200 Influential Writers and Voices

This is a personal list of writer, thinkers, and voices who have influenced me. I have read or studied all of them. They influence my own writing and thinking.

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Abigail Tarttelin

Abigail Tarttelin

1

Albert Camus

Albert Camus

2

Aldous Huxley

Aldous Huxley

3

Alex Garland

Alex Garland

4

Alice Walker

Alice Walker

5

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

6

Amanda Marcotte

Amanda Marcotte

7

Anais Nin

Anais Nin

8

Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain

9

Anthony Burgess

Anthony Burgess

10

Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

11

Aravind Adiga

Aravind Adiga

12

Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

13

Arthur Rimbaud

Arthur Rimbaud

14

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

15

Ben Rhodes

Ben Rhodes

16

Bill Maher

Bill Maher

17

Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

18

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

19

Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson

20

Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis

21

Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen

22

Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan

23

Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

24

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

25

Charlie Kaufman

Charlie Kaufman

26

Chigozie Obioma

Chigozie Obioma

27

Christian Cantrell

Christian Cantrell

28

Christopher Ryan

Christopher Ryan

29

Christopher Voss

Christopher Voss

30

Chuck Klosterman

Chuck Klosterman

31

Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk

32

Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy

33

Cornell West

Cornell West

34

Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie

35

Dan Choan

Dan Choan

36

Daniel Suarez

Daniel Suarez

37

Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers

38

Dave Hickey

Dave Hickey

39

David Foster Wallace

David Foster Wallace

40

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