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Chicago Authors Index

Studs Terkel

May 16, 1912–October 31, 2008

Era Bell Thompson

August 10, 1905–December 30, 1986

Eunice Tietjens

July 29, 1884–December 6, 1944

A.L. Trellis

Natasha Trethewey

April 26, 1966-–

Scott Turow

April 12, 1949-–

Jeff Tweedy

Aug. 25, 1967- –

E. Donald Two-Rivers

July 29, 1945–December 28, 2008

Luis Alberto Urrea

August 20, 1955-–

Cyn Vargas

Bill Veeck

February 9, 1914–January 2, 1986

Kurt Vonnegut

November 11, 1922–April 11 2007

Margaret Walker

July 7, 1915–November 30, 1998

Theodore Ward

December 15, 1902–May 8, 1983

Chris Ware

December 28, 1967-–

Lew Welch

August 6, 1926–May 23, 1971

Sam Weller

January 31, 1967-–

Ida B. Wells

July 16, 1862–March 25, 1931

Glenway Wescott

April 11, 1901–February 22, 1987

Brand Whitlock

March 4, 1869–May 24, 1934

Thornton Wilder

April 17, 1897–December 7, 1975

Garry Wills

May 22, 1934-–

Lanford Wilson

April 13, 1937–March 21, 2011

Yvor Winters

October 17, 1900–January 25, 1968

Gene Wolfe

May 7, 1931–April 14, 2019

Jamila Woods

October 6, 1989–

Rose Woodson

Bob Woodward

March 26, 1943-–

Richard Wright

September 4, 1908–November 28, 1960

Edith Wyatt

September 14, 1873–October, 1958

Frank Yerby

September 5, 1916–November 29, 1991

Marc Zimmerman

January 10, 1939-–

Mary Zimmerman

April 23, 1960-–

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