Authors
by rik-938-114271 | created - 08 May 2017 | updated - 11 May 2017 | PublicFavorite authors, or authors of a favorite book made to films, mini-series, television etc. This list is not an endorsement of the video version. In many cases, the video does not, and often cannot in the limited amount of time afforded, do the book justice. I have included those that have had works proposed, rights sold or those I would like to see.
1. Robert Ludlum
Writer | The Bourne Supremacy
Robert Ludlum was born on May 25, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Identity (2002) and The Bourne Legacy (2012). He was married to Karen Dunn and Mary Patricia Ryducha. He died on March 12, 2001 in Naples, Florida, ...
2. Stephen Coonts
Writer | Flight of the Intruder
Stephen Coonts was born on July 19, 1946 in Buckhannon, West Virginia, USA. He is a writer, known for Flight of the Intruder (1991), AOPA Live This Week (2012) and Pritzker Military Library Presents (2006). He has been married to Deborah Buell since April 12, 1995. They have one child.
5. Neil Gaiman
Writer | Good Omens
Neil Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. He is best known for the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book.
As a child and a teenager, Gaiman read the works of C. S. ...
6. Douglas Adams
Writer | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Born Douglas Noel Adams on March 11, 1952 in Cambridge. From 1959 until 1970 he went to Brentwood school in Essex, and his main interest was science. As a student in Cambridge he decided to hitch-hike through Europe to Istanbul, and in order to raise funds for this he took a lot of small jobs. In ...
7. H.F. Saint
Writer | Memoirs of an Invisible Man
H.F. Saint is known for Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) and The Write Stuff (1988).
8. Robert Littell
Writer | Legends
Robert Littell was born on January 8, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a writer, known for Legends (2014), The Amateur (2025) and The Debriefing. He is married to Victoria Salvy. He was previously married to Anita Blaine Damrosch.
9. Stephen King
Writer | Maximum Overdrive
Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital in Portland. His parents were Nellie Ruth (Pillsbury), who worked as a caregiver at a mental institute, and Donald Edwin King, a merchant seaman. His father was born under the surname "Pollock," but used the last name ...
10. Brad Thor
Writer | The Athena Project
Brad Thor is known for The Athena Project, The Lions of Lucerne and Untitled Scot Harvath Project.
11. Clive Cussler
Writer | Sahara
Probably one of the greatest adventure novelists of our time. When his novel "Raise the Titanic" was bought for $840,000 by Viking Publishing in 1976, it put him on the map after 11 years of hard work. Before his success with RTT, he previously had written "Pacific Vortex", which wasn't published ...
12. Dan Brown
Writer | Inferno
Dan Brown was born on June 22, 1964 in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Inferno (2016), The Da Vinci Code (2006) and Angels & Demons (2009). He was previously married to Blythe Newlon.
13. David Baldacci
Writer | Absolute Power
David Baldacci was born on August 5, 1960 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Absolute Power (1997), King & Maxwell (2013) and The Finisher. He has been married to Michelle Collin since May 5, 1990. They have two children.
14. Dean R. Koontz
Writer | Odd Thomas
Dean R. Koontz was born on July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Odd Thomas (2013), Phantoms (1998) and Watchers (1988). He has been married to Gerda Ann Cerra since October 15, 1966.
15. Frederick Forsyth
Writer | The Day of the Jackal
Frederick Forsyth was youngest pilot of the Royal Airforce, joining at the age of 19. He then became a journalist and worked for Reuters in several European capitals. Now he is a thriller author and his books have been sold over 35 million times worldwide.
16. Harlan Coben
Writer | Ne le dis à personne
Harlan Coben was born on January 4, 1962 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Tell No One (2006), Harlan Coben's Shelter (2023) and Safe (2018).
17. John Grisham
Writer | Runaway Jury
A graduate of Mississippi State University and Ole Miss Law School, John Grisham obtained his law degree in 1981 and practiced law for about 10 years, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1983 and served until...
18. Lee Child
Writer | Jack Reacher
Lee Child was born in the exact geographic centre of England, in the heart of the industrial badlands. Never saw a tree until he was 12. It was the sort of place where if you fell in the river, you had to go to the hospital for a mandatory stomach pump. The sort of place where minor disputes were ...
19. Piers Anthony
Writer | A Spell for Chameleon
Piers Anthony was born on August 6, 1934 in Oxford, England, UK. He is a writer, known for A Spell for Chameleon, Companions of Xanth (1993) and The New 8-bit Heroes (2016). He has been married to MaryLee Boyance since April 22, 2020. He was previously married to Carol Ann Marble.
20. Robert A. Heinlein
Writer | Starship Troopers
At the age of 17, Heinlein graduated from Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He spent one year at the University of Missouri before he entered the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, from which he graduated as the 20th best among the 243 cadets. He spent five years in the Pacific ...
21. Tom Clancy
Writer | The Hunt for Red October
Tom Clancy became one of the best-selling writers of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries, starting with the publication of his 1984 thriller, The Hunt for Red October (1990). Born in Baltimore to a U.S. Post Office employee and his wife on April 12, 1947, Clancy graduated from Loyola Blakefield,...
22. Vince Flynn
Writer | American Assassin
After graduating from college, Vince Flynn went to work for Kraft General Foods, where he was an account and sales marketing specialist. Although he enjoyed his job, something was missing. Flynn wanted a challenge, and in 1990 he left Kraft to accept an aviation candidate slot with the United ...
23. Carl Hiaasen
Writer | Striptease
Carl Hiaasen graduated from the University of Florida's School of Journalism in 1974. He has written many books, including "Tourist Season", "Double Whammy" and "Striptease", all crime/mystery books that take place in south Florida. In between writing books, Hiaasen writes a regular column for the ...
24. Tucker Max
Writer | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Tucker Max is the author of New York Times Best Seller, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, which sprung from his legendary eponymous website. The site began as a bet in 2002, quickly evolved into one of the most visited humor sites on the Internet. Tucker Max graduated with highest honors from the ...
25. Ken Follett
Writer | Eye of the Needle
Follett's parents belonged to the Plymouth Brethren, a Protestant sect similar to the Baptists. He was forbidden to watch television, radio or cinema. He showed a strong penchant for literature in his early youth, when he read the works of H.G. at the age of seven. Wells and Ian Flamming discovered...
26. Nelson DeMille
Writer | The General's Daughter
Nelson DeMille was born Nelson Richard DeMille to Huron and Antonio DeMille on August 23, 1943 in New York City. Mr. DeMille served in the U.S. Army from 1966 to 1969 and earned the rank of First Lieutenant. Part of that time was served during the Vietnam War (in Quang Tri Provence, from November '...
27. Philip K. Dick
Writer | Blade Runner
Philip Kindred Dick was born in Chicago in December 1928, along with a twin sister, Jane. Jane died less than eight weeks later, allegedly from an allergy to mother's milk. Dick's parents split up during his childhood, and he moved with his mother to Berkeley, California, where he lived for most of...
28. Spider Robinson
Writer | Very Bad Deaths
Spider Robinson was born on November 24, 1948 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer, known for Very Bad Deaths, Time Pressure (2023) and Time Pressure (2023).
29. James Rollins
Writer | Map of Bones
James Rollins is known for Map of Bones, The Sigma Force and The Night Slasher (2017).
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