Writers Born in Illinois
- Bradbury, Ray (Waukegan)
- Chandler, Raymond (Chicago)
- Crichton, Michael (Chicago)
- Dick, Philip K. (Chicago)
- Franzen, Jonathan (Western Springs)
- Hemingway, Ernest (Oak Park)
- Hersh, Seymour (Chicago)
- Sandburg, Carl (Galesburg)
- Silverstein, Shel (Chicago)
