- Andersen, Hans Christian - Nineteenth-century Danish writer, author of dozens of fairy tales
- Bailey, Covert - Best-selling fitness author, creator of the "Fit of Fat" books and programs
- Brand, Stewart - Creator of The Whole Earth Catalog
- Branden, Barbara - Writer and lecturer, author of The Passion of Ayn Rand
- Burg, Bob - Motivational speaker and author of Winning Without Intimidation
- Burroughs, William S. - 20th century American writer
- Chodorov, Frank - Early editor of The Freeman
- Constant, Benjamin - 18th/19th Franco-Swiss author
- DeMille, Nelson - American bestselling mystery writer
- Dooling, Richard - American novelist, co-writer of Stephen King's "Kingdom Hospital" TV miniseries
- Douglass, Frederick - 19th century American abolitionist, known for his autobiography as a slave
- Drucker, Peter F. - 20th century Austrian-born American author and professor of management
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo - Nineteenth century American author, the "Sage of Concord"
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von - Late 18th and early 19th German writer and scientist, author of Faust
- Havel, Vaclav - First President of the Czech Republic
- Jacobs, Jane - 20th century American/Canadian writer, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities
- Kaminsky, Stuart M. - Novelist, screenwriter, biographer, recipient of Edgar Allan Poe Award for A Cold Red Sunrise
- Kay, Karen - American romance novelist of Choctaw Indian descent
- Koontz, Dean - Bestselling novelist
- Kostelanetz, Richard - American writer, artist, critic and editor
- Kubby, Steve - Author, 1998 LP California Governor candidate, 2008 LP U.S. President aspirant
 McElroy, Wendy - Author, individualist feminist- Milton, John - 17th century English poet, author of Paradise Lost
- Monteleone, Thomas F. - American novelist and editor, winner of Bram Stoker Award
- Moore, Carol - Libertarian activist, speaker and writer
- Murray, Charles - Author, policy analyst, AEI scholar
- Nock, Albert Jay - Author of Our Enemy, The State, founder of The Freeman (1920-24)
- Novak, Michael - American author and theologian
- Oglesby, Carl - American writer, author of Who Killed JFK?, past president of Students for a Democratic Society
- Opitz, Edmund A. - 20th century American author, longtime contributor to the Foundation for Economic Education
- Orwell, George - British writer, author of 1984 and Animal Farm
- Paglia, Camille - American writer, author of Sexual Personae, professor of humanities
- Peters, Tom - Management guru, co-author of In Search of Excellence
- Pink, Daniel H. - Author, speaker, contributing editor at Wired magazine
- Raimondo, Justin - Editorial director of Antiwar.com
- Ringer, Robert - Best selling author (Winning Through Intimidation, Looking Out for #1)
- Royal, Lauren - American historical romance novelist
- Schiff, Irwin A. - American author, tax protester, 1996 Libertarian Party presidential aspirant
- Science Fiction Authors - Writers of fictional accounts with scientific or pseudo-scientific bases
- Shermer, Michael - Founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, Executive Director of the Skeptics Society
- Smith, George H. - Writer, author of Why Atheism?
- Soos, Troy - American writer, author of the Mickey Rawlings historical baseball mysteries
- Thoreau, Henry David - Nineteenth-century American author, noted for the essay "Civil Disobedience"
- Tolkien, J. R. R. - 20th century English writer and professor of linguistics, author of The Lord of the Rings
- Waller, Robert James - American novelist, author of bestseller The Bridges of Madison County
- Weaver, Henry Grady - Director of customer research for General Motors during the early 20th century
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