** Literature: Allan Gurganus, Jill McCorkle

Core faculty has included fiction writers David Gates, Amy Hempel, Jill McCorkle, Sheila Kohler, Martha Cooley, Askold Melnyczuk, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, and Alice Mattison ; nonfiction writers Sven Birkerts, Susan Cheever, Phillip Lopate, Tom Bissell, and George Scialabba ; and poets April Bernard, Major Jackson, Timothy Liu, Amy Gerstler, Mark Wunderlich, and Ed Ochester.

Morris, Anne Tyler, Larry Brown, Horton Foote, Allan Gurganus, George Singleton, Clyde Edgerton, Daniel Wallace, Kaye Gibbons, Winston Groom, Lewis Nordan, Richard Ford, Ferrol Sams, Natasha Trethewey, Olympia Vernon, Jill McCorkle, Mik Everett, and Jesmyn Ward, who won the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction for her novel, Salvage the Bones.

* Jill McCorkle ( Gamma Lambda )-author, Good Ol ' Girls and eight other novels and short story collections, five of which are New York Times notable books

* Jill McCorkle ( 2003 )

* 1934 – Jill Ker Conway, Australian-born American author

* October 9 – Jill Ker Conway, Australian-born author

* J. Jill Robinson ( M. A 1985 ), author of four short story collections who also taught English literature and creative writing at the University of Calgary.

* The Life and Struggles of Hattie McDaniel ( author Jill Watts audio interview ), hear the voice of Hattie McDaniel

* Jill Ker Conway, Australian-American author

* Jill Churchill, American author

Other famous people who lived in Bromley include Alex Clare, Charles Darwin, David Bowie, Richmal Crompton, Pixie Lott, Starsmith, Christopher Tennant, Peter Frampton, Aleister Crowley, Siouxsie Sioux, Gary Rhodes, Billy Idol, Billy Jenkins, cricketer Jill Cruwys, the anarchist Peter Kropotkin, the former Clash drummer Topper Headon, historian Richard Jefferis, illustrator Charles Keeping, Formula 1 test driver Gary Paffett, children's writer Andrew Murray, actor Michael York who attended Bromley Grammar School for Boys, clarinetist Chris Craker, Don Perrin, Canadian author who attended Burnt Ash School in Bromley, and Sir Thomas James Harper, an officer decorated in the Crimean war.

* Interview with biographer Jill Roe, author of Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography, with Ramona Koval, The Book Show, ABC Radio National, 20 / 11 / 08.

Death: At Death's Door is a comic penned and inked in the manga-style, by Jill Thompson, author of the Little Endless.

* Jill Murphy, author of The Worst Witch series

* Jill Bolte Taylor: Famous neuroanatamist who at a TED talk shared her experiences of studying herself during a stroke and author of My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey, a best-selling book which will be made into a major motion picture by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Imagine Entertainment

Jill Ker Conway ( born 9 October 1934 ) is an Australian-American author.

* Jill MacLean ( born 1941 ), English-Canadian author

Among others, Jill Stein has been endorsed for 2012 President by linguist, author and activist Noam Chomsky and by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and war correspondent Chris Hedges.

Scott Lomax ( born 1982 ) is a campaigner and true crime author who wrote about the case of the convicted murderer Jeremy Bamber, and also about the innocence of Barry George who was acquitted of the murder of Jill Dando on 1 August 2008 after a retrial ordered by the Court of Appeal.

He is author of a number of books and articles, the most notable being Who Killed Jill Dando ?, Justice for Jill and Jeremy Bamber, Evil, Almost Beyond Belief?

Jill Krementz ( born 19 February 1940 ) is a photographer and author.

Jill Murphy ( born 5 July 1949 ) is an English author and illustrator of children's books, best known for The Worst Witch novels and the " Large Family " picture books.

Recent speakers have included Gloria Steinem ( activist and founder Ms. magazine ), Jill Bolte Taylor ( neuroanatomist and author My Stroke of Insight ), Kip Fulbeck ( artist, poet, filmmaker ), Penny Pritzker ' 77 ( Founder, Classic Residence by Hyatt ; National Finance Chair for the Obama presidential campaign ), Al Gore ( Nobel Laureate and former Vice President ), Marissa Mayer ( Vice President, Google ), Thomas L. Friedman ( author, The World is Flat, and Greg Mortensen ( author, Three Cups of Tea ).

* Jill Davis, author and television writer

" Transforming Stories " was a presentation by Newcomer and Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor a neuroantomist and author of the book My Stroke of Insight.

* Jerusalem: A Song of Songs, 1981 ( with Jill Uris )

The class Remipedia was erected in in 1981 by Jill Yager, in describing Speleonectes lucayensis form the Bahamas.

He has been married four times: to Kathryn Baker in 1964, to Marilyn Aiken in 1975, to Jill Donahue in 1981, and to Malgosia Tomassi around 1986.

Gordon's return as Meg was devised by the new Producer, Phillip Bowman, who himself ended the involvement with the series of regulars Ronald Allen and Sue Lloyd in order for the motel to be sold-and thus Meg's daughter Jill was to face a tough choice of whether to agree to the sale, or hold on to the shares her mother left her in 1981.

Jill Fraser was a co-owner of the theatre ( with her husband James Sargant ) from 1981 until her death in 2006, and under her artistic direction it developed into a significant regional theatre.

She formed Strawberry Switchblade in 1981 with Jill Bryson.

* Mrs. Jill Elizabeth Clack ( C ): Harrow Central 1981 – March 31, 1986

* 1981 – Pia Haraldsen, Norwegian journalist and author

* 1889 – Zerna Sharp, American author and educator ( d. 1981 )

* 1903 – Bhagwati Charan Verma Indian author ( d. 1981 )

* Arnold Lobel ( 1933 – 87 ), author of Fables, winner 1981 Caldecott Medal.

* 1981 – Daryl Blonder, American actor and author

* 1981 – Nicole Richie, American actress, singer, fashion designer, and author

* 1981 – Chief Dan George, Canadian actor, author, and poet ( b. 1899 )

* 1981 – Cecelia Ahern, Irish author

In 1981, Lawhead began to author novels, initially fantasy and science fiction, completing his first trilogy, the " Dragon King trilogy ".

* William Jardine and other Jardine tai-pans are fictionally portrayed in author James Clavell's popular fiction novels Tai-Pan ( 1966 ), Gai-Jin ( 1993 ), Noble House ( 1981 ) and Whirlwind ( 1987 ).

* December 28 – Carol Ryrie Brink, American author ( d. 1981 )

" The Nights have proved an inspiration to some modern Egyptian writers, such as Tawfiq al-Hakim ( author of the Symbolist play Shahrazad, 1934 ), Taha Hussein ( Scheherazade's Dreams, 1943 ) and Naguib Mahfouz ( Arabian Nights and Days, 1981 ).

* Sydney Carter, author of a 1981 song about Julian

The film also features, as " witnesses ," interviews with the 98-year old radical educator and peace activist Scott Nearing ( 1883 – 1983 ), author Dorothy Frooks ( 1896 – 1997 ), reporter and author George Seldes ( 1890 – 1995 ), civil liberties advocate Roger Baldwin ( 1884 – 1981 ), and the American writer Henry Miller ( 1891 – 1980 ), among others.

He also appeared in other films such as the Ealing comedy The Lavender Hill Mob ( 1951 ) and the 1981 PBS production of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and he had a small role in the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ( 1968 ) which was itself based on a children's book by Bond author Ian Fleming.

Edwin " Ed " Meese, III ( born December 2, 1931 ) is an attorney, law professor, and author who served in official capacities within the Ronald Reagan Gubernatorial Administration ( 1967 – 1974 ), the Reagan Presidential Transition Team ( 1980 ), and the Reagan White House ( 1981 – 1985 ), eventually rising to hold the position of the 75th Attorney General of the United States ( 1985 – 1988 ).

" In chapter 1 of his book, Elvis ( 1981 ), the author describes Graceland as looking like a brothel: " it appears to have been lifted from some turn-of-the-century bordello down in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

One example is Val McDermid, whose first book appeared as far back as 1987 ; another is Florida-based author Carl Hiaasen, who has been publishing books since 1981, all of which are readily available.

Paton's second and third novels, Too Late the Phalarope ( 1953 ) and Ah, but Your Land is Beautiful ( 1981 ), and his short stories, Tales From a Troubled Land ( 1961 ), all deal with the same racial themes that concerned the author in his first novel.

* Thomas B. Dewey ( 1915 – 1981 ), American author

* Aviation author and historian Michael B. McComb attended Kingman High School ( 1981 – 1985 ) in Kingman.

Machgielis ( Max ) Euwe () ( May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981 ) was a Dutch chess Grandmaster, mathematician, and author.

* Tom Eyen-American experimental playwright, lyricist, and theatre director, author of Dreamgirls for which he won the 1981 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical

* Jessica Warman ( Born 1981 ), author