Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is an American author best known for his mysteries, particularly the Dave Robicheaux series.

Is an American author best known for his mysteries, particularly the Dave Robicheaux series.

Was an Anglo-Australian solicitor and poet.Michael was born in London, the second son[1] of James Wa

Was an Anglo-Australian solicitor and poet.Michael was born in London, the second son[1] of James Walter Michael, solicitor, and his wife, Rose Lemon née Hart. Michael told his friend Joseph Sheridan Moore, that the passage on page 12 of John Cumberland, beginning "My earliest memory", gives an exact picture of his childhood. After visiting Europe, Michael was articled to his father and began to mix in artistic and literary society. Sheridan Moore states that Michael became friendly with Millais and Ruskin, and published a pamphlet which made some stir at the time, vindicating the position of the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood. Moore also says that though "always temperate and abstemious in his habits he had a talent for frittering away his money". This could have been one of the reasons for his migration to Australia.[2]

Is an British Information Technology consultant and author, who was nominated for a Pulitzer prize [

Is an British Information Technology consultant and author, who was nominated for a Pulitzer prize [1] for his book, The Wired Society: A Challenge for Tomorrow (1977).

Was an Australian poet, novelist, and journalist.Victoria, Devaney attended St. Joseph's College, Hu

Was an Australian poet, novelist, and journalist.Victoria, Devaney attended St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, entering the Marist Brothers juniorate in 1904.[1] He took his vows in 1915. Under the pen-name 'Fabian', he contributed between 1924 and 1943 a nature column to the Brisbane Courier (renamed Courier-Mail after 1933).[2]

Is a South African poet, writer and publisher.In 1987, he was elected as patron of the Congress of S

Is a South African poet, writer and publisher.In 1987, he was elected as patron of the Congress of South African Writers, and he established the first black-founded art gallery in South Africa, and the first black-owned publishing house. In 2000, he founded the publishing house Realities.

Was a Canadian poet.McIntyre was born in Forres, Scotland and came to Canada in 1841 at the age of 1

Was a Canadian poet.McIntyre was born in Forres, Scotland and came to Canada in 1841 at the age of 14. He worked as a hired hand to begin with, performing pioneer chores that formed the basis of a number of his works. Later, he settled in St. Catharines,

Was an American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. He was one of the ear

Was an American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best-known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance.

Was an American novelist and conservationist. A great number of his works were turned into movies, s

Was an American novelist and conservationist. A great number of his works were turned into movies, several of which starred Nell Shipman as a brave and adventurous woman in the wilds of the north. Many films from Curwood's writings were made during his li

Was a South African author, politician, mining financier and pioneer of the fruit industry. One of h

Was a South African author, politician, mining financier and pioneer of the fruit industry. One of his children's books, Jock of the Bushveld, is now considered a classic.[citation needed].After his father's death in 1880, Percy FitzPatrick left college in order to support his mother and her family. He travelled to the Eastern Transvaal goldfields in 1884, where he worked as a storeman, prospector's assistant and journalist as well as an ox-wagon transport-rider from the former Lourenco Marques to Lydenburg and Barberton. He later became editor of the Gold Fields News in Barberton. An account of FitzPatrick's adventures during this time, Jock of the Bushveld, was published in 1907.

Was an Australian academic, poet, journalist, literary critic and a prominent convert to Roman Catho

Was an Australian academic, poet, journalist, literary critic and a prominent convert to Roman Catholicism.McAuley was born in Lakemba, a suburb of Sydney. He was educated at Fort Street High School and then attended Sydney University where he majored in English, Latin and philosophy. In 1937 he edited Hermes, the annual literary journal of the University of Sydney Union, in which, many of his early poems were published until 1941.

Was an American author known for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. Jones was born

Was an American author known for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. Jones was born in Robinson, Illinois. He enlisted in the US Army in 1939 and served in the 25th Infantry Division before and during World War II, first in Hawaii, then in

Was an American writer and mountaineer. He was born in New York.He was the ghost writer for Tenzing

Was an American writer and mountaineer. He was born in New York.He was the ghost writer for Tenzing Norgay's autobiography Man of Everest (originally published as Tiger of the Snows). High Conquest was the first of nine books for J.B. Lippincott coming ou

Was an American ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer.

Was an American ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer.

Was an American author of sharply satirical, predominantly gay-themed transgressional fiction. A nat

Was an American author of sharply satirical, predominantly gay-themed transgressional fiction. A native Californian, his work is set almost entirely in Southern California. After graduating from UCLA, he began his career as a screenwriter, but became disillusioned and started writing novels instead.

Was an American novelist, screenwriter, journalist, poet, and film critic. In the 1940s he was one o

Was an American novelist, screenwriter, journalist, poet, and film critic. In the 1940s he was one of the most influential film critics in the U.S.

Was an English dramatist.His first poem, Echo, or the Unfortunate Lovers (of which no copy is known,

Was an English dramatist.His first poem, Echo, or the Unfortunate Lovers (of which no copy is known, but which is probably the same as Narcissus of 1646), was published in 1618. After earning his M.A., he was, Wood says, "a minister of God's word in or ne

Was a German composer, pianist and musicologist. James Simon was born into a Jewish family in Berlin

Was a German composer, pianist and musicologist. James Simon was born into a Jewish family in Berlin and murdered in Auschwitz in 1944 following his three year internment at Theresienstadt (1941-1944). He studied at the Musikhochschule in Berlin piano (C. Ansorge) and composition (Max Bruch). In 1934 he was forced to leave Germany to Zurich, later Amsterdam where he was arrested and deported to Theriesienstadt.

Was an Appalachian poet, novelist and folklorist who lived most of his life in a log house along the

Was an Appalachian poet, novelist and folklorist who lived most of his life in a log house along the Dead Mare Branch of Little Carr Creek, Knott County, Kentucky. He was best known for the novel River of Earth, which depicted the struggles of coal mining

Published under the pseudonym Bysshe Vanolis, was a Scottish Victorian-era poet famous primarily for

Published under the pseudonym Bysshe Vanolis, was a Scottish Victorian-era poet famous primarily for the long poem The City of Dreadful Night (1874), an expression of bleak pessimism in a dehumanized, uncaring urban environment.

Is an American poet who has received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He is a profess

Is an American poet who has received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He is a professor of poetry at the University of Massachusetts.Tate's writing style is difficult to describe, but has been identified with the postmodernist and neo-surre

Was an American author, politician, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwri

Was an American author, politician, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, early civil rights activist, and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Johnson is best remembered for his writing, which includes novels, poems, and collections of folklore.

Was an American writer and poet. Known as the "Hoosier Poet", "National Poet" [1] and the "Children'

Was an American writer and poet. Known as the "Hoosier Poet", "National Poet" [1] and the "Children's Poet," [2] he started his career in 1875 writing newspaper verse in Indiana dialect for the Indianapolis Journal. His verse tended to be humorous or sent

Was a prolific Northern Irish author of science fiction novellas, short stories, and novels. He was

Was a prolific Northern Irish author of science fiction novellas, short stories, and novels. He was born in Belfast and returned there after spending early years in Canada.He is probably best-known as the author of the Sector General series of novels. The first novels were assembled from strung-together short stories, but later Sector General adventures were written as full-length novels. The first Sector General novel was published in 1962, and the last published posthumously in 1999. The short-story collection The Aliens Among Us (1969) is also related to the Sector General series, since it includes the Sector General story "Countercharm" and the quasi-Sector General story "Occupation: Warrior".

Was a renowned Cantopop lyricist and writer based primarily in Hong Kong. He was also a well known i

Was a renowned Cantopop lyricist and writer based primarily in Hong Kong. He was also a well known in Asia as a columnist, actor, film director, scriptwriter and talk show hosts. He took part in creative directing positions within the entertainment industry in Hong Kong. Wong was also an alumnus of La Salle College. Many fans like to call him "Uncle Jim"

Is a Northern Irish journalist. He is currently Business Correspondent for UTV Live.Jamie has worked

Is a Northern Irish journalist. He is currently Business Correspondent for UTV Live.Jamie has worked for Ulster Television since 1980 as a producer and reporter. He produced the 1990 ITV Schools on Channel 4 series Media Skills. Since the late 1990s, he h