1. Adams, Deborah (Tennessee)
  2. Addams, Jane (Illinois)
  3. Adler, Warren (Wyoming)
  4. Agee, James (Tennessee)
  5. Aiken, Conrad (Georgia)
  6. Ambrose, Stephen (Montana)
  7. Ammons, Archie (North Carolina)
  8. Andrews, Clarence (Iowa)
  9. Andrews, Raymond (Georgia)
  10. Angelou, Maya (Arkansas) (California) (Missouri)
  11. Applewhite, James (North Carolina)
  12. Back, Joe (Wyoming)
  13. Balch, Glenn (Idaho)
  14. Baraka, Amiri (New York)
  15. Barlow, Bill (Wyoming)
  16. Barnes, Kim (Idaho)
  17. Barth, John (Maryland)
  18. Barthelme, Donald (Pennsylvania)
  19. Bass, Rick (Montana)
  20. Baum, Frank L. (New York)
  21. Beach, John (Wyoming)
  22. Beach, Ursula Smith (Tennessee)
  23. Bedford, Deborah (Wyoming)
  24. Bellamy, Francis (New York)
  25. Betts, Doris (North Carolina)
  26. Bissell, Richard P. (Iowa)
  27. Black, Baxter (Wyoming)
  28. Bledsoe, Jerry (North Carolina)
  29. Blevins, Win (Montana)
  30. Blew, Mary Clearman (Idaho) (Montana)
  31. Blythe, William (North Carolina)
  32. Bonar, John (Wyoming)
  33. Bourke, John (Pennsylvania)
  34. Bradbury, Ray (California) (Illinois)
  35. Brautigan, Richard (Montana)
  36. Brink, Carol Ryrie (Idaho)
  37. Brinkley, David (North Carolina)
  38. Brooks, Gwendolyn (Kansas)
  39. Brown, Dee (Arkansas)
  40. Brown, Larry (Wyoming)
  41. Brown, Rita Mae (Virginia)
  42. Bryant, Edward, Jr. (Wyoming)
  43. Buch, Lisa Vice (Wyoming)
  44. Buck, Pearl S. (Pennsylvania)
  45. Bukowski, Charles (California)
  46. Bunting, Eve (California)
  47. Burns, Robert Homer (Wyoming)
  48. Burroughs, Edgar Rice (Idaho)
  49. Butler, Octavia  (California)
  50. Cahill, Tim (Montana)
  51. Caldwell, Erskine (Georgia)
  52. Carroll, Corky (California)
  53. Carson, Rachel (Pennsylvania)
  54. Cather, Willa (Nebraska) (Virginia)
  55. Catlin, George (Pennsylvania)
  56. Chandler, Raymond (California)
  57. Cheever, John (New Hampshire)
  58. Chrisman, Harry (Wyoming)
  59. Cisneros, Sandra (Texas)
  60. Clark, Mary Higgins (New York)
  61. Cody, Buffalo Bill (Wyoming)
  62. Coel, Margaret (Colorado)
  63. Conley, Robert (Texas)
  64. Cooney, Caroline (Connecticut)
  65. Cooper, James F. (New York)
  66. Cornwell, Patricia (North Carolina)
  67. Cortez Cruz, Ricardo (California)
  68. Cosby, Bill (Pennsylvania)
  69. Craighead, Jean (Montana)
  70. Creeley, Robert (New York)
  71. Crews, Harry (Georgia)
  72. Crichton, Michael (Illinois)
  73. Crombie, Deborah (Texas)
  74. Crutcher, Chris (Idaho)
  75. Cummings, e.e (New Hampshire)
  76. Daniels, Josephus (North Carolina)
  77. Davidson, Donald (Tennessee)
  78. DeMarinis, Rick (Montana)
  79. Dickey, James (Georgia)
  80. Didion, Joan (California)
  81. Dobie, James Frank (Texas)
  82. Doctorow, E.L (New York)
  83. Doig, Ivan (Montana)
  84. Dove, Mourning (Idaho)
  85. DuBois, Brendan (New Hampshire)
  86. Dunn, Philip (California)
  87. Dykeman, Wilma (North Carolina)
  88. Edgerton, Clyde (North Carolina)
  89. Ehrlick, Gretel (Wyoming)
  90. Eliot, T.S. (Missouri)
  91. Ellis, Bret Easton (California)
  92. Ellroy, James (California)
  93. Engle, Paul (Iowa)
  94. Faulkner, William (Mississippi)
  95. Ferguson, Gary (Montana)
  96. Field, Eugene (Illinois) (Missouri)
  97. Fisher, Vardis (Idaho)
  98. Fitzgerald, F. Scott (California)
  99. Foote, Shelby (Mississippi) (Tennessee)
  100. Ford, Richard (Mississippi)
  101. Franscell, Ron (Wyoming)
  102. Frazier, Charles (North Carolina)
  103. Frazier, Ian (Montana)
  104. Frederick, Michael (Iowa)
  105. Freeman, Judith (California)
  106. Fromm Pete (Montana)
  107. Frost, Robert (California)
  108. Gage, Jack (Wyoming)
  109. Gardiner, Steve (Wyoming)
  110. Gear, Kathleen O'Neil (Wyoming)
  111. Gear, Michael (Wyoming)
  112. Geisel, Theodor [aka Dr. Suess] (California)
  113. Gibbons, Kaye (North Carolina)
  114. Gilchrist, Ellen (Mississippi)
  115. Ginsburg, Allen (New York)
  116. Giovanni, Nikki (Tennessee) (Virginia)
  117. Godwin, Gail (North Carolina)
  118. Goleman, Daniel J. (California)
  119. Grafton, Sue (California) (Kentucky)
  120. Green, Paul (North Carolina)
  121. Greenfield, Eloise (North Carolina)
  122. Grey, Zane (California) (Wyoming)
  123. Grimes, Martha (Maryland)
  124. Grisham, John (Mississippi)
  125. Grizzard, Lewis (Georgia)
  126. Guthrie, A.B. (Montana)
  127. Hale, Janet Campbell (Idaho)
  128. Hall, Lynn (Iowa)
  129. Hallinan, Tim (California)
  130. Hamner, Earl (Virginia)
  131. Harris, Corra Mae (Georgia)
  132. Harris, Joel Chandler (Georgia)
  133. Hart, Sue (Montana)
  134. Hasselstrom, Linda (South Dakota)
  135. Hayden, Torey (Montana)
  136. Hearon, Shelby (Texas)
  137. Hemingway, Ernest (Idaho) (Illinois)
  138. Henry, O. (New York) (North Carolina)
  139. Himes, Chester (California)
  140. Holl, Kristi D. (Iowa)
  141. Hood, Mary (Georgia)
  142. Houston, James D. (California)
  143. Houston,  Jeanne Wakatsuki (California)
  144. Howell, Joseph (Tennessee)
  145. Hughes, Langston (New York)
  146. Hugo, Richard (Montana)
  147. Humphreys, David (California)
  148. Hunter, Rodello (Wyoming)
  149. Ippisch, Hanneke (Montana)
  150. Irving, John (New Hampshire)
  151. Irving, Washington (New York)
  152. Isherwood, Christopher (California)
  153. James Family [William and Henry] (Rhode Island)
  154. James, Will (Montana)
  155. Jarrell, Randall (California) (North Carolina)
  156. Jenkins, Dan (Texas)
  157. Johnson, Dorothy (Montana)
  158. Johnston, Terry (Montana)
  159. Justus, May (Tennessee)
  160. Kareem, Ahmed Bilal (California)
  161. Karr, Mary (Texas)
  162. Kelly, James Patrick (New Hampshire)
  163. Kerr, Sophie (Maryland)
  164. Kesselheim, Alan (Montana)
  165. Killens, John Oliver (Georgia)
  166. Kingston, Maxine Hong (California)
  167. Kittredge, William (Montana)
  168. Knight, Etheridge (Tennessee)
  169. Koontz, Dean (California) (New Hampshire) (Pennsylvania)
  170. Krakel, Dean (Wyoming)
  171. Kuralt, Charles (North Carolina)
  172. Lambert, Page (Wyoming)
  173. Lanier, Sidney Clopton (Georgia)
  174. Lewis, Merriwether (Montana)
  175. London, Jack (California)
  176. Lynde, Stan (Montana)
  177. Lynds, Gayle (Iowa)
  178. Macdonald, Ross (California)
  179. Maclean, Norman (Montana)
  180. Mailer, Norman (New York)
  181. Malone, Michael (Montana)
  182. Marius, Richard (Tennessee)
  183. Marlette, Doug (North Carolina)
  184. Marshall, Joe (South Dakota)
  185. Matthiessen, Peter (New York)
  186. McCarthy, Cormac (Texas)
  187. McCorkle, Jill (North Carolina)
  188. McCrumb, Sharyn (Virginia)
  189. McCullers, Carson (North Carolina)
  190. McGill, Ralph (Georgia)
  191. McGlothin, Victor (Texas)
  192. McGuane, Thomas (Montana)
  193. McKay, Claude (New York)
  194. McKenna, Richard (Idaho)
  195. McManus, Patrick (Idaho)
  196. McMillan, Terry (California)
  197. McMillion, Scott (Montana)
  198. McMurtry, Larry (Texas)
  199. McNickle, D'Arcy (Montana)
  200. Michener, James (Pennsylvania)
  201. Mikaelson, Ben (Montana)
  202. Miller, Arthur (New York)
  203. Miller, G. Wayne (Rhode Island)
  204. Miller, Grace Porter (Montana)
  205. Miller, Wynn (Montana)
  206. Minnick, Sylvia Sun (California)
  207. Moore, John (Tennessee)
  208. Moore, Marianne (Pennsylvania)
  209. Moore, Merrill (Tennessee)
  210. Morgan, Clay (Idaho)
  211. Morgan, Jill (California)
  212. Morgan, Robert (North Carolina)
  213. Morris, Willie (Mississippi)
  214. Mosley, Walter (California)
  215. Murray, Jim (California)
  216. Murray, Joan (New York)
  217. Murrow, Edward R. (North Carolina)
  218. Naylor, Phyllis (Wyoming)
  219. Netanyahu, Binyamin (Pennsylvania)
  220. Newman, Frances (Georgia)
  221. Nicholson, Joy (California)
  222. Oates, Joyce Carol (New York)
  223. O'Connor, Flannery (Georgia)
  224. Ogilvie, Elisabeth (Maine) (Massachusetts)
  225. O'Hara, John (Pennsylvania)
  226. O'Hara, Mary (Wyoming)
  227. Olsen, Lance (Idaho)
  228. Parker, Dorothy (New York)
  229. Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw (Montana)
  230. Paterson, Katherine (Virginia)
  231. Pearson, Ridley (Idaho)
  232. Pearson, TR (North Carolina)
  233. Perkins, Rev. Jacob R. (Iowa)
  234. Plain, Belva (New York)
  235. Plimpton, George (New York)
  236. Poe, Edgar Allan (New York) (Pennsylvania) (Virginia)
  237. Porter, Dee (California)
  238. Price, Eugenia (Georgia)
  239. Price, Reynolds (North Carolina)
  240. Priddy, Laurance (Texas)
  241. Prowell, Sandra West (Montana)
  242. Pulitzer, Joseph (Missouri) (New York)
  243. Quammen, David (Montana)
  244. Ransom, John (Tennessee)
  245. Renehand, Edward, Jr. (Rhode Island)
  246. Richter, Michael (Pennsylvania)
  247. Rinehart, Mary (Pennsylvania)
  248. Robinson, Marilynne (Idaho)
  249. Rogers, Marylyle (Idaho)
  250. Royster, Vermont (North Carolina)
  251. Ruark, Robert (North Carolina)
  252. Russell, Charles M. (Montana)
  253. Salinger, J.D. (New Hampshire)
  254. Salter, James (New York)
  255. Sandburg, Carl (North Carolina)
  256. Sande, Corlette (Montana)
  257. Sandlin, Tim (Wyoming)
  258. Sandoz, Mari (Nebraska)
  259. Sanger, Margaret (New York)
  260. Saroyan, William (California)
  261. Savage, Thomas (Montana)
  262. Schulberg, Budd (California)
  263. Scottoline, Lisa (Pennsylvania)
  264. Seddon, Andrew (Montana)
  265. Serros, Michele M. (California)
  266. Seton, Ernest (Wyoming)
  267. Sheil, Paula (California)
  268. Sibley, Celestine (Georgia)
  269. Simpson, Mona (California)
  270. Sky, Gino (Idaho)
  271. Smith, Annick (Montana)
  272. Smith, Lee (North Carolina)
  273. Smith, Lillian (Georgia)
  274. Sorrels, Rosalie (Idaho)
  275. Spence, Gerald Leonard (Wyoming)
  276. Stegner, Wallace (Iowa) (Montana)
  277. Stein, Gertrude (Pennsylvania)
  278. Stevens, Wallace (Pennsylvania)
  279. Stockley, Grif  (Arkansas)
  280. Stone, Gerald (Arkansas)
  281. Styron, William (Virginia)
  282. Svee, Gary (Montana)
  283. Swallow, Alan (Wyoming)
  284. Taylor, Mildred  (Mississippi)
  285. Tedards, Douglas (California)
  286. Temple, Edward (Tennessee)
  287. Tervalon, Jervey (California)
  288. Thompson, Hunter S. (California)
  289. Tolkin, Michael (California)
  290. Toole, K. Ross (Montana)
  291. Twain, Mark (Missouri) (New York)
  292. Tyler, Anne (North Carolina)
  293. Updike, John (Pennsylvania)
  294. Van Allsburg, Chris (Rhode Island)
  295. Vitola, Denise (Texas)
  296. Walker, Alice (California) (Georgia)
  297. Walker, Margaret (Mississippi)
  298. Washington, Booker T. (Virginia)
  299. Waters, Charles (Tennessee)
  300. Welch, James (Montana)
  301. Warren, Peter (California)
  302. Webster, Catherine (California)
  303. Welty, Eudora (Mississippi)
  304. West, Nathanael (California)
  305. Wharton, Edith (New York) (Rhode Island)
  306. White, E.B. (New York)
  307. Whitman, Walt (New York)
  308. Williams, Eleanor (Tennessee)
  309. Williams, Roger (Rhode Island)
  310. Williams, Tennessee (Mississippi) (Missouri)
  311. Wills, Ridley (Tennessee)
  312. Wilson, August (Pennsylvania)
  313. Wister, Owen (Pennsylvania)
  314. Wolfe, Thomas (North Carolina)
  315. Wright, CD (Rhode Island)
  316. Wright, Charles David (Idaho)
  317. Wright, Don (Tennessee)
  318. Wrigley, Robert (Idaho)
  319. Young Bear, Ray (Iowa)