Literature · 1909–1981Nelson Algrennovelist, short-story writerDetroit-born author of The Man with the Golden Arm, the first National Book Award winner for fiction, who became the great chronicler of Chicago's down-and-out.DETROIT / A living lexicon / ¼
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Clear filtersLiterature · 1909–1981Nelson Algrennovelist, short-story writerDetroit-born author of The Man with the Golden Arm, the first National Book Award winner for fiction, who became the great chronicler of Chicago's down-and-out.
Literature · born 1958Mitch Albomauthor, newspaper columnist, radio host, philanthropistDetroit Free Press columnist since 1985 and author of Tuesdays with Morrie, whose charities have funded shelters, clinics and homes across Detroit.
Literature · born 1956Katherine Applegatechildren's and young-adult authorNewbery Medal–winning author of The One and Only Ivan and creator of the Animorphs series, born in Ann Arbor on the western edge of the Detroit metropolitan region.
Literature · born 1971Megan Abbottcrime novelist, screenwriterEdgar Award–winning crime novelist born in Detroit and raised in Grosse Pointe, whose suburban noirs about girls and women draw on her Michigan youth.The lexicon keeps growing. Every entry lists its sources at the bottom. Dates were checked against Wikidata and Wikipedia. The texts are our own. Famous people's places among the sights ↗