Florida Authors

Pulitzer-Prize winning author, columnist, and humorist. Barry wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He also has written numerous books of humor and parody for all ages, as well as comic novels. To learn more, visit his website

Comedy, Florida history, and over- the- top antics describe Dorsey's novel series featuring serial killer, Serge Storm. To learn more, visit his website.

Grippando is the author of numerous stand-alone legal thrillers as well as more than a dozen titles in the "Jack Swyteck" series. Winner of the 2017 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. To learn more, visit his website.

International bestselling author whose books include chick lit, romance comedy, and historical and mainstream fiction. Focus on themes of family, friendship, loss, and the enduring power of love and forgiveness. To learn more, visit her website.

Hiaasen has written more than 20 novels including juvenile fiction described as humorous crime fiction and often feature themes of environmentalism and political corruption in his native Florida. To learn more, visit his website.

White's novels, mostly set in Florida featuring rugged adventurers and ex-military men are intricately plotted, fast-spaced, and suspenseful. To learn more, visit his website.

1899-1961, one of most important authors of the twentieth-century. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. To learn more, click here.

1891-1960, a pre-eminent writer of twentieth-century African-American literature. To learn more, click here

1896-1953, regarded as one of the most beloved and important regional writers of Americana. To learn more click here.

1927-2014, beautifully wrote of the history and culture of Florida. Nominated three times for the Pulitzer Prize; five times for the Nobel Prize for Literature; and inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 1999. To learn more, click here.

1911-1983, one of the greatest American playwrights of the mid-twentieth-century. Two times Pulitzer Prize winner. To learn more, click here.