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Paulo Coelho

writer
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Childish Gambino

royalty
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shonda rhimes

I make stuff up for a living. Remember, it's not real, okay? Don't tweet me your craziness.
184,765 followers |

Maud Newton

Writer, critic, editor, neurotic.
142,830 followers |

Judy Blume

Are You There, Twitter? It's Me, Judy
63,432 followers |

Jennifer Weiner

#1 New York Times bestselling novelist. Bachelor/ette devotee and live-tweeter. New novel, THE NEXT BEST THING, out 7/3.
45,131 followers |

Poets & Writers

Poets & Writers, Inc. is the primary source of information, support, and guidance for creative writers.
26,798 followers |

Ta-Nehisi Coates

Strength: 13 Intelligence: 14 Wisdom: 16 Dexterity: 3 Constitution: 15 Charisma: 13 Spells: Light, Silence, Otto's Irresistible Dance
24,549 followers |

Rebecca Skloot

Author of NYTimes Bestselling book THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS (aka #HeLa), soon an Oprah/Alan Ball/HBO film. Writes for NYTMag, O Mag. Animal person.
23,530 followers |

DC Pierson

Novelist (The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep And Never Had To) Comedian (DERRICK comedy, Mystery Team)
20,683 followers |

Danyel Smith

novelist | editor | and currently: writing a history of african-american women in pop music (It Books/HarperCollins) | the rest: http://about.me/danyelsmith
20,425 followers |

Farai Chideya

Journalist, political analyst, author of four books including The Color of Our Future and the novel Kiss the Sky.
14,596 followers |

Mark Anthony Neal

AfroPoMo. Feminist. Left of Black. Daddy. Husband. BX Cat. Duke Professor. Writer. Swim Parent.
12,258 followers |

Imani Perry

Professor, Princeton Center for African American Studies. Scholar of law, culture and race. Writer and cultural critic.
9,140 followers |

Kate Harding

Tweets are not endorsements of the people who RT them.
8,480 followers |

Rebecca Walker

My new book, Black Cool, just hit Amazon. Go on, order it.
8,030 followers |

Tayari Jones

Author of SILVER SPARROW, LEAVING ATLANTA and THE UNTELLING.
6,153 followers |

Justine Larbalestier

Writer. Currently not able to write much. Sorry for not responding. My avi is NEVER a picture of me. Just sayin'
5,747 followers |

Erica Kennedy

Harpy in trousers.
5,606 followers |

Girls Write Now

GIRLS WRITE NOW is New York’s premier creative writing and mentoring organization for high school girls. Join us!
5,342 followers |

Helena Andrews

Spearheading the global campaign to bring neener neener neener back into civilized speech...and Bougie Girl, grab my hand.
4,937 followers |

alexanderchee

Novelist, contributor to @parisreview, @TheMorningNews, @GrantaMag, @NPRBooks, @Salon, @Awl.
4,857 followers |

A. N. Devers

Editor of Writers' Houses. If I'm not writing, reading, editing or teaching, I'm in bed.
4,412 followers |

Ayesha Pande

Literary agent, book nerd, social media junkie, culture mutt, Harlem resident. I love great writing so send me a query. Guidelines at www.pandeliterary.com.
4,239 followers |

Joan Morgan

Writer. Woman. Fearless.
3,579 followers |

Jennifer Egan

3,374 followers |

Carleen

Author of the novels Orange Mint and Honey (AKA the Lifetime movie Sins of the Mother) and Children of the Waters.
3,370 followers |

Tananarive Due

My Soul to Take on sale! Author, screenwriter (WGA), mom, blogger, Spelman College instructor, American Book Award, NAACP Image Award. Blog: http://tinyurl.com
3,339 followers |

tarabetts

Educator and Author of Arc & Hue. Tweets on poetry, literature, black culture, vegetarian/vegan food,women's issues, interracial identity, and more.
2,851 followers |

deberryandgrant

Best friends writing novels together, about women's lives, for 20yrs. Love books,movies, food, wine & fun-any order acceptable! VDB is the Official Tweeter.
2,687 followers |

Nichelle

Beauty, fashion, lifestyle and @vintageblkglam for stylish women of substance.
2,508 followers |

Dr. Manning Marable

Remembering the life and work of Dr.#ManningMarable, one of America’s most influential & widely read scholars. Pulitzer Prize Winner for History. #MarableLegacy
2,457 followers |

Scott Poulson-Bryant

SPB is a co-founding editor of VIBE & a doctoral candidate at Harvard University. His books include The VIPs (2011) & HUNG (Doubleday 2006).
2,291 followers |

coe

i write books for teens.
2,235 followers |

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Author of New York Times Bestseller WENCH: A Novel. Faculty-Stonecoast MFA Program
2,217 followers |

Jeff Greenstein

INFP on the Myers-Briggs. Writer and producer of Dream On, Friends, Will & Grace and Desperate Housewives. Director of Husbands and some Housewives.
2,102 followers |

Randy Susan Meyers

THE MURDERER'S DAUGHTERS, Target Book Club Pick
2,052 followers |

Tina McElroy Ansa

Author of 5 novels, working on 6th. Raconteur. Founder of DownSouth Press and Sea Island Writers Retreats. www.tinamcelroyansa. com
1,862 followers |

Felicia Pride

content + connection + collaboration at the intersection of media, culture, and education = working on projects that make me happy; founder of @thecreatedaily
1,843 followers |

Oliver de la Paz

Oliver de la Paz is the author of three books of poetry: Names Above Houses, Furious Lullaby, and Requiem for the Orchard.
1,650 followers |

BerniceMcFadden

National Bestselling Author, struggling optimist, dreamer, beach nut, empty nester, flaneur....100% woman.
1,613 followers |

Lynn Nottage

Playwright, hunter and gather.
1,477 followers |

hdurrow

New York Times Best-Selling author of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, Winner of Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize. I tweet abt writing & wine and radishes.
1,416 followers |

Jennifer Baszile

BDGN (aka The Black Girl Next Door) I'm a writer, vegan baker and entrepreneur
1,346 followers |

Danielle Evans

Author of Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self, lit professor, twitter skeptic, frustrated political idealist, armchair pop-culture anthropologist.
1,330 followers |

Ernessa T. Carter

Ernessa T. Carter: Author, Blogger, Totally Fierce Nerd. Buy my novel, 32 CANDLES, at Amazon.com.
1,291 followers |

Connie Briscoe

NY Times best-selling author; passionate about fashion, food, politics and travel.
1,225 followers |

Anne Fernald

English professor, book blogger, Woolf scholar, feminist, mom. Finishing up an edition of Mrs. Dalloway for CUP. Lots of footnotes.
1,180 followers |

Marie Mockett

Above the Waves, memoir, forthcoming, Norton. Picking Bones from Ash, novel. Articles: NY Times, New Yorker Online, Glamour, NPR, National Geographic.
1,153 followers |

debradickerson

Author, journalist and pissed off member of the 99%. On a jihad against 'family court' and its fondness for sociopaths.
881 followers |

Nichelle

Pronunciation: a'näv-a-lista. Function: noun. A writer of novels and @VintageBlkGlam; Style blogger @55SecretStreet; Lt. Uhuru namesake; Wine enthusiast
831 followers |

Ruth Ellen Kocher

Professor-author of domina Un/blued, One Girl Babylon, When the Moon Knows You'e Wandering, & Desdemona's Fire. Contrib. Ed. Poets & Writers, Ed. ABOUTAWORD.org
812 followers |

Lori T.

I teach (journalism). I write (about race, identity and hair). I mother (two brown boys). My books (Hair Story, Kinky Gazpacho & Substitute Me) make me proud.
803 followers |

Hedgebrook

Hedgebrook supports visionary women writers whose stories and ideas shape our culture now and for generations to come.
727 followers |

Lorene Cary

Author.Writer.Educator.Social Activist. This account is powered on behalf of Cary, with Cary herself doing #litchat and weekly Twitter Q&As on Thursdays 5pm-6pm
600 followers |

Jafari S. Allen

Anthro/AfAm Yale Prof, Author of ¡Venceremos?: The Erotics of Black Self-Making in Cuba. Working on Black Queer Sociality and Movement. www.jafariallen.com
574 followers |

Min Jin Lee

Writer
526 followers |

Lise Funderburg

Writer, Editor, Extreme Thrifter, Food Enthusiast, Eco Gardener, Non-Alpha Beagle Owner
432 followers |

NichelleTramble

Author of The Dying Ground and The Last King.
420 followers |

VermontStudioCenter

Vermont Studio Center is the largest international artists' and writers' Residency Program in the US, hosting 50 participants each month from around the world.
387 followers |

Victor LaValle

Author. Teacher. World's worst Tweeter.
369 followers |

VONA

Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA) is the only multi-genre workshop for writers of color in the nation. Application deadline: April 09, 2012.
300 followers |

Veronica Chambers

I write kids books, non-fiction and the occasional (awesome) screenplay. Panama-born, Brooklyn-raised, Paris-loving Mamacita. No pare, sigue, sigue!
135 followers |

Bridgett M. Davis

Author / filmmaker/ professor
103 followers |

karenbates

correspondent, NPR News
83 followers |

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