James D. Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist
Creator
Leon Wieseltier
American critic and magazine editor
Evelyn Waugh
English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer
Richard Wilbur
American poet and literary translator
Virgil
Ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period
Voltaire
French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianityespecially the Roman Catholic Churchas well as his advocacy of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state
Elizabeth von Arnim
Set in Germany
Kurt Vonnegut
American writer
Barbara W. Tuchman
American historian and author
Susan Vreeland
American author