Fannie Flagg Kaye Gibbons Billie Letts Betty Macdonald Pat Conroy Anne Rivers Siddons Ann Tyler Carolyn Haines Bev Marshall Alexander Mccall Smith Jan Karon Alan Paton J. D. Mason Louise Shaffer Kristan Higgins Sandra Dallas Michel Farber Rebecca Wells Philip Gulley Gregory Mcguire W D Salsinger Lillian Beckwith Kent Haruf Echo Heron Sandra Boynton Cathie Pelletier Angela Huth Mary Stanton Geoffrey Archer Flannery O Conner Mirjam Müntefering Lisa Carey Jonathon King Lori Copeland Jim Fergus Wendy Mass Christopher Morley Nancy Thayer Ann B. Ross Bailey White John Berendt Lee Smith Louise Penny Mary Karr Nick Bantock Roberta Gellis Jennifer Chiaverini Sue Monk Kidd Rita Mae Brown