Authors born in 1961
Keith Ablow
Max Adams
Tamera Alexander
Mary Amato
Laurie Halse Anderson
Philip Ardagh
Tom Arden
Jake Arnott
Neal Asher
Anita Rau Badami
Tonino Benacquista
Mark Billingham
James O Born
Lan Cao
Gianrico Carofiglio
Vikram Chandra
Daniel Clowes
Jonathan Coe
Douglas Coupland
Andrew Crumey
Dirk Cussler
Meaghan Delahunt
Stacey D'Erasmo
Eric Jerome Dickey
Tim Dorsey
Vicki Doudera
Nick Drake
Tony Earley
Greg Egan
Leif Enger
Martina Evans
Mary Anna Evans
Robert Fabbri
Chris Fabry
Jasper Fforde
Karen Fisher
Richard Flanagan
Catherine Ford
Greg Garrett
Miro Gavran
Ricky Gervais
Tom Gilling
Susan Gregg Gilmore
Howard Gordon
Jean-Christophe Grangé
Peni R Griffin
Philip Gulley
Steve Hamilton
Lori Handeland
Tara K Harper
Jane Harris
Kathryn Harrison
Robert Hawks
Steven Heighton
Paulus Hochgatterer
Tamar Hodes
Sarah Holland
Tom Holt
Brian Howell
Helen Humphreys
Arnaldur Indriðason
Angela Johnson
Stephanie Johnson
Jonas Jonasson
Laura Kasischke
Jackie Kay
Russell Kirkpatrick
Richard A Knaak
Angela Knight
Edward E Kramer
Michael Kumpfmüller
Andrey Kurkov
Richard Lange
David Leavitt
John Lenahan
Marc Levy
Gloria Lisé
Adam Lively
Anthony McCarten
Helena McEwen
Todd McFarlane
Meagan McKinney
Eoin McNamee
Margaret Mazzantini
Miha Mazzini
Susan Meissner
Rick Moody
Nicola Morgan
Francesco Da Mosto
Antonya Nelson
Oliver Neubert
Housuke Nojiri
Stewart O'Nan
Chuck Palahniuk
Glenn Patterson
Tom Perrotta
R J Pineiro
Ricardo Pinto
Benjamin Prado
James Preller
Paula Quinn
Christopher Reich
Justin Richards
Michael Ridpath
James Rollins
Simon Rose
Tatiana De Rosnay
Arundhati Roy
Douglas Rushkoff
Jay Russell
Chris Ryan
Suhayl Saadi
Cecilia Samartin
Will Self
Masamune Shirow
Atima Srivastava
Anita Stansfield
Gabi Stevens
Michael J Sullivan
Jeff Talarigo
Cate Tiernan
Diale Tlholwe
Thrity Umrigar
Mariolina Venezia
S L Viehl
Kate Walbert
Pieter Waterdrinker
Michael D Weaver
Karen Wehrstein
Nancy Werlin
Kjell Westö
Simon Weston
Lis Wiehl
Diana Wieler
Mark Winegardner
Mark Worrall
John C Wright
Lois-Ann Yamanaka
Max Adams
Tamera Alexander
Mary Amato
Laurie Halse Anderson
Philip Ardagh
Tom Arden
Jake Arnott
Neal Asher
Anita Rau Badami
Tonino Benacquista
Mark Billingham
James O Born
Lan Cao
Gianrico Carofiglio
Vikram Chandra
Daniel Clowes
Jonathan Coe
Douglas Coupland
Andrew Crumey
Dirk Cussler
Meaghan Delahunt
Stacey D'Erasmo
Eric Jerome Dickey
Tim Dorsey
Vicki Doudera
Nick Drake
Tony Earley
Greg Egan
Leif Enger
Martina Evans
Mary Anna Evans
Robert Fabbri
Chris Fabry
Jasper Fforde
Karen Fisher
Richard Flanagan
Catherine Ford
Greg Garrett
Miro Gavran
Ricky Gervais
Tom Gilling
Susan Gregg Gilmore
Howard Gordon
Jean-Christophe Grangé
Peni R Griffin
Philip Gulley
Steve Hamilton
Lori Handeland
Tara K Harper
Jane Harris
Kathryn Harrison
Robert Hawks
Steven Heighton
Paulus Hochgatterer
Tamar Hodes
Sarah Holland
Tom Holt
Brian Howell
Helen Humphreys
Arnaldur Indriðason
Angela Johnson
Stephanie Johnson
Jonas Jonasson
Laura Kasischke
Jackie Kay
Russell Kirkpatrick
Richard A Knaak
Angela Knight
Edward E Kramer
Michael Kumpfmüller
Andrey Kurkov
Richard Lange
David Leavitt
John Lenahan
Marc Levy
Gloria Lisé
Adam Lively
Anthony McCarten
Helena McEwen
Todd McFarlane
Meagan McKinney
Eoin McNamee
Margaret Mazzantini
Miha Mazzini
Susan Meissner
Rick Moody
Nicola Morgan
Francesco Da Mosto
Antonya Nelson
Oliver Neubert
Housuke Nojiri
Stewart O'Nan
Chuck Palahniuk
Glenn Patterson
Tom Perrotta
R J Pineiro
Ricardo Pinto
Benjamin Prado
James Preller
Paula Quinn
Christopher Reich
Justin Richards
Michael Ridpath
James Rollins
Simon Rose
Tatiana De Rosnay
Arundhati Roy
Douglas Rushkoff
Jay Russell
Chris Ryan
Suhayl Saadi
Cecilia Samartin
Will Self
Masamune Shirow
Atima Srivastava
Anita Stansfield
Gabi Stevens
Michael J Sullivan
Jeff Talarigo
Cate Tiernan
Diale Tlholwe
Thrity Umrigar
Mariolina Venezia
S L Viehl
Kate Walbert
Pieter Waterdrinker
Michael D Weaver
Karen Wehrstein
Nancy Werlin
Kjell Westö
Simon Weston
Lis Wiehl
Diana Wieler
Mark Winegardner
Mark Worrall
John C Wright
Lois-Ann Yamanaka
Authors who died in 1961
H C Bailey
Joanna Cannan
Louis Ferdinand Céline
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Kenneth Fearing
Dashiell Hammett
Ernest Hemingway
Claude Houghton
Oliver Onions
Norvell W Page
Frank Richards
E Arnot Robertson
Henry Morton Robinson
Mazo de la Roche
Nevil Shute
Clark Ashton Smith
Angela Thirkell
James Thurber
Patricia Wentworth
Joanna Cannan
Louis Ferdinand Céline
Jessie Redmon Fauset
Kenneth Fearing
Dashiell Hammett
Ernest Hemingway
Claude Houghton
Oliver Onions
Norvell W Page
Frank Richards
E Arnot Robertson
Henry Morton Robinson
Mazo de la Roche
Nevil Shute
Clark Ashton Smith
Angela Thirkell
James Thurber
Patricia Wentworth
1961 Lifetime Achievement Awards
1961 Best Novel Awards
Hugo
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller (winner)
Deathworld by Harry Harrison
The High Crusade by Poul Anderson
Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys
Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller (winner)
Deathworld by Harry Harrison
The High Crusade by Poul Anderson
Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys
Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon
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