|
Name
|
Genre |
Birthplace |
Date |
| Liberty Hyde Bailey |
Botanist, author, poet |
South Haven |
1858-1954 |
| Ray Stannard Baker (pen name: David Grayson) |
Muckraker, novelist |
Lansing |
1870-1946 |
| John A. Bellairs |
Science fiction and fantasy, primarily for young readers |
Marshall |
1938-1991 |
| Will Carleton |
Poet |
Hudson Township, Lenawee Co. |
1845-1912 |
| Jim Cash |
Screenwriter (Top Gun, Dick Tracy, etc.) |
Boyne City |
1941-2000 |
| (Charles) Bruce Catton |
Historian |
Petoskey |
1899-1978 |
| Genevieve Cross |
Writer of children's books |
Lawrence |
1910-1994 |
| Christopher Paul Curtis |
Newbery Award-winning author of books for young people |
Flint |
1953 |
| James Oliver Curwood |
Outdoors, novelist, reporter |
Owosso |
1878-1927 |
| Marguerite De Angeli |
Illustrator and writer of children's books; won the Newbery Medal in 1950 for The Door in the Wall |
Lapeer |
1889-1987 |
| Jack Epps, Jr. |
Screenwriter (Top Gun, Dick Tracy, etc.) |
Detroit |
1949 |
| Edna Ferber |
Novels, short stories |
Kalamazoo |
1885-1968 |
| Aileen Fisher |
Poetry, children's books; received the National Council of Teachers Excellence in Poetry for Children Award, 1978 |
Iron River |
1906-2002 |
| M.F.K. Fisher |
Created food essay genre |
Albion |
1908-1992 |
| Richard H. "Dirk" Gringhuis |
Writer and illustrator of children's books including The Young Voyageur and Lore of the Great Turtle; served as curator of exhibits at M.S.U. Museum |
Grand Rapids |
1918-1974 |
| Judith Ann Guest |
Novelist |
Detroit |
1936 |
| Jim Harrison |
Novels, novella collections, poetry, essays, screenplays |
Grayling |
1937 |
| Holling Clancy Holling |
Illustrator and writer of children's books |
Holling Corners, Jackson County |
1900-1973 |
| William X. Kienzle |
Mystery novels based in Detroit and featuring priest/sleuth Fr. Robert Koesler |
Detroit |
1928-2001 |
| Benjamin Franklin (Ben) King, Jr. |
Poet (pastoral), satirist and humorist, poet laureate of Chicago Press Club |
St. Joseph |
1857-1894 |
| Ring W. Lardner |
Sports journalist, humorist and satirist |
Niles |
1885-1933 |
| Philip Levine |
Poet; received Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1955 |
Detroit |
1928 |
| Della Thompson Lutes |
Historical novels |
Jackson |
1869?-1942 |
| Thomas Lynch |
Poet, essayist |
Milford (?) |
1948 |
| Florence McClinchey |
Novels |
Sault Ste. Marie? |
1888-1946 |
| Terry McMillan |
Novelist; editor of anthology of contemporary African-American fiction |
Port Huron |
1951 |
Julia A. Moore
("The Sweet Singer of Michigan") |
Poet |
Plainfield |
1847-1920 |
| Patricia Polacco |
Writer and illustrator of children's books; now lives near Union City |
Lansing |
1944 |
| Theodore Roethke (pen name: Winterset Rothberg) |
Poet; received Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1954 |
Saginaw |
1908-1963 |
| Vern Sneider |
Wrote The Teahouse of the August Moon; novelist, magazine contributor; work appeared on stage, in film and on TV |
Monroe |
1916-1981 |
| Chris Van Allsburg |
Children's books; many awards including the Caldecott Medal for Jumanji (1982) and The Polar Express (1986) |
Grand Rapids |
1949 |
| John D. Voelker (pen name: Robert Traver) |
Novels, trout fishing |
Ishpeming |
1903-1991 |
| Gloria Whelan |
Novels, mysteries, young people's books; winner National Book Award (2000) in young people's literature category |
Detroit |
1923 |
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