Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. The meme was originally the brainchild of The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Authors Who Live in My State/Country.
Authors Who Live(d) in Virginia
Alphabetically by last name, here are 10 authors whose name you may recognize, who live or lived in the state of Virginia. If I’m sure they currently live here, there’s an asterisk by their name.
- Kwame Alexander (grew up in Virginia)
- David Baldacci*
- Kate Clayborn*
- John Grisham*
- Jenny Han (born and raised in Richmond)
- Thomas Jefferson (obviously)
- Barbara Kingsolver*
- Edgar Allan Poe (raised in Richmond)
- Margot Lee Shetterly (born and raised in Hampton)
- Maggie Steifvater*
- Jeanette Walls*
Which authors live in your state?
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