Attempts will be made to limit the size of this list, but...well, here are a few.
J.D. Salinger
Vladimir Nabokov
Sergei Dovlatov
Franz Kafka
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Sylvia Plath
Dorothy Parker
Voltaire
Milan Kundera
Oscar Wilde
Gustav Flaubert
Ilf and Petrov
Leo Tolstoy
Sometime later today I will be absolutely crippled by the realization that I forgot to mention someone important, but as of now the list stands.
J.D. Salinger
Vladimir Nabokov
Sergei Dovlatov
Franz Kafka
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Sylvia Plath
Dorothy Parker
Voltaire
Milan Kundera
Oscar Wilde
Gustav Flaubert
Ilf and Petrov
Leo Tolstoy
Sometime later today I will be absolutely crippled by the realization that I forgot to mention someone important, but as of now the list stands.