A list of published dyslexic authors and professional writers in alphabetical order. We have done our best to make sure this list is as accurate as possible.

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Jeanne Betancourt – Award Winning Children’s Author.

Alaric Bond – Historical Novelist, Script, and Screen Writer.

Octavia E. Butler – Award Winning Science Fiction Novelist.

Leonora Carrington – Author and Artist.

Blake Charlton – Fantasy Novelist, Doctor, and Essayist.

Billy Childish – Author, Poet, and Artist.

Anderson Cooper- Author and Journalist.

Samuel R. Delany – Novelist, Literary Critic, and Professor of English and Creative Writing.

Rod Duncan – Fantasy, Science Fiction and Crime Writer.

Ben Elton – Novelist, Songwriter, and Comedian.

Fannie Flagg – Novelist and Screenwriter.

Richard Ford – Award Winning Novelist and Short Story Writer.

Esther Freud – Novelist.

Sally Gardener – Award Winning Children’s Writer.

A.A Gill – Reviewer and Essayist.

Terry Goodkind – Bestselling Fantasy Author.

John Irving – Novelist and Screenwriter.

Sherrilyn Kenyon – Bestselling Novelist.

Andy Kirkpatrick – Author and Rock-Climber.

J.F Lawton – Screenwriter.

Don Mullan – Author, Producer, and Humanitarian.

Neil Alexander-Passe – Author, Dyslexia Researcher, and Special Needs Teacher.

Patricia Polacco – Children’s Author and Illustrator.

Anne Rice – Bestselling Novelist.

Philip Schultz – Award Winning Poet.

Andrew Solomon – Novelist and Essayist.

Sally Vickers – Novelist and Reviewer.

Henry Winkler – Children’s Author and Actor.

Benjamin Zephaniah – Award Winning Poet.

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