Writer/journalist Famous Names Starting with Letter J

He lived in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.He was a Methodist and Congregational minister

He lived in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.He was a Methodist and Congregational minister and did some religious journalism and general editing. He founded and edited the Australian Christian World from 1886 to 1891 and in 1894 the Australian Field, a weekly agricultural paper.

Better known as John Cale, is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer best

Better known as John Cale, is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer best known as a founding member of the rock & roll band The Velvet Underground.

Was a Jacobean poet, preacher and a major representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. Hi

Was a Jacobean poet, preacher and a major representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works are notable for their realistic and sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs,

Was an English poet and dramatist.He was born in Leytonstone, London, and worked as an insurance cle

Was an English poet and dramatist.He was born in Leytonstone, London, and worked as an insurance clerk. In the period immediately before the First World War, he was one of the group of poets associated with the Gloucestershire village of Dymock, along wit

Was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator and playwright, who dominated the liter

Was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator and playwright, who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.

Was a white Jamaican novelist, journalist, and teacher.Hearne's first published work was the novel V

Was a white Jamaican novelist, journalist, and teacher.Hearne's first published work was the novel Voices under the Window, issued in 1955. Set in Jamaica in the late 1940s or early 1950s, it uses the framing device of a progressive politician's injury an

Is an American writer.

Is an American writer.

Was an English spy novelist.Gardner was born in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. He graduated from S

Was an English spy novelist.Gardner was born in Seaton Delaval, Northumberland. He graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge and did postgraduate study at Oxford. Gardner volunteered for service in the Royal Marines during World War II. Gardner's father was a clergyman in the Church of England and encouraged Gardner to follow his example. Gardner was ordained and served as a priest for seven years before deciding he did not have the proper vocation and withdrawing from the clergy. He then worked as a journalist and theatre critic.

Was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembere

Was an English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembered as the author of the classic children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, 19 other novels (including Captain Margaret, Multitude and Soli

Was born in Lydenburg, South Africa. He moved to Colleen Bawn, a small mining town in southern Zimba

Was born in Lydenburg, South Africa. He moved to Colleen Bawn, a small mining town in southern Zimbabwe[1], at the age of four. He was educated at Milton High School in Bulawayo, and later attended the University of Natal in South Africa. He married at the age of 34 and has three children. His wife, Shari, is a poet and human rights activist. Eppel teaches English at Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo.

An Australian poet, publisher and editor. He has a long list of achievements in writing, publishing

An Australian poet, publisher and editor. He has a long list of achievements in writing, publishing and broadcasting. His achievements include publishing more than a dozen books of poetry; devising, with Jan Garrett, the long running ABC radio program Books and Writing; and founding in 1997, the internet quarterly literary magazine Jacket which he also publishes and edits.[1]

Was an American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Italian descent.He is known to be o

Was an American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Italian descent.He is known to be one of the first writers to portray the tough times faced by many writers in L.A. His work and style has influenced such similar authors as "Poet Laureate of Skid Row" Charles Bukowski and influential Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. He was proclaimed by Time Out magazine as one of Americas “criminally neglected writers."

Was an Australian poet and journalist.In 1878 he published, under the name of John O'Farrell, Epheme

Was an Australian poet and journalist.In 1878 he published, under the name of John O'Farrell, Ephemera: An Iliad of Albury, a small pamphlet of verse, and a rare Australian publication. In 1882 Two Stories, a Fragmentary Poem was published in Melbourne, and about this period he began to be a regular contributor to The Bulletin. He was then working in a brewery at Albury, New South Wales and in 1883 was a partner in a brewery at Goulburn. He became much interested in the tenets of Henry George after reading Progress and Poverty. In January 1887 a collection of Farrell's verses was published in Sydney entitled How He Died and Other Poems which was favourably reviewed. Also in 1887 he sold his brewery interests and went to Sydney hoping to obtain employment as a journalist. He bought a paper, the Lithgow, New South Wales Enterprise, but was unable to make it a financial success

Was a Jacobean playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King's Men, he

Was a Jacobean playwright. Following William Shakespeare as house playwright for the King's Men, he was among the most prolific and influential dramatists of his day; both during his lifetime and in the early Restoration, his fame rivaled Shakespeare's. T

Was an Australian poet.John Forbes was born in Melbourne, Australia, but during his childhood his fa

Was an Australian poet.John Forbes was born in Melbourne, Australia, but during his childhood his family lived in northern Queensland, Malaya and New Guinea. He went to Sydney University and his circle of friends included the poets Robert Adamson, Martin

Is an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures. He helped write Dirty Harry

Is an American screenwriter, director, and producer of motion pictures. He helped write Dirty Harry and Apocalypse Now and directed Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn.

English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequel

English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906—1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

Was an English poet and dramatist. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), set to music

Was an English poet and dramatist. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728), set to music by Johann Christoph Pepusch. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names.

Was an Anglo-American aviator and poet who died as a result of a mid-air collision over Lincolnshire

Was an Anglo-American aviator and poet who died as a result of a mid-air collision over Lincolnshire during World War II. He was serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force, which he joined before the United States officially entered the war. He is undoubtedl

Was a Pulitzer Prize winning Imagist poet and author. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas to a soci

Was a Pulitzer Prize winning Imagist poet and author. He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas to a socially prominent family. After attending Phillips Academy, Andover Fletcher went on to Harvard University from 1903 to 1907, when he dropped out shortly afte

Was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the Unite

Was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. He is usually listed as one of the Fireside Poets.

Was an American novelist, screenwriter and literary critic.He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and

Was an American novelist, screenwriter and literary critic.He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and was a younger brother of author Dominick Dunne. He suffered from a severe stutter and took up writing to express himself. Eventually he learned to speak normally by observing others. He graduated from Princeton University in 1954 and worked as a journalist for Time magazine. He married novelist Joan Didion on 30 January 1964, and they became collaborators on a series of screenplays, including Panic in Needle Park (1971), A Star Is Born (1976) and True Confessions (1981), an adaptation of his own novel. He is the author of two non-fiction books about Hollywood, The Studio and Monster.

Was an American journalist and author whose success came primarily in the 1940s and 1950s with a ser

Was an American journalist and author whose success came primarily in the 1940s and 1950s with a series of popular sociopolitical works known as the "Inside" books. He is best known today for the memoir Death Be Not Proud about the death of his teenage son, Johnny Gunther, from a brain tumor.

Who was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was the most significant Irish poet to emerge before the

Who was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was the most significant Irish poet to emerge before the 1960s generation of Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon and Michael Longley. He was appointed the first writer-in-residence at Queen's University Belfast in 1976. His collections include The Day of the Corncrake (1969) and Out of My Time: Poems 1969 to 1974 (1974). He was also made a Freeman of the City of Belfast in 1983, and was awarded honorary doctorates the University of Ulster and Queen's University Belfast.

Is a composer, best known for his operas and large choral works.Harbison won the prestigious BMI Fou

Is a composer, best known for his operas and large choral works.Harbison won the prestigious BMI Foundation's Student Composer Awards for composition at the age of sixteen in 1954. He studied music at Harvard University, where he sang with the Harvard Glee Club, and later at Princeton.