Miss Read
English novelist, by profession a schoolmistress
Ishmael Reed
American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor and publisher known for his satirical works challenging American political culture
Ruth Reichl
American chef, food writer, co-producer of PBS’s Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie, culinary editor for the Modern Library, host of PBS’s Gourmet’s Adventures With Ruth, and the last editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine
Erich Maria Remarque
German novelist
David Remnick
American journalist and writer
Ruth Rendell
English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries.Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford
Jean Rhys
British novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica
Anne Rice
American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Christian literature
Rainer Maria Rilke
Austrian poet and novelist
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism