Hector Berlioz
French Romantic composer and conductor
Georges Bernanos
French author, and a soldier in World War I. A Roman Catholic with monarchist leanings, he was critical of elitist thought and was opposed to what he identified as defeatism
Bob Woodward
American investigative journalist
Alfred Bester
American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books
Henry Beston
American writer and naturalist, best known as the author of The Outermost House, written in 1928.
Kai Bird
American author and columnist, best known for his works on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, United States-Middle East political relations and his biographies of political figures
Elizabeth Bishop
American poet and short-story writer
H. G. Bissinger
American journalist and author, best known for his 1990 non-fiction book Friday Night Lights
Julia Blackburn
British author of both fiction and non-fiction
William Blake
English poet, painter, and printmaker