The following is a list of authors who are primarily associated with writing poetry, fiction or nonfiction set in or about Greater Los Angeles and/or with the city’s literary scene past and present. This list is by no means exhaustive.
NOTE: The authors are each linked to a critical article about themselves and their work, if available.
Steve Abee
Pat Alderete
Luis Alfaro
Noёl Alumit
Iris de Anda
Gustavo Arellano
Khadija Anderson
Erika Ayón
Aimee Bender
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo
bridgette bianca
Laurel Ann Bogen
Derek D. Brown
Leigh Brackett
Billy Burgos
James M. Cain
Paul Cain
Steph Cha
Cathy Linh Che
Teresa Mei Chuc
Michelle T. Clinton
Cory “Besskeep” Cofer
Jayne Cortez
Ingrid Calderon-Collins
Michael Connelly
Brendan Constantine
Robert Crais
Michael Datcher
Mike Davis
Eric Jerome Dickey
Lian Dolan
Tommy Domino
Megan Dorame
Marvinlouis Dorsey
Carol Muske-Dukes
Steve Erickson
Alex Espinoza
Percival Everette
Alex Rhone Fancher
Judith Freeman
Janet Fitch
Michael C. Ford
GT Foster
Jessica Gallion
Manazar Gamboa
Jerry Garcia
Nikolai Garcia
Lynell George
Amy Gerstler
Rebecca Gonzalez
Asha Grant
SA Griffin
Myriam Gurba
Denise Hamilton
Peter J. Harris
Don Kingfisher Campbell
David Hernandez
Naomi Hirahara
Emory Holmes II
Joe Ide
Arminé Iknadossian
Chip Jacobs
Erin Aubry Kaplan
Tracy Akemi Kato-Kiriyama
Douglas Kearney
Faye Kellerman
Johnathan Kellerman
Ron Koertge
CB Lee
Lawrence Lipton
Steve Lopez
Christian Lozada
Suzanne Lummis
Lewis MacAdams
Ross Macdonald
Rubén Martínez
Lou Matthews
Carey McWilliams
Jenise Miller
Bill Mohr
Eric Morago
Walter Mosely
Shoson Nagahara
Wendy C. Ortiz
Viva Padilla
Stuart Perkoff
Adam Walker Philips
Gary Phillips
Ivy Pochoda
Mary Helen Ponce
Holly Prado
Sierra-Nicole Qualles
Richard Rayner
John Rechy
Nina Revoyr
Luis J. Rodriguez
Marytza K. Rubio
Angelina Sáenza
Alvin A. Saxon, Jr./Ojenke
Johnie Scott
Matt Sadillo
Lisa See
Mona Simpson
Hiram Sims
Karo Ska
George Dury Smith
Brian Sonia-Wallace
Irene Suico Soriano
Jervey Tervalon
Thomas R. Thomas
Lynne Thompson
A.K. Toney
Hector Tobar
David Trinidad
Quincy Troupe
Brenda Vaca
Vickie Vértiz
La Poeta Violeta
Helena Maria Viramontes
Diana Wagman
Joseph Wambaugh
Jasmine Williams
Jessica Wilson
Désirée Zamorano
Jaha Zainabu
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