"As a transplant, he is better suited to be our contemporary Mark Twain than are American-born writers, who have lost the ability to be wide-eyed."

Douglas Kent Hall (1938-2008) American-born writer and photographer.

David Ebershoff (born 1969) is an American-born writer, editor, and teacher.

Fred Skolnik is an American-born writer and editor.

Murray S. Greenfield is an American-born Israeli writer and publisher.

Larissa Lai (born 1967) is an American-born Canadian writer, critic, and professor.

Mike Marqusee (born 1953) is an American-born writer, journalist and political activist in London.

Stefan Merrill Block (born 1982) is an American-born writer.

April 25 - Jane Jacobs, American-born writer and activist (b. 1916)

David Hazony (born 1969) is an American-born Israeli writer, translator, and editor.