•
January 11 –
Max Lucado, American religious writer •
January 12 –
Rockne S. O'Bannon, American writer and producer •
January 13 –
Jay McInerney, American novelist •
January 27 –
Alexander Stuart, English-born American novelist and screenwriter •
February 2 –
Leszek Engelking, Polish poet, fiction writer and translator •
February 8 –
John Grisham, American novelist •
February 17 –
Mo Yan, Chinese fiction writer •
February 23 –
Francesca Simon, American-born children's fiction writer •
March 11 –
D. J. MacHale, American writer •
March 19 –
John Burnside, Scottish poet and fiction writer •
March 23 –
Lloyd Jones, New Zealand novelist •
March 27 –
Patrick McCabe, Irish novelist •
April 8 –
Barbara Kingsolver, American novelist, essayist and poet •
April 30 –
Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian author and screenwriter •
May 13 –
Mark Abley, Canadian poet and non-fiction writer •
May 30 –
Colm Tóibín, Irish novelist, playwright and poet •
June 4 –
Val McDermid, Scottish crime novelist •
June 16 –
J. Jill Robinson, Canadian fiction writer •
June 20 –
Tor Nørretranders, Danish science author •
July 1 •
Candia McWilliam, Scottish fiction writer •
Lisa Scottoline, American writer of legal thrillers •
July 5 •
Sebastian Barry, Irish novelist, playwright and poet •
Mia Couto (António Emílio Leite Couto), Mozambican fiction writer and poet •
July 6 •
Michael Boyd, British theatre director •
William Wall, Irish author and poet •
July 7 –
Suzanne Weyn, American children's and young-adult writer •
July 10 –
Regina Yaou,
Ivory Coast novelist (died
2017) •
July 12 –
Robin Robertson, Scottish-born poet, novelist and editor •
July 24 –
Brad Watson, American author and academic (died
2020) •
August 2 –
Caleb Carr, American writer •
August 7 –
Vladimir Sorokin, Russian writer •
August 8 –
Iain Pears, English writer •
August 14 -
Mary E. Pearson, American young-adult fiction writer •
September 6 –
Raymond Benson, American novelist •
September 13 –
Hiromi Itō (伊藤 比呂美), Japanese poet, essayist and translator •
October 19 –
Jason Shinder, American poet and editor (died
2008) •
November 6 –
Catherine Asaro, American science fiction and fantasy author •
November 12 –
Katharine Weber, American author and academic •
November 23 –
Steven Brust, American fantasy author •
December 28 –
Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), Chinese critic, writer and activist (died
2017) •
unknown date –
Wang Xiaoni (王小妮), Chinese poet ==Deaths==