Famous Authors Born In March | Authors Born on March 1 to 30

Author Born On March 1

Ralph Waldo Ellison

Ralph Waldo Ellison was an American novelist and literary critic. He was born on March 1, 1913. Ralph Waldo Ellison is best known for his novel ‘Invisible Man’ which was published in 1952. He won National Book Award in 1953 for the book.

Author Born On March 2

Theodor Seuss Geisel aka Dr. Seuss

Theodor Seuss was a children’s author, political cartoonist, illustrator, poet and animator. He was born on March 2, 1904. He is known for writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. Some of his classic notable works include If I Ran The Zoo, Horton Hears A Who, If I Ran A Circus, The Cat In The Heat, How Grinch Stole Christmas, Green Eggs and Ham.

Author Born On March 4

Khaled Hosseini

Khaled Hosseini is born on March 4, 1965. Hosseini is a novelist, physician, activist, humanitarian and UNHCR goodwill ambassador. His most notable work is his debut novel ‘The Kite Runner’ published in 2003. He has published three novels ‘The Kite Runner’, ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’, and ‘And The Mountains Echoed’. All of his three novels became New York Times bestsellers.

Author Born On March 5

Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas was born on 5 March 1986. She is a fantasy author, best known for her debut series Throne of Glass which was published in 2012 and A Court of Thorns and Roses series, published in 2015.

Authors Born On March 6

Daniel H. Wilson

Daniel H. Wilson was born on March 6, 1978. He is a New York Times best-selling author, television host and robotics engineer. His books include ‘How to Survive a Robot Uprising’, ‘Where’s My Jetpack?’ and ‘How to Build a Robot Army’ and the bestseller ‘Robopocalypse’.

Gabriel García Márquez  

Gabriel García Márquez was born on March 6, 1927. He was a Columbian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Gabriel García Márquez is considered as a significant writer of 20^th century in Spanish language. In 1982, he won Nobel Prize in Literature. His notable works include ‘One Hundred Years Of Solitude’, ‘Chronicle Of Death Foretold’ and ‘Love In The Time Of Cholera’.

Patrick deWitt

Patrick deWitt was born on March 6, 1975. He is a novelist and screenwriter. His notable works include Ablutions: Notes for a Novel, The Sisters Brothers, Undermajordomo Minor and French Exit. His novel ‘French Exit’ published in 2018 was adapted into a film 2020, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges.

Author Born On March 7

Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis born on March 7, 1964 is a author, screenwriter and short-story writer. His notable works include ‘Less Than Zero’ and ‘American Psycho’. Both these novels were considered controversial at time of publication.

Author Born On March 8

Jeffrey Eugenides

Jeffrey Eugenides was born on March 8, 1960. He is a novelist, essayist and short-story writer. His notable novels include ‘The Virgin Suicides’, ‘Middlesex’ and ‘The Marriage Pot’. In 2003, he received Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, for his book Middlesex which was published in 2002. His debut novel ‘The Virgin Suicides’ published in 1993, was adapted into film in 1999 by Sofia Coppola.

Author Born On March 12

Jack Keroauc

Jack Kerouac born on March 12, 1922 was a novelist. He has published fifteen novels and many poetry volumes. His most notable work is ‘On The Road’. His works covered topics such as Catholic spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel.

Author Born On March 19

Philip Roth

Philip Roth was an author and short-story writer born on March 19, 1933. His notable works include American Pastoral, Portnoy’s Complaint, The Human Stain and The Plot Against America. His novel ‘The Plot Against America’ published in 2004, was adapted into a mini-series drama by HBO in 2020.

Author Born On March 20

Emily Giffin

Emily Giffin was born on March 20, 1972. She is author of books that are categorized as chick-lit. Her best known works are Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Heart of the Matter, and The One and Only. Her novel Something Borrowed published in 2005 was adapted into a film in 2011.

Authors Born On March 21

Oyinkan Braithwaite

Oyinkan Braithwaite is a Nigerian-British author born on March 21, 1988. She is best known for her debut novel, ‘My Sister, The Serial Killer’ which was published in November, 2018.

Ved Mehta

Ved Mehta is a Indian born writer who lived in United States. Ved Mehta is best known for autobiographies that were published in installments from 1972 to 2004. Mehta wrote for the New Yorker for many years.

Author Born On March 22

James Patterson

James Patterson is an author and philanthropist born on March 22, in 1947. His famous works include Along Came The Spider, Deadly Cross and 1st To Die, among others. He has sold over 300 million copies of his books. In 2016, James Patterson was on Forbes’s list of highest-paid authors for the third consecutive year.

Authors Born On March 24

Tabitha King

Tabitha King, born on March 24, 1949 is an author, activist and wife of Stephen King. Some of her works include Small Worlds, Caretakers and Pearl among others.

Vicktor Frankl

Viktor Frankl born on 26 March, 1905 was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor. Frankl has published over 39 books. His most famous work is his autobiography ‘Man’s Search For Meaning’ which is based on his experiences in various Nazi concentration camps. The autobiography was published in 1946.

Author Born On March 28

Lauren Weisberger

Lauren Weisberger is a novelist born on March 28, 1977. Her famous work includes the bestseller novel ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ published in 2003 which is based on her experience as assistant to Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. The book was adapted into film in 2006 and it starred Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.

Author Born On March 30

Anna Sewell

Anna Sewell is an English novelist born on March 30, 1820. She has published only one book in her lifetime, the famous novel ‘Black Beauty’. The book was published in 1877. Anna Sewell died five months after the publication of the book.