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MARYLAND WRITERS

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Adichie, Chimamanda (1977-)

Born in Enugu, Nigeria, September 15, 1977

Lives in Columbia, Maryland

Alvarez, Rafael (1958- )

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 24, 1958

• Baker, Russell W. (1925-2019)
  Born in Morrisonville, Virginia, August 14, 1925
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland, 1936-1952
  Died in Leesburg, Virginia, January 21, 2019
• Barth, John S. (1930-2024)
  Born in Cambridge, Maryland, May 27, 1930
  Died in Bonita Springs, Florida, April 2, 2024.

Larry S. Gibson, author of Young Thurgood: The Making of a Supreme Court Justice (2012) at Baltimore Book Festival, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland, September 2012. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Belfoure, Charles A.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 19, 1954

Lives in Westminster, Maryland

Bell, Madison Smartt (1957-)

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, August 1, 1957

Lives in Baltimore, Maryland

• Blatty, William Peter (1928-2017)
  
  Born in New York City, New York, January 7, 1928
  Died in Bethesda, Maryland, January 12, 2017
• Bozman, John Leeds (1757-1823)
• Briscoe, Connie (1952-)
  
  Born in Washington, DC, 1952
  Lives in Maryland

Baltimore Book Festival logo, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland, September 2009. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Brown, Zenith Jones

see: Ford, Leslie

Burns, Vincent Godfrey (1893-1979)

Born in Brooklyn, New York, October 17, 1893

Died in Epping Forest, Maryland, February 3, 1979

• Byron, Gilbert V. (1903-1991)
  Born in Chestertown, Maryland, July 12, 1903
  Died in Easton, Maryland, June 25, 1991
• Cain, James M. (1892-1977)
  Born in Annapolis, Maryland, July 1, 1892
  Died in University Park, Maryland, October 27, 1977
• Caplan, Thomas M. (1946-)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 23, 1946

Baltimore Book Festival, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland, September 2009. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Carson, Rachel (1907-1964)
  Born in Springdale, Pennsylvania, May 27, 1907
  Died in Silver Spring, Maryland, April 14, 1964
• Chabon, Michael (1963-)
  Born in Washington, DC, May 24, 1963
  Lived in Columbia, Maryland, 1969-1980
• Chappell, Helen (also known as Rebecca Baldwin and Caroline Brooks) (1947-)
  Born in Pennsylvania, May 1, 1947
  Lives on Maryland's Eastern Shore
• Chase, Paula
  Lives in Annapolis, Maryland
• Chizmar, Richard T. (1965-)
  Born in 1965
  Lives in Bel Air, Maryland
• Clancy, Tom (1947-2013)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, April 12, 1947
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, October 1, 2013
• Clifton, Lucille (1936-2010)
  
  Born in Depew, New York, June 27, 1936
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, February 13, 2010
• Coates, Ta-Nehisi (1975-)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 30, 1975
• Collier, Michael (1953-)
• Conrad, Brenda
  see: Ford, Leslie
• Cooke, Ebenezer (c. 1670 - c. 1732)
  Born in London, England, c. 1670
  Lived in Maryland
  Died c. 1732
• Coppley, Jackson (1949-)
  Born in Lexington, North Carolina, 1949
  Lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland
• Corbett, Christopher (1951-)
  Born in Maine, December 11, 1951
  Lives in Baltimore, Maryland
• Croker, Maria Briscoe (1875-1962)
  
  Born in Charlotte Hall, Maryland, April 24, 1875
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, May 6, 1962
• Cummins, Jeanine (1974-)
  
  Born in Rota, Spain, December 6, 1974
  Lived in Gaithersburg, Maryland
• Deford, Benjamin Franklin (Frank) (1938-2017)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 16, 1938
  Died in Key West, Florida, May 28, 2017
• Dickinson, Elizabeth Evitts (1973-)
  Born in Roanoke. Virginia
  Lives in Baltimore, Maryland
• Dos Passos, John (1896-1970)
  Born in Chicago, Illinois, January 14, 1896
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, September 28, 1970
• Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895)
  Born near Easton, Maryland, February 1818
  Died in Washington, DC, February 20, 1895
• Du Bois, W. E. B. (1868-1963)
  Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, February 23, 1868
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland, 1939-1957
  Died in Accra, Ghana, August 27, 1963
• Duke, William (1757-1843)
  Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, 1757
  Died in Elkton, Maryland, 1843
• Finley, Martha (1828-1909)
  Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, April 26, 1828
  Died in Elkton, Maryland, January 29, 1909
• Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896-1940)
  Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, September 24, 1896
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland, 1932-1937
  Died in Hollywood, California, December 21, 1940
• Flint, Roland (1934-2001)
  Born in Park River, North Dakota, February 27, 1934
  Died in Kensington, Maryland, January 2, 2001
• Ford, Leslie (1898-1983)
  (born: Zenith Jones; a.k.a. Brenda Conrad, David Frome.)
  Born in Smith River, California, December 8, 1898
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, August 25, 1983
• Frome, David
  see: Ford, Leslie
• Fuqua, Jonathon Scott (1966-)
  
  Born in Frankfurt, Germany, March 26, 1966
  Lives in Baltimore, Maryland
• Gildea, William (1939-2020)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 2, 1939
  Died in Rockville, Maryland, June 14, 2020
• Glaser, Michael S. (1943-2025)
  Born in Chicago, Illinois, 1943
  Lives in St. Mary's City, Maryland
  Died in Hillsborough, North Carolina, January 24, 2025
• Goff, Leigh (1970-)
  Born in 1970
  Lives in Annapolis, Maryland
• Goodman, Eric D.
  Lives in Baltimore, Maryland
• Gordon, Jaimy (1944-)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 4, 1944
• Gresham, William Lindsay (1909-1962)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 20, 1909
  Died in New York City, New York, September 14, 1962
• Grimes, Martha (1931-)
  Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 2, 1931
  Lives in Bethesda, Maryland
• Grossman, Allen (1932-2014)
  Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 7, 1932
  Lived in Maryland
  Died in Chelsea, Massachusetts, June 27, 2014
• Guerra, John L.
  Born in Washington, DC
  Lived in Maryland
• Hamilton, Edith (1867-1963)
  Born in Dresden, Germany, August 12, 1867
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland, 1896-1924
  Died in Washington, DC, May 31, 1963
• Hammett, (Samuel) Dashiell (1894-1961)
  Born in St. Mary's County, Maryland, May 27, 1894
  Died in New York City, New York, January 10, 1961
• Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins (1825-1911)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 24, 1825
  Died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 22, 1911
• Harrison, Joseph Hobson, III (1957-2024)
  Born in Richmond, Virginia, August 25, 1957
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, February 13, 2024
• Heck, Peter J. (1941-)
  Born in Chestertown, Maryland, September 4, 1941
• Hilton, David P. (1938-2005)
  Born in Oakland, California, 1938
  Died in Chestertown, Maryland, April 7, 2005
• Hunter, Stephen (1946-)
  Born in Kansas City, Missouri, March 25, 1946
  Lives in Baltimore, Maryland
• Hurston, Zora Neale (1891-1960)
  Born in Notasulga, Alabama, January 7, 1891
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland
  Died in Fort Pierce, Florida, January 28, 1960
• Jackson, Lawrence P. (1968-)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, June 12, 1968

Jacobsen, Josephine (1908-2003)

Born in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, August 19, 1908

Died in Cockeysville, Maryland, July 9, 2003

Kamoie, Laura (1970-)

Born in Hagerstown, Maryland, August 27, 1970

Lives in Annapolis, Maryland

Annapolis Book Festival, Afghanistan Panel: Stephen D. Wrage, Francis J. (Bing) West, Linda Robinson, John A. Nagl; Annapolis, Maryland, April 2012. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Kaufman, Millard (1917-2009)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 12, 1917
  Died in Los Angeles, California, March 14, 2009
• Kempton, Murray (1917-1997)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 16, 1917
  Died in New York City, New York, May 5, 1997

David Reichenbaugh discusses In Pursuit: The Hunt for the Beltway Snipers, Annapolis Book Festival, Annapolis, Maryland, April 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Kennedy, John Pendleton (1795-1870)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 25, 1795
  Died in Newport, Rhode Island, August 18, 1870
• Kenny, Carol
• Kerr, Sophie (1880-1965)
  Born in Denton, Maryland, August 23, 1880
  Died in New York City, New York, February 6, 1965
• Lanier, Sidney (1842-1881)
  Born in Macon, Georgia, February 3, 1842
  Died in Lynn, North Carolina, September 7, 1881
  Buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
• Larson, Nathan (1970-)
  
  Born in Maryland, September 12, 1970
• Lederer, William J. (1912-2009)
  Born in New York, March 31, 1912
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, December 5, 2009
• Lee, Barbara (1945-)
  Born in Cooperstown, New York, 1945
  Lives in Columbia, Maryland
• Levinson, Barry (1942-)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, April 6, 1942
• Lewis, Maggie Mei (1993-)
  Born in China, 1993
  Lives in Maryland
• Lincoln, Christine (1966- )
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1966
• Lippman, Laura (1959- )
  Born in Atlanta, Georgia, January 31, 1959
  Lives in Baltimore, Maryland
• Lord, (John) Walter, Jr. (1917-2002)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 8, 1917
  Died in Manhattan, New York, May 19, 2002
• Malfi, Ronald Damien (1977-)
  Born in Brooklyn, New York, April 28, 1977
  Lives in Maryland
• Mangan, Kathy (1950-)
  Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1950
  Lives in Maryland
• Massey, Sujata (1964- )
  Born in Sussex, England, March 4, 1964
  Lives in Baltimore, Maryland
• Matthews, Tonya Maria
• McGill, Alice
  Born in Scotland Neck, North Carolina
  Lives in Maryland
• McDermott, Alice (1953- )
  Born in Brooklyn, New York, June 27, 1953
  Lives in Bethesda, Maryland
• McKinsey, Folger (1866-1950)
  Born in Elkton, Maryland, August 29, 1866
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, July 22, 1950

• Mencken, Henry Louis (1880-1956)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 12, 1880
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, January 29, 1956
• Mertz, Barbara (also known as Barbara Michaels & Elizabeth Peters) (1927-2013)
  Born in Canton, Illinois, September 29, 1927
  Died in Frederick, Maryland, August 8, 2013

Garden at H. L. Mencken House, 1524 Hollins St., Baltimore, Maryland, December 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Meyer, Philipp (1974-)
  Born in New York City, New York, May 1, 1974
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland, 1979-1996, 2004-2005
• Miles, George Henry (1824-1871)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 31, 1824
  Died near Emmitsburg, Maryland, July 31, 1871
• Mooney, Robert J. (1955- )
  Born in Rochester, New York, 1955
  Lives in Maryland
• Morley, Christopher (1890-1957)
  Born in Haverford, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1890
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland, 1900-1906
  Died in Roslyn Estates, New York, March 28, 1957
• Murray, Pauli (1910-1985)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, November 20, 1910
  Died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1985
• Nash, Ogden (1902-1971)
  Born in Rye, New York, August 19, 1902
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, May 19, 1971
• Oden, Gloria Catherine (1923-2011)
  Born in Yonkers, New York, October 30, 1923
  Lived in Maryland, 1971-2011
  Died December 16, 2011
• O'Hara, Frank (1926-1966)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 27, 1926
  Died in Fire Island, New York, July 25, 1966
• Parker, Dorothy (1893-1967)
  Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, August 22, 1893
  Died in New York City, New York, June 7, 1967
  Buried in Baltmore, Maryland, October 1988
• Parsons, Patty Leigh (1954-2002)
  Born in Salisbury, Maryland, February 20, 1954
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, August 16, 2002
• Pastan, Linda (1932-2023)
  Born in Bronx, New York, May 27, 1932
  Lived in Potomac, Maryland
  Died in Chevy Chase, Maryland, January 30, 2023
• Pelecanos, George (1957-)
  Born in Washington, DC, Feb. 18, 1957
  Lives in Silver Spring, Maryland
• Petersen, Penny Clover
  Lives in Bowie, Maryland
• Pinckney, Edward Coote (1802-1828)
  Born in London, England, October 1, 1802
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, April 11, 1828
• Plumly, Stanley (1939-2019)
  Born in Barnesville, Ohio, May 23, 1939
  Died in Frederick, Maryland, April 11, 2019

• Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)
  Born in Boston, Massachusetts, January 19, 1809
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, October 7, 1849

Edgar Allan Poe statue (quoting from The Raven: "Dreaming Dreams No Mortal Ever Dared to Dream Before") (1917), by Moses Jacob Ezekiel, Gordon Plaza, Maryland Ave. & West Mt. Royal Ave., University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Porter, Katherine Anne (1890-1980)
  Born in Indian Creek, Texas, May 15, 1890
  Died in Silver Spring, Maryland, September 18, 1980
• Post, Emily (1872-1960)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 27, 1872
  Died in New York City, New York, September 25, 1960
• Randall, Dudley (1914-2000)
  Born in Washington, DC, January 14, 1914
  Lived in Maryland
  Died in Southfield, Michigan, August 5, 2000
• Randall, Julia (1924-2005)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1924
  Died in North Bennington, Vermont, May 22, 2005
• Randolph, Innes (1837-1887)
  Born in Winchester, Virginia, October 25, 1837
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, April 29, 1887
• Reese, Lizette Woodworth (1856-1935)
  Born in Huntingdon, Maryland, January 9, 1856
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, December 17, 1935
• Reynolds, Jason (1983-)
  Born in Washington, DC, December 6, 1983
  Raised in Oxon Hill, Maryland
• Rich, Adrienne (1929-2012)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 16, 1929
  Died in Santa Cruz, California, March 27, 2012
• Roberts, Nora [Robertson, Eleanor Marie] (1950-)
  Born in Silver Spring, Maryland, October 10, 1950
  
• Robson, Lucia St. Clair (1942-)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1942
• Salamanca, J. R. (1922-2013)
  Born in St. Petersburg, Florida, December 20, 1922
  Died in Potomac, Maryland, October 30, 2013
• Scharper, C. Diane (1942-)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 23, 1942
• Semmes, Raphael (1809-1877)
  Born in Charles County, Maryland, September 27, 1809
  Died in Mobile, Alabama, August 30, 1877
• Shapiro, Karl (1913-2000)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, November 10, 1913
  Died in New York City, New York, May 14, 2000
• Shepard, William S.
• Simon, David (1960-)
  Born in Washington, DC, February 9, 1960
  Lives in Baltimore, Maryland
• Sinclair, Upton (1878-1968)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 20, 1878
  Died in Boundbrook, New Jersey, November 25, 1968
• Spires, Elizabeth (1952-)
  Born in Lancaster, Ohio, May 1952
  Lives in Baltimore, Maryland
• Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946)
  Born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1874
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland, 1892, 1897-1901
  Died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, July 27, 1946
• Steinbach, Alice C. (1933-2012)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 10, 1933
  Died in Baltimore Maryland, March 13, 2012
• Talley, Marcia (1943-)
  
  Born in Cleveland, Ohio, April 12, 1943
  Lives in Annapolis, Maryland
• Thompson, Sue Ellen (1948-)
  
  Born in New Jersey, 1948
  Lives in Maryland

• Tilghman, Christopher (1946-)
  Born in Boston, Massachusetts, September 5, 1946
  Lives on Maryland's Eastern Shore
• Townsend, George Alfred (1841-1914)
  Born in Georgetown, Delaware, January 30, 1841
  Lived near Burkittsville, Maryland, 1884-1911
  Died in New York City, New York, April 15, 1914

George Alfred Townsend image with his desk exhibit, Visitors Center, Greenbrier State Park, Boonsboro, Maryland, August 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Turnbull, Grace H. (1880-1976)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 30, 1880
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, December 26, 1976
• Tyler, Anne (1941-)
  Born in Hennepin County, Minnesota, October 25, 1941
  Lives in Baltimore, Maryland
• Uris, Leon (1924-2003)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 3, 1924
  Died in Shelter Island, New York, June 21, 2003
• Ward, Robert (1943-)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 27, 1943
• Warfield, Gallatin
• Waters, John (1946-)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, April 22, 1946
• Weaver, Afaa Michael (1951-)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1951
• Weems, Mason Locke (1759-1825)
  Born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, October 11, 1759
  Died in Beaufort, South Carolina, May 23, 1825
• Welby, Amelia Coppuck (1819-1852)
  Born in St. Michaels, Maryland, February 3, 1819
  Died in Louisville, Kentucky, May 3, 1852
• West, Chassie
• White, Christopher
• Whittemore, Reed (1919-2012)
  Born in New Haven, Connecticut, September 11, 1919
  Died in Gaithersburg, Maryland, April 6, 2012
• Winfield, Katherine
  Lives in Maryland
• Wormser, Baron (1948-2025)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 4, 1948
  Died in Montpelier, Vermont, October 7, 2025
• Yeigh, John (1955-)
  Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, 1955
  Lives in Annapolis, Maryland

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