We considered authors' fame in terms of ubiquity, literal acclaim, and financial success — and awarded bonus points if the author showed state pride by setting their works there. Keep scrolling to ...

When we hear the names of writers, we usually think of their work first and not of the people who wrote them. But it doesn't change the fact that these authors existed and had full-blown lives that ...

Social media users hounded Pulitzer Prize finalist and famous author Joyce Carol Oates on X this week after she put out a post declaring the Bible to be a "work of fiction." Oates also referred to ...

When setting out to write, it’s hard not to compare yourself to those classic authors whose work has endured for hundreds of years. Don’t let the thought of competing with Dickens or Austen leave you ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Nietzel, former college president, writes on higher education In the past several weeks, several colleges and universities ...

To determine the list, we considered ubiquity, literary acclaim, and financial success. An author earned bonus points for setting their work in their home state. First, we scoured stories from coast ...