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William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs (1914-1997), St. Louis-born Beat Generation writer, author of Naked Lunch and Junkie, pioneer of the cut-up technique with Brion Gysin, later a countercultural icon influencing music, film, and postmodern literature.
William Saroyan
William Saroyan (1908–1981), Armenian American writer and playwright from Fresno, author of The Time of Your Life, My Name Is Aram, and The Human Comedy; won and refused the 1940 Pulitzer Prize.
William Styron
William Styron (1925–2006), American novelist of the Virginia Tidewater, wrote Lie Down in Darkness, The Confessions of Nat Turner (Pulitzer 1968), Sophie's Choice, and the depression memoir Darkness Visible.
Winston Churchill (novelist)
Winston Churchill (1871-1947) was the American novelist of Richard Carvel and The Crisis, once more famous than the British statesman, who agreed to add 'Spencer' to his name; a Cornish Art Colony member and New Hampshire legislator.
Winston Groom
Winston Groom (Winston Francis Groom Jr., 1943-2020), American novelist and historian, author of Forrest Gump (1986), basis of the 1994 six-Oscar film; also wrote Vietnam novels and military history including Shrouds of Glory.
Zelda Fitzgerald
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (1900–1948), Montgomery-born writer, painter, and dancer, wife and muse of F. Scott Fitzgerald; author of Save Me the Waltz and Scandalabra, icon of the Jazz Age flapper.
Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960), African American folklorist, anthropologist, and Harlem Renaissance author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, Mules and Men, and Barracoon, rediscovered by Alice Walker after 1973.