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Author	Genre	Place of Birth	Date of Birth/Death	Nationality	Source
Walcott, Derek	Poetry	Castries, Saint Lucia	January 1930	West Indian	BW 1994 DLB v 117
Walker, Alice	Novelist Poetry	Eatonton, GA	Feb. 9, 1944	American	BW 1994
Walker, Margaret	Novelist Poetry	Birmingham, AL	July 1915	American	BW 1994 DLB v. 76
Walrond, Eric	Short Stories	Georgetown, Guyana		Guyanese	BW 1989 DLB v. 51
Walter, Mildred Pitts	Children's Lit.	Sweetville, LA	Sept. 9, 1922	American	BW 1994
Wells-Barrett, Ida B.	Nonfiction	Holly Springs, MS	b. July 16, 1862 d. March 1931	American	NBAW
Wesley, Valerie W.	Mystery
West, Cornell	Nonfiction	Tulsa, OK	June 2, 1953	American	CBB
West, Dorothy	Novelist Short Stories	Boston, MA	June 1907	American	BW 1994 DLB v. 76
Wheatley, Phillis	Poetry	West Africa	Dec. 5, 1784		DLB v. 5
White, Walter	Essayist Novelist	Atlanta, GA	b. July 1, 1883 d. March 1955	American	BW 1989 DLB v. 51
Wideman, John Edgar	Novelist	Pittsburgh, PA	June 14, 1941	American	BW 1994 DLB v. 32
Wilkinson, Brenda	Children's Lit.	Moultrie, GA	January 1946	American	BW 1994
Williams, Chancellor	Novelist Nonfiction	Bennettsville, SC	Dec. 22, 1905	American	BW 1994 DLB v. 76
Williams, Juan	Nonfiction	Panama	April 10, 1954		BW 1994
Williams, Sherely Anne	Novelist Children's Lit.		Aug. 25, 1944	American	BW 1994
Wilson, August	Playwright	Pittsburgh, PA		American	BW 1994
Wilson, Harriet	Novelist			American	DLB v. 50
Wright, Richard	Novelist	Roxie, MS	b. Sept. 4, 1908 d. Nov. 28, 1960	American	BW 1989 DLB v. 76

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Author	Genre	Place of Birth	Date of Birth/Death	Nationality	Source
Yerby, Frank	Novelist	Augusta, GA	b. Sept. 5, 1916 d. Nov. 29, 1991	American	BW 1989 DLB v. 76

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