Authors

Paulo Coelho

writer
4,425,391 followers |

Stephen Fry

British Actor, Writer, Lord of Dance, Prince of Swimwear & Blogger
4,380,594 followers |

J.K. Rowling

Author
1,206,615 followers |

Margaret E. Atwood

author
324,783 followers |

Cory Doctorow

Writer, blogger, activist. If you want a reply, use email. Blog suggestions here: http://boingboing.net/submit/
237,836 followers |

Luke Romyn

Serial smartass. Author of Amazon best sellers The Dark Path, Beyond Hades, and Blacklisted.
190,085 followers |

Team FridayReads

The #FridayReads hashtag encourages readers everywhere to share books. Weekly giveaways are paid #promos. For more info, check out FridayReads.com.
146,704 followers |

Gladwell

Curious Journalist
130,529 followers |

Victoria Coren

writer / Team PokerStars Pro
113,840 followers |

India Knight

I write columns for The Sunday Times and books for Penguin.
64,994 followers |

Judy Blume

Are You There, Twitter? It's Me, Judy
64,370 followers |

Cassandra Clare

Author of the Mortal Instruments&Infernal Devices—please check FAQ http://bit.ly/bSJaWG for info like release dates! Background image by martange.
63,792 followers |

Belle Karper.... Yo.

Award ScreenWriter, Award MOFILM Prod, Author, Comedy & other written devilry. Write & live. Hobbies? There's time for freaking hobbies? Writer's Digest Award+
63,169 followers |

Jodi Picoult

author/mom/Wonder Woman
48,770 followers |

Anne Rice

I am an American author.
41,201 followers |

Derek Haines

Author, storyteller, Aussie and Swiss. 'He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.' Douglas Adams.
34,888 followers |

SueIngebretson

Speaker & Holistic Health Coach -- Living Well with Fibromyalgia. Author of FibroWHYalgia. www.FibroWHYalgia.com, www.RebuildingWellness.com, www.Sue-Inge.com
23,931 followers |

Lucy Mangan

Guardian columnist, writes books, comes late to technology.
23,924 followers |

Dan L Hays

Author of 'Freedom's Just Another Word,' about moving beyond PTSD. Radio: Minute to Freedom, Dialogues With Dignity.
20,501 followers |

Marcus du Sautoy

Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics
19,183 followers |

suzanne moore

Columnist/ Crone.
18,755 followers |

Brandon Merhout

Author. Philosopher. Life-Technician. Bartender. Truth-Teller. Joke-Cracker. Thought-Provoker. Equality-Advocate. Rational. Smartass. Alien. Nomad. Leo.
18,120 followers |

Catherine Connors

Recovering academic, writer, ninja, shoe-wearer, mother. Director, Blogs & Social Media, Babble.com / Disney Interactive Media Group. Fights like a girl.
17,004 followers |

Dr Brooke Magnanti

Latest book The Sex Myth out now! Paperback: http://amzn.to/I3pRSb Kindle: http://amzn.to/Mxxgtd
16,327 followers |

Jenny Colgan

writing, etc (nb 'etc' a total lie to imply I do loads of interesting things). Dr Who stuff is at www.facebook.com/jtcolgan
13,754 followers |

Melissa de la Cruz

Author of many series: Blue Bloods, Witches of East End & (upcoming) Frozen: Bk 1 in The Other Land Chronicles. Wife, mother, shopper!
13,560 followers |

Michele Filgate

indie bookseller @CommunityBkstr//critic for various publications//writer//Reader with a capital R.
11,149 followers |

Eoin Colfer

It's pronounced 'Owen'.
10,575 followers |

David Nobbs

Writer and creator of Reginald Perrin
9,462 followers |

Rachel Vincent

I write books. I read books. I bake. I watch movies. I don't wear pink. (Please note the K in my @ name.)
8,841 followers |

Michael Scott Author

Michael Scott is the author of The New York Times bestselling series, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. Vol 6, The Enchantress, out on May 22nd.
8,393 followers |

Jody Hedlund

Award-winning & best-selling author. I love books, chocolate, and coffee. When I'm not writing, I'm reading. What else is there? ;-)
8,091 followers |

Katie M John

Married to a handsome giant, mummy to a mud-puddle fairy. Writer of YA Fantasy / Fairytales & UK Bestselling 'Knight Trilogy'. Otherwise completely normal.
7,972 followers |

Margaret Roach

Ex-Martha exec, now just Margaret. Creator of awaytogarden.com, thesisterproject.com. Dropout memoir 2/11 from Grand Central: And I Shall Have Some Peace There.
7,624 followers |

Sex & the AustenGirl

2 women switch bodies, time periods, and lives - 1 from Regency England, 1 from 21st-century LA - debate the pros and cons of life and love.
7,229 followers |

Katie Fforde

Romantic novelist and bad Flamenco dancer
7,085 followers |

Toby Neal

Hawaii-based mystery writer fascinated with stories.
6,636 followers |

L.J. Sellers, author

Author of the bestselling Detective Jackson mysteries & standalone thrillers: The Sex Club, The Gauntlet Assassin, The Baby Thief, and The Suicide Effect
5,511 followers |

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

YA author. Newly minted PhD. Pop culture junkie.
5,284 followers |

Sara Sheridan

Scottish writer: mostly historical novelist. Curious about books, films & history. Dedicated word nerd (a big swot). Occasional journalist & blogger. Jammy.
5,053 followers |

Marcus Chown

Writer. Books include Tweeting the Universe, We Need to Talk About Kelvin, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You & Solar System for iPad
4,858 followers |

Rob Tobin

screenwriter, script consultant, novelist, father, husband, loves being with my wife, coffee shops, barbecuing, skiing and ziplining
4,623 followers |

Amy MacKinnon

Reader. Writer. Anonymous. Author of the novel Tethered (Random House), about an undertaker who doesn't believe in God.
4,577 followers |

Daisy Goodwin

TV producer, writer and founder of Silver River Productions. Author of THE AMERICAN HEIRESS (US) / MY LAST DUCHESS (UK).
4,537 followers |

DOROTHY KOOMSON

author, journalist, reading addict
4,462 followers |

Victoria Twead

Just an old fool living up a Spanish mountain. Author of Bestseller 'Chickens, Mules & Two Old Fools'. Owner of the most dangerous cockerel in Spain.
4,455 followers |

Jennifer Wylie

Mom of 2. Pub author of shorts:The Forgotten Echo, Ring Around the Rosie & Novella Series Tales of Ever, & Novel-Sweet Light w/Echelon Press & Untold Press.
3,515 followers |

Lisa Bonchek Adams

I write about grief/loss, cancer, and family. Love to laugh, read, tweet. Background in sociology, creator of #mondaypleads.
3,472 followers |

Tracy Chevalier

Writer; author of 6 novels, including Girl with a Pearl Earring
3,470 followers |

Lydia Ondrusek

I write. Yes, I know you do too. It's a commonality, don't you love those? New: King of the Marshmallows MG story series, Quake.
3,435 followers |

Laurie Viera Rigler

author of CONFESSIONS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT and RUDE AWAKENINGS OF A JANE AUSTEN ADDICT. Creator of the web series SEX AND THE AUSTEN GIRL.
3,269 followers |

Lisa Jewell

I have written ten books. And given birth to two children. I live in London and enjoy a defiantly low brow existence.
3,228 followers |

Jane Smith

Editor, writer, obsessive...
3,185 followers |

Elizabeth Chadwick

Award winning best-selling author of historical fiction and medieval nut!
3,143 followers |

Caroline Lawrence

author of the Roman Mysteries & the P.K. Pinkerton Mysteries. Loves London & movies. Hates bedbugs.
3,011 followers |

Jayne Kearney

Mum. Writer. One day carrying the fire. ((,•''•,\\;'';))
2,953 followers |

Gillian Philip

Author of FIREBRAND, BLOODSTONE, THE OPPOSITE OF AMBER, the DARKE ACADEMY series... I'd have written them faster if it wasn't for that pesky Twitter.
2,847 followers |

Sharon Bially

Publicist. Mom. Writer & blogger. Author of Veronica's Nap, novel set in south of France giving rare look at modern Jewish life there.
2,719 followers |

Michelle Franklin

Award-winning author of the critically-acclaimed Haanta Series. Classic lit. advocate. Writes 10K words a day, eats dark chocolate, loves giants in kilts.
2,646 followers |

Emily Perkins

Author, The Forrests, Novel About My Wife & other books. I teach creative writing at UoA. All views expressed here are personal.
2,610 followers |

Michelle MacEwan

writer, spiritual activist, speaker & teacher, environmentalist.
2,551 followers |

Katushka Negrita

Food. Rants. Shoes. LFC. Cats. Atheism. Tea. Books. Languages. Photography. Writing. Amateur polymath. Shocking case of potty mouth.
2,545 followers |

C.J. Redwine

Adoption advocate, Johnny Depp fangirl, ninja, complete klutz.Repped by the awesome @hroot. My YA debut, DEFIANCE, comes out 8/28/12 from Balzer & Bray.
2,403 followers |

Sue Moorcroft

Writer of romantic novels of dauntless heroines and irresistible heroes.
2,358 followers |

Randy Susan Meyers

THE MURDERER'S DAUGHTERS, Target Book Club Pick
2,066 followers |

Kylie Ladd

Novelist, psychologist, voyeur. I like to watch- and then write about it.
2,054 followers |

Wendy Delsol

Author of the YA trilogy STORK, FROST & FLOCK (Candlewick), plus contemp. adult fiction THE McCLOUD HOME FOR WAYWARD GIRLS (Penguin)
2,050 followers |

S.F. Robertson

Journalista by day, aspiring YA novelist by night.
1,968 followers |

Emily Barr

I've written 11 novels and a few articles. I also run a writing club @BarringtonGreen
1,903 followers |

Harriet Evans

Author, sofa lover, coffee drinker, karaoke warrior.
1,892 followers |

Kylie Klein

Young Adult Author, Flight Attendant, Aspiring Mountain Climber, World Traveler, Writing Competition Host, Fan of Anne Rice and Johnny Depp, Happy.
1,843 followers |

Jaci Stephen

Award winning journalist, broadcaster, TV Critic, novelist. Temporarily in home town of Cardiff and seeking pastures new. Loves rugby (watching, not playing).
1,795 followers |

Keren David

Award-winning writer of YA books,When I Was Joe, Almost True, Lia's Guide to Winning the Lottery. Next book, Another Life, out Aug 2012. Sometime journalist.
1,775 followers |

Grace Onorato

Book blogger and aspiring writer.
1,662 followers |

Lucy Christopher

I'm an author for young people. My books are called STOLEN and FLYAWAY. I'm currently working on my third book.
1,633 followers |

Kathryn Eastman

Writer, book squirrel, tyrannised by the demanding squirrel muse @squizzey & trying hard to be a good little gym bunny in the face of a chocolate addiction
1,615 followers |

Helen Hunt

Writer of short stories, articles and book reviews. Offers critique service for short stories and runs workshops. Contributor to @tears_laughter collection.
1,453 followers |

Yvonne Mason, Author

author of true crime and fiction crime novels
1,440 followers |

Cathy Glass

Bestselling author and foster carer.
1,433 followers |

Molly Harper

Author of the award-winning Nice Girls and Naked Werewolf series, and a standalone title, AND ONE LAST THING - all from Pocket Books.
1,380 followers |

jennwebb

Freelance editor, writer, researcher. Reading, cooking, photography, cycling, knitting (shut it). Writes/edits/whatnot for O'Reilly Media, among other things.
1,333 followers |

Sue Mongredien

Author of fiction (as Lucy Diamond) and children's books (as me). Mother of three. Gossip-lover. Time-waster.
1,324 followers |

John le Carré - News

Official news about one of the greatest spy novelists of our time, from John's junior assistant Gavin Lagrange.
1,320 followers |

Ruby Wildflower

A nefarious angel who tells it like it is. Blogger, writer, #dating aficianado, poetess, #gypsy, lexical tart, strumpet, #yoga addict, alchemist, desperado xx
1,283 followers |

Harry Markov

A writer with a fetish for the bizarre, macabre and the not so sane ideas. SEO minion. Editor at horror podcast @talestoterrify. I like books & weird people.
1,231 followers |

Jessica McCann

Dreamer, planner, doer. FT freelance writer & novelist, tweeting about living a writer's life. Author of ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF FREE (Bell Bridge, April 2011).
1,211 followers |

Adi Alsaid

Author of Somewhere Over the Sun
1,175 followers |

Emma Darwin

Now tweeting only as @emma_darwin. Please follow @emma_darwin if you'd like to hear from me.
1,149 followers |

Michelle Mach

A writer & editor (and former librarian) in an arts & crafts world.
1,121 followers |

Andrew Westoll

Author. Journalist. Former primatologist. Chimpanzee biographer. My latest book is THE CHIMPS OF FAUNA SANCTUARY, which won the 2012 Charles Taylor Prize.
1,065 followers |

Stephen Phillips

Author of Proximity and The Recipient's Son.
1,044 followers |

Simon McNeil

Professional Communicator iand author living in Toronto, Canada. Science, Specfic, and occasional spurts of politics. My opinions are my own.
990 followers |

Marianne de Pierres

Author:Parrish Plessis, Sentients of Orion series, aka Davitt-winning crime author, Marianne Delacourt. Author: Burn Bright and The Night Creatures YA trilogy.
989 followers |

Ian Collings

I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.
944 followers |

MargaretJamesAuthor

Novelist, journalist, teacher of creative writing and lover of chocolate - all donations welcome.
931 followers |

Karen Harrington

Author SURE SIGNS OF CRAZY, Little, Brown, 2013; JANEOLOGY, Kunati, 2008. Book lover. Coffee enthusiast. http://www.scobberlotch.blogspot.com
930 followers |

Nicki Le Masurier

Whirling dervish. Lit Death Match Producer. Fashion Publicist. Tendency to break into bad 90s raps. To Fringe or Not to Fringe is always the question.
850 followers |

susangilmore

Author of Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen and The Improper Life of Bezellia Grove, both in paperback. (Crown)
850 followers |

Moorcocks Miscellany

The Official Website and Tweet feed of Michael Moorcock. Tweets from this account are from moderators at the website, not from Michael Moorcock himself.
722 followers |

Lee Henshaw

Those are the kind of windows faces look in at
712 followers |

Betty Auchard

Published family Author & Speaker. My books are now available in e-format, check out my 5★ reviewed Home for the Friendless http://ow.ly/8Au1S
680 followers |

karen ball

Children's author and editor. www.karen-ball.com Also a huge sewing and knitting fanatic, as evidenced at http://didyoumakethat.wordpress.com/
666 followers |

Jean Rodrigues

The Reluctant Mr Mum is a man living in a womans world
644 followers |

Shari Low

Author, mum, book reviewer, columnist at The Daily Record and expert on all things snack-related.
617 followers |

Natasha Solomons

writer, procrastinator and cake lover
609 followers |

MCM

Creator of RollBots and writer of books. Also insane.
590 followers |

Diane Lebow

Social Media Manager I'm just a girl in the world...
563 followers |

Ruth Livingstone

Walking around the British coastline in stages. I walk, write, take photographs and read. In my spare time, I'm an NHS GP. Proud to be an Olympic Storyteller.
522 followers |

shawna kenney

Author, English professor, editrix, dog-worshipper, punk.
447 followers |

kate kingsley

YA author, & creator of YOUNG, LOADED & FABULOUS, a scandalous series for teens set in an elite British boarding school
433 followers |

Alison Wride

Love Arsenal; photography; fashion. Head of College of Business, Economics & Law at Swansea University, though tweets are mostly personal and often flippant.
429 followers |

Strictly Writing

A bunch of people - published and unpublished - who just 'Keeeeep writing'.
402 followers |

Hal Holway

Bon Vivant. Carnivorous Buddhist. Writer, academic, film buff, full-time dad.
400 followers |

KimMicheleRichardson

laundry queen/author, The Unbreakable Child / backroads-bound pilgrim / HuffPo contributor / Fluctuat nec mergitur
369 followers |

Ava McCarthy, Author

Author of 'Harry Martinez' thriller series: THE INSIDER; THE COURIER; HIDE ME
318 followers |

Frané Lessac

artist, children's book illustrator and twist my arm author.
295 followers |

Carol Townend

Writer of Medieval Romances for Harlequin Mills & Boon.
291 followers |

carab123

Writer, editor & lover of words! Currently working on my 8th book: Tarnished!
259 followers |

ivy pochoda

I like cheap coffee.
210 followers |

Flashman

Double-crossing, philandering, fornicating, lying, cheating, lily-livered cad.
163 followers |

Lisa DellAquila

Erstwhile lawyer, wannabe writer, full time momma, part time runner.
155 followers |

Chauncey Zalkin

author bennington newskool blog Webbynom adworldescape savings Paris autobio novel re 80s Mia/VT/NY Host Marais Writrs wine chevr mangld ms. Bcn done seek agent
82 followers |

vicki hird

environment & food campaigner, author & researcher on things food, green, development & land related; lover of insects, a bike, books and snow.
61 followers |

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