1
Elaine May
(Actor, Film director, Screenwriter, Writer, Playwright)
15
3
Birthdate: April 21, 1932
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
2
S. E. Hinton
(Writer)
16
3
Birthdate: July 22, 1948
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
3
Diablo Cody
(Screenwriter, Producer, Director, Dancer, Writer, Journalist)
15
3
Birthdate: June 14, 1978
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Lemont, Illinois, United States
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
4
Paula Pell
(Screenwriter)
13
3
Birthdate: April 15, 1963
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Joliet, Illinois, United States
5
Amelia Bullmore
(Actress)
13
3
Birthdate: January 31, 1964
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
6
Martha Fiennes
(actor, screenwriter, writer)
15
3
Birthdate: February 5, 1964
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Suffolk
7
Lillian Hellman
(Dramatist and Screenwriter)
12
2
Birthdate: June 20, 1905
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana
Died: June 30, 1984
8
Kim Eun-sook
(Screenplay Writer)
12
2
Birthdate: 1973 AD
Birthplace: Gangneung, South Korea
Kim Eun-sook is a South Korean screenwriter known for writing popular TV series like Secret Garden, for which she won many awards, including Korea Drama Award and the prestigious Baeksang Arts Award. Over the years, Kim Eun-sook's writing has appealed to viewers of all ages. In 2012, she was honored at the SBS Drama Awards with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
9
Lise Mayer
(screenwriter)
13
2
Birthdate: November 29, 1959
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Chicago
10
Emma Donoghue
(Novelist)
11
2
Birthdate: October 24, 1969
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Alex Awards winning Irish-Canadian playwright, literary historian, short story writer, novelist, and screenwriter Emma Donoghue is best known for authoring award winning novels like Room and Hood. Room, an international best-seller, was adapted into a film bearing same title that not only emerged as a critical and commercial success but also garnered four Oscar nominations at the 88th Academy Awards.
11
Melissa Rosenberg
(Screenwriter, Writer)
9
2
Birthdate: August 28, 1962
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Marin County
12
Kari Skogland
8
2
Birthplace: Ottawa
13
Katsura Hoshino
(Mangaka)
6
1
Birthdate: April 21, 1980
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Shiga Prefecture
14
Terri Tatchell
(screenwriter)
5
1
Birthdate: 1978 AD
Birthplace: Canada
15
Deborah Moggach
(Contemporary Novelist)
6
1
Birthdate: June 28, 1948
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Middlesex, England
16
Frances Marion
(One of the Most Renowned Female Screenwriters of the 20th Century)
4
1
Birthdate: November 18, 1888
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: May 12, 1973
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
17
Gerda Lerner
(Historian)
3
1
Birthdate: April 30, 1920
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: January 2, 2013
18
Irna Phillips
(Scriptwriter)
3
1
Birthdate: July 1, 1901
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: December 23, 1973
19
Lucia Siposová
(Actress)
1
0
Birthdate: May 21, 1980
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bratislava, Slovakia
20
Elvira Lindo
(Journalist)
1
0
Birthdate: January 23, 1962
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cádiz
21
B.M. Bower
(Author)
1
0
Birthdate: November 15, 1871
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cleveland, Montana, United States
Died: July 23, 1940
22
Annalee Whitmore Fadiman
(Scriptwriter)
1
0
Birthdate: May 27, 1916
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Price, Utah, United States
Died: February 5, 2002
