Double Latte Tiffanie DeBartolo (November 27, 1970 – ), How To Kill a Rock Star, Dream for an Insomniac Alonzo Delano (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 (December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982), Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Greg Downs (November 22, 1971 – ), Spit Baths Howard Dully (November 30, 1948 – ), My Lobotomy Robert Duncan (January 7, 1919 – February 3, 1988), The Opening of the Field, Bending the Bow

E Dossie Easton (February 26, 1944 – ), The Ethical Slut Dave Eggers (March 12, 1970 – ), A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, You Shall Know Our Velocity Duane Elgin (1943 – ), Voluntary Simplicity Stephen Elliott (December 3, 1971 – ), Happy Baby

F Lawrence Ferlinghetti (March 24, 1919 – February 22, 2021), A Coney Island of the Mind 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 (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963), "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

G 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" Robert Gluck (February 2, 1947 –), Jack the Modernist, Margery Kempe Herbert Gold (March 9, 1924 – November 19, 2023), Birth of a Hero Lisa Goldstein (November 21, 1953 – ), The Red Magician Joe Gores (December 25, 1931 – January 10, 2011) Dan Kearney and Associates novels Daphne Gottlieb (1968 – ), Final Girl Judy Grahn (July 28, 1940 – ), A Woman Is Talking to Death Andrew Sean Greer (November 21, 1970 – ), Less Susan Griffin (January 26, 1943 – ), Woman and Nature: the Roaring Inside Her

Katie Hafner (1957 – ), A Romance on Three Legs Dashiell Hammett (1894 – 1961) Daniel Handler (February 28, 1970 – ), A Series of Unfortunate Events Jean Hegland (1956 – ), Into the Forest John L. Hennessy (1953 – ), Computer Organization and Design Dorothy J. Heydt, A Point of Honor Jack Hirschman (1933 – 2021) Jane Hirshfield (February 24, 1953 – ), The Ink Dark Moon Adam Hochschild (1942 – ), King Leopold's Ghost Khaled Hosseini (March 4, 1965 – ), The Kite Runner Daedalus Howell (July 19, 1972 – ), The Late Projectionist

J Shirley Jackson (1916 – 1965)

K Richard Kadrey (1957 – ), From Myst to Riven Alan Kaufman, Jew Boy Jack Kerouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), On the Road Laleh Khadivi, The Walking; The Age of Orphans Derek Kirk Kim (1974 – ), Same Difference and Other Stories Carla King (1958 – ), American Borders, Stories from Elsewhere Laurie R. King (September 19, 1952 – ), The Beekeeper's Apprentice Maxine Hong Kingston (October 27, 1940 – ), The Woman Warrior Ellen Klages (1954 – ), "Basement Magic"

Howard Lachtman (July 8, 1941 – ), American academic, literary critic, editor and author Anne Lamott (April 10, 1954 – ), Hard Laughter D.L. Lang, poet laureate of Vallejo, California Ursula K. Le Guin (October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018), The Dispossessed Michael Lederer (July 9, 1956 – ), Cadaqués Gus Lee (1946 – ) Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr. (1910 – 1992) Donna Levin (September 4, 1954 –), The Talking Stick Daniel Levitin (1957 – ), This Is Your Brain On Music, 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"

M Nick Mamatas (February 20, 1972 – ), Move Under Ground Micheline Aharonian Marcom (1968 – ), Three Apples Fell from Heaven Anthony Marra, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena Armistead Maupin (May 13, 1944 – ), Tales of the City Florence Percy McIntyre (1855–1923), A book of verse Terry McMillan (October 18, 1951 – ), Waiting to Exhale Cathleen Miller (February 13, 1956 – ), Champion of Choice Joaquin Miller (September 8, 1837 – February 17, 1913), "Columbus" Christopher Moore (January 1, 1957 – ), Bloodsucking Fiends John Muir (1838 – 1914)

N Annalee Newitz (1969 – ), White Trash: Race and Class in America Janis Cooke Newman (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!) Beth Nguyen, Stealing Buddha's Dinner; Short Girls; Pioneer Girl Katia Noyes, Crashing America

O Carol Anne O'Marie (1933 – 2009) Tommy Orange (January 19, 1982 – ), There There

P Charlotte Painter (1926 – ), The Fortunes of Laurie Breaux Stephan Pastis (January 16, 1968 ), Pearls Before Swine Diana Paxson (February 20, 1943 – ), Mistress of the Jewels Howard Pease (September 6, 1894 – April 14, 1974), The Tod Moran Mysteries Aimee Phan, We Should Never Meet; The Reeducation of Cherry Truong Michael Pollan (February 6, 1955 – ), The Omnivore's Dilemma Tim Pratt (December 12, 1976 – ), The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl

Q Carol Queen (1958 – ), Real Live Nude Girl Lisa Quinn, $500 Room Makeovers

R Justin Raimondo (November 18, 1951 – June 27, 2019), Reclaiming the American Right Ruth Reichl (January 16, 1948 – ), Tender at the Bone Mark Rein-Hagen, Vampire: The Masquerade Kathryn Reiss (December 4, 1957 – ), Time Windows Barbara Jane Reyes (1971 – ), Poeta en San Francisco Rudy Rucker (March 22, 1946 – ), Software

William Saroyan (1908 – 1981) Kate Schatz (September 19, 1978 – ), Rad American Women A-Z Ariel Schrag (December 29, 1979 – ), Awkward Charles M. Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000), Peanuts Kemble Scott (1962 – ), SoMa Mary Ann Shaffer (December 13, 1934 – February 16, 2008), The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society Dave Smeds (1955 – ), The Sorcery Within Jane Smiley (September 26, 1949 – ), A Thousand Acres Jeremy Adam Smith, The Daddy Shift Gary Snyder (1930 – ) Jeremy Snyder, 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 (August 14, 1947 – ) Melissa Stein, Rough Honey, Terrible Blooms George Sterling (1869 – 1926) George R. Stewart (May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980), Pickett's Charge Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (1968 – ), The Greenhouse Emelie Tracy Y. Swett (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!

T Amy Tan (February 19, 1952 – ), The Joy Luck Club Michelle Tea (1971 – ), Rose of No Man's Land Daniel Terdiman (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 (1835 – April 21, 1910), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

V Abraham Verghese (1955 – ), My Own Country

W Ayelet Waldman (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 (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 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

Y Laurence Yep (1948 – )

Z Daisy Zamora (June 20, 1950 – ), En limpio se escribe la vida Helen Zia (1952 – )

List of San Francisco Bay Area writers

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