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Past Residents
- Michael Arceneaux (I Can't Date Jesus): Grew up in Houston; Attended James Madison HS in HISD.
- Horton Foote (The Trip to Bountiful): Playwright and screenwriter born in Wharton, Texas ; winner of Pulitzer Prize, Academy awards, and the National Medal of Arts.
- Kevin Kwan (Crazy Rich Asians) : Lived in Clear Lake as teenager ; attended San Jac & UHCL.
- Attica Locke (Black Water Rising): Raised in Houston
- Wayétu Moore (She Would Be King): Immigrated to Houston from Liberia as a child.
- Jia Tolentino (Trick Mirror): Immigrated to Houston from Canada as a child; Attended school at Houston's Second Baptist Church's school ; grew up in the Cinco Ranch and Memorial areas.
- Kenneth Womack (Solid State: the story of Abbey Road and the end of the Beatles): Born & raised in Houston.
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Current Residents
- Varsha Bajaj (Count Me In): Houston ; Children's & YA author.
- Justin Cronin (The Passage trilogy): Distinguished faculty fellow at Rice University.
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Mistress of Spices): Teaches at UH Creative Writing program.
- Chencia C. Higgins (D'Vaughn and Chris Plan a Wedding): Houston ; Romance author.
- Lynne Kelly (Song for a Whale): Houston ; Middle grade & YA author.
- Bryan Washington (Lot: stories): Raised in Houston, graduated from UH with a BA. Currently lecturing at Rice.