Listed below are Mississippi writers who wrote fiction, which includes short stories, novels, novellas, and other fictional forms. A plus sign (+) after an author's name indicates he or she also has written in other genres.

1. Margaret Walker Alexander+ (1915-     )
2. John Armistead (1941-    )
3. William Attaway (1911-1986)
4. Howard Bahr+ (1946-    )
5. Joseph Glover Baldwin+ (1815-1864)
6. Nevada Barr (1952-    )
7. Frederick Barthelme+ (1943-    )
8. Steven Barthelme+ (1951-    )
9. Franz Baskett
10. Rick Bass+ (1958-    )
11. Charles G. Bell (1916-    )
12. Katherine Bellamann+ (1877-1956)
13. Maxwell Bodenheim+ (1892-1954)
14. Sherwood Bonner+ (1849-1883)
15. Joseph Bosco (1948-    )
16. Larry Brown+ (1951-2004)
17. Jimmy Buffett+ (1946-   )
18. Jack Butler+ (1944-    )
19. Price Caldwell (1940-    )
20. Will Davis Campbell+ (1924-   )
21. Robert Canzoneri+ (1925-   )
22. Anne Carsley (1935-    )
23. Joseph Beckham Cobb+ (1819-1858)
24. Hubert Creekmore+ (1907-1966)
25. Patrick Creevy (1947-    )
26. Jack Crocker+ (1940-   )
27. Rosalie Burkes Daniels+ (1944-   )
28. David Davis+ (1948-    )
29. Borden Deal (1922-1985)
30. Margaret-Love Denman+ (1940-     )
31. Harris Dickson+ (1868-1946)
32. Louisa Dixon (1950-    )
33. Louis Dollarhide+ (1918-    )
34. Ellen Douglas (1921-    )
35. Wylene Dunbar
36. Charles East (1924-    )
37. William Clark Falkner+ (1826-1889)
38. John Faulkner+ (1901-1963)
39. William Faulkner+ (1897-1962)
40. Shelby Foote+ (1916-2005)
41. Richard Ford+ (1944-    )
42. Jim Fraiser+
43. Frances Gaither+ (1889-1955)
44. David Galef+ (1959-    )
45. Ellen Gilchrist (1935-    )
46. Edwin Granberry+ (1897-    )
47. John Grisham (1955-    )
48. Carolyn Haines (1953-    )
49. Loyle Hairston+ (1926-   )
50. Martha Lacy Hall+ (1923-    )
51. William C. Hall (1819-1865)
52. Barry Hannah (1942-    )
53. Evans Harrington+ (1925-1997)
54. Charlaine Harris (1951-     )
55. Thomas Harris (1940-    )
56. Rabiul Hasan+
57. Jim Henson+ (1936-1990)
58. Jay Higginbotham+ (1937-    )
59. Rebecca Hill (1944-    )
60. Jere Hoar (1929-    )
61. Kenneth Holditch+ (1933-   )
62. James Hughes (1957-   )
63. Greg Iles
64. Prentiss Ingraham (1843-1904)
65. Angela Jackson+ (1951-   )
66. Joan Johnson+ (1953-   )
67. Larry Johnson+ (1945-   )
68. Shirley Jean Johnson
69. Don Lee Keith+ (1940-   )
70. Randall Kenan
71. J. Gregory Keyes
72. Henry Clay Lewis (1825-1850)
73. John Little (1939-   )
74. Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790-1870)
75. Beverly Lowry (1938-    )
76. Neil McGaughey
77. Thomas [Tom] McHaney+ (1936-   )
78. Alexander G. McNutt (1802?-1848)
79. Birthalene Miller
80. Margaree King Mitchell+ (1953-     )
81. Anne Moody+ (1940-    )
82. Berry Morgan (1919-2002)
83. Willie Morris+ (1934-1999)
84. Jane Mullen (1948-    )
85. Lewis Nordan+ (1939-    )
86. Gloria Norris+ (1937-    )
87. Linda Peavy+ (1943-   )
88. Walker Percy+ (1916-1990)
89. Thomas Hal Phillips+ (1922-    )
90. Shannon Riley+ (1941-   )
91. Mary Robison (1949-    )
92. Paul Ruffin+ (1941-   )
93. James R. Scafidel (1942-    )
94. Jessie Schell (1941-   )
95. Kevin Sessums+ (1957-    )
96. Dorothy Sample Shawhan (1942-     )
97. Cynthia Shearer (1955-    )
98. Patrick D. Smith (1927-    )
99. Elizabeth Spencer+ (1921-    )
100. Frank Stanford+ (1949-1978)
101. Stuart Stevens+ (1952-    )
102. James Howell Street (1903-1954)
103. Cid Ricketts Sumner (1890-1970)
104. Glenn Robert Swetman+ (1936-   )
105. Donna Tartt+ (1963-    )
106. Clifton L. Taulbert+ (1945-    )
107. Mildred D. Taylor (1943-    )
108. Phillip Thompson+ (1962-    )
109. Carolyn Thornton
110. Mildred Spurrier Topp (1897-1963)
111. Frank Trippett+ (1926-1998)
112. Glennray Tutor+ (1950-   )
113. Catherine Ann Warfield+ (1816-1877)
114. Brad Watson
115. Sheldon B. Webster (1944-    )
116. Lawrence Wells+ (1941-    )
117. Eudora Welty+ (1909-2001)
118. John Milton Wesley+ (1948-   )
119. James Whitehead+ (1936-2003)
120. Ben Ames Williams (1889-1953)
121. Joan Williams+ (1928-2004)
122. John A[lfred] Williams+ (1925-     )
123. Tennessee Williams+ (1911-1983)
124. Charles Wilson (1939-    )
125. Richard Wright+ (1908-1960)
126. Steve Yarbrough (1956-    )
127. Al Young+ (1939-    )
128. Stark Young+ (1881-1963)

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