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- Maggie Anderson Born: 1971 in Miami, Florida
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- Carl Armstrong
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- Keith Armstrong Born: Chicago, Illinois
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- Sarah Aronson
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- Dr. Elana Ashley
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- Kathryn J. Atwood
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- Howard Benjamin Austin Born: 1886 in Blue Mound, Illinois
- Lynn Austin Born:
- Mary Hunter Austin Born: September 9, 1868 in Carlinville, Illinois
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- David M Axelrod Born: February 22, 1955, New York City, New York
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- Richard David Bach Born: 1936 in Oak Park, Illinois
- M. Molly Backes Born: 1980 in Madison, Wisconsin
- Ernst Bacon Born: May 26, 1898 in Chicago
- Beatriz Badikian-Gartler Born: 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Dr. Richard K Baer Born: 1952 in Oak Park, Illinois
- William J Bahr Born: 1947 in Hays, Kansas
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- Kenneth E. Bailey Born: 1930 in Bloomington, Illinois
- Len Bailey Born:
- Megan Bailey Born: 1984 in Springfield, IL
- Tracy Baim Born: 1963 in Chicago, Illinois
- Regina Harris Baiocchi Born: 1956 in Chicago, Illinois
- Michael Baisden Born: 1963 in Chicago, Illinois
- Michael J. Bakalis Born: 1938 in Berwyn, Illinois
- Jean Lenore Baker Born: Georgia
- Rick Baker
- Dave Bakke Born: N/A
- Bob Balaban Born: 1945 in Chicago, Illinois
- Leslie Baldacci Born:
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- Carl R. Baldwin Born: 1908
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- Richard F. Bales Born: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1951
- Margo Lynn Balinski Born: February 1971 in St. Louis, Missouri
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- Blue Balliett Born: 1955 in New York City, New York
- Stacey Ballis Born: 1970 in Chicago, Illinois
- Jesse Ball Born: Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York 1978
- James Ballowe Born: 1933 in Carbondale, Illinois
- J.E. 'Buck' Ballow Born:
- Thelma Louise Eastman Ball
- Randall Balmer Born: October 22, 1954 in Chicago
- Randall Herbert Balmer Born: 1954
- Ronald H. Balson
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- Art Baltazar Born: 1968 in Chicago, Illinois
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- Stan Banash Born: in Chicago
- Adolph Bandelier Born: 1848 in Bern, Switzerland
- Bakul Banerjee Born: 1948 in Wheaton
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- O'drean E. Banks Born: 1951 in Joliet, IL
- Theresa Banks Born:
- Laura Bannon Born: 1895 in Acme, Michigan
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- Stephen Bardo Born: 1968
- Brian Gerard Bardy Born: 1960 in Hinsdale, IL
- Teresa Barger
- Tamara Barker
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- Lynard Barnes Born: in Social Circle, Georgia
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- Nina Barrett Born: New York City
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- Lynda Barry Born: 1956 in Wisconsin
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- Michael Thomas Barry Born: 1963 in Chicago, Illinois
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- H. Arnold Barton Born: 1929 in Los Angeles, California
- William Eleazar Barton Born: June 28, 1861 in Sublette, Illinois
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- Michael M. Bates Born: N/A
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- Matthew Battles Born: 1968 in Petersburg, Illinois
- Joan Bauer Born: 1951 in Oak Park, Illinois
- Marion Dane Bauer Born: 1938 in Oglesby, Illinois
- Ruby Dell Baugher Born: 1891, in Mt. Vernon, Illinois
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- Lyman Frank Baum Born: May 15, 1856 in Chittenango, New York
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- Clara Kern Bayliss Born: March 5, 1848 near Kalamazoo, Michigan
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- John A. Beadles
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- Leah Beck Born: 1991 Chicago, Illinois
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- Jerrod Begora Born: 1978 in Elgin, Illinois
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- Ben Behrens
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- Michael J. Bellito Born: December 25, 1949
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- Saul Bellow Born: June 10, 1915 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada
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- Natalia Maree Belting Born: July 11, 1915 in Oskaloosa, Iowa
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- John Belushi Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois
- Stuart W. Bendelow Born: 1937 in Port Huron, Michigan
- Jessica Bendinger Born: 1966 in Oak Park, Illinois
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- Jim Benes Born: March 28, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois
- James W. Bennet Born: 1942 in Piatt County, Illinos
- Lerone Bennett, Jr. Born: 1928 in Clarksdale, Mississippi
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- Donna I. Bennett Born: 1926 in Ypsilanti, Michigan
- James W. Bennett Born: 1942 in Piatt County, Illinois
- Larry Bennett Born:
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- Christopher Benson Born:
- Raymond Benson Born: Midland, Texas September 6, 1955
- Gerald Eades Bentley Born: 1969 in Brazil, Indiana
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- Kathie Bergquist Born: in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Laurence Bergreen Born: 1950 in New York, N.Y.
- Danual Berkley Born: Jacksonville, Illinois
- Ira Berkow Born: 1940 in Chicago, Illinois
- Peter Berkowitz Born: 1959 in Chicago, Illinois
- Nate Berkus Born: 1971 in Orange County, California
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- Pearl S. Berman Born: 1955 in Chicago, Illinois
- Raeann Berman Born: 1931 in Chicago, Illinois
- Adria Bernardi Born: Highland Park, Illinois
- Joseph Bernardin Born: Columbia, South Carolina
- Marc Bernardin
- David Warren Berner Born: 1956 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Arnie Bernstein Born: 1960 in Harvey, Illinois
- Ted Berrigan Born: November 15, 1934 in Providence, Rhode Island
- Robert Berry Born:
- Michael Berube Born: New York
- Michael Richard Beschloss Born: November 30, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois.
- Bruno Bettelheim Born: 1903 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- Tara Betts Born: in Kankakee, Illinois
- Beverly M. Brown, PhD Born: N/A
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- Dr. Leonard J. Biallas Born: 1939 in Pontiac, Michigan
- Raymond Bial Born: November 5,1948 in Danville, Illinois
- Valerie Biamonte Born: 1969 in Elmhurst, IL
- Raymond L. Bianchi Born: 1967 in Ft. McGuire, New Jersey
- Penny C Bibbs Born: 1980 in Matteson, Illinois
- Mary Biddinger Born: Freemont, California
- Lyle Bidner Born: 1922 in Mansfield, Illinois
- Ursula Bielski Born: in Chicago, Illinois
- Leigh Buchanan Bienen Born:
- Trever James Bierschbach Born: 1976, in Atchison, KS
- Donna Biffar Born: 1964
- Lisa Jenn Bigelow Born: in Michigan
- Jeff Biggers Born: 1963 in Ohio
- Kira Bigwood
- William S. Bike Born: April 9, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois
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- Franny Billingsley
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- Charles N. Billington Born: 1948 in Evanston, Illinois
- Neil Billington Born: N/A
- Donald J Bingle Born: 1954 in Aurora, Illinois
- Barbara Binns Born: 1950 in Chicago, Illinois
- Chari Yast Binstadt Born: 1942 in Evanston, Illinois
- Mark Birch Born: 1983 in Springfield, Illinois
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- Morris Birkbeck Born: January 23, 1764, in Settle England
- Erin Bishop Born: in Springfield, Illinois
- Susan Lynn Bishop Born: 1949 in Eldorado, Illinois
- Eula Biss Born: 1977 in Rochester, New York
- Joel Bjorling Born: 1952 in Galesburg, IL
- Lillian D. Bjorseth Born: in Uniontown, Missouri
- Edwin Black Born: in Chicago, Illinois
- JoAnn Blackman Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois
- Michael A. Black Born: N/A
- Charles Blackstone Born: 1977 in Chicago, Illinpois
- Timothy Black Born:
- Timuel D. Black Jr. Born: December 7, 1918 in Birmingham, Alabama
- Elizabeth Blackwell Born: Washington D.C.
- Scott Blackwood
- John D. Blades Born: 1936 in Springfield, Illinois
- Mark Blaeuer Born: 1954 in Alton, Illinois
- Les Blain Born: 1953 in Warrensburg, Illinois
- Bonnie Blair Born: 1964 in Cornwall, New York
- Melissa Blake Born: 1981
- Penelope A. Blake, PH.D. Born: in Harvard, Illinois
- Eleanor Taylor Bland Born: 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts
- Debbie S Blankenship
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- Daniel K. Bloomfield Born: 1926
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- Ronald Bluemer Born: 1942 in Chicago, Illinois
- Deborah Blum Born: 1954 in Urbana, Illinois
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- Charles A Bobbitt Born: 1945
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- Susan Furlong Bolliger Born: 1967 in Battle Creek, MI
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- Joe Bonomo Born: Wheaton, Maryland
- Arna Wendell Bontemps Born: 1902 in Alexandria, Louisiana
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- Donna Boonstra Born: 1959 in Chicago, Illinois
- Ruth Frankel Boorstin Born: December 16, 1917 in Morenci, Arizona
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- Merri Borkowski Born:
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- Daniel Borzutzky
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- Sharon Shea Bossard Born: December 8, 1945 in Riverside, Illinois
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- John Bouseman Born: 1936
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- Robert C. Bray Born: 1944 in Pittsburg, Kansas
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- Rhita J. Brniak Born: 1928 in Dorans, Illinois
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- David Salzer Broder Born: 1929 in Chicago Heights, Illinois
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- Wallace S. Broecker Born: November 29, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois
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- Chris Abani Born: 1966 in Nigeria, West Africa. Abani currently resides in Chicago.
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- Karen Abbott Born: January 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Abbott has written a book about an Illinois subject of interest - the city of Chicago. Her book 'Sin in the Second City' is based in Chicago and her research for the book was conducted in Chicago.
- Olga Abella Born: 1958 in Manhattan, New York. Abella lives in Robinson and has taught at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston since 1989.
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- Krystle Dickerson . Dickerson lives in Central Illinois.
- David Jerome Abodaher Born: 1909 in Streater, Illinois. Abodaher was born in Streator, Illinois.
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- Michael L. Abramson Born: 1948 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Abramson earned his Masters in Photography in 1977 from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He continued to live and work in Chicago thereafter.
- Grant Achatz Born: 1974 in Michigan. In 2001, Grant moved to the Chicago area to become the Executive Chef at Trio, in Evanston, Illinois.
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- John Clarke Adams Born: 1910 in Evanston, Illinois. Although born in Evanston, Illinois, Adams lived in Italy for eleven years, Lebanon for three and in Brazil for one year before residing in Syracuse, New York.
- Len Adams Born: in St. Louis, Mo. Adams has lived in Southwestern Illinois for most of his life.
- Mary Jo Adamson Born: 1935 in Moline, Illinois. Adamson was born in Moline, Illinois and worked in Seneca, Illinois.
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- Jane Addams Born: September 6, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois. Addams was born in Cedarville. She was the founder and life-long director of the Hull-House in Chicago, a social settlement house.
- George Ade Born: February 9, 1866 in Kentland, Indiana. Ade lived and wrote in Chicago from 1890 to about 1902.
- Deborah Adelman Born: 1958 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Adelman has taught in Chicago Colleges since 1991.
- John Irving Ades Born: 1925 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ades moved to Edwardsville in 1958 and lived in the area the rest of his life.
- Tomi Adeyemi . Adeyemi grew up in Homewood Flossmoor and Hinsdale. She graduated from Hinsdale Central High School in 2011.
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- Oscar Adler Born: 1933 in Fulda, Germany. Adler lives in Deerfield Illinois.
- Carol Madden Adorjan Born: 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. Adorjan was born in Chicago and currently resides in Glenview.
- Gladys Lucy Adshead Born: 1896 in Manchester, England. In 1943, Adshead was appointed Head of the Lower School of the North Shore Country Day School of Winnetka, Illinois. She served in this position and lived in Illinois until 1949.
- Amy Affelt Born: 1970 in LaSalle, Illinois. Affelt was born and raised in LaSalle, Illinois, and moved to Chicago, where she now reside, in 1988.
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- Tracy Ahrens Born: 1970 in Kankakee, Illinois. Ahrens was born in Kankakee. She graduated from Eureka College.
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- Melissa Albert . Albert studied Journalism at Columbia College Chicago and covered arts and entertainment for publications like Time Out Chicago, Chicago Journal, and Bookslut.
- Susan Wittig Albert Born: 1940 in Maywood, Illinois. Albert was born in Maywood, Illinois and lived in Vermillion Counnty. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois in Urbana.
- Carol Rausch Albright Born: March 20, 1936 in Evergreen Park, Illinois. Carol lives in Chicago.
- Jacqeline Alcantara . Alcantara lives in Chicago
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- Jodi Alessandrini Born: 1941 in Springfield, Illinois. Alessandrini was born in and still resides in Springfield, Illinois.
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- Carolyn Alessio Born: Elmhurst, Illinois. Alessio lives and works in Chicago.
- Elizabeth Alexander Born: 1962 in New York, New York. Alexander taught at the University of Chicago.
- Ellen Alexander Born: in Springfield, Illinois. Alexander was born in Springfield, Illinois.
- Jeffery Alexander Born: in Birmingham, Alabama. Alexander currently resides in Springfield and has also lived in Chicago.
- Richard D. Alexander Born: 1929 in White Heath, Illinois. *Alexander was born in White Heath, Illinois
- Beverly Ellen Schoonmaker Alfeld Born: in Accord, New York. Beverly divides her time between Crystal Lake, Illinois; Accord, New York; and Chokoloskee Island, Florida.
- Nelson Algren Born: March 28, 1909 in Detroit, Michigan. Algren's family moved to the South Side of Chicago when he was three years old. When he was eight, the family moved to the North Side of the city. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in journalism in 1931.
- David Algrim . Algrim lives in Geneva, Illinois.
- Saul David Alinsky Born: 1909 in Chicago, Illinois. Saul David Alinsky was born, raised and educated in Chicago.
- William Allegrezza Born: Jackson, Mississippi. Allegrezza lived in Chicago, Illinois.
- Bob Allen . Allen is a life-long resident of Chicago, mostly on the South Side. He currently resides in Beverly.
- Claudia Allen Born: 1954 in Michigan. Allen moved to Chicago in 1979.
- Danielle Allen Born: 1971. Allen has lived and taught in Chicago. She joined the faculty at the University of Chicago in 1997 as Assistant Professor of Classics. In 2000, Dr. Allen became Associate Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures, Political Science and the Committee on Social Thought. In 2003, she was promoted to Professor. The following year she was named Dean of the Division of Humanities, a role she was in until 2007.
- Howard W. Allen Born: N/A. Allen works at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Irma Joan Allen Born: 1931 in Paradise Township - Mattoon, Illinois. Allen was born in Mattoon, Illinois. She lived in Brookfield, IL for many years and now resides in the Chicago suburbs.
- Jeffery Renard Allen Born: 1962 in Chicago, Illinois. Allen was born in Chicago and raised on the South Side of the city in a neighborhood that provided the setting of his first novel Rails Under My Back and the stories in his collection Holding Pattern. He attended public schools and earned his university degrees at the University of Illinois at Chicago. <p />
- John Willis Allen Born: 1887, in Hamilton County, Illinois. Allen was born in Hamilton County and taught at Harrisburg, Eldorado and Fairfield schools. He attended Southern Illinois Normal University (SINU) intermittently from 1908-1926 and the University of Illinois in 1930.
- Pat B. Allen Born: N/A . Allen lives in Oak Park.
- Steve Allen Born: December 26, 1921 in New York, New York. Allen was raised on the south side of Chicago.
- Ted Allen Born: 1965 in Columbus, Ohio. After receiving his MA, Allen moved to Chicago, where he worked as a reporter for Lerner Newspapers. He got his start in restaurant criticism in Chicago as one quarter of a bi-weekly group-review team called 'The Famished Four.' He also went on to become a freelancer for Chicago magazine, eventually signing on as a senior editor and often writing about food, wine, and luminaries of the culinary world.
- Jennifer Allison Born: 1966 in Saline, Michigan. Allison lives in Chicago.
- John Robert Allman . Allman attended Northwestern University from 2009 - 2013. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts - BA Communication Studies / Film & Media Studies / Art History.
- Adi Alsaid Born: 1987 in Mexico City, Mexico. Alsaid currently lives in Chicago.
- Lisa N. Alschuler Born: N/A. Alschuler lived in Chicago and was the director of naturopathic medicine at Miwdestern Regional Medical Center in Zion, Illinois.
- Jonathan Alter Born: 1957 in Chicago. Alter was born and raised in Chicago.
- John Peter Altgeld Born: 1847 in Westerwald, Germany. Altgeld was governor of Illinois from 1893-1897.
- Jane Fulton Alt Born: 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. Alt was born and raised in Illinois. She lives in the suburb of Evanston, Illinois.
- Frances Altman Born: September 5, 1937 in Los Angeles, California. Altman lived in the Chicago area for 25 years. During her time in Chicago, she earned a Master's degree from Roosevelt University Chicago and worked as a Special Features Editor at ''Day Publications'' in Chicago; Promotions Director at ''Paddock Publications'' in Arlington Heights, Illinois; Managing Editor at ''Suburban Week'' in Chicago; Editor for ''Countryside Living'' in Barrington, Illinois; and Public Relations at ''National Hot Dog and Sausage Council'' in Chicago.
- Lisa Alvarado Born: 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. Alvarado was born in Chicago, Illinois
- Julia Alvarez Born: 1950 in New York City, NY. Alvarez was an Assistant Professor in the English Department at the University of Illinois in Urbana from 1985 - 1988. While there, she taught beginning and advanced fiction and poetry workshops as well as courses on women's studies and minority/ethnic literature.
- Brian L Alvis . Alvis grew up in the small village of Kell in Southern Illinois. He currently resides in Mt. Vernon.
- Marcie Alvis Walker . Alvis Walker lives in Chicago.
- Hala Alyan Born: 1986 in Carbondale, Illinois. Alyan was born in Carbondale.
- Amy Alznauer . Alznauer lives in Chicago.
- Joe Amato Born: 1955 in Syracuse, New York. Amato has taught writing and literature at Illinois State University in Normal since 2003.
- Mary Amato Born: 1961 in Belvidere, Illinois. Amato was born in Belvidere and grew up in Libertyville.
- Theresa Amato Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Amato grew up in Chicago and is now based in the DC area with her spouse and two daughters.
- Jay Amberg Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. Amberg lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Stephen Edward Ambrose Born: January 10, 1936 in Lovington, Illinois. Ambrose was born in Lovington, Illinois
- Allison Amend Born: May 20, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois. Amend was born in Chicago.
- Richard Mario Amesquita Born: 1948 in Sterling, IL. These selected poems written in Illinois between 1973 to 2003.
- Ricardo Mario Amezquita Born: 1948 in Sterling, IL . Amezquita is a native of Sterling. He now lives in DeKalb.
- Sam L. Amirante Born: 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. Sam grew up in Norridge, Illlinois and is a graduate of Loyola University and Loyola University School of Law.
- Caryn Lazar Amster Born: 1941 in Warren, Ohio. Amster was raised in and still lives in a Chicago suburb.
- Karen An-hwei Lee . Lee currently serves as provost and a professor of English at Wheaton College. She lives in the Greater Chicago area.
- Shanti Ananda Born: N/A. N/A
- Michael Anania Born: 1939 in Omaha, Nebraska. Anania lived in Chicago. He taught for three years at Northwestern University before taking a position at the University of Illinois Chicago campus.
- George Anastaplo Born: November 7, 1925 . Anastaplo lived in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago and taught at The University of Chicago and Dominican University in River Forest.
- Kayla Ancrum . Ancrum grew up in Chicago and still lives there today. She attended Dominican University.<p />
- Beth Anderson Born: Illinois. Anderson was born and raised in Grayslake.<p />
- Joan Wester Anderson Born: 1938 in Evanston, Illinois. Anderson was born in Evanston, Illinois. She is a graduate of Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago and a former adjunct professor at Harper Community College in Palatine, Illinois.
- Jon Anderson Born: March 13, 1936 in Montreal, Canada. Anderson was transferred to Chicago in 1963 as an employee of Time magazine. He lived in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago.
- Kyle F. Anderson Born: in . Anderson is from Chicago. He attended Walter Payton College Prep School.
- Leone Castell Anderson Born: 1923 in Los Angeles, California. Leone lives in Elgin.
- Leo Sheridan Anderson Born: October 31, 1924 in International Falls, Minnesota. Anderson moved to Marion, Illinois in 1953. He also lived and worked in Chicago and Gurnee.
- Maggie Anderson Born: 1971 in Miami, Florida. Maggie received her JD and MBA from the University of Chicago and lives in Oak Park, Illinois, with her husband, John, and their two daughters.
- Margaret Caroline Anderson Born: 1886 in Indianapolis, IN. Anderson moved to Chicago in 1908.
- Max Elliot Anderson Born: 1946 in St. Charles. Anderson was born in St. Charles and lives in Rockford, Illinois.
- Mike Anderson Born: 1952 in Washington, Illinois. Mike was born in Washington, Illinois and currently resides in Jacksonville, Illinois.
- Paul Dale Anderson Born: 1944 in Rockford, Illinois. Anderson was born and raised Rockford, Illinois. He graduated from East Rockford High School in 1962, attended the University of Illinois, Rockford College, Loyola University of Chicago (BA 1975) and Northern Illinois University (MS Ed 2003).
- Rachell N. Anderson Born: 1942 in Tunica, Mississippi. Anderson is a retired professor from the Human Services Program at the University of Illinois, Springfield campus. She received her doctorate of psychology in Clinical Psychology from the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago and Master’s degrees from Northern Illinois University and the University of Illinois at Springfield.
- Sarah M. Anderson Born: N/A . Anderson moved to Chicago in 2000. In 2005, she moved to Quincy and has lived there ever since.
- Sherwood Anderson Born: September 13, 1876 in Camden, Ohio. Anderson worked as an advertising copywriter in Chicago.
- Lucy Anderton Born: in Wales. Anderton lives in Chicago.
- KB Andrews . Andrews lives in West Frankfurt.
- KB Andrews . Andrews lives in West Frankfurt.
- Lori B. Andrews Born: 1952 in Chicago. Andrews lives in the Chicago area and is a Distinguished Professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law and Director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology.
- Paul Angle Born: 1900 in Mansfield, Ohio. Angle lived in Chicago and Springfield.
- Joan Walsh Anglund Born: January 3, 1926 in Hinsdale, Illinois. Anglund was born and raised in Hinsdale. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. She also lived in Evanston for a time.
- David Angsten Born: in Chicago. Angsten was born in Chicago and grew up in Hinsdale, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign.
- David Ansell, MD . Dr. Ansell is a Chicago based physician.
- Carol Anshaw Born: 1946 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan . Anshaw taught in the MFA in Writing program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is a past fellow of the Illinois Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Aaron Anstett Born: N/A. N/A
- Kathryn H. Anthony Born: N/A . Anthony is a professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
- Ted Anton Born: 1957 in Bronx, New York. Anton is a Professor of English at DePaul University.
- Keith Anwar Born: 1952 in New York City. N/A
- Pamela Anzalotti Born: . Pamela graduated with honors at the University of Illinois at Chicago in Fine Art/Studio Arts, and The Morton Arboretum, Wheaton, IL. in the Botanical Illustration Certificate Program.
- Necia Halpern Apfel Born: 1930 in Mount Vernon, New York. Since 1955, Apfel has lived and worked in the Chicagoland area.
- Toni Apicelli Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Apicelli moved to Chicago when she was ten years old and lived in Rogers Park. It was the mid-fifties and the neighborhood was great with good schools and transportation. Her family lived two blocks from the lake. She graduated from Gale grammar school Sullivan high school. She moved around after graduation, but lived in Chicago from the end of 1967 through the 1968 Democratic Convention in August. She moved to California and lived there for seven years, graduating from college with a BA in Business Management. She has lived in Chicago since 1975 interrupted from 1979-81 by a stay in Omak, Washington. She was married in Chicago in June, 2001. She loves it there and plans to stay during retirement.
- Katherine A Applegate Born: 1956 in Michigan. Applegate lived in Illinois.
- Judith Arcana Born: 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio. Arcana lived in Illinois nearly forty years, mostly in Chicago (also in Champaign and Skokie). She has strong memories of the northwestern part of the state (especially the Mississippi Palisades and Pecatonica) and of pre-interstate highway travel, heading north to Wisconsin on Route 41. Her father was born and raised in Chicago and downstate, in the tri-state region by the river; her son, born in the same Chicago hospital as his grandfather, was also raised there. All of Judith's graduations were in Illinois: 8th grade from Sharp Corner School, high school from Niles Township HS-East (the original beautiful building), BA from Northwestern University, MA from Goddard College's Chicago outpost, Phd from Loyola University of Chicago (she also attended the University of Illinois and Depaul).
- Barbara Archer Born: 1935 in Springfield, Illinois. *Born in Springfield, Illinois
- Tony Ardizzone Born: 1949 in Chicago Illinois. *Born in Chicago, Illinois
- Kregg Argenta Born: 1964 in Springfield, IL. Argenta was born, raised, and still lives in Springfield. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and currently works at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.
- Pauline Ariel Born: 1933 in Paradise Township - Mattoon Illinois. Ariel was born in Paradise Township - Mattoon, Illinois. She currently resides in Park Forest, Illinois.
- Harriet Arkley Born: . Arkley graduated from Illinois State University. She lived and worked in Rochester and Springfield most of her adult life.
- Cal Armistead Born: . Armistead grew up in Naperville.
- Candace Armstrong Born: in Rockford, Illinois. Armstrong lives in Southern Illinois.
- Carl Armstrong . Armstrong lives and works in the suburbs of Chicago.
- Carolyn Armstrong Born: Dallas, Texas. Armstrong lives in Winnetka.
- Keith Armstrong Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Paul J. Armstrong Born: . Professor Armstrong is an Associate Professor, in Design, at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana.
- Thomas M. Armstrong Born: 1941 in Silver Creek, MS. Armstrong has resided in Chicago since 1964.
- Eric Arnesen Born: in Brooklyn, New York. Eric Arnesen is a Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Chicago Illinois campus.
- June Morris Arnold Born: N/A. June Morris Arnold grew up in Chicago.
- Elizabeth Arnolts Born: 1984 in Pawnee, IL. I was born and raised in Pawnee, Illinois, attended college at Illinois College in Jacksonville, and currently reside in Williamsville, Illinois. I teach at Pleasant Plains Middle School.
- Deb Aronson Born: . Aronson lives in Urbana.
- Sarah Aronson . Aronson lives in Chicago.
- Rane Arroyo Born: November 15, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. Arroyo was born in Chicago.
- Sarah Arthur Born: . Sarah Arthur graduated from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.
- Saadia Ali Aschemann Born: . Lives in Quincy, Illinois
- Peter Ascoli Born: in New York City. Ascoli moved to Chicago in 1978 and still resides there today.
- Mawi Asgedom Born: 1976 in Adi Wahla, Ethiopia. Asgedom grew up in the Chicago suburb of Wheaton.
- Steven K. Ashby Born: . Ashby lives in Oak Park.
- John David Ashcroft Born: 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. Ashcroft was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Dr. Elana Ashley . Dr. Ashley lives in Northbrook.
- Jabari Asim Born: 1962 in St. Louis, Missouri. Asim was scholar-in-residence in African-American Studies and in the Department of Journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 2008 to 2010.
- Judy Askew Born: October 7, 1938 in Madisonville, Kentucky. Judy Askew lives in Brookport, a city in Massac County, Illinois.
- Stephen T. Asma Born: N/A. Asma resides in Chicago and is a Philosophy Professor at Columbia University in Chicago.
- Edward Asner Born: 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri. Ed Asner graduated from the University of Chicago.
- Nancy Atherton Born: 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. Atherton was born in Chicago, Illinois and lived in rural Illinois until 2012.
- William J. Atkinson Born: . He attended school at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Jami Attenberg Born: 1971 in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Jami lived in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
- Florence Atwater Born: 1889. Atwater attended the University of Chicago and studied French Literature.
- Richard Tupper Atwater Born: Dec 29, 1892 in Chicago, Illinois. Atwater was born and raised in Chicago. He attended the University of Chicago, 1907-17 and graduated with an Associate in Arts in 1909 and a B. A. (honors) in Greek in 1910. He taught at the University of Chicago, was a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Evening Post (as 'Riq'), and Chicago Daily News.
- Kathryn J. Atwood . Atwood lives in Forest Park.
- Jean Marie Auel Born: February 18, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. Auel was born in Chicago.
- Robert Auler Born: 1940 in Peru, Illinois. Robert was born in Peru (Illinois), grew up in Oglesby, attended University of Illinois and currently resides in Champaign.
- Jane Aumann Born: in Nokomis, Illinois. Aumann was born in and currently resides in Nokomis, Illinois.
- Kurt Aumann Born: Nokomis, Illinois . Aumann is a native of Nokomis, Illinois.
- Paul Harvey Aurandt Born: September 4, 1918 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Aurandt moved to Chicago in June 1944 and lived there until retiring to Arizona.
- Ben Austen . Austen lives in Chicago. <p />
- Casandra Austin-McDonald . Austin-McDonald is from Springfield and graduated from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.
- Andy Austin Born: in Boston, MA. Andy Austin was hired in 1969 by ABC News to cover the Chicago Conspiracy Trial. She has worked there ever since.
- Howard Benjamin Austin Born: 1886 in Blue Mound, Illinois. Austin was born and raised in Central Illinois.
- Lynn Austin Born: . Austin lives in the suburbs of Chicago.
- Mary Hunter Austin Born: September 9, 1868 in Carlinville, Illinois. Austin was born in Carlinville and lived there until she graduated from Blackburn College in 1888. It was at that time, she moved with her family to California.
- Ed Avis Born: 1967 in Pennsylvania. Avis raised his family in Oak Park for 20 years and now live in Chicago. He received a masters degree from Dominican University in River Forest.
- Alan Axelrod Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Axelrod was born in Chicago.
- David M Axelrod Born: February 22, 1955, New York City, New York. Axelrod graduated the University of Chicago with a BA. He majored in political science.
- Dora Aydelotte Born: January 10, 1878, in Altamont, Illinois. Aydelotte was born in Altamont and spent most of her early life in Moweaqua. She attended The Art Institute of Chicago.
- Jim Aylesworth Born: 1943 in Jacksonville, Florida. Aylesworth was 15 when his family moved to Hinsdale. He lived there until he moved to Chicago in 1996.
- Asa Baber Born: 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. Baber was a life long Chicago resident.
- Deborah Bachrach Born: N/A. N/A
- Julia Sniderman Bachrach Born: N/A. N/A
- Richard David Bach Born: 1936 in Oak Park, Illinois. Bach was born in Oak Park, Illinois.
- M. Molly Backes Born: 1980 in Madison, Wisconsin . Backes lives in Illinois.
- Ernst Bacon Born: May 26, 1898 in Chicago. Bacon was born in Chicago. He attended Northwestern University where he pursued a degree in mathematics and after three years of study, he moved to the University of Chicago.
- Beatriz Badikian-Gartler Born: 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Badikian-Gartler received her doctorate in creative writing from the University of Illinois at Chicago and is a long time Chicago resident.
- Dr. Richard K Baer Born: 1952 in Oak Park, Illinois. Born in Oak Park, Dr. Baer attended grammar school in the suburbs of Chicago and received his medical degree from the University of Illinois. He also received a master's degree in creative writing at Northwestern University.
- William J Bahr Born: 1947 in Hays, Kansas. Bahr lives in the Chicago area.
- Glenda Bailey-Mershon Born: 1949 in Anderson, South Carolina. Bailey-Mershon lived in Palatine, Illinois. She received her B. A. at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, her M. S. from Governors State University in University Park, Illinois and her postgraduate work at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Bernadine F. Bailey Born: 1901, in Mattoon, Illinois. Bailey was born in Mattoon but spent most of her life in the Chicago area. She earned her MA at the University of Chicago.
- Kenneth E. Bailey Born: 1930 in Bloomington, Illinois. Bailey was born in Bloomington, Illinois and attended Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois.
- Len Bailey Born: . Bailey attended Trinity College in Deerfield. He lives in Wheaton.
- Megan Bailey Born: 1984 in Springfield, IL. Bailey has lived in the same small town in Central Illinois her whole life.
- Tracy Baim Born: 1963 in Chicago, Illinois. Baim is a native Chicagoan.
- Regina Harris Baiocchi Born: 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. Baiocchi was born and currently resides in Chicago.
- Michael Baisden Born: 1963 in Chicago, Illinois. Baisden was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
- Michael J. Bakalis Born: 1938 in Berwyn, Illinois. Bakalis is a lifelong Illinoisian.
- Jean Lenore Baker Born: Georgia. Baker grew up in Kentucky and Indiana. She received her degree in English from Roosevelt, University in Chicago. Until the time of her death, she lived in a suburb of Chicago.
- Rick Baker . Baker lived in Peoria.
- Dave Bakke Born: N/A. Bakke lives in Springfield, Illinois and has written for Springfield, Illinois newspapers - ''The State-Journal Register'' and ''The Catholic Times''.
- Bob Balaban Born: 1945 in Chicago, Illinois. Balaban was born in Chicago, Illinois
- Leslie Baldacci Born: . Baldacci lives in Chicago.
- Georgiann Baldino Born: Waukegan, Illinois. Baldino was born in Waukegan, Illinois, raised in Big Rock, Illinois and currently resides in the Chicago area.
- Charlene Baldridge Born: in Evanston, Illinois. Baldridge was born in Evanston and raised in Wilmette, Illinois.
- Carl R. Baldwin Born: 1908 . When Mr. Baldwin was a boy of 10, his family moved from Bradley, Illinois to East St. Louis, Illinois. In his later years, he lived in Belleville.
- Cathy Jo LaDame Baldwin Born: N/A. N/A
- Jack Bales Born: . Bales grew up in Aurora. He received a degree in English from Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois and a MS in Library Science at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
- Richard F. Bales Born: Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1951. Bales studied at Illinois College and received a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree at Northern Illinois University. He currently resides in Aurora.
- Margo Lynn Balinski Born: February 1971 in St. Louis, Missouri. Balinski lived in Mahomet.
- Alverne Ball Born: . Ball grew up on Chicago's west side in the dangerous crime-infested streets of K-Town. He has attended Columbia College Chicago where he studied fiction writing and would later receive his B.A. and M.F.A in Creative Writing.
- Blue Balliett Born: 1955 in New York City, New York. Balliett lives in Chicago's Hyde Park.
- Stacey Ballis Born: 1970 in Chicago, Illinois. Ballis is a Chicago native.
- Jesse Ball Born: Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York 1978 . Ball lives in Chicago. He is a Professor of Writing at School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- James Ballowe Born: 1933 in Carbondale, Illinois. Ballowe was born in Carbondale, Illinois and currently resides in Ottawa, Illinois. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois.
- J.E. 'Buck' Ballow Born: . Ballow lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Thelma Louise Eastman Ball . Ball currently resides in Collinsville and works in Edwardsville. She has also lived and worked in the Niantic/Decatur area.
- Randall Balmer Born: October 22, 1954 in Chicago. Randall Balmer was born in Chicago.
- Randall Herbert Balmer Born: 1954 . Dr. Balmer received his Bachlor's Degree from Trinity College in Illinois.
- Ronald H. Balson . Balson is an attorney practicing with the firm of Stone, Pogrund and Korey in Chicago. He's also been an adjunct professor of business law at the University of Chicago for twenty-five years.
- Armand Baltazar Born: Chicago, Illinois . Baltazar was born on Chicago's North Side, not far from the famed Wrigley Field.
- Art Baltazar Born: 1968 in Chicago, Illinois. Baltazar is a native Chicagoan.
- Vicki Bamman Born: . Bamman lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Stan Banash Born: in Chicago. Banash was born in Chicago and raised in Niles, Illinois. He received his Bachelor of Philosophy in Political Science from Northwestern University in 1968 and his Master of Arts degree in Urban Studies from Roosevelt University in 1972. He currently resides on Chicago's far northwest side.
- Adolph Bandelier Born: 1848 in Bern, Switzerland. The author was born in Switzerland to a well educated family that later moved to Highland, Illinois.
- Bakul Banerjee Born: 1948 in Wheaton. An award-winning author and poet Bakul Banerjee published her second collection of previously published poems, titled Bathymetry: Poems, in 2017. Her chapbook, titled Synchronicity: Poems, was published in 2010. For the past twenty years, her poems and stories appeared in several literary magazines and anthologies throughout U.S. and India. She has been featured at several poetry readings and presented multiple poetry workshops. She continues to publish short stories and essays throughout the United States and India. Bakul received a Ph.D. degree from The Johns Hopkins University. She spent most of her working life at two Illinois National Laboratories, Fermilab and Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. For the past thirty years, she has been living in Wheaton, Illinois, where she raised her two children.
- Jennifer Brown Banks Born: . Banks lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.
- O'drean E. Banks Born: 1951 in Joliet, IL. Banks was born and reared in Joliet, IL. She graduated from Fairmont Elementary and Lockport Township, High School in Lockport, IL. She began my professional career the day after my high school gradution at the Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Illinois and remained there until she relocated to Atlanta, GA in October 1978. She frequently visit Illinois to visit friends and family and to attend class reunions and other functions that I stay apprised of. Most of my books are based on my hometown and neighborhood and the City of Chicago.
- Theresa Banks Born: . Banks is a native Chicagoan.
- Laura Bannon Born: 1895 in Acme, Michigan. Bannon lived in Chicago. She graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She also taught there.
- Jimmy Bannos Born: N/A. Bannos is the owner of four Chicago area, 'Heaven on Seven' restaurants.
- Pamela Bannos Born: in . Bannos lives in Chicago.
- Elisabeth Hewitt Bantz Born: Boston, Ma. Bantz lives in Columbia, Illinois, a southwestern Illinois town near St. Louis.
- Amy Sayre Baptista Born: . Sayre Baptista has an MFA in Fiction from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and teaches Humanities at Western Governors University. She lives in Illinois.
- Kristina M Barbee . Barbee lives in Central Illinois.
- Kathleen Barber . Barber was raised in Galesburg and is a graduate of the University of Illinois and Northwestern University School of Law.
- Vera M. Barber Born: 1936 in Mattoon, Illinois. Barber was born in Mattoon, Illinois and currently resides in Park Forest, Illinois.
- Raluca Barbu Born: Pitesti, Romania. Barbu lives and works as an Adult Programming Specialist in the Algonquin area.
- Gretta M Barclay Born: 1940 in Detroit, Michigan. Barclay resides in Normal, Illinois
- Cheryl Bardoe Born: . Bardoe studied journalism at Northwestern University. She lives in Chicago with her family.
- Stephen Bardo Born: 1968 . Bardo is a sports reporter for CBS 2 Chicago.
- Brian Gerard Bardy Born: 1960 in Hinsdale, IL. Bardy was born on April 10, 1960, and a fraternal twin of a pair of boys. He is the youngest child of nine children having four brothers and four sisters. He grew up in La Grange, Illinois, and graduated from Lyons Township High School in 1978. In 1982, he earned a BA degree in Anthropology from Indiana University. He volunteered time as a lobbyist and participated in several historic preservation and environmental conservation projects during the development phases of the Illinois-Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor.
- Teresa Barger . Barger resides in Norris City.
- Tamara Barker . Barker resides in Chicago. <p />
- Judith Barnard Born: 1934 in Denver, Colorado. Barnard lives in both Chicago, Illinois and Aspen, Colorado
- LD Barnes Born: . Barnes lives in Chicago.
- Lynard Barnes Born: in Social Circle, Georgia. Barnes lives in Chicago.
- Margaret Ayer Barnes Born: April 8, 1886, in Chicago, Illinois. Barnes was born in Chicago.
- Robert Forrest Barnes Born: 1934 in Hastings, Mich. Barnes was born in Michigan but since infancy have lived in Illinois, first in Elwood then Batavia. Educated in Batavia then at Michigan State University, he received his medical degree at the University of Illnois College of Medicine. His book is a historical account of the first settler of Kane County Illinois, Batavia, and Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. He was Christopher Payne an early pioneer and Indian fighter, who died a broken old man in Wisconsin where he is burried.
- Barbara Barnett Born: 1954 in Chicago, llinois. Barnett currently lives in Wheeling, Illinois.
- William Barnhart Born: 1946 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Barnhart lives in Chicago.
- Kathi Baron Born: in Fairbanks, Alaska. Baron lives in Evanston.
- Jerry Barrett Born: 1950 in Hume, IL. Barrett was born and raised on a farm in Hume, Illinois. He graduated from Danville Area College and received a BFA from the University of Illinois and now lives in Urbana, Illinois with his wife, Nancy.
- Lois Fowler Barrett Born: 1935 in Marion, Illinois. Barrett was born in Marion, Illinois and currently resides in Harrisburg, Illinois.
- Nina Barrett Born: New York City. Barrett is an Illinois Resident.
- Lisa Barr . Lives in Deerfield.
- Rena Barron . Barron lives in Chicago.
- Patty Barr Born: . Barr lives in Decatur.
- Lynda Barry Born: 1956 in Wisconsin . Barry lived in Chicago until 2002.
- Michael S. Barry Born: . Barry is a pastor at Hope Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Libertyville, Illinois.
- Michael Thomas Barry Born: 1963 in Chicago, Illinois. Barry was born on May 7, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois and raised in northwest suburban Wheeling, Illinois. He graduated from Wheeling High School in 1981 and attended Illinois College from 1981-83.
- Michael R. Barsa Born: . Barsa is a Professor of Practice and Co-Director of the Environmental Law Concentration at Northwestern University in Evanston.
- Dennis Bartizal Born: Chicago, Illinois, 1954. I was born in Chicago and raised in Westchester, Illinois. I attended High Ridge School. I went to Proviso West High School. I earned a bachelor's degree studying Geology at Northern Illinois University. Afterwards, I attended the DeVry Institute of Technology to obtain an Associate's Degree in Information Technology.After managing several restaurants along with selling shoes, I began my career in Computer Programming. I programed from mainframes to minis to networked PCs. I programmed for GTE and Spiegel and HSBC and Walgreens (among other places). I am now retired and live in Glendale Heights, Illinois.
- H. Arnold Barton Born: 1929 in Los Angeles, California. Barton works at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- William Eleazar Barton Born: June 28, 1861 in Sublette, Illinois. Barton was born in Sublette, Illinois, in the same year Lincoln assumed the presidency.
- Gary Jack Barwick Born: N/A. N/A
- Orit Bashkin . Bashkin is a Professor at the University of Chicago.
- Elizabeth Bates Born: 1921 in Evanston, Illinois. Elizabeth was born in Evanston and lives there today.
- Michael M. Bates Born: N/A. N/A
- Michael C. Batinski Born: . Batinski works is on the Emeriti Faculty at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois.
- Hannah Batsel Born: . Batsel lives in Chicago. She received her MFA in Book Arts from Columbia College Chicago in 2016.
- Veronica Randolph Batterson Born: . Veronica Randolph Batterson moved to the Chicago area in 2004 with her family. Her husband, Brett, is the Executive Director of the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University in Chicago. They reside in Aurora.
- Teresa Battisti-Cole Born: . Theresa lives in the Champaign, Illinois area.
- Matthew Battles Born: 1968 in Petersburg, Illinois. Battles was born and raised in Petersburg. He received a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1992.
- Joan Bauer Born: 1951 in Oak Park, Illinois. Bauer was born in Oak Park and grew up in River Forest, Illinois.
- Marion Dane Bauer Born: 1938 in Oglesby, Illinois. Bauer was born and raised in Oglesby.
- Ruby Dell Baugher Born: 1891, in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Baugher was born in Mt. Vernon.
- Shirley Baugher Born: . Known as the Mayor of Old Town, Shirley Baugher lives and writes about the Old Town Neighborhood of Chicago. She is also a blogger on Chicago Now.
- Ben Bauman Born: 1967 in Killeen, Texas. *Lived in Illinois from 1981 through 1997
- Charlene Ann Baumbich Born: 1943. Charlene Ann Baumbich lives in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
- Jill Pelaez Baumgaertner Born: . She lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Lyman Frank Baum Born: May 15, 1856 in Chittenango, New York. Baum lived in Chicago from 1891 - 1910. In 1899, he lived at 1667 North Humboldt Boulevard in Chicago when he wrote ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. '' In 1976, a Chicago Park was named to honor Frank Baum's mythical land of Oz. Bordering Webster and Larrabee Streets on Chicago's North Side, ''Oz Park'' serves as a lasting tribute to him.
- Todd Baxter Born: in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Todd runs his own photography business in Chicago.
- Louis Bayard Born: 1963 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bayard received a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston.
- Rick Bayless Born: in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Bayless moved to Chicago in 1987 and opened ''Frontera Grill''. It remains one of Chicago's hottest dining spots.
- Clara Kern Bayliss Born: March 5, 1848 near Kalamazoo, Michigan. Bayliss lived in Sterling, Streator, Springfield and ended up in Macomb, where she is buried.
- Nina Baym Born: . The author is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Martha Bayne Born: in Seattle, Washington. Martha moved to Chicago in 1995 and has been there ever since.
- John A. Beadles . Beadles taught at Lakeview High School in Decatur and Pontiac Township High School in Pontiac.
- Rowan Beaird . Beaird currently works at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Randy Beal Born: 1979 in Illinois. Randy lives in Joliet, Illinois with his wife.
- George Beam Born: . Beam is a professor of public administration at the University of Chicago.
- Gloria Beanblossom Born: N/A. N/A
- Ben Beard . Beard currently lives in Chicago.
- Julie Beard Born: N/A. *Worked in Chicago at WFLD-TV
- Susan Bearman Born: . I moved to Chicago after graduating from the University of Michigan and lived in the city for five years. When I got married, we moved to Evanston, IL, where we have lived since 1989. My picture book, the Animal Store Alphabet Book, is based on a pet shop in Lincolnwood and illustrated by Rebecca Hamlin, a Skokie-based artist.
- Andrea Beaty Born: in Benton, Illinois. Beaty was born in Benton and currently resides in Naperville.
- Melda Beaty Born: . The author grew up on the west side of Chicago and moved to the suburbs before college. She has taught english at Northwestern, Illiinois State, and other colleges and community colleges.
- Joan Beck Born: 1923 in Clinton, Iowa. Lived and worked in Illinois all of her adult life.
- Joseph Carl Beck Born: June 25, 1870 in Dobris, Pribram District, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. Beck moved to Chicago when he was 20 years old and lived there the rest of his life. He was Associate Professor of Oto-Laryngology at the University of Illinois, Attending Oto-laryngologist at North Chicago Hospital and Cook County Hospital.
- Leah Beck Born: 1991 Chicago, Illinois. *Born in Chicago, Illinois
- Edward Beecher Born: 1803 in East Hampton, New York. Beecher lived in Jacksonville from 1830 until 1844. He was the first president of Illinois College in Jacksonville.
- Jerrod Begora Born: 1978 in Elgin, Illinois. Jerrod was born in Elgin, Illinois and currently lives in Illinois.
- Chad Beguelin Born: September 24, 1969. Beguelin is a native of Centralia.
- Andy Behrens Born: . Behrens lives in Chicago.
- Ben Behrens . Behrens currently lives in Bartelso.
- Lucinda McCray Beier Born: . Worked at Illinois State Univeristy.
- Karen Magnuson Beil Born: in Boston, Massachusetts. Karen worked for Chicago's City News Bureau.
- Emily Belden Born: . Belden is a Chicago native. She lives in Roscoe Village.
- Barbara Belford Born: 1954 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Belford grew up in Wheaton, Illinois, then lived in Aurora and Batavia for 33 years and just recently moved to Chicago.
- Karen Ann Bellamy Born: 1950 in Chicago, IL. Bellamy was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and she currently resides in Chicago. She attended Chicago Public Schools for elementary and high school. Her two children's books are set in Chicago, Illinois. The book titles are ''The Big Brown Box'' and ''Ephraim and The Bee''.
- Charles Bell Born: . Bell is an Assistant Professor at Illinois State University Department of Criminal Justice Sciences.
- Darcey Bell Born: . Bell is currently a preschool teacher in Chicago.
- Steve Bellinger Born: 1950 in Chicago, IL. Bellinger has lived in Illinois all of his life, mostly in Chicago and the South Suburbs (University Park). He was born and raised on the West Side of Chicago and attended the Illinois Institute of Technology and now resides in the Lincoln Park community in Chicago.
- Gina Bellisario Born: in Chicago, Illinois. A Prairie State native, Bellisario grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago. She later moved to the west suburbs, where she taught high school English and journalism. She now lives in Park Ridge, Illinois.
- Michael J. Bellito Born: December 25, 1949 . I was born in Evanston, raised in Arlington Heights, attended the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, and have lived in Hoffman Estates and Wheeling, where I currently reside. I am presently teaching in Palatine.
- Lori Bell Born: Trenton, Illinois. Bell lives in Trenton.
- Saul Bellow Born: June 10, 1915 in Lachine, Quebec, Canada. Saul Bellow was 9 years old when his family moved from Canada to Chicago. He continued to live in Chicago until his death. He was a long-time faculty member at the University of Chicago.
- Taylor H.A. Bell Born: 1940 in Blue Island, Illinois. Bell was born in Blue Island and currently resides in Chicago.
- Theodore A. Bell Born: . When he was a young man, Bell joined Leo Burnett Co., Chicago, as a creative director and four years later, he was named President, Chief Creative Officer where he was credited with developing numerous innovative and award-winning advertising campaigns.
- Tatyana Belogorskaya Born: 1930 in Leningrad, USSR. Belogorskaya moved to Springfield in 1994 and still resides there today.
- Natalia Maree Belting Born: July 11, 1915 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Belting lived in Urbana most of her life, living there until her death in 1997.
- Sandra Belton Born: 1939 in Bluefield, West Virginia. Sandra lives in Chicago.
- James Belushi Born: June 15, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. Belushi was born in Chicago and raised in Wheaton, Illinois. He graduated from Wheaton Central High School, attended the College of DuPage and graduated from Southern Illinois University with a degree in Speech and Theater Arts.
- John Belushi Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Stuart W. Bendelow Born: 1937 in Port Huron, Michigan. Stuart spent much of his early years in Rockford, Illinois and later Chicago. After graduating from Sullivan High School in Chicago, Stuart earned his Bachelors Degree in Earth Science and Masters in Geography from Northern Illinois University.
- Jessica Bendinger Born: 1966 in Oak Park, Illinois. Bendinger is a Chicago native.
- Laura Benedict Born: . Benedict lives in Southern Illinois.
- Jim Benes Born: March 28, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Jim lives in the western suburbs of Chicago with his wife, son, dog and cat.
- James W. Bennet Born: 1942 in Piatt County, Illinos. *James W. Bennett lives in Normal.
- Lerone Bennett, Jr. Born: 1928 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Bennett moved to Chicago in 1952 when he began his work as an associate editor at Jet magazine. He lived there until his death. He received an Honorary Degree from the University of Illinois.
- D.J. Bennett Born: N/A. Bennett lives in Lake Forest.
- David Bennett Born: N/A. N/A
- Donna I. Bennett Born: 1926 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Bennett lives in DeKalb, Illinois.
- James W. Bennett Born: 1942 in Piatt County, Illinois. Bennett lived in Canton, Monticello and Bloomington, Illinois as a child. He graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois with his BA and Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois with a MA. He once taught at Black Hawk Jr. College in Moline, Illinois and he currently resides in Normal, Illinois.
- Larry Bennett Born: . Bennett is professor of political science at DePaul University.
- Vicki Bennington Born: 1957 in Jerseyville, Illinois. Bennington was born and raised in Jerseyville. She graduated from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville with a degree in mass communications and a secondary degree in marketing. She lived in Alton for several years and currently lives in Godfrey.
- Christopher Benson Born: . Mr. Benson is an Associate Professor of African-American Studies at the University of Illinois. He co-authored with Mamie Till-Mobely her autobiographical account of the murder of her son, Emmett Till.
- Raymond Benson Born: Midland, Texas September 6, 1955 . Benson moved to the suburbs of Chicago in 1993 and still resides there today. He currently teaches Film History at the College of DuPage.
- Gerald Eades Bentley Born: 1969 in Brazil, Indiana. Taught at both the University of Illinois (1923-1926) and the University of Chicago (1929-1945).
- Heather Bentley Born: . Bentley grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.
- Stephan Benzkofer Born: in . Benzkofer worked for the Chicago Tribune and currently resides in Oak Park.
- Abra Berens . Berens lived in Chicago for a time and, while there, opened the café at Local Foods.
- Brooke Bergan Born: . Brooke Bergan lives in Chicago
- Elizabeth Berg Born: 1948 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Berg lives in Oak Park.
- Miles L. Berger Born: . Berger lives in Chicago.
- Gretchen Berg Born: . Berg lives in Chicago.
- Juls Berghammer Born: . Berghammer was raised in Ohio, Illinois.
- Carlyn Berghoff Born: . Carlyn Berghoff is a fourth-generation member of a prominent Chicago, Illinois restaurant family.
- Jan Berghoff Born: . Jan Berghoff, the wife of third-generation Herman Berghoff and the mother of Carlyn, owned and ran the historic ''Berghoff'' restaurant in Chicago, Illinois for many years.
- Susan Bergman Born: 1957 in Bloomington, Indiana. N/A
- Kathie Bergquist Born: in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bergquist moved to Chicago in 1989.
- Laurence Bergreen Born: 1950 in New York, N.Y.. Please Note: Since Mr. Bergreen has not lived in Illinois, the only book of his listed in the Illinois Authors Wiki is his book about Al Capone - an Illinois subject of of interest. Please see his webpage to learn more about his other books.
- Danual Berkley Born: Jacksonville, Illinois. Berkley was born and raised in Jacksonville and attended Washington Elementary and Jacksonville High School. He. currently works as a fire fighter in Springfield.
- Ira Berkow Born: 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. Berkow was born and raised on the west side of Chicago. He earned his MA from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University.
- Peter Berkowitz Born: 1959 in Chicago, Illinois.
- Nate Berkus Born: 1971 in Orange County, California. Berkus attended Lake Forest College in Illinois. His interior design firm ''Nate Berkus Associates'' is based out of Chicago.
- Nancy K. Berlage Born: , in . Berlage grew up on a farm near Elizabeth. She began her career in public history as a docent at the Ulysses S. Grant Home in Galena during her high school and college summers. She earned her Bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago.
- Jennifer Berman Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Jennifer was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She also returned there after college.
- Pearl S. Berman Born: 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Raeann Berman Born: 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. Berman was born in Chicago and lived in Chicago suburbs.
- Adria Bernardi Born: Highland Park, Illinois. Bernardi grew up in Lake Bluff and Lake Forest. In 1989 she received her M. A. from the University of Chicago, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Italian Literature.
- Joseph Bernardin Born: Columbia, South Carolina. Archbishop of Chicago, 1982-96.
- Marc Bernardin . Bernardin is from Winnetka.
- David Warren Berner Born: 1956 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Berner has lived in Rogers Park, Glen Ellyn, and Naperville. He attended graduate school at Aurora University, in Aurora. He moved from Pittsburgh to Chicago to work as a radio reporter and news anchor for CBS Radio and later pursued a career as a writer and educator. His first book ACCIDENTAL LESSONS is about his year teaching in one of the Chicago area's most troubled school districts. ANY ROAD WILL TAKE YOU THERE—a 2013 Book of the Year from the Chicago Writers Association—is the author's story of a cross-country road trip with his sons and the revelations of fatherhood. His novel, A WELL-RESPECTED MAN was a 2019 honoree in the fiction category of The Society of Midland Authors Awards.
- Arnie Bernstein Born: 1960 in Harvey, Illinois. Lives in Chicago. Raised in Park Forest, Niles & Morton Grove. High school at Niles West in Skokie, Illinois. Southern Illinois University, BA in Film Studies/Theater, Carbondale, Illinois; Columbia College, MA in Integrated Writing Program, Chicago, Illinois.
- Ted Berrigan Born: November 15, 1934 in Providence, Rhode Island. Berrigan was a Writer in Residence/Visitin Poet at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago.
- Robert Berry Born: . Berry is the former Springfield, Illinois State Journal-Register Morgan County correspondent.
- Michael Berube Born: New York. Taught at the University of Illinois
- Michael Richard Beschloss Born: November 30, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois.. Beschloss was born in Chicago and raised in Flossmoor, Illinois.
- Bruno Bettelheim Born: 1903 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Bruno Bettelheim lived and worked in Chicago from 1939 until his retirement in 1973.
- Tara Betts Born: in Kankakee, Illinois. Betts was born and raised in Kankakee. She lived in Chicago for many years before moving to the East Coast to complete her Ph. D. at Binghamton University. She moved back to Chicago in 2015.
- Beverly M. Brown, PhD Born: N/A. Lives in the Western Suburbs of Chicago.
- Sara Liane Bevis Born: in Carbondale, Illinois. Bevis grew up in Royalton and now lives in Herrin.
- Lee Bey Born: . Bey lives and works in the greater Chicago area.
- Drew Bialko Born: in Pennsylvania. Bialko currently resides in Chicago.
- Dr. Leonard J. Biallas Born: 1939 in Pontiac, Michigan. Biallas, is retired Distinguished Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Quincy University, Quincy, Illinois.
- Raymond Bial Born: November 5,1948 in Danville, Illinois. Bial was born in Danville and graduated from Schlarman High School in 1967. He received both his B.A. in political science and history (1970) and his M.S. in library science (1979) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Valerie Biamonte Born: 1969 in Elmhurst, IL. I was born in Elmhurst, IL, and although raised in Wisconsin and Arkansas, I have come back to my roots and now reside in the suburbs of Chicago. I have written several novels and novellas, most notably, 'Silent Russian. ' This novel takes place in Chicago during the 1968 riots. I took the time period and weaved it into a fictional murder-mystery/thriller.
- Raymond L. Bianchi Born: 1967 in Ft. McGuire, New Jersey. Raymond and his family moved to Chicago when he was three years old. He grew up and went to school in Naperville, Illinois. He currently resides in Oak Park, Illinois.
- Penny C Bibbs Born: 1980 in Matteson, Illinois. Bibbs currently resides in Matteson. She has also worked in several school districts in Illinois.
- Mary Biddinger Born: Freemont, California. Mary Biddinger was raised in Chicago, Illinois and now lives in Akron Ohio.
- Lyle Bidner Born: 1922 in Mansfield, Illinois. Lyle Bidner lived and worked in Illinois his entire life.
- Ursula Bielski Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Ursula Bielski grew up on Chicago's north side. She still resides in Chicago today.
- Leigh Buchanan Bienen Born: . Leigh Bienen has lived and worked in Chicago for many years.
- Trever James Bierschbach Born: 1976, in Atchison, KS. Bierschbach moved to Illinois in 1995 where he met his wife and they settled down. His first novel, Embers of Liberty begins in the fictional town of Shelton, Illinois, which sits near Canton in the real world. Trever works in Peoria as a software support analyst, and lives in Pekin.
- Donna Biffar Born: 1964 . Donna Biffar lives in St. Clair county in Illinois.
- Lisa Jenn Bigelow Born: in Michigan . Bigelow received her library science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and now work as a youth services librarian at a Chicago-area public library. She lives in Skokie.
- Jeff Biggers Born: 1963 in Ohio. Jeff was raised in Illinois and he currently divides his time between Illinois and Italy.
- Kira Bigwood . Bigwood lives in Chicago.
- William S. Bike Born: April 9, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Bike is based in Chicago.
- Michael C. Bilder Born: . Bilder lives in Chicago Ridge, Illinois.
- Arthur J. Bilek Born: . The Author was chief of the Cook County Sherrif's Police.
- Roger Biles Born: 1950. Biles is a Professor Emeritus of History at Illinois State University in Normal.
- Franny Billingsley . Billingsley graduated from University of Chicago High School and currently resides in Lake Forest.
- Lois Billings Born: 1935 in Marion, Illinois. Barrett was born and educated in Marion, Illinois. Barrett also lived in Harrisburg, Illinois.
- Charles N. Billington Born: 1948 in Evanston, Illinois. Billington was born and raised in Evanston. He now lives in the northern suburbs.
- Neil Billington Born: N/A. Neil Billington was an Assistant Professor of Zoology at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois specializing in fish genetics in the Cooperative Fisheries Research Laboratory.
- Donald J Bingle Born: 1954 in Aurora, Illinois. Bingle was born in Aurora and currently resides in St. Charles. He is a graduate of Naperville Central High School, University of Chicago and University of Chicago Law School.
- Barbara Binns Born: 1950 in Chicago, Illinois. Binns grew up on the south side of Chicago, and currently lives in Arlington Heights. She received a B. S. from Roosevelt University and an M. S. from DePaul.
- Chari Yast Binstadt Born: 1942 in Evanston, Illinois. Born in Evanston, Binstadt has lived in Springfield since 1977.
- Mark Birch Born: 1983 in Springfield, Illinois. Eldrich was born in Springfield and raised in Cantrall. In 1999 he lived in Lexington, KY. for nine months, upon returning to Illinois. He worked at the Illinois State Library for several years.
- Betsy Bird Born: Kalamazoo, Michigan . Bird lives in Evanston.
- Morris Birkbeck Born: January 23, 1764, in Settle England. Birkbeck lived in the south of Edwards County in the Illinois territory. He founded Wanborough, just two miles west of what is now known as Albion. He also served as the Illinois Secretary of State for three months.
- Erin Bishop Born: in Springfield, Illinois. Erin Bishop was born and raised in Springfield, Illinois.
- Susan Lynn Bishop Born: 1949 in Eldorado, Illinois. Susan was born in Eldorado, Illinois and currently resides in Olney, Illinois.
- Eula Biss Born: 1977 in Rochester, New York. Biss teaches at Northwestern University in Evanston.
- Joel Bjorling Born: 1952 in Galesburg, IL. Bjorling was born in Galesburg and lived most of his life in the Knoxville-Gilson area. His Illinois writings have featured the former Universalist Church in Galesburg as well as Swedish cultural events in Bishop Hill. He wrote a Spirituality column for the former 'Knoxville Journal,' and was a columnist for the Galesburg independent publications 'The Zephyr,' 'Galesburg Planet,' and currently 'The New Zephyr. ' He graduated from Robert Morris College in Carthage in 1972.
- Lillian D. Bjorseth Born: in Uniontown, Missouri. While I was born in Missouri, I consider the Chicago area home. My sons were educated in Downers Grove, and I now live in Lisle. I love the western suburbs. I worked at Nicor Gas in public and investor relations before joining Bell Labs (now Lucent Technologies. ) My PR career at AT&T spanned 11 years and included helping spearhead PR internationally when AT&T had it short foray into the commercial computer marketplace. My presentations and imaging skills were honed by helping AT&T excutives polish their communication skills. I started my own speaking, training, and coaching business 20 years ago.
- Edwin Black Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Born in Chicago, Edwin was raised in Jewish neighborhoods in the area.
- JoAnn Blackman Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. Blackman was born in and lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Michael A. Black Born: N/A. Michael lives in Blue Island. For the past twenty-seven years has been a police officer in the south suburbs of Chicago.
- Charles Blackstone Born: 1977 in Chicago, Illinpois. Blackstone was born, raised and currently resides in Chicago.
- Timothy Black Born: . Black lived in Mason City, Illinois. He graduated from Mason City High School (now Illinois Central High) in 1976.
- Timuel D. Black Jr. Born: December 7, 1918 in Birmingham, Alabama. Black was raised in Chicago and called it home for the rest of his life.
- Elizabeth Blackwell Born: Washington D.C.. Blackwell graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She currently resides in Skokie.
- Scott Blackwood . Blackwood was a professor of creative writing at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and Roosevelt University in Chicago. While teaching at Roosevelt, he lived in Evanston.
- John D. Blades Born: 1936 in Springfield, Illinois. John was born in Springfield and currently resides in Evanston.
- Mark Blaeuer Born: 1954 in Alton, Illinois. Blaeuer grew up in Edwardsville. He attended Illinois College in Jacksonville. Between 1977 and 1979 he resided in Lewistown, and worked at Dickson Mounds State Museum.
- Les Blain Born: 1953 in Warrensburg, Illinois. Blain was born in Warrensburg, Illinois and currently resides in Springfield, Illinois.
- Bonnie Blair Born: 1964 in Cornwall, New York. Raised in Champaign, Illinois.
- Melissa Blake Born: 1981. Blake lives in DeKalb. She is an alumnus of Northern Illinois University with a bachelor's degree in journalism.
- Penelope A. Blake, PH.D. Born: in Harvard, Illinois. Blake was born in Harvard, Illinois and now lives in Rockford, Illinois.
- Eleanor Taylor Bland Born: 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts. Eleanor Bland lived in Waukegan.
- Debbie S Blankenship . Blankenship lives in Greenville.
- Alison Blasdell . Bladsell lives in Rochester.
- Jean F. Blashfield Born: in Madison, Wisconsin. Blashfield was raised in Evanston and did graduate work in Science Education at the University of Chicago.
- Norbert Blei Born: 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. Blei was born in an ethnic (primarily Czechoslovakian) neighborhood of western Chicago, Illinois known as Little Village, in the 26th & Pulaski area. An only child, Blei and his parents moved to the near-western Chicago suburb of Cicero when he was in grade school.
- Richard Tyler Blevins Born: 1991 in Detroit, Michigan. Blevins lives in Grayslake.
- Robert Albert Bloch Born: 1917 in Chicago, Illinois. Robert Bloch was born in Chicago and lived in Maywood, Illinois until 1929 when his family relocated to Milwaukee.
- Herbert Lawrence Block Born: 1909 in Chicago, Illinois. Block was born and raised in Chicago. He started taking art classes part-time at the Chicago Art Institute when he was 11 years old and attended Lake Forest College for two years.
- Mervin Block Born: Chicago, Illinois . The author was a newsreporter and editor in Chicago and a former new producer at WBBM Chicago.
- Bryan Bloodworth Born: N/A. N/A
- Allan Bloom Born: September 14, 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana. At the age of 16 Allan and his family moved to Chicago.
- Daniel K. Bloomfield Born: 1926. Bloomfield moved to Champaign in 1970 and lived there until his death in 2005.
- Stephanie Bloom Born: . Stephanie graduated from Northwestern University in Illinois.
- Penny Blubaugh . Blubaugh currently lives in Chicago and is a librarian at the Eisenhower Public Library District in Harwood Heights, Illinois.
- Bonnie Blue Born: 1952 . Bonnie lives in the Chicago area. She attended Columbia College. She purseued degrees from Chicago State University in a journalism and broadcasting from Kennedy-King College.
- Ronald Bluemer Born: 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. Ron Bluemer was born in Chicago and lives in Granville, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois and Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois.
- Deborah Blum Born: 1954 in Urbana, Illinois. The author was born in Urbana.
- Sidney Blumenthal Born: Chicago, Illinois 1948. Blumenthal was born and raised in Illinois.
- Charles A Bobbitt Born: 1945. Bobbitt lives in Peoria.
- Kim Bobo Born: in Cincinnati, Ohio. Bobo lives in the Roger's Park neighborhood of Chicago.
- Jarm Del Boccio Born: . Del Boccio lives in Park Ridge.
- Jeffrey Alan Bockman Born: 1949 in Chicago, IL. I was born and raised in Chicago (Hyde Park), graduated from IIT, moved to Lisle and worked in the city. Spent 6 years living out of state. Since 1979 I have been living in Naperville.
- James Compton Bockmier Born: 1982 in St. Louis, Missouri. Bockmier lived in Springfield.
- Sherrill Bodine Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Sherrill Bodine was born in Chicago and is now living in Chicago once again.
- Gina Boekhout Born: in Illinois. Long grew up in Marine, Illinois and now lives in Highland, Illinois.
- Charles Boewe Born: March 11, 1924 in West Salem, Illinois. Boewe was born in West Salem and graduated from High School in Albion.
- Steve Bogira Born: . Bogira lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Brent Bohlen . Bohlen lives in Springfield.
- Lorraine Boissoneault Born: . Boissoneault lives in Chicago.
- Abraham Bolden Born: 1935 in East St. Louis, Illinois. He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois and currently resides in Chicago.
- Susan Furlong Bolliger Born: 1967 in Battle Creek, MI. I've lived throughout the United States, but currently reside in central Illinois with my husband and four children. I write both short stories and novels, many of which feature an Illinois setting. My most recent novel, ''Murder for Bid'', takes place in the Chicago area.
- Norman Bolotin Born: . Please Note: Since Mr. Bolotin has not lived in Illinois, the only books of his listed in the Illinois Authors Wiki are his books about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War - Illinois subjects of of interest. Please see his webpage to learn more about his other books.
- Ryan K Boman . Boman is from Coulterville. He makes his home in DuQuoin where he also operates a marketing firm and production studio. He attended nearby Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Roger Bonair-Agard Born: in Trinidad . Bonair-Agard lives in Chicago.
- Jay Bonansinga Born: in Peoria, Illinois. Bonansinga was born in Peoria, Illinois and currently resides in Evanston, Illinois.
- David Bond Born: in Pana, Illinois. Bond is the Senior Library Specialist at Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, in Carbondale. He was born and raised in Pana.
- Juliet C. Bond Born: 1970 in Rosemead, California. Bond has lived in Evanston, Illinois. She attended the University of Illinois.
- Janet Witmeyer Bone Born: 1930 in Coal Township PA. I moved to Illinois as a new bride in 1952, lived in Chicago 1952-55, in Arlington Heights 1955-62, and in Palatine 1962-present. I have 8 books still in print, 7 of which are young adult career opportunities, and one, which I co-authored (with Ron Johnson) is a book about film appreciation. I have two master's degrees from Roosevelt University, Chicago:(the MBA and the Masters in Training & Development with e-learning concentration. I currently teach (2010)composition courses at Harper College,Palatine IL, and at Roosevelt University, Schaumburg campus, and am adjunct faculty at both schools. From 1977-85, I was an elected Trustee at Harper College, Palatine, an Illinois community college, and served as board secretary for several of those years. I have a bylined chapter being published in late 2010 in an instructional manual that accompanies The Bedford Guide, (9th ed) a composition textbook for college writers.
- Michael Bonesteel Born: . The author lives in Oak Park.
- Marita Bonner Born: June 16, 1899 in Boston, MA . Bonner moved to Chicago after she was married.
- Joe Bonomo Born: Wheaton, Maryland. Bonomo resides in DeKalb, Illinois and has been an English professor at Northern Illinois University since 1995.
- Arna Wendell Bontemps Born: 1902 in Alexandria, Louisiana. Bontemps lived in Illinois at different times from 1923 through 1969. He graduated from the University of Chicago with a masters degree in library science in 1943.
- Bob Boone . Boone grew up in Winnetka and currently lives in Glencoe. He holds a PhD in English Education from Northwester University.
- Mark Allen Boone Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Mark Allen Boone ia a native Chicagoan. He was born April 4, 1951 in Chicago and currently resides in Lisle, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Donna Boonstra Born: 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. The author was born in Chicago and now lives in Homer Glen, Illinois.
- Ruth Frankel Boorstin Born: December 16, 1917 in Morenci, Arizona. Boorstin earned an MA at the University of Chicago in the psychology of reading. For fifteen years she ran a creative writing feature for children in Chicago area newspapers.
- Julia Borcherts Born: . Borcherts lives in Chicago.
- Sally Bordwell Born: . Author lives in Oak Park.
- Barrie Jean Borich Born: 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. Borich is a native Chicagoan. After thirty years of being away, she resides there again today and teaches at DePaul.
- Merri Borkowski Born: . The author graduated from St. Anne high school in Illinois and from the University of Illinois.
- Greg Borzo Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Borzo is from Chicago's Northwest side and lives in the South Loop.
- Daniel Borzutzky . Borzutzky teaches in the English and Latin American and Latino Studies Departments at the University of Illinois at Chicago.<p />
- Karyn E. Bosnak Born: 1972 in Waukegan, Illinois. Bosnak was born in Waukegan.
- Sharon Shea Bossard Born: December 8, 1945 in Riverside, Illinois. Bossard lives in Lake Zurich, Illinois. She graduated with her masters from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago.
- Kathleen Long Bostrom Born: 1954 in Los Angeles, California. Boston lives in Wildwood, Illinois. She is a graduate of McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago.
- Liz Botts Born: in Illinois. Botts was born and raised in northern Illinois. She currently resides in Cortland.
- Jenny Boully Born: 1976 in Korat, Thailand. Jenny Boully was born in Thailand and reared in Texas, she joined the faculty at Columbia College Chicago in Fall 2008.
- John Bouseman Born: 1936 . Bouseman grew up in Savanna, Illinois. He was an entomologist for the Illinois Natural History Survey in Champaign and lived in Urbana, Illinois.
- Mark Bowden Born: 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri. Mark grew up in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
- Kristy Bowen Born: . Bowen was raised in Northern Illinois. She lives in Chicago and holds an MFA in Poetry from Columbia College and an MA in Literature from DePaul University.
- Louise Bowen Born: Chicago, Illinois . N/A
- Sesali Bowen Born: Chicago, Illinois . Bowen was born and raised on the Southside of Chicago.
- Scotty Bowers Born: 1924 in Illinois. Bowers grew up in rural Illinois. In 1933, he moved to Chicago with his family.
- Devereux Bowly Born: . A native of Chicago, the author is the Supervisory Attorney of the Lawndale Legal Services Office of the Legal Assistance Foundation in Chicago.
- Cynthia Grant Bowman Born: . The author was a National Endowment for The Humanities Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago. She received Juris Doctorate from Northwestern University in 1982 and taught law and gender studies there before teaching at Cornell.
- Jim Bowman Born: . Bowman grew up in Oak Park.
- Bruce Boxleitner Born: 1950 in Elgin, Illinois. Born and raised in Elgin Illinois, Bruce studied drama at the Goodman theater.
- JoAnn Boydston Born: . She works at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Bruce Hatton Boyer Born: . Mr. Boyer is a writer in the Chicago area.
- Carolyn Mitchell Boykin . Carolyn Mitchell Boykin was raised in Chicago. She received her Master's degree from Columbia College Chicago.
- Michael Bracken Born: 1957 in Canton, Ohio. Lived and worked in Illinois from 1976 to 1991.
- Elizabeth Brackett Born: . Elizabeth works for WTTW, a PBS station in Chicago.
- Laurie Bradach Born: . Bradach lives in Ottawa, Illinois.
- Ken Bradbury Born: 1955 in Quincy, Illinois. Bradbury was born in Quincy. He was raised in Perry and adopted Arenzville as his “other” hometown. Ken was a 1967 graduate of Perry High School and graduated in 1971 from Illinois College in Jacksonville.
- Neil Bradbury . Bradbury currently resides in Lindenhurst. <p />
- Ray Bradbury Born: August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois with the given name of: Rae Douglas Bradbury. Bradbury was born in Waukegan and lived there until 1934.
- John Bradley Born: Brooklyn, New York. Bradley lives in DeKalb and was an English professor at Northern Illinois University.
- Rick Bradley Born: in Illinois. Bradley lives in West Frankfort.
- Becky Bradway Born: Phoenix, Arizona. N/A
- James Edward Brady Born: 1943 in Springfield, Illinois . Life long resident of Illinois who was born in Springfield, graduated from Illinois State University, lived in several communities throughout the state while engaged in public education and now retired and lives in Dixon, Illinois.
- Nelvia M. Brady Born: Alabama. N/A
- Tracey Helen Bragg Born: 1965 in Harrisburg, IL. I was raised in Rosiclare, IL, and lived in Hardin County my entire life. I attended Southeastern Illinois College. I work at Harrisburg Medical Center in Harrisburg, IL and currently reside in Rosiclare.
- Alessandra Branca Born: in Rome, Italy. Alessandra Branca founded her firm in Chicago in 1981.
- Gayle Brandeis Born: Evanston, Illinois. Brandeis was born in Evanston and raised in Winnetka. She now lives in Highland Park.
- Theresa Brandon Born: . Brandon grew up in a small town in northern Illinois and continues to reside in Illinois to this day.
- Catharine G. Brandt Born: 1905 in Jacksonville, Illinois. Brandt was born in Jacksonville.
- Daniel Brannan Born: . Brannan graduated from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. He currently resides in Glen Carbon.
- Carol Brannin . Brannin has lived in Chicago and Springfield.
- Anne Brashler Born: N/A. Brashler lives in Lockport, Illinois.
- William Brashler Born: 1947 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. William Brashler was a reporter for Lerner Newspapers, Chicago, Illinois from 1971-73. He still lives in the Chicagoland area.
- Eva Braswell Born: . Ms. Braswell lives in Normal, Illinois.
- John Braswell Born: 1949 in Glen Dean, Kentucky. John Braswell lives in Bloomington, Illinois.
- Robert C. Bray Born: 1944 in Pittsburg, Kansas. Bray lives in Bloomington, Illinois.
- Rosemary L. Bray Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
- Patrick Bredlau Born: 1955 in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Bredlau was born in Oak Lawn, and has lived in Oak Lawn, Lockport, Tinley Park and currently lives in Orland Park.
- David Breeden Born: 1958 in Granite City, Illinois. Breeden was born in Granite City and grew up on the family farm near Broughton. He attended Southern Illinois University. His novels are based in Southern Illinois.
- Jennifer Ann Bremer Born: 1967 in Chicago, IL. I am born and raised on the south side of Chicago.
- Carol Brendler Born: in Defiance, Ohio. Brendler lives in Arlington Heights. She has also lived in Palatine, Oak Park and Mokena, Illinois.
- Zac Brewer . Brewer lives in Southern Illinois.
- Marlene Targ Brill Born: 1945 in Chicago, Illinois. Brill was born in Chicago. She grew up on the northwest side of Chicago in the West Rogers Park neighborhood. She currently resides in Wilmette.
- June Rachuy Brindel Born: 1919 in Little Rock, Iowa. Brindel received her B. A. and M. A. degrees from the University of Chicago. She resides in Willmette.
- Peter Brinkerhoff Born: Hartford, Ct. Peter and his family lived in Springfield, IL from 1977-2007. Peter and his wife now call Union Hall, VA home.
- John H. Brinton Born: May 21, 1832 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . Dr. Brinton wrote about the Civil War, an Illinois subject of interest.
- William Briska . Briska worked at Elgin Mental Health Center from 1974 - 2002.
- Albert Britt Born: 1874 in Utah, Illinois. Britt was born and educated in Illinois. He lived in Cameron.
- Rhita J. Brniak Born: 1928 in Dorans, Illinois. Brniak has lived in Illinois her entire life. She was born in Dorans, Illinois and currently resides in the Chicago area.
- Terra Brockman Born: in Florida. Brockman's family roots are in Illinois and she now lives in Congerville, Illinois.
- Deborah C. Brod Born: 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. Brod grew up in LaGrange. She currently resides in St. Charles.
- David Salzer Broder Born: 1929 in Chicago Heights, Illinois. Broder received his bachelor's degree and an M. A. in political science from the University of Chicago. He served two years in the U. S. Army, and began his newspaper career at the Bloomington Pantagraph.
- Danny Broderick Born: . Danny lives in Lake Zurich, Illinois.
- Harold Brodkey Born: October 25, 1930 in Staunton, Illinois. Brodkey was born in Staunton, Illinois.
- Wallace S. Broecker Born: November 29, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. Broecker was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended Wheaton College.
- Rainer Lothar Broekel Born: 1923 in Germany. Mr. Broekel was raised in Evanston, Illinois and taught Junior-High in Jacksonville, Illinois during the 1950`s.
- Tracy Broemmer Born: . Broemmer lives in Quincy.
- Nancy Steele Brokaw Born: in Normal, Illinois. Brokaw lives in the Bloomington.
- Bernard J. Brommel Born: . The author is professor emeritus of communications at Northeastern Illinois University and lives in the Chicago area.
- Eric Bronsky Born: in Chicago, Illinois . Bronsky is a lifelong resident of Chicago.
- Frederick Lee Brooke Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Frederick was born and raised in the Chicagoland area.
- Gwendolyn Brooks Born: June 7, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas . Brooks moved to Chicago with her family when she was six months old and lived there the rest of her life.
- Jerome Brooks Born: 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. Jerome was an English Professor who taught at Chicago City Colleges and authored six young adult novels.
- Kim Brooks Born: . Brooks lives in Chicago.
- Randy Brooks Born: 1954 in Hutchinson, Kansas. Randy Brooks lives in Decatur, Illinois and is a professor at Milliken University also in Decatur.
- Terence Dean Brooks Born: 1944 in Sterling, Illinois . Brooks was born and raised in Sterling, Illinois.
- Terry Brooks Born: 1944 in Sterling, Illinois. Brooks was born in Sterling and spent a large part of his life living there.
- Mike Sean Brotherton Born: March 26, 1968 in Granite City, Illinois. He was born in Granite City, Illinois.
- Larry Broutman Born: . Larry Broutman raised his family in Glencoe, Illinois. He now lives in Chicago in the Streeterville neighborhood with his wife Susan.
- Oscar Brown, Jr. Born: 1926 in Chicago, Illinois. Oscar Brown was born and raised on the south side of Chicago.
- Barbara Elizabeth Brown Born: 1952 in Evanston, IL. Brown grew up in Deerfield. She attended Rockford College for undergraduate studies. She has three degrees from Northern Illinois University.
- Beverly M. Brown Born: N/A. Lives in the Western Suburbs of Chicago.
- Bruce Brown Born: 1964 in Springfield, Illinois. I was born in Chicago, Illinois, yet moved to Springfield since childhood and have been a lifelong resident of the Land of Lincoln.
- Dee Brown Born: February 28, 1908 in Alberta, Louisiana . Brown was an agriculture librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1948 - 1972. While there, he earned a master's degree in library science and became a professor. His remains are interred in Urbana.
- Devin Brown Born: 1954 in Harvey, Illinois . He was born in Harvey, Illinois and grew up on Chicago's south side.
- Howard Browne Born: 1908 in Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Browne lived and worked in Chicago for part of his life.
- Elizabeth M Brown . Brown grew up in Evanston and currently lives outside of Chicago.
- Baker Brownell Born: 1887 in St. Charles, Illinois. Baker Brownell was born and raised in St. Charles. He graduated from St. Charles High School and several universities including Northwestern University in Evanston.
- Fern G. Brown Born: 1918 in Chicago, Illinois. Brown was born in Chicago.
- Jill S. Browning Born: . Ms. Browning is a contributing writer with Chicago Parent magazine.
- Jeffrey Brown Born: 1975 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Brown moved to Chicago in 2000 and currently lives in Deerfield. He earned his MFA at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.
- Joe Brown Born: 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. Joe Brown lives in Lincolnwood, Il.
- Laurie Brown Born: . The author lives in Glendale Heights, Illinois.
- Louann Mattes Brown . Brown lives in Gillespie.
- Patricia Joan Brown Born: 1935 in Melbourne, Australia. Although I was born and raised in Australia, I have lived in Illinois since 1955.
- Rosellen Brown Born: May 12, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Brown moved to Chicago in 1995 and still resides there. She now teaches in the MFA in Writing Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and lives in Mr. Obama’s neighborhood, overlooking Lake Michigan.
- JeanMarie Brownson Born: in . Brownson lives in Chicago.
- Michael H. Brownstein Born: 1953 in Evanston, Illinois . Brownstein lives in Chicago.
- Tabitha Brown . Brown received a BFA in Illustration from The American Academy of Art in Chicago in 2005. She is currently an illustrator based in Illinois.
- Thaddeus C.S. Brown Born: . Author served in the 2nd Regiment, Illinois Light Artillery during the Civil War.
- Tim Brown Born: 1961 in Rockford, Il. Tim was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois. He graduated summa cum lalude from Northern Illinois University.
- Tricia Brown Born: in . Brown was born and raised in the Chicago area.
- Vandella Brown Born: April 23, 1952 in Senatobia, MS. Brown was a manager at the Illinois State Library in Springfield.
- Warren Brown Born: 1894 in Somersville, California. The author was a Chicago based sportswriter for many years.
- John Broyles Born: 1971 in Peoria, Illinois. Born and raised in Peoria, Illinois. Briefly attended Illinois Central College in East Peoria, Illinois and currently reside in Bartonville, Illinois. Both books are about a fire department in the fictional town in Bramburg, Illinois.
- Dave Brozman Born: . Dave lives in Joliet, Illinois.
- Connie LaDon Brubaker Born: 1949. Connie LaDon Brubaker lives in Taylorville, Illinois. She is a graduate of Kinmundy-Alma High School in Kimundy, Illinois; Kaskaskia Community College in Centralia, Illinois; and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in Illinois. She has done graduate work at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in Illinois.
- Debra Bruce Born: Albany, New York. Bruce is with the English Department at Northwestern Illinois University. She resides in Chicago.
- Barbara Brueggemann . Brueggemann lives in Freeburg.
- Andrew Brumbach Born: . Brumbach has lived in Chicago and currently resides in Wheaton.
- Jeff Brumbeau Born: New York, New York on June 1, 1955 . Brumbeau lives in Chicago and Taos.
- Ivan Brunetti Born: 1967 in Mondavio, Italy. Brunetti lives in Chicago.
- Loretta J. Brunious Born: N/A. N/A
- Kym Brunner Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Brunner was born and raised in Chicago. She attended Our Lady of Victory Elementary School and Good Counsel High School in Chicago. She attended DePaul University & Northeastern Illinois University (undergrad) and received her Master of Education degree from University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. Her books also take place in Illinois.
- Amelia Brunskill Born: in Melbourne, Australia. Brunskill lives in Chicago.
- Christine Bruun Born: . Christine Bruun is Professor Emerita of Psychology and former department chair at Rockford College.
- Pamela Joyce Bruzan Born: 1946, in Newark, NJ. Bruzan was born in New Jersey and raised in New York State. She moved to Illinois following graduation from Syracuse University. After working as a reporter for what was then the Illinois State Register in Springfield, she established her own firm, Sangamon Valley Writing Associates. Pamela and her husband, Ray Bruzan, have lived in Rochester since 1971.
- Raymond Bruzan Born: 1946, in Chicago, IL. Chicago born Ray Bruzan grew up in the Southern Illinois community of Mt. Vernon. He holds degrees from Southern Illinois University, Illinois State University, and the University of Illinois-Springfield. During a 42 year teaching career, Ray taught at Lanphier High School and Ursuline Academy in Springfield, and completed his last five years as a chemistry professor at Benedictine University-Springfield. He was the 1990 Educator of the Year for Springfield Schools. Ray and his wife Pamela have lived in Rochester for the past 47 years.Ray is a non-fiction author of central Illinois history. He has also authored a children's book with a Rochester Township Sangamon County setting.
- Dwayne Bryant Born: in Orlando Florida. Bryant currently resides in Chicago.
- John Howard Bryant Born: 1807 in Cummington, Massachusetts. Bryant lived in Princeton in Bureau County.
- M. Nicole Bryant Born: in East Carondelet, Illinois. She lives in East Carondelet, Illinois, and attended Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.
- Regena Bryant Born: in . Bryant lives in Bolinbrook.
- William Jennings Bryan Born: March 19, 1860 in Salem, Illinois. William Jennings Bryan was born in Salem. He also graduated from Illinois College in Jacksonville and received a law degree from Union College of Law in Chicago.
- Denny S. Bryce . Bryce is originally from Chicago.
- Timothy R Bucci Born: 1963 in Springfield, Illinois. Timothy R. Bucci graduated from college in 1986 with a degree in journalism from Eastern Illinois University.
- Kalisha Buchanon Born: 1977 in Kankakee, Illinois. Kalisha was born in Illinois.
- Paul Buchheit Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Buchheit is a lifelong Chicagoan.
- Larissa Buchholz . Buchholz is an Assistant Professor at Northwestern University.
- Kalisha Buchonon Born: 1977 in Kankakee, Illinois. Buckhannon She has an M. F. A. in Creative Writing from New School University in New York City, and both a B. A. and an M. A. in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago.
- Kalisha Buckhanon Born: 1977 in Kankakee, Illinois. Kalisha Buckhanon was born and raised in Kankakee, Illinois, where she was Miss Junior Kankakee 1993 and also served as Class President of her high school for four years. She was an enthusiastic honors student and received the most scholarships in her high school class. She attended the University of Chicago for a bachelors degree in English Language and Literature. She taught humanities at Kankakee Community College in the year her first novel, Upstate, debuted. She returned to the University of Chicago for its PhD program in English Language and Literature in 2006. She achieved a masters degree in English. Her second novel Conception is set on the South Side of Chicago, as well as her third novel Card Parties. She has interviewed and published stories on such notable Chicago cultural residents as tap dancer Ernest 'Brownie' Brown, jazz singer Maggie Brown and tap dancer Bril Barrett of MADD Rhythms. She has been an active student and artist with the ETA Creative Arts Founda tion on Chicago's South Side. She has led creative writing workshops or spoken on art and culture at: Harold Washington Public Library, several Chicago Public Libraries, American Library Association's 2005 Annual Conference in Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Chicago State University, Literature For All Of Us, Neighborhood Writing Alliance, Hyde Park's African Festival of the Arts, the ETA Creative Arts Foundation, Kankakee High School, Kankakee Public Library, Oakton Community College in Des Plaines and many Chicago high schools.
- Julia Buckley Born: . Buckley grew up in an Sauk Village, Illinois - a suburb just south of Chicago. She attended Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois. Buckley currently resides in Oak Park, Illinois.
- Rick Buda Born: 1950 in Chicago, Illinois. Founded, Edited and contributed to the Nuts & Bolts of gaming; a magazine commenting upon, previewing, reviewing and rating strategic and tactical Role Playing Games (Face to Face as well as Play By Mail and the email based turn games as well) N&BoG was nominated in 1984 for an Origins award, a highly sought award in the Role Playing industry. Rick also began an online presence in the 1990s with his part in online radio (streaming DJs). He could be heard on various stations from 1999 through 2009. His last association with streaming was Our Generation Radio (orgenerationradio.com) and still holds ties there today. Rick makes personal appearances and loves to talk about writing, publishing and his experiences in these pursuits.
- Gene A. Budig Born: May of 1939 in McCook, Nebraska . Budig served as president of Illnois State Univerisity in Normal, Illinois from 1973 - 1977.
- Mary Ann Budnik Born: 1947 in Illinois. Budnik is a native Illinoisan. She has lived in the Chicago suburbs and Springfield.
- Algis Budrys Born: 1931 in Königsberg in East Prussia. Algis Budrys lived his final years in Evanston.
- Luisa Buehler Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Buehler grew up in the town of Berkeley, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. She attended Proviso West High School in Hillside, Illinois and graduated from Rosary College in River Forest. She currently resides in Lisle, Illinois.
- James W. Buel Born: 1849 in Golconda, Illinois. James was born and raised in Illinois and moved to San Diego in 1908
- Kathleen Buerer Born: Chicago, Illinois. Albright is a native Chicagoan. She graduated from Augustana College.
- Suzanne Buffam Born: 1972 in Montreal, Canada. Suzanne was born in Montreal and raised in Vancouver, BC. Suzanne currently live in Chicago.
- Paul Buhle Born: September 27, 1944 in Champaign, Illinois. Paul Buhle was born in Champaign, Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 1966.
- Douglas Bukowski Born: July 30, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. Bukowski was born in Chicago. He graduated from DePaul University with his B. A. and the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle with his M. A. and Ph. D. He currently resides in Berwyn, Illinois.
- Larry Bullard Born: . Larry lives in Timewell, Illinois.
- Andrew H. Bullen Born: Charleston, W.Va., 1960. Bullen lives and writes about the Pullman neighborhood on the City of Chicago's far south side.
- Christina Bultinck Born: 1971 in Chicago, Illinois. Bultinck was born in Chicago. She was raised and currently resides in Frankfort, Illinois. Bultinck graduated from Columbia College in Chicago.
- Gabriel Bump . Bump grew up in South Shore, Chicago.<p />
- Jerry Bumpus Born: Mt. Vernon, Illinois. N/A
- Elmer Burack Born: Chicago, Illinois. Elmer Burack is a Professor of Management - Emeritus, at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Joan Burbick Born: 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was a visiting scholar at Knox Collete in Galesburg, Illinois.
- Robert J. Burdette Born: 1844 in Greensboro, Pennsylvania,. Burdette received a secondary education in Peoria. During the Civil War he served as a private in the 47th Illinois infantry. In 1869, he became night editor of the Peoria Daily Transcript.
- Steven Burgauer Born: in New York City, New York. Burgauer lived in Peoria. He is a graduate of Illinois State University in Normal. He taught at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois.
- Edward M. Burke Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Burke has been a lifelong resident of the Southwest Side of Chicago. He graduated from Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago and earned his Bachelor's Degree from DePaul University in Chicago. He also received his Juris Doctor Degree from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago.
- Jason Burke . Burke lives in Hillsboro. He graduated from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.
- Lauren Burke . Burke is from Chicago. <p />
- Sue Burke Born: . Burke lives in Chicago.
- Barbara Burkhardt Born: April 28 in Springfield, Illinois. Barbara was born in Springfield and is an Associate Professor of English, University of Illinois at Springfield.
- Cris Burks Born: in Mississippi.
- Nina Burleigh Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Burleigh was born in Chicago. She has a Master's degree in English Literature from the University of Chicago, and a Master's in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield.
- Robert Burleigh Born: 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. Burleigh was born and raised in Chicago. He graduated from DePauw University and received his MA from the University of Chicago.
- Rebecca Burlend Born: 1793 in Yorkshire, England. In November 1831, Burlend, her husband, and five of their seven children debarked at New Orleans after a long voyage from England. They took a steamboat up the Mississippi to St. Louis and from there ended up in Pike county - western Illinois.
- Michael Burlingame Born: in Washington, DC. Lives in Springfield, Illinois and works at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
- Inger Burnett-Zeigler Born: . Burnett-Zeigler is a lifelong Chicagoan.
- Dan Burns Born: April 5, 1963. Burns was raised on the north side of Chicago and currently lives in the Chicago Suburbs with his wife and family.
- Michael Burns Born: Little Rock, Arkansas. Burns is a graduate of: DuSable High School, Loyola University, and Columbia College - all of Chicago. He has lived the majority of his life in Illinois.
- Robert Edward Burns Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Angelique Burrell Born: Macomb, Illinois. Burrell teaches high school English and creative writing in a suburb of Chicago.
- Barbara Burrell Born: . Burrell is professor emerita of political science at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
- CM Burroughs Born: 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia. Burroughs is Associate Professor of Poetry at Columbia College Chicago and has made Chicago her home.
- Edgar Rice Burroughs Born: September 1, 1875 in Oak Park, Illinois. Edgar Rice Burroughs was born in Oak Park and lived there until he was 16 when his parents sent him to Idaho to try and protect him from the dangerous influenza epidemic in 1891.
- Margaret T.G. Burroughs Born: November 1, 1915 in St. Rose, Louisiana. Burroughs' family moved to Chicago, Illinois when she was five years old. She was raised and educated on the South side of Chicago and graduated from Englewood High School in 1933 and Chicago Teachers College in 1937. She lived in Chicago the rest of her life.
- Tony Burroughs Born: . Burroughs lives in Chicago.
- Charles Pierce Burton Born: 1862 in Anderson, Indiana. Burton moved to Aurora to live with his father when he was 12 years old. He wrote a column for the Aurora newspaper.
- Mary Burtschi Born: Vandalia, Illinois. N/A
- Rex Burwell Born: . Rex lives in Elgin, Illinois.
- Lisa Buscani Born: . Buscani has lived in Chicago.
- Douglas Isaac Busch Born: 1951 in Miami Beach, Florida. Douglas Isaac Busch attended and graduated from the University of Illinois with BFA in Art. He moved to Rockford Illinois in 1975. Restored 1880 Queen Ann Building in Rockford, Illinois. This building became his studio, darkroom and living quarters.
- Miriam Busch Born: in Illinois. Busch lives in the western suburbs of Chicago.
- Barney Furman Bush Born: 1946 in Herod, Illinois. Bush was born and raised in Herod, Illinois.
- Gail Bush . Dr. Bush lives in Chicago's western suburbs.
- Sara Bushway . Bushway lives in Bethalto.
- Gary Buslik Born: 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. Gary still lives in a Chicago suburb.
- Fanny Butcher Born: September 13, 1888 in Fredonia, Kansas . Butcher's family moved to Chicago when she was 3-years-old. She attended Lewis Institute (now Illinois Institute of Technology) and graduated from the University of Chicago.
- Geil Evans Butler Born: 1920 in Rantoul, Illinois. Butler was born and raised in Rantoul. After returning with her family from Japan, she lived in Central Illinois the rest of her life.
- Halle Butler . Butler grew up in Bloomington and currently lives in Chicago. She graduated with a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008.
- Patrick Butler Born: . Butler is a lifelong Chicagoan.
- Robert Olen Butler Born: 1945 in Granite City, Illinois. Butler was born and grew up in Granite City. He attended Northwestern University in Evanston and lived in Illinois until 1967.
- Sharelle Byars Moranville . Byars Moranville studied at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and lives in the deep South of Illinois corn and bean fields, cow pastures, and woods.
- Taylor Byas . Byas is a native Chicagoan.
- Mary Byers Born: 1962 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Mary currently lives in Chatham, Illinois.
- Laura Bynum Born: 1968 in Springfield, Illinois. Bynum was born in Springfield, Illinois and graduated from University of Illinois at Springield and Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
- Dennis Byrne Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Byrne is a life-long Chicagoan.
- Jane Margaret Byrne Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Pat Byrnes . Byrnes lives in Chicago.
- Etienne Cabet Born: 1788 in Dijon, Cote-d'Or, France. Cabet became the head of a small band of Icarians that moved northward along the Mississippi River to Nauvoo, Illinois, where they purchased twelve acres recently vacated by the Mormons in 1849. Cabet was unanimously elected leader, for a one-year term. The improved location enabled the experiment to develop into a successful agricultural community. Education and culture were highly valued by members. By 1855, the Nauvoo Icarian community had expanded to about 500 members with a solid agricultural base, as well as shops, three schools, flour and sawmills, a whiskey distillery, English and French newspapers, a 39 piece orchestra, choir, theater, hospital and the state's largest library (4000 volumes). With the exception of roughly two years, Cabet lived in Navou from 1847 - 1856, when he and 180 of his supporters left for Bremen, Missouri - just outside of St. Louis, Missouri.
- Cozbi A. Cabrera Born: Brookliyn, New York. Cabrera lives in Evanston. <p />
- Cheryln Cadle . Originally from the Kankakee and Bradley area, Cadle has spent most of her life in Bourbonnais.
- Eiren Caffall . Caffall lives in Chicago.
- Richard Cahan Born: . Cahan lives in Skokie.
- Zachary Cahill Born: 1973. Cahill is based in Chicago.
- Janan Cain Born: in . Cain grew up in Darien and now lives in Riverside.
- Mary Ann Cain Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Mary Ann was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
- Frank Calabrese, Jr. Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Calabrese lived in Chicago for 39 years before moving to Arizona.
- Anne Calcagno Born: in San Diego, California. Anne resides in Chicago and teaches in the MFA Writing Program at the School of the Art Institute.
- Eric Calderwood . Calderwood lives in the Urbana-Champaign area.
- Laura Caldwell Born: . Caldwell lives in Chicago. She attended Loyola University in Chicago and is currently an adjunct professor and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the School of Law.
- Stephen M Caliendo Born: 1971 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Professor Caliendo teaches Political Science at North Central College in Naperville. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Earnest Elmo Calkins Born: 1868 in Geneseo, Illinois. Calkins was born in Geneseo and raised in Galesburg.
- Susanna Calkins Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Susanna Calkins currently lives in Highland Park, IL, and has lived in the area for a number of years. Calkins holds a PhD in history and currently teaches at Northwestern University.
- John Francis Callahan Born: 1912 in Chicago, Illinois. Callahan was born in Chicago.
- Michael Callahan Born: in Terre Haute, Indiana. Michael now lives in Champaign, Illinois
- Andrew Taylor Call Born: 1981 in Florida. Call's maternal family helped with the founding of Illinois. He has a degree from The John Marshall Law School of Chicago, and a Master of Arts Degree in Public Policy and Administration from Northwestern University. <p /> Andrew Taylor Call’s family has resided in Illinois for two-hundred and twenty-one years. Call’s ancestors were among the founders and builders of Chicago and Cook County. Call’s ancestors were also founders and builders of Lake County and DuPage County. Call also has deep ancestry in Springfield and Sangamon County, as well as in Cass and Morgan and Winnebago and Lake Counties, all in Illinois.
- Edward Callary Born: . Callary is an associate professor of English at Northern Illinois University.
- John D. Callaway Born: N/A. John Callaway and his wife have a home in Chicago, Illinois.
- William Callaway Born: in Moline, Illinois. Lives and works in Illinois
- Norman E. Calmese Born: February 28, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois . Norman Calmese was an author and an illustrator who lived in Chicago, Springfield, and Park Forest.
- Jacqueline Camacho-Ruiz Born: Mexico City, Mexico. Camacho-Ruiz lives in Aurora, Illinois.
- Pat Camalliere . Camalliere lives with her husband in Lemont, a suburb of Chicago, where her stories are based. She serves on the board of the Lemont Public Library District and volunteers at the Lemont Historical Society as director of the society’s archives.
- Julia Cameron Born: Libertyville, Illinois. N/A
- Kay Cameron Born: . The author teaches high school in Carlinville, Illinois.
- Bonnie Jo Campbell Born: September 14, 1962 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Campbell attended the University of Chicago, graduating with a BA in 1984.
- Mary Elizabeth Campbell Born: February 17, 1907 in Tamms, Illinois. Campbell grew up in Tamms. She earned an A.B. in education from Southern Illinois Teachers College (now known as Southern Illinois University in Carbondale) in 1932.
- Rachelle Paige Campbell . Campbell lives in Northern Illinois.
- Robert Campbell Born: 1918 in Mt. Sterling, Illinois . He born in Mt. Sterling, Illinois.
- Samuel A. Campbell Born: 1895 in Watseka, Illinois. Campbell was born in Watseka, Illinois.
- Juan David Campolargo . Campolargo moved to Chicago when he was 14.
- Vincent Canby Born: 1924 in Chicago, Illinois.
- Dominic Lawrence Candeloro Born: . Dominic lives in the Chicago land area.
- Murial Canfield Born: 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois. Canfield was born in Oak Park and raised in Elmhurst, Illinois.
- Dorothy Cannell Born: 1943 in Nottingham, England. Dorothy married Julian Cannell in 1964 and they lived in Peoria, Illinois for many years.
- Chris Cannon Born: . Cannon lives in Southern Illinois.
- Homaro Cantu Born: September 23, 1976 in Tacoma, Washington. Cantu lived in Chicago.
- Mark Canuel Born: . Canuel lives in Chicago.
- Beth Capo Born: . Beth is an assistant professor of English at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois.
- PJ Caposey Born: . Caposey graduated from Eastern Illinois University and received his administrative certification at National Louis University. He has worked at Percy Lavon Julian High School, Rockford Public Schools and Oregon High School. He currently lives in the Northwestern part of Illinois.
- Joe Cappo Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Cappo is currently an adjunct professor at DePaul University. He has been a journalist and publishing executive at Crain Communications, which publishes Crain's Chicago Business.
- Phil Caputo Born: 1941 in Westchester, Illinois - a village of Chicago. Caputo was born in Westchester, Illinois. He attended Fenwick High School in Oak Park and Loyola University in Chicago.
- Loretta Rose Caravette Born: Chicago, Illinois 1956 . I was born and raised in the Chicago Northwest side. I am one of 14 siblings and we lived in a typical Chicago bungalow. We went to St. Ferdinand's Catholic Church and school. Then on to Mother Theadore Guerin High School. On an art scholarship I attended Mundelein College but changed my major and transferred to Loyola University.I started writing in a freelance way for a variety of children's magazines. I write about stories that highlight my childhood experiences. Somewhere in the City is a memory of my dad having to work in downtown Chicago. Took the El home and we see that in the illustrations. Count On Me 123 also inspired by my Chicago upbringing. All the people that made me feel safe and happy.
- Charless Caraway Born: 1888 in Raleigh, Illinois. Charless was born and raised in Raleigh in Saline County. He lived in Southern Illinois his entire life.
- Cleo Caraway Born: November 20, 1888 in Raleigh, Illinois. Caraway lived in Murphysboro township in Southern Illinois.
- A. F. Carcirieri Jr. . Carcirieri lived in Illlinois.
- Brenda Cardenas Born: . She has taught at the Wright College in Chicago and the University of Illinois in Chicago.
- Gerardo Cardenas Born: in Mexico City, Mexico. Gerardo lives in Oak Park with his family.
- Andrea Dee Carey . Carey now lives in Channahon.
- Betty Carlson Born: 1919 in Rockford, Illinois. Carlson was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois.
- Carol Jean Carlson Born: . Carlson lives in Chicago.
- Charles Carlson Born: . The author holds an undergraduate degree in Journalism from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
- Reginal Milton Carlton Born: 1899 in Chicago, Illinois. Born and raised in Chicago, R. Milton Carleton spent most of his life living and working there.
- Thomas P. Carmody Born: 1932 in Chicago, Illinois. Carmody was born in Chicago. He was raised in the small Illinois town of Carlinville, the County Sea of Macoupin County. He is a graduate of Carlinville High School and Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois.
- Jeff Carnehl Born: . Carnehl is an art teacher at Walther Lutheran High School in Melrose Park, Illinois.
- John Otis Carney Born: 1922 in Chicago, Illinois. Carney was born in Chicago.
- Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney Born: April 6, 1823 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Carney was married to a minister. Their family moved to Apple Creek Prairie in 1871. After her husband passed, she moved to Galesburg.
- Mark Caro Born: . Mark is from Evanston Illinois and now lives in Chicago.
- Angelica Shirley Carpenter Born: St. Louis, Missouri. Angelica has a bachelor's degree in French and master's degrees in education and library science, all from the University of Illinois.
- Barbara Elliott Carpenter Born: . Carpenter lives in south central Illinois.
- Albert H. Zolotkoff Carr Born: 1902 in Chicago, Illinois. Born and raised in Chicago, Albert Carr attended the University of Chicago.
- Kay J. Carr Born: . The Author received her Ph. D. from the University of Chicago in 1987 and joined the faculty in the History Department at SIU in 1989.
- Barry J. Carroll Born: N/A. Barry Carroll lives in Lake Forest, Il.
- James Carroll Born: 1943 in Chicago, Illinois. Carroll was born in Chicago.
- Paul Carroll Born: 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. Paul Carroll lived and worked in Chicago for many years.
- Susan Carroll Born: 1952. Susan lives in Rock Island, Illinois.
- A.D. Carson Born: 1979 in Decatur, Illinois. Carson was born in Decatur and has lived all over the state from Joliet to Sandusky. He attended at least 10 different public schools from elementary through high school, ultimately graduating from Stephen Decatur High in 1997. He attended Eastern Illinois University in Charleston as a recipient of the Golden Apple Scholarship from 1997-1999, when he left to pursue a music career. In 2002 he enrolled at Millikin University, graduating in 2004. He taught at Springfield High School and served as a Writer-In-Residence for ''Quiddity International Literary Journal and National Public Radio Program'' at Benedictine University in Springfield.
- Gerald Hewes Carson Born: 1899 in Carrollton, Illinois. Carson was born in Carrollton, Illinois.
- Dorothy Sharp Carter Born: 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. Carter was born in Chicago.
- John Charles Carter Born: October 4, 1924 in Evanston, Illinois. N/A
- John Stewart Carter Born: March 26, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois. Carter was born in Chicago and lived most of his life in Oak Park.
- Peter Cartwright Born: Amherst County, Virginia, September 1, 1785 . Cartwright helped found McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington and Illinois Conference Female Academy in Jacksonville - now MacMurray College. He passed away in Pleasant Plains and an Illinois Historical marker honors him near his home and grave.
- Paul Carus Born: 1852 in Ilsenburg, Germany. Carus was invited by Edward C. Hegeler to help educate his children La Salle, Illinois in 1887. In 1888, he married to Hegeler's daughter Mary and they settled in La Salle.
- Brooks Carver Born: . Mr. Carver lives in Canton, Illinois.
- Bob Cary Born: October 21,1921 in Joliet, Illinois. Bob was born and raised in Illinois. But his love of outdoor living brought him to the ultimate wilderness destination: Ely, Minnesota, time and again. Finally, in 1966 Bob and his family moved to his beloved Ely, where he lived for the rest of his life.
- Dave Case Born: in Evansville, Indiana . Case lives in Chicago.
- Dana Caspall Born: . Caspall lives in Evanston.
- Vera Caspary Born: 1899 in Chicago, Illinois. Vera Caspary was born and raised in Chicago. She lived here until 1924 when she moved to New York.
- Marie Cassidy Born: . Cassidy attended college at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receiving her VFA and MAAE.
- Liane C Casten Born: 1932 in Chicago, Illinois. Liane has lived in Evanston, Illinois for the past 38 years. She holds an MA in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago.
- Ana Castillo Born: 1953 in Evanston, Illinois. Castillo was born and raised in Chicago.
- Coralie Castle Born: 1924 in Evanston, Illinois. Coralie was born and raised in Evanston, Illinois.
- George Castle . Castle is an American freelance sports journalist and author, based in Chicago. He is a graduate of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois and makes his home in Morton Grove, Illinois.
- Riva (Esther) Castleman Born: 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. Riva was born and raised in Chicago.
- Marian Johnson Castle Born: 1896 in Kendall County, Illinois. Marian was born in northeastern Illinois.
- Mort Castle Born: 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. Mort Castle was born in Chicago and currently resides in Crete, Illinois.
- P.C. Cast Born: in Watseka, Illinois. She was born in Watseka, Illinois.
- Kimberly Cates Born: Illinois. Kimberly is a native of Illinois.
- Mary Hartwell Catherwood Born: 1847 in Luray, Ohio. Catherwood moved with her parents in 1856 from Ohio to Milford, Illinois; living there only a year as her parents died and she moved back to Ohio to be with her grandparents. In 1877, she moved back to Illinois and settled in Hoopeston. In 1899, Catherwood decided she needed to spend more time in Chicago to be nearer her publishers and for her daughter's schooling, so she took an apartment there that was her second home. She died in Chicago and is buried in Floral Hill Cemetery in Hoopeston/Iroquois County. Many of Catherwood's books had a midwestern flair and were set in Illinois.
- Louis Catron Born: 1932 in Springfield, Illinois. Louis Catron was born in Springfield, Ill. , and was educated at Millikin University and Southern Illinois University.
- Amy J Cattapan . Cattapan lives in Prospect Heights. She earned her doctoral degree at Loyola University Chicago.
- Becky Cattie . Cattie moved to Chicago in 2008 and resides in Lakeview.
- Rebecca Caudill Born: February 2, 1899 in Poor Fork (now known as Cumberland), Kentucky (Harland County) . Caudill lived in Urbana, Illinois for nearly 50 years. She was a very active in the Champaign-Urbana community. She was the co-founder of the Champaign-Urbana Peace Council and served on the board of trustees for Urbana Free Library.
- Nancy J. Cavanaugh . Cavanaugh grew up in Chicago and earned her Master's at the University of Illinois. After living in Florida for several years, she now resides in Chicago again.
- Amanda Caverzasi Born: . Caverzasi lives in the greater Chicago area.
- Cris Cawthon . Cawthon is a native of Centralia. She graduated from Rend Lake College.
- Orlando Ceaser Born: . Ceaser lives in South Barrington.
- John O. Cech Born: 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. Cech was born in Chicago.
- Robert Downing Cecil Born: 1941 in Evanston, Illinois. Born in Evanston, Illinois in 1941, I have lived in Grand Detour and Dixon, Illinois, writing management-related textbooks and seminar manuals since 1970.
- Doug Cenko Born: in . Cenko is currently living in the city of Chicago.
- Crystal Cestari . Cestari lives just outside Chicago.
- Helen Jean Challand Born: 1921 in Shabbona, IL. Helen Challand received herB. E. from Northern Illinois State Teachers College (now Northern Illinois University and her M. A. from Northwestern University.
- George Chambers Born: 1931 in Cambridge, Mass. . Chambers lived in Peoria and was a full professor of English at Bradley University for 42 years.
- John William Chancellor Born: 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. Chancellor attended the University of Illinois Navy Pier campus (precursor to UIC) which specified completing the last two years of instruction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1949.
- Crystal Meisaan Chan . Chan lives in Chicago.
- Raymond Thornton Chandler Born: July 23, 1888 in Chicago, Illinois. Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888 and lived there until 1895.
- Iris Chang Born: 1968 in Princeton, New Jersey. Iris was raised in the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois area. She attended University Laboratory High School of Urbana, Illinois; graduating in 1985. She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois in 1989.
- Stanley A. Changnon Born: 1928 in Donovan, Illinois. Stanley A. Changnon was born in Donovan, Illinois and taught at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
- Ying-Ying Chang Born: 1940 . Ying-Ying worked for 30 years at the University of Illinois-Urbana.
- Jasmine Chan . Chan lives in Chicago.
- Evelina Chao Born: 1949 in Chicago, Il. Evelina Chao was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Arlington, Virginia.
- Gloria Chao . Chao lives in Chicago. <p />
- Dan Chaon Born: 1964 in Sidney, Nebraska. Chaon graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston.
- James Blaine Chapman Born: 1884 in Yale, Illinois. Chapman was born and raised in Yale, Illinois.
- Sally A. Kitt Chappell . Sally A. Kitt Chappell went to the University of Chicago for her MA degree and transferred to Northwestern for her PhD in architectural history.
- Joelle Charbonneau . Charbonneau graduated from Millikin University with a Bachelors Degree in Vocal Performance and then continued on to DePaul University for her Masters Degree in Opera Performance.
- Anita M. Charlot Born: 1965 in Chicago, Illinois. Charlot is a life-long resident of Chicago.
- Michael Chatlien Born: . Chatlien currently resides in Zion. He attended Columbia College and Columbia College in Chicago.
- George Chauncey Born: 1954 . Chauncey was a professor at the University of Chicago from 1991 - 2006.
- Cheryl Cheatham . Cheatham lives in Marine.
- Marian Cheatham Born: 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. Cheatham was born in Chicago and grew up in Elmwood Park. She later attended Northern Illinois University for both undergrad and graduate school. She taught special education in Cicero and Elk Grove Village and worked in business at her father's company in Elk Grove Village where she now resides with her family.
- Chris Chelios Born: 1962 in Evergreen Park, Illinois. Chelios was born and raised in Evergreen Park.
- Eugenia Cheng . Cheng currently lives in Chicago.
- Kat Chen . Chen lives in Champaign.
- Sean Chercover Born: 1966 in Toronto, Canada. After Chercover moved to Chicago, he earned a BA at Columbia College Chicago. He then attended the American Security Training Institute, qualifying him to work as a Private Detective in Chicago.
- Lina Chern . Chern lives in Lake County.
- Maxine Chernoff Born: 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. Maxine Chernoff was born and raised in Chicago and attended the University of Illinois.
- Ariana Rochelle Cherry-Shearer Born: 1981 in Mattoon, Illinois. I was born at Sarah Bush Hospital in Mattoon, Illinois and raised in Arcola, Illinois. I graduated from Arcola High School in 1999 and then graduated from Lake Land Community College in 2002. I am a certified Computer Applications Specialist, published poet and web content writer. Presently, I am employed with CEFS Economic Opportunity and reside in Arthur, Illinois with my husband, daughter, kitty cat, a sugar glider and 6 birds. Most of my poetry takes place in Illinois and also is inspired by my everyday life. My poetry collection, ''Through Her Eyes'', contains photos from areas in Illinois.
- Matthew A. Cherry Born: Chicago, Illinois. Cherry is a Chicago native.
- Susan Spaeth Cherry Born: . Susan lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- David B. Chesebrough Born: Cooperstown, New York. David Chesebrough was a professor of History at Illinois State University.
- George Wallace Chessman Born: 1919 in Ottawa, Illinois. Dr. Chessman graduated in 1936 from high school in Peoria, Illinois.
- Victoria Chess Born: 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. Victoria Chess was born in Chicago.
- Deborah Chester Born: 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Deborah was born in Chicago.
- Malcolm Chester Born: . Malcom Chester lives in a suburb of Chicago.
- Jessica Chiarella Born: . Chiarella grew up in Vernon Hills and has a master’s degree in writing and publishing from DePaul University.
- Jennifer Chiaverini . Chiaverini is a graduate of the University of Chicago.
- Judy Chicago Born: 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. Judy Chicago was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Dawn L. Chiletz . Chiletz resides in Shorewood.
- Liz Chilsen Born: in Merrill, WI. Liz Chilsen was born and raised in Wausau Wisconsin; a medium-sized town in the center of the state, which is usually referred to as 'up north'. She has resided in Chicago and environs since the mid-1990's where she works as an educator and photographer. She maintains a blog called 'Neighborland' on Chicago Now, where she publishes photographs and essays about architecture place and people in the City of Chicago and its neighborlands.
- C. J. Chilvers Born: N/A . Chilvers lives in Chicago.
- G.P. Ching Born: 1972 in Naperville, Illinois. G. P. Ching now lives in Bloomington, Ill.
- William Howard Chittenden Born: N/A. N/A
- Ida Chittum Born: April 6, 1918 in North Canton, Ohio. Ida lived in Findlay. She was instrumental in bringing a library to her longtime home of Findlay and was the first woman to act as commencement speaker at Findlay High School.
- Debbi Newton Chocolate Born: 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. Chocolate was born in Chicago and currently resides in Wheaton.
- Phyllis Ford Choyke Born: . The author lives in Elmhurst.
- David A. Christensen Born: 1960 in Chicago, IL. Christensen was born and raised in Chicago and moved to Niles his senior year of High School. After traveling the world with the Navy, he returned to Illinois eventually settling Round Lake Park. After completing 10 years in the Navy with a tour at Great Lakes, Illinois, Christensen worked for 15 years in Lincolnshire then in Libertyville and Hoffman Estates.
- Clifford G. Christians Born: . Christians works at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Daine Mayer Christiansen Born: . Christiansen grew up in Aurora, Illinois. She graduated from West Aurora High School and Aurora University.
- Richard Dean Christiansen Born: 1931 in Berwyn, Illinois. Richard now lives in Chicago.
- Jami Christine . Christine lives in Red Bud.
- Josslyn Christmas Born: 1965 in Dwight, Illinois. Christmas was born in Dwight, Illinois and resides in Broadview, Illinois. She has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
- Sylvia Christmas Born: in Latvia. Author lives in Oak Park.
- Rick Chrustowski Born: in Valpariso, Indiana. Rick lived in Chicago for a period of time and now resides in Wisconsin.
- Catherine Chung Born: Evanston, Illinois . Chung was born in Evanston and graduated from the University of Chicago.
- Jill Churchill Born: 1932 . Churchill lives in the Chicago suburbs.
- Linda R. Churchill Born: 1938 in Evanston, Illinois. Linda was born in Evanston, Illinois.
- Vince Churchill Born: 1962 in Indianapolis, IN. Raised in Jacksonville, Illinois and lived there from the age of 3 until 24. Graduated from Jacksonville High School and attended Western Illinois University. Have set recent horror novel, ''The Butcher Bride'', and recent horror novella ''Condemned'' in towns modeled after Jacksonville.
- Ward L. Churchill Born: 1947 in Urbana, Illinois. Ward Churchill was born in Urbana and at the age of two relocated to Elmwood, Illinois where he grew up.
- Dan Churney Born: Streator, Illinois. N/A
- Hillary Chute Born: . Chute has been teaching at the University of Chicago since 2010.
- Richard Chwedyk Born: 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. Chwedyk was born in Chicago.
- F. Richard Ciccone Born: N/A. N/A
- Frank Cicero Jr. Born: November 30, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. Cicero was a senior partner at Chicago law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP and litigated numerous major cases in federal and international courts.<p />
- Bernard J. Cigrand Born: 1866 in Waubeka, Wisconsin,. Cigrand practiced dentistry in Chicago, Batavia, and Aurora, and was the third dean of Columbian Dental College, now the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, serving in that post from 1903 to 1906.
- Robert E. Cimera Born: 1968 in Hinsdale, Illinois. Robert Cimera was born in Hinsdale, Illinois and received his Ph. D. from the University of Illinois.
- Lisa Cinelli Born: . Cinelli grew up in the Chicago area. She has a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She also teaches Children's Book Illustration at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and teaches at Marwen Foundation, a Chicago based Arts Program for grades 6-12. Cinelli currently resides in Highland Park, Illinois.
- Shelia T Cisco . Cisco is currently an LPC (License Professional Counselor) in Illinois, she works with the inmate population in Corrections.
- Sandra Cisneros Born: December 20, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. Cisneros was born in Chicago. She studied at Loyola University of Chicago and received B.A. in English, 1976.
- Cynthia Clampitt . Clampitt makes her home in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago.
- Jini Leeds Clare Born: . Jini Clare lives and works in Naperville, Illinois.
- Cheryl Stevens Clark Born: 1967 in Waukegan, IL. Clark was born in Waukegan. After a few years of living in other states as her parents moved around, she returned to Illinois in third grade and has been here ever since. Much of her childhood was spent in Third Lake - the village and the lake. As an adult, she has lived primarily in Round Lake and Fox Lake. She has worked for the Round Lake Area Public Library for many years.
- August Clarke . Clarke researched queerness, labor, and monstrosity at the University of Chicago.
- Electa Clark Born: 1910 in Chicago, Illinois. Clark was born in Chicago.
- George Rogers Clark Born: 1752 in Charlotteville, Virginia. Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers Clark captured Kaskaskia and other parts of southern Illinois during his Vincennes campaign during the revolutionary war.
- Jack Clark Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. Jack Clark has lived and worked in Chicago his entire life.
- Janice Clark Born: . Clark lives in Chicago.
- John Reed Clark Born: 1966 in Waukegan, Illinois. John Clark grew up in Lake County, Illinois, in Venetian Village, near Lake Villa. He spent his childhood swimming, riding bikes, sneaking into places he shouldn't go, and stealing fruits and vegetables from neighborhood gardens and yards. He was a louse.
- Karla Clark Born: 1959 in Rockford, Illinois. Clark is a Rockford native. She also lived in Chicago for four years. Two of her novels are set in Chicago and one is set in Rockford.
- Merrill Ann Clark Born: in St. Charles, Illinois. Clark grew up in Elgin.
- Tracy Clark Born: 1961 in Chicago, Illinois. Clark is a native Chicagoan. <p />
- Kathleen Clauson Born: in Macomb, Illinois. Kathleen was born and raised in Macomb, Illinois.
- Adam Clay . Clay taught at the University of Illinois at Springfield. <p />
- Susan Hollis Clayson Born: 1946 in Chicago,Illinois. Clayson was born in Chicago and has taught at both the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle and at Northwestern University.
- James Edwin Clayton Born: 1929 in Johnston City, Illinois. James Clayton was born and raised in southern Illinois and received his B. S. from the University of Illinois.
- Meg Waite Clayton Born: in Washington, D.C.. Meg Clayton was raised in Chicago, Illinois.
- Willard Clay Born: . Mr. Clay lives in Ottawa, Illinois.
- Daniel Cleary . Cleary lives in Chicago.
- Ryan Van Cleave Born: 1972 in Neenah, Wisconsin. Ryan was raised in Chicago, Illinois
- Linda Hoff Clement Born: 1941 in Millersburg, Ohio. Born and raised in Ohio, Linda moved to Illinois in the late 70's and lived there until 1996.
- Andrew Clements Born: May 29, 1949 in Camden, New Jersey. Clements family moved to Springfield when he was in sixth grade. He graduated from Springfield High School then went on to graduate from Northwestern University in Evanston with an English Literature major and National Louis University in Chicago with a Master of Arts in Elementary Education. After graduating in 1972, he taught English in suburban Chicago schools for seven years.
- Terri Clemmons . Clemmons lives in Morris.
- William Ritchie Clendenin Born: 1917 in Sparta, Illinois. Clendenin was born in Sparta, Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois in Urbana.
- Wanda Lou Clevenger Born: 1955 in Springfield, IL. Clevenger grew up in Carlinville, moving to Hettick, when she married at the age of twenty-three. She has lived in Hettick (her husband's hometown) since. Her nonfiction revolves around the small-town experience of both these areas, including family members and a few 'interesting' characters from her childhood. Two fiction pieces (one unpublished sci-fi in novella length) contain references to Carlinville and Springfield, including WYMG and radio personality Liz Willis.
- John William Clifford Born: 1918 in Springfield,Illinois.
- Laurie Berry Clifford Born: 1948 in Oak Park, Illinois. Clifford was born in Oak Park. She spent most of her childhood outside the United States but lived in Chicago off and on after between 1948 and 1966. She retuned to the area in 1973 and lived in Evanston until 1979.
- Lutricia Lois Clifton Born: 1939 in Krebs, Oklahoma. Lutricia now lives in northern, Illinois.
- Howard J. Clinebell Born: 1922 in Springfield, Illinois. Clinebell was born in Springfield, Illinois and pastored at different churches in Illinois.
- Bruce Cline Born: 1956 in Marion, Illinois. Bruce was born and raised in Southern Illinois. He and his wife now reside in Carbondale, Illinois. They travel throughout Southern Illinois in search of the history, mystery and hauntings that make Southern Illinois what it is.
- Lisa Cline Born: 1967 in Harrisburg, Illinois. Lisa Cline lives in Carbondale, Illinois.
- Ray Cline Born: 1919 in Anderson, Illinois. Cline was born in Anderson, Illinois.
- Hillary Rodham Clinton Born: October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Hillary Diane Rodham was born at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago. She was raised first in Chicago, and from the age of three, in suburban Park Ridge until she went to college.
- Jennifer Close Born: Chicago. Close was born and raised on the North Shore of Chicago.
- Tina Closser .
- Ruth Allison Coates Born: 1915 in Mt. Carmel, Illinois. Ruth was born and raised in Illinois.
- Ian Coburn Born: . Coburn lives in Chicago.
- John H. Cochrane Born: . Cochrane lives in Chicago.
- Esme Raji Codell Born: 1968 in Chicago. Codell lives in Evanston.
- Rebecca 'Becky' Coelho Born: . Becky lives in Quincy, Illinois.
- John Maxwell Coetzee Born: 1940 in Cape Town, South Africa. Coetzee was a member of the Committee on Social Thought, at the University of Chicago, for six years. His tenure ended in 2003.
- Aaron Cohen . Cohen lives in Chicago.
- Adam Cohen Born: . Please Note: Since Mr. Cohen has not lived in Illinois, the only book of his listed in the Illinois Authors Wiki is the book he co-authored about Chicago Mayor Richard J Daley - an Illinois subject of of interest. Please see his webpage to learn more about his other books.
- Charles Cohen Born: 1943 in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Cohen is from Highland Park, Illinois.
- Daniel Edward Cohen Born: March 12, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. Cohen was born in Chicago. He attended University of Illinois at Chicago but graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- Deborah Cohen . Cohen has lived in Chicago since joining Northwestern University as Ritzma Professor in 2010.
- Emi Watanabe Cohen Born: Boston, Massachussettes. Cohen grew up on the South Side of Chicago.
- Garnett Kilberg Cohen Born: N/A. From 1994 until 2005, she served as the Chairperson of the Department of English at Columbia College Chicago, where she has taught for over 20 years.
- Harlan Cohen Born: . Cohen lives in Chicago.
- Jene Barr Cohen Born: 1900 in Kobrin, Russia. Jene Barr Cohen graduated from Chicago Normal School of Physical Education in 1920. She later studied at the University of Chicago, Chicago Teachers College, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Northwestern University.
- Rachel Cohen Born: . Cohen lives in Chicago. She's a Professor of Practice in the Arts at the University of Chicago.
- Rich Cohen Born: 1968 in Lake Forest, Illinois . Cohen was born in Lake Forest and grew up in Chicago's North Shore suburb of Glencoe.
- Susan Lois Handler- Cohen Born: Chicago, Illinois. Cohen was born in Chicago.
- David Keith Cohler Born: 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. David was born and raised in Illinois.
- Jeffrey Cohlmeyer Born: Eldorado, IL, 1978. Cohlmeyer was born in Eldorado. He has lived in the following Illinois towns: Harrisburg, Ledford, Cave-in-Rock, Elizabethtown, Peter's Creek, and Rosiclare. He graduated from Harrisburg High School in 1996. His wife's family is from Marion. They own and operate Pepsi Midamerica.
- Alan M. Cohn Born: . He works at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Scotti Cohn Born: 1950 in Springfield, Illinois. Cohn was born in Springfield and lived in Bloomington for ten years.
- Faly Colaizzi Born: 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. Colaizzi was born in Chicago and graduated from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. She now resides in Bartlett.
- Pat Colander Born: . The author lives has lived and worked in Chicago.
- Benjamin Nick Colby Born: 1931 in Evanston, Illinois. Born in Illinois.
- Joan Colby Born: 1939 in Chicago. Colby was born and raised in Chicago and now lives in Elgin.
- Brock Cole Born: 1938 in Charlotte, Michigan. Cole lived in Illinois from 1975 - 1992.
- Gary D. Cole Born: . Cole was raised in Winnetka.
- Cindy Coleman Born: . Coleman lives and works in Chicago.
- Lorna Collier . Collier was born in Illinois and currently resides in northern Illinois.
- David R. Collins Born: 1940 in Marshall-town, Iowa. Collins graduated from Rock Island High School in 1958. He then graduated from Western Illinois University in Macomb in 1962 with his bachelor's and in 1967 with his masters degree.
- Marva Collins Born: Monroeville, Alabama. Marva Collins attended Chicago Teachers College and Columbia University, and has lived in Chicago since 1975.
- Cyrus Colter Born: January 8, 1910 in Noblesville, Indiana. Colter lived in Chicago and attended Chicago-Kent College of Law. He was a Professor Emeritus of English at Northwestern University and was also the chairman of the department of African-American Studies and Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities.
- Scott Colton Born: May 6, 1980 in Deerfield, Illinois. Cabana lives in Chicago.
- Cherie Colyer Born: in Suburbs of Chicago. Cherie was born and raised in Illinois.
- Renee Orlet Comerford . Orlet Comerford lived in Springfield and currently resides in Belleville.
- Kandias Conda Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Conda is a Chicago native. She is a graduate of Southern Illinois University and is currently pursuing graduate studies at Chicago State University.
- Anne Condra Born: Leadwood, Missouri. N/A
- Job Conger Born: 1947 in Springfield, Illinois. Conger is a lifelong Springfield citizen.
- Dwight Connelly Born: N/A. Connelly lives in Martinsville, Illinois.
- Valerie Connelly Born: 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Born, raised and a resident in Illinois for most of her life, Valerie Connelly now lives with her husband, Michael, in Wisconsin north of Milwaukee.
- Elizabeth Connor Born: 1932 in Joliet, Illinois. Elizabeth is a native of Joliet, Illinois
- Jimmy Connors Born: 1952 in East St. Louis, Illinois. Jimmy Connors was born and raised in Illinois.
- Jim Conover Born: 1940 in Kennett, Missouri. In 1962 Jim moved to Pekin, Illinois where he eventually joined the Police Department and served for 20 years.
- David Conrad Born: . Conrad lives in Murphysboro, Illinois.
- James Conroy Born: Long Island, New York. N/A
- John Conroy Born: March 29, 1951 in LaSpezia, Italy. John Conroy lives in a Chicago suburb.
- Peter Vincent Conroy Born: N/A. Peter Conroy is a Professor of French at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Bruce Cook Born: 1932 . He graduated from Loyala University in Chicago.
- Edward T. Cook Born: 1958 in Pontiac, Michigan. Edwared Cook lives in Zion, Illinois.
- Nicole A. Cooke Born: . Cooke is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Fiona Cook Born: 1985. Cook lives in Chicago.
- Garrett Cook Born: 1982 in Wenham, Ma. Garrett lives in the Western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.
- James E. Cook Born: N/A. N/A
- Laetitia Cook Born: 1949 in Springfield, Illinois. Cook was born in Springfield and lives in the Springfield area. She graduated from Springfield High School. Her book, When You Speak My Name, was inspired by her Great-grandmother who lived in Athens.
- John W. Cooley Born: 1943 in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Cooley lived in Evanston, Il and practiced Law in Chicago.
- Jack Coombe Born: March 1, 1922 in Baltic, Michigan . Jack Coombe lives in a Chicago suburb.
- Arshay Cooper Born: . Cooper grew up on the Westside of Chicago.
- Ilene Cooper Born: March 10, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. Cooper was born in Chicago and currently lives in Highland Park.
- Jeannette Batz Cooperman Born: 1961 in St. Louis, MO . Cooperman has lived happily in Waterloo since 2007. Her mysteries (one published, one in manuscript) are set just across the river in St. Louis, where she grew up and now works.
- Robert Lowell Coover Born: 1932 in Charles City, Iowa. Coover grew up in Herrin while his father was the managing editor at the Herrin Daily Journal. He attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He received his MA from the University of Chicago in 1965.
- Susan Coppula Born: 1952. When last contacted Susan Coppula lived in Rock Island, Illinois.
- Elizabeth Frances Corbett Born: 1887 in Aurora, Illinois . Corbett was a native of Aurora but grew up in a Milwaukee suburb on the grounds of a Civil War veterans' home near Milwaukee where her father worked.
- Michael Corbitt Born: 1944 . He lived in Willow Springs, Illinois.
- DJ Corchin . Corchin currently lives and works in Chicago.
- Michael Corcoran Born: . Corcoran lives in Chicago.
- Matthew Cordell Born: 1975 in Greenville, South Carolina. Cordell's artistic passions led him to Chicago. This is where he met his wife, Illinois author - Julie Halpern, and discovered his love for children's books. They currently reside in Gurnee.
- Stacy A Cordery Born: 1961 in Michigan. Stacy is Professor of History/ Curator, Monmouth College Archives, Department of History.
- Kevin Corley Born: . Corley grew up in Shelbyville and currently resides in Springfield. He graduated with a BA from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston and a MA from the University of Illinois at Springfield.
- Michael Cormany Born: 1951 Aurora, Illinois. Michael was born in Aurora and still resides in Chicago.
- Raffael Coronelli Born: Chicago, IL, 1991 . I was born and raised on the north side of Chicago, where I currently reside. I attended Lane Tech high school and Columbia College Chicago. I regularly attend conventions around the Chicago area, and am a regular attendee of G-fest in Rosemont, where my books have been available for several years.
- Kathleen A. Corrigan Born: 1947 in Munich, Germany. Corrigan lives in Springfield.
- Carlos Cortez Born: August 13, 1923 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He lived in Chicago.
- Bruno Cortis, MD Born: 1934 in Oristano, Italy. Dr. Cortis is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Rush University in Chicago.
- Judith Corvin-Blackburn Born: N/A. Corvin-Blackburn lives and works in Springfield, Illinois.
- Ellis Cose Born: Chicago, Illinois. Cose is a Chicago native. He began his career with the Chicago Sun-Times, where he was a columnist, editor and national correspondent.
- Charles H. Cosgrove Born: . Cosgrove is a lifelong native of the Chicago area.
- William Cosgrove Born: in Chicago, Illinois. William Cosgrove was born in Chicago, Illinois and was raised on the south side of the city as one of ten children of a Chicago firefighter. He wore his fathers badge for over twenty-eight years on the Chicago Fire Department. This badge was passed on to his son, Timothy, who is now a Chicago Firefighter.
- Wesley G Coss Born: May 1, 1923 in Paw Paw, Illinois. Coss was born and raised in Paw Paw. He learned to fly airplanes in the town a mile east of his home in Waterman.
- Mark Costello Born: in Decatur, Illinois. Costello was born in Decatur and attended St. Theresa's High School. He graduated from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and went on to teach creative writing and become professor emeritus of English there.
- Tracy Fuller Costigan Born: 1963 in Clinton, Wisconsin. Born and raised in Wisconsin Traci Costigan now lives in Oswego, Illinois.
- Jay Cost Born: . Jay received his MA from the University of Chicago.
- Amelia Cotter Born: 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland. Cotter has lived in Chicago since 2008 and is a member of the Society of Midland Authors.
- William Cottringer Born: Philadelphia, Pa.. William Cottringer currently resides in Glen Carbon, Illinois.
- Ruth Tietjen Councell Born: California. Ruth Councell's husband, Rev. George Councell, served as rector of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest until his assignment as Bishop of New Jersey in 2003.
- Kevin Coval . Coval lives in Chicago.
- Cyrese Covelli Born: . Covelli lives in McHenry, Illinois.
- Marrice Coverson . Coverson lives in Chicago.
- David Cowan Born: Chicago. Born in and currently resides in Chicago.
- Lauren Cowen Born: in N/A. Lauren Cowen lives in Long Grove, Illinois - near Chicago.
- Norm Cowie Born: 1958 in Baltimore, Maryland. I escaped from Michigan after college and moved to the Chicago area where there weren't oustanding warrants on me . . . just kidding. I was transferred to Illinois where I soon learned to love cornfields.
- John Cowlin Born: . Cowlin grew up in a Northwest suburb of Chicago.
- Brian Lloyd Cox Born: 1963 . I was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but moved to Evanston, IL. 22 years ago. I have worked as a freelance journalist for the Chicago Tribune for 15 years writing new and feature stories. I have taken non credit fiction writing courses at Northwestern University and through other venues.
- Judith Cox Born: 1938 in Charleston, Illinois. Judy lived in Charleston, Illinois.
- Mark Cox Born: East St Louis, Illinois . Lived in St. Clair county
- Michelle Cox Born: 1967, in Fayetteville, NC. Michelle (Bonnet) Cox was born in Fayetteville, NC at the Fort Bragg Army hospital while her father, Walter M. Bonnet, served in the US Army. When Michelle was just six months old, the Bonnets returned to their hometown of East Dubuque, Illinois, which is where several generations of Bonnets have lived, starting with Peter Bonnet, Michelle's great, great grandfather, who immigrated to the area from Alsace-Lorraine in the the 1800's. Michelle attended St. Mary Catholic Elementary School in East Dubuque and Wahlert Catholic High School in neighboring Dubuque, Iowa. She then went on to Mundelein College in Chicago and graduated, summa cum laude, in 1990. Currently, she is married with three children and lives in the northern Chicago suburb of Grayslake. She writes a historical mystery/romance series set in the 1930s Chicago, as well as a weekly blog, 'Novel Notes of Local Lore,' which is dedicated to ordinary Chicago residents of the 1930s and '40s, now long forgotten.
- Dale Coy, MD . Coy graduated from Northwestern University.
- John Coyne Born: 1937 in Chicago, Illinois. Coyne grew up on a farm across from Midlothian Country Club. He started caddying at Midlothian Country Club at age 12 and worked summers at the country club while a student at St. Christopher’s, through high school at Joliet Catholic High
- James Gould Cozzens Born: August 19, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois. Cozzens was born in Chicago.
- Michael Craft Born: 1950 in Elgin, Illinois. Born in Elgin, Illinois and worked for the Chicago Tribune in Chicago, Illinois.
- Joel Craig Born: in Iowa. Joel Craig lives in Chicago.
- John Cramer Born: in Farmer City, Illinois. Cramer was born in Farmer City, graduated from Northwestern University, lived in Chicago and worked at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- Molly Cranch . Cranch lives in Chicago.
- Susan Crandall Born: in Indiana. Crandall lived in Chicago for seven years when first married.
- Bennie L. Crane Born: N/A. Bennie Crane lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Elizabeth Crane Born: in New York. Elizabeth Crane lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Frances Kirkwood Crane Born: 1890 in Lawrenceville, Illinois. Crane was born in Lawrenceville and educated at the University of Illinois, Urbana.
- Laura Crawford Born: 1966 in Geneva, Illinois. Crawford lived in Geneva, Illinois.
- Mark Crawford Born: Chicago. N/A
- Matthew B. Crawford Born: . Crawford has a PhD in political philosophy from the University of Chicago.
- Alex Crespo . Crespo lives in Chicago.
- Michael Crichton Born: October 23, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. Crichton was born in Chicago.
- Carolyn Crimi Born: December 28, 1959 in Long Island, New York. Crimi resides in Evanston.
- Jerry Crimmins Born: 1944 . Crimmins is a longtime Chicago journalist and editor. He graduated from Loyola University.
- Forrest Crissey Born: 1864 in Stockton, New York. At the time of his death, Forrest lived in Geneva, Illinois.
- Barbara Croft Born: 1944 in Des Moines, Iowa. Barbara lives in Oak Park.
- St. Sukie de la Croix Born: 1951 Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom . The author currently resides in Chicago.
- Alice Cromie Born: May 29, 1914 in Chariton, Iowa. Alice lived in Grayslake.
- Robert Cromie Born: February 28, 1909 in Detroit, Michigan. N/A
- Gustaaf Van Cromphout Born: 1938 in Belgium. *Lived in DeKalb, Illinois*37-year veteran English professor at Northern Illinois University
- William Crook, Jr . Crook is a Springfield native. He attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- Cindy Crosby Born: 1961 . Cindy lives in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
- David Crosby Born: 1930 . Dave and his wife Marcia lived in a tiny Illinois farm community where he wrote mystery stories and she did oil painting.
- Carol Cross Born: N/A. N/A
- Eugene Cross Born: in Erie, Pennsylvania. Cross currently lives in Chicago.
- Julie Cross Born: 1980 in Heidelberg, Germany. Cross lived in Champaign until 2017.
- Mary Cross Born: N/A. Cross teaches creative writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies. She also taught at DePaul University School for New Learning.
- Rachel Crothers Born: 1878 in Bloomington, Illinois. Crothers was born and raised in Bloomington. She attended Illinois State University (then called Illinois State Normal School) and graduated in 1892.
- Richard Crowe Born: N/A. N/A
- Robert L. Crowe Born: 1937 in Macomb, Illinois. Crowe was born in Macomb, Illinois and currently lives in Jacksonville, Illinois.
- Lonnie Cruse Born: in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lonnie Cruse moved from Las Vegas to Paducah Kentucky before settling in Metropolis, Illinois.
- Ricardo Cortez Cruz Born: 1964 in Decatur, Illinois. Cruz is a Professor and the Creative Writng Associate Chair at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.
- David Lee Csicsko . Csicsko lives in Chicago.
- Milhaly Csikszentmihalyi Born: September 29, 1934 in Fiume, Italy (Now Croatia). Professor Csikszentmihalyi is the former head of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago and of the department of sociology and anthropology at Lake Forest College.
- Dave Cullen Born: suburban Chicago. Cullen was born in suburban Chicago. He graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- Marygael Cullen Born: N/A. Cullen lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Travis Hugh Culley Born: . Mr. Culley was a bike messenger in Chicago, Illinois.
- Lindsey Roth Culli Born: Denver, Colorado . Culli was raised in Springfield.
- Doug Cummings . Doug lives in suburban Chicago.
- Deborah Cummins Born: N/A. N/A
- Carlos Cumpian Born: San Antonio, Texas August 22, 1953 . Cumpian lives in Chicago. He has taught at Columbia College Chicago and teaches high school English in Chicago.
- Avery Cunningham Born: Jackson, Tennessee. Cunningham attended DePaul University in Chicago. There, she earned a BA in English and an MA in Writing and Publishing.
- Carson Cunningham Born: . Cunningham lives in Chicago.
- David Cunningham Born: . David Cunningham taught psychology at Olney Central College for 30 years.
- Daniel Curley Born: 1918 in East Bridgeport, Massachusetts. Curley lived in Urbana and taught at the University of Illinois. Rober Ebert was one of his students.
- Lindsay N. Currie Born: Galesburg, Illinois. Currie is a Galesburg native who graduated from Knox College. She currently resides in Chicago.
- Robin Currie . Currie grew up in downstate Illinois. She earned a Bachelor's of Elementary Education from Western Illinois University. She settled in Chicago. Currie now resides in Glen Ellyn.
- David Curry Born: 1942 in Springfield, Illinois. Curry was born and raised in Springfield. After school in Connecticut and some time in New York City, he returned to Springfield and lived there again from 1965 until 1981.
- Michael B. Curry Born: 1953 in Maywood, Illinois . Curry was born in Maywood, a suburb of Chicago.
- Charles Phillip Curtis Born: N/A. Resides in Macon, IL
- James C. Curtis Born: 1938 in Evanston, Illinois. James was born and raised in Illinois.
- Linda Curtis Born: 1939 in Crandon, Wisconsin. I've enjoyed living in northeast Illinois for more than 40 years. My study of Carex was in the State Parks and Lake County and nearby county Forest preserves. The beautiful intricate world around us is more than any one lifetime could study or enjoy. I also write Carex Corner for the Illinois Native Plant Society under the pseudonym Lindaeus. I also write scientific articles for ''Erigenia'', ''Journal of the Illinois Native Plant Society'', and ''Palmetto, Journal of Florida Native Plant Society''.
- Norman Curtis Born: 1914 in Henry, Illinois. Curtis was raised in Illinois.
- Stacy Curtis Born: 1971. Curtis lives in Oak Lawn.
- Anne Marie Cusac Born: . Anne Marie Cusac is an Associate Professor of Journalism at Roosevelt University in Chicago.
- Jane Cushing Born: 1922 in Chicago, Illinois. Sister Jane Cushing lived most of her life in Illinois.
- Steve Cushing Born: . Cushing lives in Chicago.
- Karen Cushman Born: October 4, 1941 Chicago, Illinois. Cushman was born in Chicago and lived there until she was ten years old.
- Clive Cussler Born: 1931 in Aurora, Illinois. Cussler was born in Aurora.
- Bruce Cutler Born: 1930 in Evanston, Illinois. Cutler was born in Evanston, Illinois.
- Irving Cutler Born: 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. Cutler lives in Chicago. He graduated from Herzl Junior College in Chicago, University of Chicago and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
- Alden D. Cutshall Born: April 12, 1911 in Olney, Illinois. Cutshall was born in Olney, Illinois. He graduated with a bachelors and masters from Eastern Illinois State Teachers College (now, Eastern Illinois University).
- Garin L. Cycholl Born: in Decatur, Illinois. Garin Cycholl teaches writing and literature at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He lives in Homewood, Illinois.
- Bob Cyphers . Cyphers lives in Normal.
- James Czajkowski Born: 1961 in Chicago, Illinois. Czajkowski was born in Chicago.
- Raymond J. Cziczo Born: 1945 in Chicago. Cziczo was born in Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago. He also lived in Antioch, Illinois.
- Peter D'Agostino Born: December 22, 1962 in New York. D'Agostino earned a master's degree in religion at the University of Chicago, and he received his Ph.D. in the history of Christianity from the University of Chicago in 1993. He was associate professor of history and Catholic studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, from 2001 until his tragic death near his home in Oak Park in 2005.
- Barbara D'Amato Born: 1938 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. D'Amato lives in Chicago.
- Brian D'Amato Born: . D'Amato grew up in Chicago and attended New Trier High School. He continues to reside there part-time today.
- James D'Amato Born: . D'Amato moved to Chicago in 2010. He trained at Second City and iO in Chicago.
- Paul D'Amato Born: 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts. D'Amato initially moved to Chicago in 1944. He currently resides in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. He is a professor at Columbia College and has taught photography classes there since 2001.
- John D'Emilio Born: 1948 in Bronx, New York. D'Emilio is a professor of history and of women's and gender studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- James Robert Dabbert Born: 1944 in Michigan City, Indiana. Dabbert lives in Chicago.
- Sadie Dabney . Dabney lives in Canton.
- Ken Dachman Born: 1958 in Chicago,Il. Ken Dachman still lives and works in the Chicagoland area.
- Debbie Dadey Born: 1959 in Morganfield, Kentucky. Dadey lived in Aurora.
- James Dague Born: . Dague lives in Homewood.
- Paige A. Dague Born: . Dague lives in Homewood.
- Steve Dahl Born: California . Dahl moved to Chicago in 1978. He resides in the Western suburbs.
- Neil Dahlstrom Born: Moline, Illinois. Dahlstrom was born and raised in East Moline, Illinois. Today he resides in Moline. He studied history, classics and art at Monmouth College (IL), and received an MA in Historical Administration from Eastern Illinois University.
- Charles William Dahm Born: 1937 in Chicago,Illinois. Rev. Dahm was born and raised in Chicago and still lives in the area.
- Scott Dahm Born: in Lincoln, Illinois. Dahm graduated from Lincoln Community High Schoo and the University of Illinois, Springfield.
- Jane Dailey Born: . Jane is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Chicago.
- Alzina Stone Dale (Mary) Born: 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. Alzina was born in and currently resides in Chicago.
- Kim Kay Dalzell Born: 1961 in Bismark, North Dakota. Dalzell lives in Grayslake, Illinios.
- Nancy Minnis Damato Born: . Nancy is a former resident of Springfield, Illinois.
- Clifton Truman Daniel Born: 1957 In New York, New York. Clifton Daniel moved to Chicago in 1998.
- Angie Daniels Born: in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Jeffrey Daniels Born: in Chicago, IL. Jeffrey Sean Daniels is a Chicago-raised author.
- Kelly Daniels Born: . Daniels lives with his wife and young son in Rock Island, Illinois, where he teaches creative writing at Augustana College.
- Gerald A. Danzer Born: . The author resides in Itasca, Illinios.
- Jarrett Dapier . Dapier is a teen services librarian at Skokie Public Library. He lives in Evanston. <p />
- Steve Darnall . Darnall grew up in LaGrange.
- Ann Darr Born: 1920 in Bagley, Washington. Ann lived the last years of her life with her daughter in Chicago.
- Clarence Darrow Born: April 18, 1857 in Trumble County, Ohio. After becoming a lawyer, Clarence Darrow moved to Chicago to become a corprations lawyer for the railroad company.
- Sharon Darrow Born: 1948 in Elk City, Oklahoma. Darrow lived in Chicago and Naperville. She taught at Columbia College Chicago from 1996 - 2003.
- Lorraine Daston Born: East Lansing, Michigan 1951. Daston was a visiting professor in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.
- Debra Daugherty Born: in Springfield, Illinois. Daugherty was born in Springfield and currently resides in Pleasant Plains.
- Hilda Cathryn Daugherty Born: N/A. Daugherty lives in Pleasant Plains, Illinois.
- Doris Davenport Born: January 1, 1917 in Moline, Illinois. Davenport was born in Moline, Illinois.
- Les Davenport Born: . The author lives in Brown County in West Central Illinois.
- Bruce Davidson Born: 1933 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Carys Davies . Davies lived and worked for twelve years in New York and Chicago.
- Michelle Davis-Newell Born: 1970 in Chicago, Illinois. Michelle was born and raised on chicago's south side. She stil lives in the Chicagoland area.
- Angela Davis Born: March 23, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. Davis was born in Chicago and graduated from both Chicago State University and Lewis University. She currently resides in Homewood, Illinois.
- Barbara Butler Davis Born: . Barbara Butler Davis teaches Spanish in the Chicago area.
- Becke (Rebecca) Gail Davis Born: 1952 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Although I was born in Arkansas, I never lived there. My parents lived in Chicago and were visiting my grandfather in Arkansas when I was born. I grew up in the Chicago suburbs of Lincoln Park and Rogers Park. I attended Elk Grove High School in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, where I was the first Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian school newspaper. As an adult, I was the recipient of the ''Elk Grove High School Wall of Achievement Award'' in 1999 and of the Northwest Suburban High School District #214 ''Alumni Make a Difference'' award in 2000. As an adult, I've lived in: Rolling Meadows, Mt. Prospect, Fox River Grove and Hoffman Estates.
- Cullom Davis Born: 1935 in Aurora, Illinois. Davis lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Dorothy Salisbury Davis Born: April 25, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois. Davis was born and raised in Chicago.
- Dyanne Davis Born: . Dyanne Davis lives in a Chicago suburb with her husband and son.
- Frank Marshall Davis Born: 1905 in Arkansas City. Kansas . Davis lived in Chicago at different points in his life.
- Jack Davis Born: in Cincinnati, Ohio . Davis lives and works in Champaign.
- James E. Davis Born: N/A. James Davis lives in Jacksonville, Il.
- Katlin Davis . Davis lives in the grassy plains of central Illinois.
- Kevin Davis Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Davis was born in Chicago. He attended the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.
- Lennard J. Davis Born: . Davis is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He divides his time between Chicago and New York.
- Linda B. Davis . Davis lives in Northbrook.
- Marc Davis Born: Born:Chicago,Il. Lives in a Chicago Suburb
- Richard Davis Born: . Davis grew up on the Southside of Chicago. He graduated from Northern Illinois University and currently resides in Springfield.
- Rodney O. Davis Born: . The author has been a professor at Knox College since 1963.
- Rodney W Davis . Davis was born and raised in Findlay. He currently resides in Springfield.
- Ronni Davis Born: . Davis lives in Chicago.
- Phyllis Jean Dawson-Green Born: Born:1933 in Springfield, Illinois . Green is a native of Illinois.
- Mia Nic'cole Dawson Born: 1979 in Decatur, Illinois. Dawson was born and raised in Decatur.
- Andrew Day Born: . Day was born and raised in the Chicago area. He currently resides in Forest Park.
- Carl F. Day Born: . Carl lives in Wood River, Illinois and is a high school history teacher.
- John Day Born: 1900 in London, England. John lived in Decatur, Illinois.
- Larry Day Born: in Gibson City, Illinois. Day grew up in Gibson City. He graduated from Southern Illinois University. He lived in the western suburbs of Chicago for many years.
- Charles Turner Dazey Born: August 13, 1855, in Lima, Illinois. Dazey was born in Lima. He studied at Adams County schools and for a while at Methodist Episcopal College in nearby Quincy. He returned to Quincy a couple of years after marrying his wife.
- Lawrence O Dean Born: in Flint, Michigan. Dean currently resides in Chicago.
- Jeffery Wilds Deaver Born: 1950 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois . Deaver was born outside of Chicago in 1950.
- Julie Deaver Born: 1953 in Glen Ellyn, Il. Deaver was born and raised in Glen Ellyn. She attended Glenbard West High School and studied acting and improv comedy at Chicago's Second City.
- Anthony DeBartolo Born: in Chicago, IL. Born & bred in Chicago, Illinois.
- Leslie Midkiff Debauche Born: Temple, Texas. Lived in Lake Forest Illinois from 1965 to 1972.
- Eugene Victor Debs Born: 1855 in Terra Haute, Indiana. Eugene Debs was a union organizer who led the Pullman strike in Chicago in 1894 which shut down the U. S. railsystem in the northeastern United States. He died at a Elmhurst sanatorium in 1926 at the age of 71.
- Carol Dechant Born: . The author spends hurricane season in Evanston and the rest of the year in Florida.
- Alvin Decker Born: 1926 in Philo, Illinois. Decker has lived in Champaign County his entire life, except for two stretches in the service, at the end of World War II and during the Korean War.
- Crystal D Deeds Born: in Pekin, Illinois. Deeds was born and raised in Pekin and is currently living in Richview, in Southern Illinois.
- Merri Dee Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Dee is a Chicago native.
- Albert DeGenova Born: . DeGenova grew up in Chicago and now lives in Oak Park.
- Richard Degen Born: N/A. Richard lives in St. Clair County, Il.
- Lori Degman Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Degman was born in Chicago and currently lives in Vernon Hills.
- Don DeGrazia Born: . Don lives in Chicago and teaches at Columbia College.
- Mary McCormack Deka Born: 1989 in La Grange Park, Illinois. Deka was born and raised in La Grange Park and lived in Urbana while attending college at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Some of her poems are inspired by the landscape she's seen in Illinois.
- Kenneth Delabre Born: . Kenneth lives in Bourbonnais, Illinois.
- Rey E de la Cruz . de la Cruz lives in Glenview.
- Fred Delcomyn Born: . Delcomyn lives in Urbana.
- Megan Deliberto . Deliberto lives in Romeoville.
- Floyd Dell Born: 1887 in Barry, Illinois. Dell worked for the Chicago Evening Post from 1910 through 1914.
- Janice DelNegro Born: 1955 in Bronx, New York. Del Negro is an Associate Professor at Dominican University in River Forest. She lives in Brookfield.
- Rudolph Delson Born: 1975 .
- Chris DeLuca Born: . Mr. DeLuca has covers Chicago Baseball for the Sun-Times.
- Mayda Del Valle Born: . Del Valle is a native of Chicago's South Side.
- Patricia Brennan Demuth Born: 1948 in Souix City, Iowa. Brennan Demuth lived in Chicago for thirty-five years.
- Phil DeNapoli Born: . DeNapoli lives in Skokie and his novel is based in Chicago.
- Gary DeNeal . DeNeal is a lifelong resident of southern Illinois near Herod.
- Mark R. DePue Born: 1954 in Decorah, Iowa. DePue currently resides in Springfield.
- Jim DeRogatis Born: 1964 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He lives on the North Side of Chicago.
- Tina DeRosa Born: 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Joseph P. DeSario Born: Chicago, Illinois. Joseph was born and raised in Chicago, and lives with his wife in the Chicagoland area.
- Janet Desaulniers Born: 1954 in Kansas City, Missouri. Janet Desaulniers is Associate Professor of Writing at the School of the Art Instute, in Chicago, and lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Louis Desipio Born: Washington, DC. Taught at the University of Illinois 1995 - 2000
- Christa Desir Born: . Desir lives outside of Chicago.
- John J Desjarlais Born: . Lives in Malta, Illinois
- Plesant DeSpain Born: 1943 in Denver, Colorado. Plesant recieved a BS and MS from Southern Illinois University.
- Leon Mathis Despres Born: 1908 in Chicago, Illinois. A native of Chicago, Despres received his undergraduate and law degrees in 1927 and 1929, respectively, from the University of Chicago, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, before beginning a legal practice.
- Loraine Despres Born: Chicago, Illinois. Loraine was born in Chicago, attended high school in Highland Park and graduated from Northwestern University.
- Sarah Dessen Born: 1970 in Evanston, Illinois. Dessen was born in Evanston, Illinois.
- David Desser Born: . Desser is the director of cinema studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Debbie Winnekins Deutsch Born: . Deutsch was born and raised in Northwest Illinois.
- Daniel de Visé . de Visé is a graduate of Northwestern university.
- Tracey Devlyn Born: in Salem, Illinois. Tracey was born in Southern Illinois and now lives in the western suburbs of Chicago.
- Laurie Devore Born: . Devore lived and worked in Chicago for four years.
- Peter DeVries Born: February 27, 1910 in Chicago, Illinois. DeVries was born in Chicago and studied at Northwestern.
- Sonali Dev . Dev lives in Naperville.
- James P. DeWan Born: in . DeWan lives on Chicago's northwest side.
- Jenny Dewes . Dewes lived in Chicago for four years while she attended Columbia College Chicago where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film production.
- Dori Dewey Born: 1955 in Geneseo, Illinois. Dewey was born in Geneseo, Illinois.
- Rachel DeWoskin Born: 1972 in Kyoto, Japan . DeWoskin teaches fiction at the University of Chicago.
- Darrel Dexter . Dexter is from Cairo and teaches high school history in Tamms.
- Karen Jean DeYoung Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Suzanne DeYoung Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Suzanne grew up in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago.
- Edwin Diamond Born: 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. Born and raised in Chicago, Edwin Diamond received his bachelor's and graduate degrees from the University of Chicago.
- Olivia Diamond Born: 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Diamond was born in Chicago and is a native of Illinois.
- Joanne Diaz . Diaz is the Isaac Funk Endowed Professor of English at Illinois Wesleyan University. <p />
- Roy Diblik Born: . Diblik got his start in studying and growing plants with his work at the Natural Garden Nursery in St. Charles, Illinois. He teaches at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago and at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
- Julie DiCaro Born: 1973. DiCaro was raised in northern rural Illinois. She lives in the Chicago suburbs.
- Frank Dicken . Dicken has live in Illinois since July 2013 when he began working at LCU. He currently resides in Springfield.
- Andrew Dickerson Born: 1987, in Normal, Illinois. Dickerson was born in Normal and grew up in Central Illinois.
- Antonio Dickey Born: . Antonio Dickey lives and workes in Chicago, Illinois.
- Amy Dickinson Born: in Freeville, New York. Dickinson lived in Chicago.
- Charles Dickinson Born: Detroit, Michigan. Charles Dickinsion lives in a suburb of Chicago.
- Philip K. Dick Born: December 16, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. Dick was born in Chicago.
- John Dickson Born: 1916 in Chicago, Illinois. John Dickson was born on Chicago's North Side. When he was six his family moved to Glencoe, Illinois. He attended New Trier High School. Dickson lived in the Chicago area most of his life.
- Sandy Dickson Born: in Zion, Illinois. Dickson lives in Zion.
- Edward F Diener Born: . Professor Diener lives in Illinois.
- Rev. John J Dietzen Born: . Dietzen is a retired priest from Peoria, Illinois.
- Charlotte Antonia Digregorio Born: 1953 in Portland, OR. Charlotte Digregorio lives in Winnetka. She has lived in Chicago, Geneva, and Sycamore, and did her graduate work in Romance Languages and Literatures at The University of Chicago.
- Gioia Diliberto Born: 1950 in Washington, DC. Gioia Diliberto lived in Chicago for 30+ years.
- Irving Lee Dilliard Born: 1904 in Collinsville, Illinois. Irving lived and worked in Illinois his entire life.
- George Hill Dillon Born: 1906 in Jacksonville, Florida. George Dillon attended the University of Chicago and after graduating stayed and worked in Chicago.
- Penny Dillon Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Dillon was born in Chicago and lived in Illinois until 1999.
- Sam DiMatteo Born: 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. Sam lives in in River Grove, Illinois.
- Evette Dion . Dion received her Master of Science in media management and women, gender, and sexuality studies from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2014.
- Marcella DiPaolo . DiPaolo was raised as a farm girl in Moro.
- Everett McKinley Dirksen Born: Pekin, Illinois . N/A
- Rochelle Distelheim Born: N/A. N/A
- Mike Ditka Born: 1939 in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. Lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois. Coach for the Chicago Bears 1982-1992.
- Alan J. Dixon Born: 1927 in Belleville, Illinois. Dixon was born and lived most of his life in Belleville, Illinois. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois. At the time of his death, he resided in Fairview Heights, Illinois.
- Edward Dixon Born: 1941 in Decatur, Illinois. Dixon was born in Decatur and graduated from Eisenhower High School. He currently resides in Sullivan, Illinois.
- Tom Doctoroff Born: in Detroit, MI. Doctoroff completed his undergraduate studies at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago. He began his advertising career at Leo Burnett in Chicago then changed to JWT advertising, also in Chicago.
- David K Dodd Born: 1950 in Pittsfield, Illinois. Davd was born and raised in a small Illinois town. He now lives in Fish Creek, Wisconsin
- Zach Dodson Born: in El Paso, Texas. Dodson lives and works in Chicago.
- Jennifer Dodwell Born: 1962 in Greene County, Ohio. Baker is a former resident of Chicago and received her MFA from the University of Chicago. Her Virginia Kelly Mysteries are set in Chicago.
- Sharon Doering Born: . Doering lives in the Chicago area.
- Kathleen Doherty Born: . Doherty was born in Chicago and raised on the southeast side.
- John Dolan Born: Cardiff, Wales. John Dolan has lived in Western Springs, Illinois, for 33 years.
- Quinn Dombrowski Born: . Dombrowski lives in Chicago. She received both her bachelors's and master's degrees at the University of Chicago. Today, she works at the University's Regenstein Library in the Information Technology department.
- David Herbert Donald Born: 1920 in Goodman, Mississippi. David Herbert Donald earned his masters degree in History in 1942 and his PhD in 1946 at the University of Illinois.
- Elizabeth Donald Born: 1975 in Merced, CA. I have lived in Illinois since 1998, when I took my first reporting job at the La Salle NewsTribune. In 2000, I moved to Edwardsville, Ill. where I began reporting for the Belleville News-Democrat. I published my first novel in 2004 and have since published several more books while living in Illinois.
- Wendy Doniger Born: 1940 in New York, New York. Wendy lives and works in Chicago.
- Charlie Donlea . Donlea was born and raised in Chicago. He now lives in the suburbs.
- Jacob Donley Born: 1982 in Kankakee, IL. Jacob was born and raised around Emington, Illinois and lived in Monmouth and Normal, Illinois while he attended college at Monmouth College and Illinois State University. He also lived in Shorewood, Edwardsville and Lincoln, Illinois. He currently lives in Bloomington, Illinois.
- Kesha Denice Donnelly Born: 1975 in Chicago Illinois. I was born in Chicago Illinois, lived in Galesburg Illinois for a few years and currently live in Bloomington Illinios.
- Andy Doolen Born: October 16, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Scott Doornbosch Born: 1951 in Glen Ellyn. Scott grew up in the western suburb of Chicago called Glen Ellyn. He lived until his death on the southside in Tinley Park.
- Carl Clinton Van Doren Born: September 10, 1885 in Hope, Illinois. Carl was the son of a country doctor and was raised on the family farm in Vermillion County, Illinois. He earned a bachelor of arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1907.
- Mark Albert Van Doren . Van Doren was born in Hope, Illinois. In 1900 his father moved his 5 sons to Urbana. Mark recieved his A. B. degree from the University of Illinois in 1914.
- Arnold Dornfeld Born: 1907 in Chicago, Illinois. Arnold was a life long Chicagoan.
- Alysson Dotson . Dotson currently resides in Marion.
- Todd Doughty Born: . Doughty grew up in Carterville. He graduated from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Dennis Downes Born: in Illinois. Dennis is a life long resident of northern Illinois.
- Hugh Malcom Downs Born: 1921 in Akron, Ohio. Hugh lived in Illinois from 1943 to 1954. He worked at WMAQ in Chicago as an announcer, disc jockey, interviewer, and Master of Ceremonies on various radiio and television programs.
- Robert Bingham Downs Born: 1903 in Lenoir, North Carolina. Downs was a professor of Library Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- H. D. Doyle Born: . H. D. Doyle lives in Joliet, Illinois.
- Rita Dragonette Born: . Dragonette lives and writes in Chicago, where she also hosts literary salons to showcase authors and their new books to avid readers.
- Jasmon Drain Born: Chicago, Illinois. Drain grew up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, and currently resides in the Kenwood neighborhood.
- Theodore Dreiser Born: August 27, 1871 in Terre Haute, Indiana. Dreiser began his career as a journalist in Chicago.
- Glenn W. Dresbach Born: 1889 in Lanark, Illinois. Dresbach was born on a farm near Lanark in 1889.
- Davis Dresser Born: July 31, 1904 in Chicago, Illinois. Halliday was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Nancy Drew Born: N/A. Drew lives in Edgewood, Illinois.
- Keith Driscoll Born: in Houston, Texas. Driscoll currently resides in Centralia.
- Nick Drnaso Born: Palos Hills, Illinois . Drnaso was born in Palos Hills. He lives in Chicago.
- Arthur Detmers Dubin Born: 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. Arthur Dubin lived most of his life in Highland Park, Illinois.
- Leonard Dubkin Born: 1905 in Chicago, Illinois. Dubkin lived and worked in the Chicago area all of his life. There is a small quarter acre park located along Ashland Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago named after him.
- Jillian Duchnowski . Duchnowski lives in Bloomington.
- Tammy Duckworth Born: 1968 in Bangkok, Thailand . Duckworth transferred to the Illinois Army National Guard in 1996 after graduating from George Washington University to work as a staff supervisor at Rotary International headquarters in Evanston and coordinator the Center for Nursing Research at Northern Illinois University.
- Renetta Dudzinski Born: 1950 in Bryan, Texas. Dudzinski lives in Rochelle, Illinois.
- Gary Duehr Born: Bloomington, Illinois. N/A
- Gerald Duff Born: 1938 in Beaumont, Texas. Duff lives in Lebanon, Illinois.
- Tommy L Duff Born: 1961, in IL. Duff was born and reared on the Westside of Chicago. He attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.
- Dee Dee Duffy Born: N/A. N/A
- Michael Duffy . Duffy was born and raised on Chicago's far north side in a neighborhood called east Rogers Park. Duffy lives and works in Chicago.
- Perry R. Duis Born: August 18, 1943 in Sterling, Illinois. Duis was born and raised in Sterling. He attended Northwestern in Evenston and lived the majority of his adult life in Naperville.
- Kevin DuJan Born: 1976 in Cleveland, OH. DuJan lives in Chicago.
- Rosamond DuJardin Born: 1902 in Fairland, Illinois. DuJardin was born in Fairland. She moved with her family to Chicago when she was two years old and lived in the Chicagoland area the rest of her life.
- Charles Dukes Born: 1923 in Georgetown, Illinois. Dukes has lived in Georgetown, Illinois all of his life.
- Patricia Evans Dulin Born: . She currently resides in the Springfield area.
- Henry Dumas Born: 1934 in Sweet Home, Arkansas. Dumas became a teacher-counselor and director of language workshops at Southern Illinois University's Experiment in Higher Education in 1967 in East St. Louis.
- Grace DuMelle Born: Hanover, New Hampshire. DuMelle lives in the greater Chicago area. She is an alumna of Rosary College (now Dominican University) in River Forest, Illinois and she works at the Newberry Library in Chicago. She also owns Heartland Historical Research Service.
- Brianna DuMont Born: . DuMont lives in Chicago. She moved there one week after graduating from college.
- Karen Duncan Born: in Tasmania, Australia. The author was previously a teacher and athletic director at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.
- Katherine Dunham Born: 1909 in Chicago, Illinois. Dunham was born in Chicago. As a child, she lived in Glen Ellyn, the south side of Chicago and Joliet, Illinois. In 1965, Dunham became an artist-in-residence at Southern University in Carbondale. In 1967, the Equal Opportunity Commission, as part of the Southern Illinois University's Experiment in Higher Education, funded Dunham's proposal for creating a Performing Arts Training Center (PATC) in East Saint Louis. A cultural education program at the Alton campus of Southern Illinois University was established with two former members of the Dunham company and classes at Rock Junior High School in East Saint Louis were also established. She returned from Southern Illinois University in 1982 and received an honorary doctorate of fine arts from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville in 1983.
- Rikk Dunlap Born: 1962 in Illinois. Dunlap lives in Richton Park.
- Finley Peter Dunne Born: July 10, 1867 in Chicago, Illinois. Dunne was born in, lived in and wrote about Chicago.
- Mary R Dunn Born: March 22, 1936 in Louisville, Kentucky. Dunn graduated from the University of Illinois in Chicago. She lived in Northern Illinois.
- Peggy Dunn Born: . Dunn is an adjunct faculty member in the University of Illinois-Springfield Teacher Education program.
- John J. Dunphy Born: . He lives in Alton, Illinois.
- Julia Durango Born: in Las Vegas, Nevada. Durango attended the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign where she received degrees in Latin American Studies and Political Science. She currently resides in Ottawa.
- Dick Durbin Born: November 21, 1944 in East St. Louis, Illinois. Durbin was born in East St. Louis and has gone on to represent Illinois as the senior US senator from Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997.
- Frederic S. Durbin Born: Taylorville, Illinois. N/A
- James T. Durkin Born: 1966 in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Jim was born in Oak Lawn and currently resides in Woodridge.
- Michelle Duster Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Duster was born and raised in Chicago. She attended Columbia College in Chicago.
- Roberta Larson Duyff Born: Elmhurst, Illinois. Roberta was born in Elmhurst and received her BS from the University of Illinois.
- Stuart Dybek Born: 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. Dybek was born and raised in Chicago's Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods in the 1950s and early 1960s. Currently, he is the Distinguished Writer in Residence at Northwestern University, in Evanston.
- Kitty Dye Born: . Kitty Dye lives in Naperville, Illinois.
- Pamela Dean Dyer-Bennet Born: 1953 in Illinois. Pamela Dean was born in Illinois and raised in Illinois, Missouri, and Nebraska
- Thomas J. Dygard Born: 1931 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Dygard lived in Arlington Heights while he was the Associated Press Chicago Bureau Chief. He retired to Evansville, Pa in 1993.
- Thomas Dyja Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Dyja was born and raised on Chicago's Northwest side. He is a third generation Chicagoan.
- Annette Van Dyke Born: . Van Dyke is an Associate Professor, Women's Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, English at the University of Illinois Springfield Campus.
- Dick Van Dyke Born: December 13, 1925 in West Plains, Missouri. Mr. Van Dyke grew up in Danville, Illinois.
- Michael Allen Dymmoch Born: 1947 in Illinois. Dymmoch lives and works in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago.
- Michael Eric Dyson Born: 1958 in Detroit, Michigan. Dyson was a professor in DePaul University's Religious Studies department.
- Kyle J. Dzapo Born: . KYLE J. DZAPO is Associate Professor of Music at Bradley University and principal flutist of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra.
- Mark Leon Dzierzbicki Born: 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. Dzierzbicki was born in Chicago. He was raised in Midlothian; moving there in 1961. In his mid twenties, he moved to Bensenville. Bolingbrook has been his home since 1989. Dzierzbicki attended Bremen high school and Moraine Valley Community college. Living in the northwest suburbs, he attended the College of DuPage. His studies were all over the board, electronics, woodworking, management and police science. His book is self help, leadership and somewhat technical. There are splatters of anecdotal and sometimes comical stories of his 45 years of fixing machines and people.
- Elizabeth R. Eames Born: . She works at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Mary Tracy Earle Born: 1864 . The Author was the first writer in Illinois to flourish in the New York publishing world and wrote many serialized short stories for Harper's Magazine.
- Ernest Edward East Born: Milmine, Illinois October 13, 1885. East was born in Milmine in Piatt County. He also lived in Peoria and Springfield.
- Loraine Despres Eastlake Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Loraine was born in Chicago, attended high school in Highland Park and graduated from Northwestern University.
- Richard M. Eastman Born: 1916 in Long Island, New York . Richard Eastman was raised in Chicago and taught english for 36 years at North Central College in Naperville.
- Carolyn Eastwood Born: in Canton, Ohio. Carolyn moved to the Chicago area in 1943. She has a M. A. in Anthropolgy from Northern Illinois University.
- Marjorie Eatock Born: 1927 in Pittsfield, Illinois. Eatock lived in Pittsfield her entire life.
- Jeff Ebbeler Born: . Ebbeler lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Eugenia Eberle Born: 1934 in New Mexico. Eberle is a graduate of the University of Illinois with half a Masters degree in Public History.
- Andra Ebert Born: . Ebert lives in Taylorville.
- Morgan Ebert Born: in Taylorville, Illinois. Ebert was born and raised in Taylorville. She now lives in Edinburg.
- Roger Joseph Ebert Born: 1942 in Urbana, Illinois. Ebert was born in Urbana and lived in Chicago most of his adult life.
- Ron Ebest Born: . Ron Ebest is a former reporter for the Springfield, Illinois paper The State Journal-Register.
- Diane Eble Born: in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Eble lives in Winfield, Illinois.
- Michael Ebner Born: 1942 in Patterson, New Jersey. Michael Ebner has lived in Lake County, Illinois since 1974.
- Michaela H. Ebner Born: . Dr. Ebner is professor emeritus of history at Lake Forest College.
- Lauren Eckhardt . Eckhardt lives in Illinois.
- Phil Eck Born: in Springfield, Illinois. Eck was born and raised in Springfield. He graduated from Springfield High School and went on to graduate from Quincy University. After graduating from college, he returned to his hometown to teach for thirty-one years in the physical education department at his alma mater.
- Emily Ecton Born: 1970 Chicago, Illinois. Emily lives in Chicago.
- Emily Edlynn . Edlynn completed her doctoral degree at Loyola University Chicago, specializing in clinical psychology for children and adolescents. She lives in Oak Park outside of Chicago and works in a small private practice with children, teenagers, and adults, specializing in health psychology.
- Mary Edsey Born: Chicago, Il. Mary Edsey is a life long resident of Chicago, Illinois.
- James Edstrom . Edstrom is a native of Hoffman Estates. Currently a professor of library services and history at William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, he now resides in Hoffman Estates.
- Cassie Edwards Born: 1936. Cassie lives in Mattoon, Illinois, with her husband Charles.
- Cheri Paris Edwards Born: Louisville, KY. N/A
- Helyn Edwards Born: 1955 in Chicago, IL. Edwards was born and raised in Chicago and lived briefly in North Chicago while her father taught Electronics at the Great Lakes Naval Station. She graduated with a M. S. & B. S. in Psychology/Corrections from Chicago State University and A. A. S. in Aviation from Daley College. Most of her adult years were spent in the Hyde Park area of Chicago. Two of her books, ''The Bridge Club'' and '''No, N-O-E, No' - The Cicero Riot Story'' take place in Illinois. The main characters in both are based on her great-grandparents' lives. In '''No, N-O-E, No' - The Cicero Riot Story'', she recounts growing up in Chicago - one side of her family moves to Chicago in the 1890's, the other side moves to North Chicago in 1905, and how they were involved in the 1951 Cicero Riot, aka Berwyn Riot.
- Jim Edwards Born: 1939. Edwards lives in Elburn.
- Mary Lou Scalise Edwards Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Mary Lou grew up in the Bridgeport section of Chicago.
- Wynette A. Edwards Born: 1941. Edwards lives in Elburn.
- George Eells Born: Winslow, Illinois. George Eells was born and raised in Winslow, Illinois in Northern Illinois. He died in New York but his remains were brought back and burried in Northern Illinois.
- Jennifer Egan Born: 1962 in Chicago, Illinois. Egan was born in Chicago.
- Paul Egel Born: . Paul was born and raised in Chicago.
- Andrea Egger Born: in Elgin, Illinois. Andrea was born in Elgin, Illinois.
- Dave Eggers Born: 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts. Eggers grew up in Lake Forest and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in journalism.
- Steven A. Egger Born: N/A. Egger was a professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Illinois Springfield for many years.
- Edward Eggleston Born: 1837 in Vevay, Indiana. In 1866, Eggleston moved to Evanston, Illinois, to become the associate editor of the Chicago based magazine.
- JIll Ann Egizii Born: 1961 in Chicago IL. I was born in Chicago Illinois and lived in the south suburbs for many years. I moved to Springfield, Illinois 25 years ago. I attended college at Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois. I am now an alderman and reside in Leland Grove, Illlinois.
- Fred R. Egloff Born: . Fred R. Egloff lives in Wilmette.
- Matthew C. Ehrlich . Ehrlich was a Professor of Journalism at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for 30+ years.
- Mim Eichmann . Eichmann is based in Chicago.
- Virginia S. Eifert Born: January 23, 1911 in Springfield, Illinois. Eifert lived in Springfield, throughout her life.
- Jonathan Eig Born: 1964 in Brooklyn, New York. Eig has lived in Chicago since the early eighties. He graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
- Carlos Eire Born: 1950 in Havana, Cuba. Lived in Chicago, Illinois after being exiled from Cuba in 1962. In 1973 he received his BA degree from Loyola University.
- Deborah Eisenberg Born: 1945 in Winnetka, Illinois. Deborah lived in Illinois from her birth until the late 1960's when she moved to New York.
- Phyllis Eisenstein Born: N/A. Phyllis Eisenstein teaches Science Fiction writing at Columbia College of Chicago.
- Carl J. Ekberg Born: 1938 in St Paul, Minnesota. Ekberg is a professor emeritus at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.
- Joshua Elder Born: May 17, 1980 in Carmi, Illinois. Elder was born in Carmi. He graduated from Northwestern Illinois University in Evanston and lived in Chicago for many years.
- Karl Elder Born: Beloit, Wisconsin. Karl elder received his B. B. from Northern Illinois University and lived in Illinois.
- Robert K. Elder Born: 1976 in Montana. Elder lives Chicago. He teaches journalism at Northwestern University’s Medill School and Columbia College in Chicago.
- Brittany Clair Elders . Elders lives in Belleville.
- Anne Eldridge Born: in Lincoln, Illinois. Eldridge is a lifelong resdient of Lincoln, Illinois.
- Dina Elenbogen . Elenbogen lives in Evanston.
- Mircea Eliade Born: 1907 in Bucharest, Romania. Eliade was a professor at the University of Chicago for many years.
- Simone Elkeles Born: 1970 in Chicago, Illinois. Elkeles was born and raised in the Chicago area and graduated from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and Loyola University. She currently resides in Buffalo Grove.
- Stanley Elkin Born: May 11, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York. Elkin was raised in Chicago. He attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- James Elledge Born: 1950 in Granite City, Illinois. Elledge was born in Granite City.
- Linda Jane Ellerbee Born: 1944 in Bryan, Tx. Linda Ellerbee was a newscaster and disc jockey at WVON radio in Chicago from 1964 to 1967.
- Jonathan R. Eller Born: 1952 in Washington, DC . Eller is the author of an Illinois subject of interest - Ray Bradbury. He is Ray Bradbury's official biographer and the Director of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis (UIPUI).
- Mary E. Elliott . Elliott lives in Illinois.
- Ray Elliott Born: N/A. Elliott resides in Urbana.
- Royce Elliott Born: March 29, 1936 Stephenville, Texas. Elliott attended Irving Grade School and was a 1954 graduate of Woodruff High School - both in Peoria. He also attended Bradley University in Peoria and Western Illinois University in Macomb.
- Stephen Elliott Born: 1971 in Chicago, Illinois. Elliott is a native of Chicago.
- Zetta Elliott Born: 1972. Elliott currently lives in Evanston. <p />
- Brian 'Fox' Ellis Born: in Toledo, Ohio. Brian Fox Ellis lives in Peoria, Illinois
- David Ellis Born: 1967 in Downers Grove, Illinois. Ellis was born in Downers Grove and graduated from University of Illinois and Northwestern University Law School. He currently resides outside Chicago.
- Eddie Ellis Born: 1964 in Lakeland, Florida. Ellis lives in Bradley. He is a professor of New Testament at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais.
- James L. Ellis Born: . Ellis is the Natural Areas Coordinator for the Committee on Natural Areas at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- Kelly Norman Ellis Born: Belleville, Illinois. Ellis was born in Belleville. She currently lives on Chicago's south side.
- Leanne Statland Ellis Born: . Statland Ellis grew up in Lincolnwood, Illinois and teaches there today.
- D. Hank Ellison Born: . The author graduated from the Radiation Safety Course at Northwestern Universtiy as well as receiveing degrees in Chemical engineering and emergency response. He currently teaches in Michigan.
- Richard David Ellmann Born: 1918 in Highland Park, Michigan . Ellman was a profesor of English at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, from 1951 to 1963 and was the Frederick Ives Carpenter Visiting Professor, at the University of Chicago, in 1959, 1967, and 1975-77
- Marilyn Ellner . Ellner grew up in Prairie du Rocher.
- Paul Elmen Born: . Professor of Moral Theology at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.
- Susan Elaine Elmore Born: 1946 in Springfield, Illinois. Elmore was born and raised in Springfield, Illinois. She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and then lived in Park Ridge & Crystal Lake, Illinois for many years after her marriage and before her husband's job took them out of state. Her book is about a famous central Illinois crime from the 1880s where an ancestor was the victim.
- Toufic El Rassi Born: 1978 in Beirut, Lebanon. El Rassi lives in Chicago.
- Jean Bethke Elshtain Born: . The author is professor at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago and teaches Political Science and ethics.
- Ezekiel J Emanuel Born: 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Emmanuel was raised in Chicago, Illinois.
- Rahm Emanuel Born: 1959 in Chicago . Emanuel is a native Chicagoan. He was the fifty-fifth mayor of Chicago, serving two terms from 2011-2019.
- Anne Eleanor Emery Born: 1907 in Fargo, North Dakota. Emery and her family moved to Evanston when she was nine years old.
- Tom Emery Born: . Emery lives in Carlinville, Illinois.
- James R. Emshoff Born: . Emshoff lives in Lake Forest, Illinois.
- Lloyd C. Engelbrecht Born: 1927 in St. Louis, Missouri. N/A
- Willliam D. Engelbrecht . Engelbrecht resides in Peoria.
- J. Ronald Engel Born: . The author is a lecturer in Ethics and Society at the Divinity School, University of Chicago 1977-2000 and is a member of the environmental studies faculty.
- Helen Arlene Engelsman Born: Strasburg, Illinois. N/A
- Paul Engleman Born: 1953 in Nyack, New York. Paul moved to Chicago in 1976 and still resides there today.
- Robert Klein Engler Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Engler was born in and still resides in Chicago.
- Monica Eng Born: Chicago, Illinois. Eng is a fourth generation Chicagoan.
- Lori Enos Born: St. Charles, Il. Enos lives in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
- Elizabeth Enright Born: 1909 in Oak Park, Illinois. Elizabeth was born in Oak Park and was the niece of Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Laura L Enright Born: . Enright grew up and went to school in the Chicago area. She lives in a suburb just outside of Chicago.
- Nicholas Epley Born: . Epley lives in Chicago.
- Sharon Epps . Epps resides in North Chicago.
- Allison Epstein Born: . Epstein lives in Chicago.
- Daniel Mark Epstein Born: 1948 in Washington, D.C.. Please Note: Since Mr. Epstein has not lived in Illinois, the only books of his listed in the Illinois Authors Wiki are his books about Abraham Lincoln - an Illinois subject of of interest. Please see his webpage to learn more about his other books.
- Joseph Epstein Born: 1937 in Chicago Illinois. Epstein is a Chicago native. He grew up in Rogers Park and graduated from Senn High School. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and received a bachelor of arts in absentia from the University of Chicago in 1959. From 1974 to 2002, Epstein was a visiting adjunct lecturer in literature and writing at Northwestern University.
- Elaine Equi Born: 1953 in Oak Park, IL. Equi was born in Oak Park, IL.
- Arlene Erlbach Born: 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio. Erlbach lives in Morton Grove. She received her Masters from Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago.
- Richard D. Erlich Born: Terre Haute, Indiana. N/A
- Reese Eschmann . Eschmann lives in Brookfield.
- Hazel Raquel Espinar Born: in Chicago, IL . I was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in the western and northern suburbs of Chicago. The main characters of the Last Biome series are from the suburbs of Chicago and the story is greatly influenced by the prairie biome.
- Gabrielle Esposito Born: in Chicago . Esposito is a Chicago native. She graduated from Lincoln-Way East High School.
- Jen Estes Born: 1983 in Champaign, IL. I was born in Champaign, Illinois and raised in Neoga, Illinois. I went to college in Edwardsville, Illinois. I have lived in Mattoon, Peoria, Litchfield and currently reside in Hillsboro, Illinois.
- Joel O Estes . Estes lives in Knoxville. He earned his M.S.Ed. in 1989 from Western Illinois University and his B.A. in 1976, from Illinois Wesleyan University.
- Dave Etter Born: March 18, 1928 in Huntington Park, California. Etter moved to Evanston, Illinois in 1958. He has resided in northern Illinois (Evanston, Geneva, Lily Lake, and Elburn) for over 50 years; currently residing in Lanark, Illinois in Carroll County.
- Argrow Kitnequa Evans-Ford Born: 1982 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Evans-Ford moved to Rock Island, Illinois in 2013 with her husband Rev. Dwight Ford, who grew up in the Quad Cities. She attended Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois for her Doctorate.
- Kaaronica Evans-Ware Born: 1972 in Decatur, Illinois. Kaaronica Evans-Ware was born and raised in Decatur. She attended Northwestern University where she pursued a degree in Communications.
- Bergen Evans Born: 1904 in Franklin, Ohio. Evans joined the faculty of Northwestern University as in the department of English in 1932 and taught there until 1974.
- Donald G Evans Born: 1965, in Chicago, Illinois. Evans was born and raised on the northwest side of Chicago and attended Brentano then Lloyd elementary schools before moving with his family to Downers Grove, where he graduated from Downers Grove South High School. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in Champaign. Don has lived in Wrigleyville, Old Town, Logan Square, and Oak Park. His first novel, Good Money After Bad, takes place in the shadows of Wrigley Field, and his anthology Cubbie Blues: 100 Years of Waiting Til Next Year focuses on the North Side baseball team's fans. Many of his short stories are also set in Chicago. As the founder and executive director of the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Don works to celebrate and sustain all Chicago literature.
- Malayna Evans Born: Lehi, Utah. Evans lives in Oak Park.
- Carol J Evaul Born: 1954 in Annapolis, Maryland. I was born in Maryland, but I have lived in Illinois for over ten years. I graduated from Greenville College, University of Illinois Springfield and McKendree University. My story about Mustangs takes place here in Bond County, when we bought eight acres and began to fulfill a lifelong dream. Many people think of Illinois as Chicago, but the rural areas have a rich tradition of country life in the heartland. The farms and hard working people produce food for the nation. This is a nice place to settle down.
- David Everson Born: N/A. Lived in Illinois from 1967 till his death.
- John Everson Born: 1966 in Evergreen Park, Illinois . Lives in Naperville, Illinois.
- Darcy L. Evon Born: in Saginaw, MI. Darcy Evon moved to Chicago in 1993 and has written extensively about economic development, entrepreneurship, technology and the arts for the Chicago Sun-Times and local newspapers.
- Thomas G Ewald . Ewald currently resides in Lincoln.
- Clothilde Ewing . Ewing lives in Chicago.
- Eve L. Ewing Born: Chicago, Illinois. Ewing was born and raised in the Logan Square community of Chicago and is a proud alumna of Chicago Public Schools. She still resides in Chicago today.
- Preston Ewing Born: Cairo, IL.. Ewing served as chairperson of the Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation and the Illinois Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights. His address is P. O. Box 481, Cairo, IL. 62914, 618-734-1725.
- Sylvia Ewing Born: . Sylvia lives and works in Chicago.
- Chielo Zona Eze Born: in Enugu, Nigeria. Chielo Zona Eze shares his time between Amokwe near Enugu, Nigeria and Chicago, US.
- Daniel J. Facchini Born: . Daniel is a native Chicagoan.
- Edward Fadden Born: in Chicago, IL. Edward Fadden was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago. He was educated in the local parochial schools. Today he lives in the western suburbs of Chicago.
- Scott K. Faingold Born: in 1966 in . Faingold currently in Springfield. He attended Springfield Southeast High School and earned a bachelor's from Sangamon State University in Springfield. He has also lived in Chicago.
- Michael Fain Born: 1937 in Chicago, Illinois . Fain was born and grew up in Chicago. He attended the University of Chicago.
- Janet Ayer Fairbank Born: June 7, 1878 in Chicago, Illinois. Fairbank was born in Chicago. She attended private schools before enrolling at the University of Chicago.
- Diane Falanga Born: 1964 Chicago, Illinois . Diana Falanga lives on Chicago's North Shore.
- Michelle Falkoff . Falkoff lives in Chicago and serves as the Director of Communication and Legal Reasoning program at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. She also teaches fiction at the University of Chicago.
- Kat Falls Born: 1964 in Silver Springs, Maryland. Falls lives in Evanston.
- Dipo Faloyin Born: Chicago, Illinois. Faloyin was born in Chicago.
- Elizabeth Fama Born: March 30, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois. Fama is a native Chicagoan. She attended University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, has a BA in biology with honors from the University of Chicago, and an MBA and a PhD in economics and finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
- Richard Fammeree Jr. Born: November 3, 1951. Fammerée lived in Evanston.
- Charles Fanning Born: 1942 in Norwood, Massachusetts. Fanning was a professor of English and History at SIU in Carbondale
- Jason Fargo Born: Chicago, Illinois. Fargo grew up in the North Shore suburb of Highland Park, IL. After earning a B. A. in Spanish at Amherst College in Massachusetts, studing in Madrid and Jerusalem, and working for an extended period in London, Fargo returned to Chicago.
- Layne Fargo . Fargo lives in Chicago.
- Mark Farina Born: 1960 in Chicago, Illinois. Farina was born and raised in Chicago and graduated from Steinmetz High School. He attended Ilinois State University and later Columbia College Chicago and DePaul University while working as a photographer for the City of Chicago and both Sports Writing and Sports Announcing in the Chicago area. He currently resides in Brookfield.
- John Thomson Faris Born: 1871 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Faris attended both Lake Forest College and Blackburn College in Illinois. He lived in both Anna and Mt. Carmel, Illinois.
- John E. Farley Born: Waterloo, Iowa. Lives in Edwardsville, IL. Is a professor of sociology at Southern Illinois University.
- Karin Clafford Farley Born: Chicago. Born in Chicago and lived there most of her life. Earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Fine and Applied Arts in music education and English. Received her Master of Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Was a music supervisor in several Chicago suburbs and has also been a member of the English and history faculty at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL.
- Kelly Farley Born: . Kelly has lived in Chicago since 1994.
- Linda Sommer Farley Born: 1947 in Springfield, Illinois . Linda was born in and currently resides in Springfield.
- Rilla Farley Born: in Lincoln, Illinois. She was born in Lincoln, Illinois.
- Philip Jose Farmer Born: 1918 in North Terre Haute, Indiana. Farmer moved to Peoria when he was four years old. He grew up there and attended Peoria High School. In 1950, he earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Bradley University. After 17 years of traveling as a technical writer for the space industry, he moved back to Peoria in the early 70's.
- Terry Farmer Born: . Farmer lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Eliza Farnham Born: November 17, 1815 in Rensselaerville, New York. Farnham lived in Tazwell County.
- Jay Farrar Born: 1966 in Belleville, Illinois . Farrar was born and raised in Belleville.
- James T. Farrell Born: February 27, 1904 in Chicago, Illinois. Farrell was born and raised in Chicago. He attended the University of Chicago and wrote about Irish-American culture in Chicago.
- Michael Garrett Farrelly Born: . He lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Pamela J. Farris . Dr. Pamela J. Farris is Professor of Literacy at Illinois State University in the School of Teaching and Learning.
- Laura Farson Born: 1950 in St. Charles, Illinois. Farson lives in Springfield, IL
- Robert Milton Fasiang Born: 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. Fasiang was born in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Whiting, Indiana at age three. He moved to Calumet City, Illinois, 25 years later. After 52 years he moved (2008) to his current home in Crete, Illinois. He attended Indiana University for three years and graduated with a B. S. in Accounting from the Walton School of Commerce in Chicago. His book is entitled ''Slovaks of Chicagoland. ''
- Tom Montgomery Fate Born: 1960 in Ames, Iowa . Tom Montgomery Fate moved to the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago to go to grad school. Eight years later he moved to Oak Park and eight years after that he moved to Glen Ellyn, near where he teaches at the College of DuPage.
- Eileen Favorite Born: . Eileen lives in Chicago
- Steve Fay Born: . Mr. Fay was born in Carthage. He has received the Illinois Arts Council Award for his poem, 'The Milkweed Parables' He is currently a naturalist at the Forest Park Nature Center.
- William Fay Born: Jacksonville, Illinois. Fay was born in and currently resides in Jacksonville, Illinois.
- Michael Fearheiley Born: N/A. Fearheiley grew up in Decatur, IL.
- Kenneth Fearing Born: July 28, 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois. Fearing was born in Oak Park, Illinois. He attended University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign for two years.
- Tyler Feder . Feder lives in Chicago.
- Agnes M. Feeney Born: N/A. Wrote two cookbooks that include Illinois folklore.
- Jules Feiffer Born: January 26, 1929 in New York City, NY. Feiffer taught at Northwestern University in Evanston.
- Lee Nathan Feigon Born: 1945 in Tampa, Florida. Mr. Feigon was a research Associate at the University of Chicago and resided in Winnetka, Il.
- Myke Feinman Born: N/A. Feinman lives in Streator, Illinois.
- Doug Feldmann Born: 1970 in Elgin, IL. Feldmann born in Elgin and raised in Algonquin before attending Northern Illinois University. Among his books, two were written about the Chicago Cubs, one was a biography of former Chicago Blackhawks captain Keith Magnuson, and one was a biography of former Chicago Bears kicker and Illinois Supreme Court Justice Bob Thomas.
- Ruth Duskin Feldman Born: 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Bruce L. Felknor Born: 1921 in Oak Park, Illinois. Author was born in Oak Park and most recently lived in Evanston before his death.
- Carol Felsenthal Born: . A native Chicagoan, Felsenthal was educated in the Chicago public schools, the University of Illinois at Urbana. Felsenthal still lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Dmitry N. Feofanov Born: 1957 in the former USSR. Feofanov graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Chicago-Kent College of Law. He currently resides in Lyndon, Illinois.
- Brenda A. Ferber Born: 1967 in Skokie, Illinois. Ferber was born in Skokie and grew up in Highland Park. She now lives and works in Deerfield.
- Edna Ferber Born: August 15, 1885 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Ferber lived in Chicago during her youth and maintained a strong connection to the city.
- Maggie Ferguson Born: N/A. Ferguson lived in Springfield, IL
- Josephine Ferorelli . Ferorelli is a longtime Chicago resident.
- Thomas E. Ferraro Born: in Niles, Illinois. Thomas E. Ferraro was born and raised in Niles and is a 'life member' of the Niles Historical Society.
- Emil Ferris Born: 1962 in Chicago, Illinois. Ferris grew up in Chicago and still lives there today.<p />
- Joshua Ferris Born: 1974 in Danville, Illinois . He was born in Danville, Illinois and went to high school in Downers Grove.
- Charles Ferry Born: 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. Ferry was born in Chicago. He attended the University of Illinois.
- Peter Ferry Born: June 17, 1947. Ferry graduated from Von Steuben High School in Chicago. He lived the majority of his adult life in Evanston. He taught at Lake Forest High School and had retired from teaching English.
- Todd Ferry Born: 1978 in Indiana. Ferry moved to Chicago for graduate school at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute. He got married, had two kids and now lives in the Independence Park neighborhood of Old Irving Park.
- Rosemary Feurer Born: . Ms. Feurer is an Associate Professor of History at Northen Illinois Univeristy, DeKalb.
- Jacqueline Fiedler . Fiedler lives in River Ridge, IL.
- Eugene Field Born: September 3, 1850 in St. Louis, MO. Field attended Knox College in Galesburg for a year. He then moved to Chicago in 1883 and wrote for the Chicago Daily News. He lived there until his death.
- Anthony Fields Born: 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Fields was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Jennie Fields Born: 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Fields was born in Chicago and was raised in Highland Park. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in creative writing and painting from The University of Illinois.
- Keith Michael Fiels Born: 1949 . Fiels is lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Sharon Fiffer . Fiffer lives in the Chicago area. She grew up in Kankakee, Illinois and has taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Barat College and Northwestern University.
- Steve Fiffer Born: N/A. Fiffer lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Gabriella D Filippi . Filippi is from Chicago.
- Charles Finch Born: 1980 in New York. Finch lives in Chicago.
- David Finch Born: in Northern, Illinois. David grew up on a farm in Northern Illinois. He is still a resident of the same area.
- Edward F. Finch Born: May 10, 1947. Finch resides in Freeport.
- Joseph Finder Born: October 6, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois. Finder was born in Chicago, IL.
- Paul Findley Born: Jacksonville, Illinois. Findley attended Illinois College and resides in Jacksonville, Illinois.
- Julia Fine . Fine is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago's MFA program. She lives in Chicago.<p />
- Beth Finke Born: in Elmhurst, Illinois. Finke was born in Elmhurst, Illinois. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois and now lives in the Printers Row neighborhood of Chicago.
- Eloise Bradly Fink Born: 1927 in Decatur, Illinois. Fink was born in Decatur, Illinois and lived in Winnetka, Illinois. She graduated with honors in English from the University of Illinois in Urbana/Champaign. She taught writing courses at the Water Tower Campus of Loyola University and traveled around the state for the Illinois Arts Council.
- Honora Finkelstein Born: . Honora has worked in Cook County, Illinois.
- Herbert L. Fink Born: 1921 in Providence, Rhode Island. He was a professor at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- John Fink Born: 1926 in Farmington, Illinois. Fink was born in Farmington, Illinois. He attended the Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois and earned his MA at the University of Illinois in Urbana/Champaign. After college, he and his wife moved to Winnetka, Illinois.
- Leon Fink Born: . Leon Fink is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Cara A. Finnegan Born: in . Finnegan earned her Ph. D. from Northwestern University in 1999 and has been a member of the faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since then.
- Janice Finney Born: . N/A
- Walter Braden Finney Born: 1911 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jack attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, graduating in 1934.
- David L Finnigan . Finnigan has lived in Illinois for most of his life. He attended school in Springfield, then Lincoln. After high school he earned a B. S. in Industrial Technology at Eastern Illinois University. After college he went to work in Springfield for the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA) where he was a site interpreter leading tours of the Old State Capitol, Lincoln-Herndon Law Office, and Lincoln Tomb. He is also familiar with the Vachel Lindsay and Dana-Thomas homes. He received his Master of Architecture degree at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2019. He is interested in architectural history and plans to write more books on this subject. He has studied Robert Allerton and the Allerton family extensively. He is also knowledgeable on Abraham Lincoln's funeral and burial, having researched the subject at the Lincoln Presidential Library while working for IHPA.
- Frank Fiorello Born: in Rockford, Illinois . Fiorello was born and raised in Rockford and lived in Calendonia for many years.
- Katherine Fischer Born: in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Fischer lives in East Dubuque, Illinois.
- Neal E Fischer Born: North Riverside, Illinois. Fischer is a North Riverside native.
- Chris Fisher Born: 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Fisher wrote a book on the birds of Chicago, an Illinois subject of interest. While he has written many other books, this is the only book listed on this site. To check out his other books, go to his website or Amazon.
- Lala Fishman Born: 1932 in Lvov, Poland. Fishman resides in Evanston, IL.
- Lisa Fishman Born: 1966 . Fishman is the Director of Creative Writing for the Poetry Program at Columbia College Chicago.
- Ted C. Fishman Born: Highland Park, Illinois. Fishman was born in Highland Park. A former floor trader and member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, he lives in Chicago.
- George Helgeson Fitch Born: 1887 in Galva, Illinois. Fitch was born in Galva and graduated from Knox College in Galesburg.
- Kathleen Fitzgerald Born: 1938 in Cleveland, Ohio. Fitzgerald resides in Lake Forest, IL.
- Robert Fitzgerald Born: 1910 in Springfield, Illinois. Fitzgerald was born and raised in Springfield.
- Tony Fitzpatrick Born: 1958 in Chicago . Fitzpatrick lives in Chicago.
- James Fizzell Born: 1935 in Chicago, IL. Resides in Park Ridge, IL.
- Betty L. Fladeland Born: . She works at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Alice K. Flanagan Born: . Alice lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Maureen Tolman Flannery Born: 1947 in Worland, Wyoming. Flannery lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Kathryn Flatt Born: . Kathryn was born in Illinois and has lived here her entire life.
- Jay Fleck . Fleck lives in Shorewood. <p />
- Evans Fleenor Born: N/A. N/A
- Juliann Evans Fleenor Born: January 1, 1942 in Granite City, Illinois. N/A
- Denise Fleischer Born: . The author lives in Chicago's northwest suburbs. She has worked at a community newspaper in DesPlaines since 1983.
- Jeff Fleischer . Fleischer lives in Chicago and is a former Chicago improv comic and local radio talk show host.
- Kass Fleisher Born: 1959 in born in Wilmington, Delaware. Fleisher teaches at Illinois State University in Normal.
- Candace Fleming Born: Mt. Prospect, Illinois 1962. Fleming was born in Mt. Prospect, graduated from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston and currently resides in Oak Park.
- Meg Fleming . Fleming graduated from Naperville High School. She lived in Fox River Grove until moving out of state.
- Inglis Fletcher Born: 1879 in Alton, Illinois. Inglis was born and raised in Alton, leaving Illinois after her marriage.
- Stu Fliege Born: . The author lives in Springfield.
- Cherri Melton Flinn . Flinn lives in Herrin, Illinois.
- Elizabeth Flock Born: . The author lives in Chicago.
- Millie Florence . Florence lives in a picturesque blue house in the woods of southern Illinois.
- Laurie A. Flori Born: 1961 in Litchfield. Flori was born in Litchfield and lived in Carlinville. She currently resides in Springfield.
- Carolyn Flournoy . Flournoy lives in Chicago.
- Alison Flowers Born: . Flowers lives in Chicago and works at the Invisible Institute, a production company on the South Side.
- Samuel Alexander Floyd Born: 1937 in Tallahassee, Florida. Floyd attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where he received his M. M. E. degree and his Ph. D. He taught as an associate professor in the Music Department at Southern Illinois University. He also worked at Chicago's Columbia College, where he directed the Center for Black Music Research and served as academic dean, interim vice president of academic affairs, provost and director emeritus and consultant for the Center for Black Music Research.
- Gillian Flynn Born: 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri. Flynn lives in Chicago and attended Northwestern University where she earned her Master's degree in journalism.
- Joseph Flynn Born: 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. Joe was born in Chicago and currently resides in Springfield. He went to Loyola University of Chicago and Northeastern Illinois University.
- Rachel Contreni Flynn Born: 1969 in Paris, France. Rachel now lives in Chicago.
- Robert William Fogel Born: 1926 in New York City. Fogel lives and works in Chicago.
- Kathy Foiles Born: . She lives in Brighton, Illinois with her family.
- Dennis Foley Born: in Chicago, IL. Dennis is a life-long Chicagoan.
- Jessie Ann Foley Born: Chicago, Illinois. Foley is a native Chicagoan. She lives on the Northwest side of the city where she was born and raised.
- Scott William Foley Born: 1977 in Beardstown, Illinois. Foley was born and raised in Beardstown, Illinois. He graduated from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois and taught at Bloomington High School.
- Sharon M. Foley Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Foley is a native Chicagoan.
- Robert J.R. Follett Born: . The author was chairman of Follett Publishing in Chicago from 1979--1984
- Elizabeth Irons Folsom Fox Born: 1862 in Peoria, Illinois. Fox was born in Peoria. Her family moved to Bloomington when she was young. She graduated from Bloomington High School. She worked at the Daily Pantagraph as a drama critic, then a columnist, and finally 14 years as court reporter.
- Joe S. Foote . Foote was the dean of Southern Illinois University Carbondale's College of Mass Communication and Media Arts from 1993 - 2000. He joined SIUC in 1986.
- Calvin Forbes Born: 1945 in Newark, New Jersey. Forbes lives in Chicago.
- Dorsey Connors Forbes Born: . Doresy Connors Forges wrote a helpful household hints column for the Chicago Sun-Times for many years as Doresy Connors.
- Liam T.A. Ford Born: in Chicago, Illinois. The author is a fifth generation Chicagoan, born in the Austin neighborhood of the city.
- Rodney Ford Born: . The author lives in Rushville, Illinois.
- Julie Foreman Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Foreman was born in Chicago.
- James Forman Born: October 4, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. Forman was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Chicago Teachers College ans was a reporter for the ''Chicago Defender'' and a teacher in the Chicago public schools.
- Gary Forrester Born: 1946 in Decatur, Illinois. Gary was born and raised in Illinois, but has lived most of his adult life overseas.
- Leon Richard Forrest Born: 1937 in Chicago, Illinois. Forrest was born in Chicago and grew up on the city's South Side. He went to school at Wendell Phillips, Hyde Park Academy, Wilson Junior College and attended the University of Chicago. He taught African-American studies and English at Northwestern University.
- Catherine Forslund Born: . Professor Forslund has taught at Rockford College since 2000.
- Sarah Glenn Fortson Born: . Forston now lives in Chicago. One summer she taught creative writing to gifted elementary and middle school students at Northwestern University's Talent Development Center. She's a member of SCBWI and Off Campus Writers in Winnetka.
- Flora Wallis Foss Born: 1949 in Carterville, Illinois. Foss was born in Carterville, Illinois.
- Douglas Foster Born: . Douglas Foster is an Associate Professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
- Jeannette Howard Foster Born: 1895 in Oak Park, Illinois. Foster was an Oak Park native and received her doctorate in Library Science from the University of Chicago.
- Leila Foster Born: 1929 In Richmond, Virginia . Foster lived in Evanston, Illinois.
- Sam Foster . Foster is a Beardstown native.
- Sharon Ewell Foster Born: in Marhsall, Texas. Sharon was raised in East St. Louis, Illinois.
- Silvia Foti Born: 1961 in Chicago, Illinois. Sylvia was born on the South Side of Chicago and South Side of Chicago, and she has lived on that side of town ever since. She attended St. Xavier College, where she majored in Mass Communications and became co-editor of the school newspaper. Then she went to Northwestern University and got her Master's degree in Journalism.
- Therese Fowler Born: . Therese Fowler's home town is Milan, Illinois.
- Geoffrey Edmund Fox Born: 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. Geoffrey was born in Chicago and raised in LaGrange; since 2006 he has lived in Spain.
- Levi Fox Born: 1979 in Lawrence County, Illinois. Levi Fox was born, raised and still lives in Lawrence County, Illinois.
- Megan Fox Born: 1976 in LaGrange, IL. Fox was born in LaGrange and raised in Palos Park. She has written a book about an Illinois Library and the American Library Association in Chicago. All of the people in her book written with Kevin DuJan are from Illinois and the true tale of the lengths one public library and village went to to silence critics of their policies that were harming children.
- Susan Lorraine Fox Born: 1946 in Momence, Illinois. Fox lives in Momence, along the Kankakee River. She graduated from the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Kankakee Community College, and completed a certificate in technical writing from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Her book links a sleepy river town with a country halfway around the world, and a time in history that reaches back nearly forty decades. ''Little Women of Baghlan: the Story of a Nursing School for Girls in Afghanistan, the Peace Corps, and Life Before the Taliban'' is the true account of an ordinary young woman who answers the call to service and adventure during an extraordinary time in world history. Illinois native Jo Carter lands in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 21, 1968, with instructions to start a nursing school for Afghan girls. She keeps a daily journal, and nearly a half century later, her words are a window to the past—when Afghanistan was on the cusp of becoming a modern nation, moving toward recognizing women’s rights. That coun try is gone, buried under layers of recent events, and there is little evidence to indicate that such a time or place ever existed. Little Women of Baghlan rivals the excitement, intrigue, and suspense of any novel, unfolding against the backdrop of changing social mores, the Cold War, the Peace Corps, and a country at the crossroads of China, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Iran.
- Donald M. Foy Born: . Foy was born on Chicago's southside. He continues to live just outside Chicago to this day.
- Dennis Fradin Born: 1945 in Chicago, Illinois. Fradin was born in Chicago. He grew up in the Rogers Park neighborhood and Wilmette. He graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka and earned a bachelor's degree in English in 1967 from Northwestern University in Evanston. After college, he landed a job teaching second-graders at Faraday Elementary School on the West Side of Chicago. At the time of his death, Mr. Fradin lived in Evanston, Illinois.
- Judith Bloom Fradin Born: 1945 in Chicago, Illinois. Fradin is a native Chicagoan. She currently lives in Evanston, Illinois. She graduated from Northwestern University and earned her master's degree at Northeastern Illinois University.
- Guy C. Fraker Born: 1938 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Fraker lives in Bloomington.
- Tobin Fraley Born: 1951 in Santa Barbara, California. Fraley currently resides in Long Grove, Illinois. His latest book, ''36 Acres'', is a study in writing and photographs of the Reed-Turner Woodland Nature Preserve in Long Grove.
- Kimberly France Born: Carbondale, Illinois. France was born and raised in Carbondale. She graduated from SIUC.
- Mary Frances Born: in Butler, Pennsylvania. Frances has lived in Springfield since 1988.
- John Franch Born: . Worked as an archivist at the University of Illinois.
- Charles Francisco Born: 1930 in East St. Louis, Illinois. Francisco was born in East St. Louis, Illinois and lived in Chicago for a seven years.
- Gina Franco Born: . Ms. Franco resides in Galesburg, Illinois.
- Vincent Francone Born: 1971 in Chicago. Francone is a Chicago native.
- Gina Frangello . Frangello currently resides in Chicago.
- Barbara Frank Born: Jacksonville, Illinois. Barbara was born in Jacksonville.
- Charles Frank Born: Philadelphia , Pennsylvania. N/A
- Judith A Franke . Franke lived in Lewistown and went to the Oriental Insitute in Chicago. She was the former director of Dickson Mounds, a Native American settlement site and burial mound complex near Lewistown.
- Hillary Frank Born: 1976 in Brooklyn, New York. N/A
- JB Frank . Frank is a native Chicagoan.
- John Hope Franklin Born: January 2, 1915 in Rentiesville, Oklahoma. Franklin lived in Chicago. From 1964 through 1968, Franklin was a professor of history at the University of Chicago, and chair of the department from 1967-70. He was named to the endowed position of John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor, which he held from 1969-82.
- Krista Franklin Born: . Franklin lives in Chicago.
- Lee Franklin Born: 1984 in Indianapolis, Indiana . Franklin grew up in Springfield. He graduated from Springfield Southeast High School in 2003.
- Rebecca Morgan Frank Born: . Frank lives in Chicago.
- Thomas Frank Born: Kansas City, Mo. Frank Thomas received his Ph. D from the University of Chicago, and lived there until his move to Washington, D. C.
- Jonathan Franzen Born: 1959 in Western Springs, Illinois. Jonathan Franzen was born in Western Springs, Illinois.
- Kevin Franz Born: in West Allis, Wisconsin. Franz has lived in Illinois since 1984. He has worked in Naperville and lives in Plainfield.
- Melissa Fraterrigo Born: in Hammond, Indiana. Fraterrigo is a life long resident of Illinois. She currently resides in Evergreen Park.
- Barry Frauman Born: . Frauman lives in Chicago.
- Jan Frazier Born: in Pekin, Illinois. Frazier was born and raised in Pekin. She is an English professor at Bradley University in Peoria.
- Jack Fredrickson Born: in Chicago, IL. Fredrickson is a native Chicagoan.
- Lew Freedman Born: 1951 . Freedman worked for the ''Chicago Tribune'' for seven years.
- Brian Freeman Born: 1963 in Chicago, Illinois. Brian was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Susan Freinkel Born: in Evanston, Illinois. Susan was born and raised in Evanston, Illinois. She now resides in San Francisco, California.
- David K. Fremon Born: . Mr. Fremon is a freelance writer in Chicago.
- Frank French Born: 1931 . French lived in Flossmoor, Illinois.
- Edith Freund Born: 1931 . Freund was born and raised in Peoria. She lived in Arlington Heights as an adult.
- Jamie Freveletti Born: . Freveletti lives in Chicago.
- Eric T. Freyfogle . Freyfogle teaches at the University of Illinois College of Law at Urbana-Champaign.
- Sarah Frey Born: July 24, 1976. Frey was raised in and currently resides in Keenes.
- Sarah Kathryn Frey . Frey has lived in Edwardsville her entire life.
- Betty Friedan Born: February 4, 1921 in Peoria, Illinois. Friedan was born and raised in Peoria.
- William Friedkin Born: 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. Friedkin was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Susan Friedland . Friedland grew up across the street from Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Illinois, and adjacent to a forest preserve with miles of trails and acres upon acres of fields. She went to Wheaton College and is a former middle school teacher who lives in her home state of Illinois and winters in Florida.
- Alan H. Friedman Born: . Alan Freidman lived in Chicago.
- Milton Friedman Born: 1912 in Brookyln, New York. Milton Friedman was a Nobel Prize winning economist who taught at the University of Chicago.
- Paul Friedrich Born: . Paul Friedrich taught at the University of Chicago for many years.
- David Friend Born: 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Amherst College. He attended Highland Park High School in Illinois and is a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan.
- Ruth Ann Friend . Friend currently resides in Centralia.
- Margery Frisbie Born: June 2, 1923 in Geneva, Illinois. Frisbie was born in Geneva, and lived in Arlington Heights until her passing.
- Richard P. Frisbie Born: 1926 in Moline, Illinois. Frisbie was born in Moline, grew up in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood and lived in Arlington Heights until his death.
- Tom Frisbie Born: N/A. He has a degree in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and currently resides in a Chicago suburb.
- Eric E. Frisch Born: 1965 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Frisch currently resides in Oak Park, Illinois.
- Klaus Fritsch Born: in Germany. Fritsch came to Chicago in the mid-1970's where he founded the Morton's Steakhouse on State street. He still lives in Chicago.
- April Young Fritz Born: . April lives in Barrington, Illinois.
- Peter Fritzsche Born: 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. Fritzsche was born in Chicago and has been with the Department of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, since 1987.
- Edwina Froehlich Born: 1915 in Bronx, New York. Edwina attended Mundelein College in Chicago, Illinois, later married John Francis Froehlich and had three children. She lived in Inverness, Illinois
- Barara Froman Born: . Barbara recieved a degree in music from Northwestern University and has worked in colleges in Illinois.
- Robert Fromberg Born: . Robert lives in Chicago.
- Sara Hoskinson Frommer Born: 1938 in Chicago, Il. Sarah Frommer was born in Chicago, grew up in Hawaii and northern Illinois, and went to high school in Kewanee, Illinois, a few miles from Bishop Hill.
- Joanna Frueh Born: . Frueh received her MA in General Studies in the Humanities and her PhD in History of Culture from the University of Chicago.
- Rafael Frumkin . Frumkin lives in Carbondale and is a professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
- James Barnet Fry Born: February 22, 1827 in Carrollton, Illinois. Fry was born in Carrollton.
- Naoko Fujimoto Born: Nagoya, Japan . Fujimoto is an associate & outreach translation editor at RHINO Poetry in Chicago.
- Sara Fujimura . Fujimura lives in Mt Prospect.
- Francis Fukuyama Born: 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. Francis Fukuyama was born in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.
- Henry Blake Fuller Born: January 9, 1857 in Chicago, Illinois. Fuller was born and raised in Chicago.
- Jack (William) Fuller Born: 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. Fuller was a life long resident of Chicago He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University in 1968.
- Richard Buckminster Fuller Born: 1895 in Milton, Massachusetts. Started a construction company in Chicago called the Stockade Building System. Fuller was also a research professor at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, in 1959.
- Allison Funk Born: . Funk teaches at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.
- Ping Fu Born: in China. Ping attended the University of Illinois and worked in Naperville, Illinois at Bell Labs.
- William Furry Born: 1953 in Springfield, Illinois. Furry was born in and currently resides in Springfield, Illinois.
- Neal Gabler Born: 1950 in Chicago, Illinois . Gabler graduated from Lane Tech High School in Chicago, class of 1967, and was inducted into the National Honor Society.
- Eric Kahn Gale Born: January 6 in Michigan. Gale lives in Chicago.
- Helen Gallagher Born: 1948 in Chicago, Illinois . Gallagher lives in Glenview, Illinois and has a B. A. in Finance from Elmhurst University.
- Cynthia Gallaher Born: in Chicago. Gallaher lives in the Chicago area.
- Karen J. Gallahue Born: 1936 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Karen has lived in Naperville, Il. , for the past 25 years.
- Gina Gallo Born: 1954 in Chicago, IL.. A Chicago native, Gallo was a member the of the Chicago Police Department and a clinical thereapist at the Chicago Department of Mental Health.
- Carol Galusha Born: . Carol resides in Williamsville, Illinois.
- Rachel Galvin . Galvin is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Chicago.
- Hannah Gamble Born: . Gamble lives in Chicago.
- Gale Gand Born: . Gale is a partner in the Chicago restaurant Tru.
- Patricia Gangas Born: 1939. Patricia Gangas lived in a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois.
- Bruce Gans Born: 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. Bruce Gans was born in Chicago and has lived here all his life with the exception of attending out of state Universities.
- Jose Garces Born: 1972 in Chicago, Illinois. Jose was born and raised in Chicago.
- Fred Gardaphe Born: Chicago, Illinois. Was born in Chicago, IL and raised in Melrose Park, IL. He attended Triton College in River Grove, where he earned an Associate of Arts degree.
- Marilyn A. Gardiner Born: in Sparta, Illinois. Gardiner was born in Sparta, Illinois and currently resides in Assumption, Illinois.
- Chris Gardner Born: February 8, 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gardner has lived in Chicago and currently resides between Chicago and New York City.
- John Champlin Gardner Born: July 21, 1933 in Batavia, New York. John Gardner was on the faculty of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale from 1965 to 1974.
- Brendhan Garland Born: in . Garland grew up in Rochester and attends Illinois College in Jacksonville.
- Hamlin Garland Born: September 16, 1860 in West Salem, Wisconsin . Garland settled in Chicago at the time of the 1893 World's Fair.
- Katherine Garland Born: N/A. N/A
- Christopher Garlington Born: May 13, 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama. Garlington lives in Chicago.
- James Finn Garner Born: 1961 in Detroit, Michigan. Garner moved to Chicago after college.
- Joe Garner Born: in Central Illinois. Garner lived in Macomb, Illinois.
- Paula Garner . Garner lives in Highland Park.
- Rebecca Garner . Garner currently lives in the suburbs of Chicago.
- Beth Garon Born: . Beth lives and works in Chicago.
- Paul Garon Born: Louisville, Kentucky 1942. Garon lives in Evanston. He and his wife own and operate Beasley Books, a rare book business in Chicago. He is also a founding partner of the Chicago Rare Book Center in Evanston.
- Dominic Garramone Born: 1960 in Peoria, Illinois. Fr. Dominic is a monk of Saint Bede Abbey in Peru, Illinois.
- Fr. Dominic Garramone Born: 1960 in Peoria, Illinois. Fr. Dominic is a monk of Saint Bede Abbey in Peru, Illinois.
- Randy Garrett Born: N/A. Garrett is a Chicago native.
- Kassandra Garrison . Garrison was born and raised in Southern Illinois. She currently resides in O'Fallon.
- Webb Black Garrison Born: 1919 in Covington, Georgia. Mr. Garrison was president of McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois, 1957-60.
- Linda Gartz Born: Chicago, Illinois. Gartz was born and raised in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood, where she attended Tilton Elementary School and then Luther High School North. She majored in German at Northwestern University and went on to earn her Master of Arts in Teaching there as well. She has lived most of her adult life in Evanston.
- Linda Garvert Born: Springfield, Illinois. N/A
- Melinda Garvert Born: 1945 in Springfield, Illinois. Garvert is a Springfield native.
- Pearl Gaskins Born: 1957 in Maryville, Tennessee. Gaskins lives in Lindenhurst, Illinois.
- Joseph Vincent Gasparich Born: 1960 in Pana, Illinois. Gasparich was born in Central Illinois and has lived there most of his life. He attended school in Nokomis and attended Springfield College in Illinois and Sangamon State University (now the University of Illinois Springfield). He has worked in Illinois State Government and at the University of Illinois. He currently resides in Nokomis.
- Joseph Gastiger Born: . Gastiger has lived in DeKalb, Illinois since 1980.
- Ron Gawthorp Born: 1947 in West Salem, Illinois. Ron attended Southern Illinois Universities' journalism school.
- Joyce Elaine Gay Born: 1936 in St. Louis, Missouri. Gay has spent most of her life living in Chicago.
- Kathlyn Gay Born: 1930 in Zion, Illinois. Gay was born and raised in Zion, Illinois. She graduated from Northern Illinois University.
- Larry Gay Born: in Iowa. Gay lives in Geneseo, Illinois.
- Carol Gayle Born: 1936 in Atlanta, Georgia. Ms. Gayle is an Associate Professor of History at Lake Forest College in Illinois.
- Roxanne Gay Born: 1974 in Omaha, Nebraska . Gay was an assistant professor at Eastern Illinois University for four years.
- Nancy Gee Born: . Gee lives in Orland Park. She is owner and president of Maywood Industries, Inc. , a company that manufactures specialty crating and sells building materials throughout the Chicago area.
- Stanley D. Gehrt . He is principal investigator of one of the largest studies of coyotes to date: capturing and tracking more than 1,450 coyotes for the past twenty-two years in the Chicago area - "Long-term population ecology and disease dynamics of coyotes in the Chicago Metropolitan Area." He and his group have been monitoring coyotes in this highly urbanized landscape for the past 12 years, having marked nearly 700 coyotes, making this the largest urban study of its kind. The general objective is to provide a better understanding as to how coyotes are successfully exploiting the urban landscape, and the implications of this success for people, pets, and other wildlife.
- Arthur Geisert Born: 1941 in Dallas, Texas. Arthur Geisert lived in Galena from 1971 through 2006. He was an Art teacher at Concordia College, River Forest, Illinois.
- Bonnie Geisert Born: 1942 in Hartley, Iowa. Geisert lives in Galena, Illinois, where she taught for over 20 years.
- Bill Geist Born: Champaign, Illinois . Geist was born and raised in Champaign. He also graduated from the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign.
- Erik S. Gellman Born: . Gellman lives in Chicago.
- Ben Gelman Born: 1921 in New York. He lived in Carbondale, Illinois.
- Gerald Gems Born: 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Gerald Gems lives in Oswego and is a professor at North Central College in Naperville.
- Abby Geni . Geni is a Chicago-based author.
- Jonathan R. Genzen Born: . Dr. Genzen lived in Hyde Park in Chicago.
- Alice George . George graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and now lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Eckhard Gerdes Born: 1959 . Gerdes lives in Geneva, Illinois and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Shane Gericke Born: 1956 in Frankfort, Illinois. Shane lives in a suburb of Chicago.
- Sheryl St. Germain Born: 1954 in New Orleans . Taught at Knox College 1994-1998.
- Chris Gerrib Born: . Chris was born and raised in Illinois.
- Carol Blake Gerrond Born: April 9, 1933, Neponset, Illinois. Gerrond is a columnist and special feature writer for Star Courier of Illinois.
- Harry R Gersteneker Born: 1930 in Collinsville. I was born and grew up in Collinsville, Illinois went to Collinsville schools, served in the Navy in the Korean War, worked for various newspapers including The Collinsville Herald Journal and the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
- Elmer Gertz Born: September 14, 1906 in Chicago, Illinois. Gertz was born in Chicago. Attended University of Chicago Law School.
- Lucia Cordell Getsi Born: December 31, 1944 in Nashville, Tennessee. Getsi lives in Normal, Illinois and taught at Illinois State University.
- Sarah Sovereign Getty Born: January 27, 1943 in Berwyn, Illinois . She was born in Berwyn, Illinois and grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.
- Richard A. Geudtner . Geudtner worked and lived in Lake Forest, Illinois.
- Georgie Anne Geyer Born: 1935 in Chicago. Born and raised in Chicago Georgie graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1956.
- Margaret Davis Ghielmetti Born: . Ghielmetti lives in Chicago.
- Gail Gibbons . Gibbons grew up in Chicago and attended the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
- Reginald Gibbons Born: January 7, 1947 in Houston, Texas. Reginald has lived in Evanston since 1981.
- Cole Gibsen Born: . Gibsen lives in Collinsville and graduated from Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville.
- April R Gibson Born: Chicago, Illinois. Gibson is a native and current resident of the South Side of Chicago.
- John Michael Gibson Born: in Seattle, Washington. John Gibson grew up in Las Vegas, Navada and then moved to Athens, Illinois where he works as a manager.
- Karon White Gibson Born: Chicago, Illlinois. Karon and her partner Joy Smith Catterson started one of the nation's first Independent Nurse Practitioner offices in Chicago.
- Ray Gibson Born: 1949 in Kansas City, Kansas. Gibson lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Allen L. Giertz Born: in 1948 . Giertz resides in Woodridge, Illinois.
- Marilyn Huntman Giese Born: 1932 in Washinton, D.C.. Marilyn grew up in Palatine, Illinois, then moved to Chicago. After she married she moved and raised her family in Wheaton, Illinois.
- Rachel Gies Born: Amsterdam, Holland. Gies lives in St. Charles.
- Emily Giffin Born: 1972 in Baltimore, Maryland. Giffin's family moved to Naperville in 1986. She attended Naperville North High School and earned her undergraduate degree at Wake Forest University.
- Barry Gifford Born: 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. Gifford was born in Chicago.
- Zack Gilbert (Lerman) Born: April 21, 1925 in McMullin, Missouri. Gilbert lives in Chicago and attended Peters Business College of Chicago.
- Herman Cromwell Gilbert Born: February 23, 1923 in Mariana, AR. Gilbert lived in Chicago.
- Jack Gilbert . Dr. Gilbert is the Director of the Microbiome Center, a Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Chicago Medicine, Senior Scientist (Adjunct) at Marine Biological Laboratory, and Group Leader in Microbial Ecology at Argonne National Laboratory.
- Ken Gilbert Born: in Bronx, NY. Ken now lives in Carbondale, Illinois.
- Virginia Gilbert Born: in Elgin, Illinois. Virginia was born in Elgin, Illinois. She lived in East Dundee and then moved to Cary when she was five years old. She also lived for short periods of time with her parents in Ingleside after they had moved there in 1974.
- Jan Spivey Gilchrist Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Gilchrist was born in Chicago and currently lives in Olympia Fields, a suburb of Chicago. She graduated from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
- Carol Gildar . Gildar lives in Highland Park, Illinois.
- John Gile Born: 1944 in Cuba City, Wisconsin. Gile graduated from Northern Illinois University and currently resides in Rockford, Illinois.
- Almira Astudillo Gilles Born: Quezon City, Philippines . Almira now lives in Palatine, Illinois.
- William Earnest Gillespie Born: 1981 in Olney, Illinois. Gillespie grew up on a farm in the southern part of Jasper County that raised beans, corn, wheat, and cattle. The farm house was essentially surrounded by cattle pasture. Naturally, he became very active in cattle farming. When he wasn't in school his time was spent on the farm doing a multitude of chores and tasks. With the cows nearby there was always the possibility that something interesting was happening. From birthing complications, to pinkeye, to calves that wouldn't nurse; by the time he went away to college he had a lot of experience with cows. At Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Gillespie met a diverse group of students with all kinds of backgrounds. Along the way something peculiar happened. Whenever he and his friends let loose a bit say on a Friday or Saturday night, he would start telling about some event that happened on the farm and thus, he earned a reputation for telling 'cow stories. ' Like all good things, Gillespie's college days came to an end when he finished his degree in civil engineering. He got a job and started grinding away at a career. First, he worked for an engineering consulting firm in Mount Carmel. Then the Great Recession hit, and he ended up working at the Illinois State Water Survey. While at the ISWS time just seemed to drag on. At the end of 2011 he found myself at a New Year's Party in Champaign. He was playing cards and having a few drinks when he naturally started to tell a story that involved the cows on his family's farm. That night he realized that he was starting to forget some key details. It was then that Gillespie decided that he couldn't let the stories slip away. The next day he started recording the events that eventually became the chapters in ''Cows I Have Known''. Currently, he works for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and is still active in operations at Gillespie Farms.
- John F Gilligan Born: 1938 in Worcester, MA. I came to Illinois in 1971 for a postdoctoral internship at the Illinois State Psychiatric Institute, University of Illinois College of Medicine. I remained in Illinois, married in Illinois and since 1972 have continued to live in Central Illinois (Groveland/Peoria). I have contribute over 80 op-eds related to local Illinois as well as national cultural issues. Charles Stoner and I published a book entitled: Adversity Challenge, based on the lives of 40 local successful business leaders.
- Jim Gill Born: . The author lives and works in Oak Park and graduated from the Erikson Institute.
- Rebecca Claire Gilman Born: 1965 in Trussville, Alabama. Rebecca is an Assdociate Professor at Northwestern's Graduate Program: Writing for the Screen and Stage.
- Jamie Gilson Born: July 4, 1933 in Beardstown, Illinois. Jamie was born in Beardstown and has lived in Pittsfield and Oak Park. She attended Northwestern University and currently resides in Wilmette.
- Al Gina Born: . Al teaches at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois.
- Katharine Kendzy Gingold Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Gingold was raised in Park Ridge. She attended North Park University in Chicago and Knox College in Galesburg. After her marriage, she moved to Ohio and Michigan for a few years, she returned to the Chicago suburbs to raise her children in Naperville.
- Al Gini Born: . Al teaches at Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois.
- Robert I. Girardi Born: 1960 in Chicago, Illinois. Girardi was born in Chicago and has lived within the city his entire life. He is a graduate of Rosary College (now Dominican University) with a major in History and Business Administration, and earned his Master's Degree in Public History from Loyola University of Chicago. Three of his eight published books deal with Illinoisans. He has edited the memoirs of general John Pope, General William Passmore Carlin, and Sgt. Lyman S. Widney, 34th Illinois Infantry. He was the guest editor of the 2011 and 2012 Sesquicentennial of the Civil War issues of the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society.
- Jason R. Girard Born: in Chicago. Jason Girard grew up just blocks from Maxwell street in Chicago.
- Victor David Giron Born: . Victor lives in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood and his first novel 'Sophmoric Philosophy' has been published by Curbside Splendor which specializes in contemporary Chicago writers. They created a 'pop-up' bookstore at the Logan Square Farmers Market, selling work from Chicago Presses and Authors next to stalls selling locally grown produce.
- Patrick Girouard Born: 1957 in St. Louis, Missouri. Patrick lived in Chicago and currently resides in Munster, Indiana.
- Cecil S. Giscombe Born: Dayton, Ohio. N/A
- Eugene Michael Giudice Born: 1964 in Oak Park, Illinois. Giudice was born in 1964 in Oak Park, Illinois, and was raised in Melrose Park. He now resides on Chicago’s far northwest side.
- Edward Glaeser Born: . Edward received his received his Ph. D. from the University of Chicago in 1992.
- Sue Glasco Born: 1933 in Anna, Illinois. The author was born in Anna, Illinois and writes of life on the farm in Southern Illinois.
- Charlie Glasgow . Glasgow grew up in Quincy.
- Ira Glass Born: 1959 in Baltimore, Maryland. Glass lives in Chicago.
- Dan Glaubke Born: 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. I was born and raised on the Northwest side of Chicago and lived in the city until I married in 1954. Served in the U. S. Army from October of 1950 to January of 1953. Worked in Chicago for ''The Buchen Company'' and then ''Fensholt Advertsing'' as an advertising copywriter. I have lived in Illinois all my life and now reside in Huntley, Illinois.
- Sheila N. Glazov Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Glazov was born in Chicago.
- Ed Gleeson Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Jan Gleiter Born: 1947 in Wisconsin. Jan lives in Chicago.
- Frederick Dilley Glidden Born: 1908 in Kewanee, Illinois . Glidden was born in Kewanee. He attended the University of Illinois for two years and a half years.
- Ilyce R. Glink Born: . Ilyce Glink lives just outside Chicago.
- Stacey Glorioso Born: . Glorioso graduated from the University of Illinois, Chicago and currently resides in a Chicago suburb.
- Ron Godby Born: N/A. Lieutenant Godby works with the Northwestern University Police.
- Leslie Goddard Born: 1969 in LaGrange, Illinois. Leslie was born, raised and still resides in Illinois.
- George P. Godfrey Born: . Godfrey resides near Athens, Illinois.
- Mae Catherine Godhigh Born: 1954 in Peoria, IL. Mae Catherine lives in Peoria, IL.
- T.M. Goeglin . Goeglein lives on the North Shore of Chicago.
- Albert Goldbarth Born: 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. Born and raised in Chicago, Goldbarth received his BA from the University of Illinois in 1969.
- Judith M. Goldberger Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Jeffrey M Goldberg Born: 1955 in Detroit, Michigan. Jeff came to the University of Illinois at Urbana to play college football in 1973. During his adult life he have lived in Urbana, Rantoul, Tolono and now resides in Champaign, Illinois. Jeff is co-founder of the Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company (CUTC), a community theatre group, that was formed to save the Virginia Theatre from destruction. He has produced dozens of plays, concerts and musicals in the Central Illinois area.
- Stuart V. Goldberg Born: . Steuart Goldberg is a Criminal Defense Attorney in Chicago, Illinois.
- Goldie Goldbloom Born: In Western Australia. Goldbloom currently lives in Chicago.
- Leslie Morris Golden Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Les Golden was born in Illinois on December 4, an identical twin. He attended Horace Mann elementary school and Oak Park and River Forest High School in Oak Park. He earned the B. S. , with Distinction, and the M. Engineering Physics from Cornell University, and the M. A. and the Ph. D in astronomy from the University of California, Berkeley. He returned to permanent residency in Illinois in 1980. His academic appointments in Illinois include the graduate school of business at Roosevelt University and as a member of Physics Department and Honors College of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Leslie Goldman Born: . The author received her Masters in Public Health at the University of Illinois-Chicago. She currently resides in Chicago.
- William Goldman Born: 1931 Chicago, Illinois . The author grew up in Highland Park.
- Robert Gerald Goldsborough Born: 1937 in Chicago, Illinois. Robert is a lifelong Chicagoan.
- Alan Goldsher Born: . Author lives in Chicago.
- Jenna Goldsmith . Goldsmith is from Rockford and is a professor at Rockford University.
- Sandy Goldsmith Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Growing up, Sandy Goldsmith lived in many different neighborhoods of Chicago. Sandy finished her bachelor's and master's degrees in English Literature at Roosevelt University.
- Jonathon Goldstein Born: 1969 in Brooklyn, New York. Goldstein lived in Chicago from 2000 through 2002.
- Meathead Goldwyn Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. Goldwyn lives with his wife in Chicago.
- Laurence Gonzales Born: 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri. Laurence Gonzales is a native of Evanston, Illinois. He has lived in Cook County since 1963.
- Alejandro Antonio Gonzalez . Gonzales was born in St. Clair County, Illinois, grew up in Belleville, and now live in Alton. He went to college at Lewis & Clark Community College, and then Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville (SIUE). He tends to write stories set in Illinois because it is familiar.
- Barbara Goodheart Born: N/A. Barbara graduated from Northwestern University and lives in a suburb of Chicago.
- Nancy Gooding Born: N/A. Gooding lives in Lincoln, Illinois.
- Debbie Sue Goodman Born: in Skokie, Illinois. Debbie Goodman grew up in Skokie, Illinois and is currently residing in Evanston, Illinois.
- Juliana Goodman Born: Blue Island, Illinois. Goodman was born and raised in Blue Island, Illinois.
- Thea Goodman Born: 1969 in New York, NewYork. Thea Goodman now lives in Chicago.
- Theresa L. Goodrich Born: . Goodrich lives in the Chicago suburbs.
- Doris Kearns Goodwin Born: . Please Note: Since Ms. Kearns Goodwin has not lived in Illinois, the only book of hers listed in the Illinois Authors Wiki is her book about Abraham Lincoln - an Illinois subject of of interest. Please see her webpage to learn more about her other books.
- Ruby Berkley Goodwin Born: October 17, 1903 in Du Quoin, Illinois. Goodwin lived in DuQuoin until she was a teenager when her family moved to California. <p />
- Dave Gordon Born: in Carlinville, Illinois. Gordon was born and raised in Carlinville, Illinois. He attended Blackburn College in Carlinville for three years. He earned his Master's from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.
- Edward E Gordon Born: 1949 Evergreen Park, Illinois. Edward is a native Chicagoan. He received his B. A. in History and Education, from DePaul University, his M. A. in History,from DePaul University, and his Ph. D. in History/Psychology, from Loyola University.
- Kim E. Gordon Born: 1955 in Peoria, Illinois. Gordon was born in and currently resides in Peoria, Illinois.
- Edward St John Gorey Born: February 22, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. Gorey was born in Chicago and grew up in Wilmette. He attended a variety of local grade schools and then the Francis W. Parker School. In 1943, he spent one semester at the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Linda Gorham Born: N/A. N/A
- Ruth Goring Born: 1954 in Kansas City, Kansas. Goring lives and works in Chicago.
- Alma Gottlieb Born: . Alma Gottlieb Professor of Anthropology, African Studies, LAS Global Studies, European Union Studies, and Gender and Women's Studies, at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois.
- Frederic W. Goudy Born: 1865 in Bloomington, Illinois. Goudy was born and raised in Illinois. He lived in several different Illinois cities, including Chicago.
- Laura Gough Born: . Author lives in Springfield, Illinois
- Catherine Gourley Born: 1950 in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Cathy lived in Chicago where she published her first book, ''The Courtship of Joanna''. While in Chicago, Gourley worked at Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois.
- Samuel Kimball Gove Born: 1923 in Walpole Massachusetts. Gove lived in Urbana, Illinois.
- Markelle Grabo . Grabo lives in the greater Chicago area.
- Jim Graczyk Born: 1969 . Jim was born and raised in Chicago and currently lives in a Southwest Suburb of Chicago.
- Thomas J. Gradel Born: . Gradel lives in the greater Chicago area.
- Charlotte Towner Graeber Born: 1930 in Peoria, Illinois. Charlotte Graeber was born and raised in Peoria, attended the University of Illinois and now resides in Elgin, Illinois.
- Keir Graff Born: 1969 in Missoula, Montana . Graff resides in Chicago.
- Erica Graham . Graham graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with her Master of Science Degree in Speech Language Pathology.
- James W Graham Born: 1956 in Joliet, Illinois. Born in Joliet, Graham's parents moved their family to Ottawa, Illinois, during his teenage years. After earning bachelor's and master's degrees at Drake University in Iowa, Graham retured to Illinois in 1979 to work for the Illinois House of Representatives as a communications assistant, writing speeches and press releases. He later worked for Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Jim Edgar, and continued to work for him when he became governor in 1991. By then Graham had moved to Chicago and then Wilmette, Illinois, where he has lived since 1991. In the late 1990s Graham went to work as a communictions consultant to corporate and not-for-profit organizations, and in 2012 went to work for Walgreens in their corporate headquarters in Deerfield.
- John W. Graham Born: 1961 in Champaign, Illinois. John graduated from the University of Illinois.
- Philip Graham Born: 1951 in Brooklyn, New York . Graham resides in Urbana, Illinois.
- Stedman Graham Born: 1951 in Whitesboro, New Jersey. Lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.
- Judy Grahn Born: 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. Grahn was born in Chicago.
- Peter Grandbois Born: . Grandbois has lived in Chicago.
- Bill Granger Born: 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. Granger lived most of his life in Chicago in the city's Southside and attended St. Ambrose Catholic School until 1955.
- Mitchell Stevens Granger Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Granger was born and raised in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago.
- Carol Coven Grannick Born: . Grannick lives in the Chicago area.
- Jacob Grant . Grant currently resides in Oak Park.
- Jennifer Grant . Grant lives in Chicago.
- Joshua I Grant . Grant is a graduate of Bradley University in Peoria. He also graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law. He currently lives in Springfield.
- Pennie Grant Born: . Grant is a native of Springfield, Illinois.
- Ulysses S. Grant Born: April 27, 1822 in Point Plesant, Ohio . In April 1860, Grant moved his family to Galena, accepting a position in his father's leather goods business. He left Galena to join the Civil War and returned again in 1865 as a Civil War Hero. He also lived there during his retirement.
- Susan M. Graunke Born: . Graunke lives in Barrington.
- Gerri R. Gray Born: 1959, in Berwyn, Illinois. Gerri R. Gray was born and raised in the Chicago area. She began writing poetry while in grammar school, and by junior high was composing songs on her guitar and writing short stories and musical stage plays (one of which eventually became her first novel, The Amnesia Girl). Before becoming a professional writer, Gerri worked a number of odd jobs, including an answering service switchboard operator, an S&H Green Stamps redemption center clerk, a typist for a real estate office, and a professional astrologer. Her first notable publication (writing under the pen name, Gerry Nova) was an interview with Ides of March vocalist Jim Peterik, which appeared in the Berwyn Suburban Life in October of 1976.
- Harold Gray Born: January 20, 1894, in Kankakee, Illinois . Gray was born in Kankakee. He grew up on a farm in Illinois and worked as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune before enlisting in the military for World War I. After being discharged, he returned to the Tribune and stayed until 1919 when he left to freelance in commercial art. In 1923, he returned to the Tribune again and lived in Lombard. He lived in Illinois until 1929.
- Nathan Elijah Gray Born: in Evergreen Park, Illinois. Gray was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois and raised in Chicago. He graduated in 1998 from Whitney Young High School in Chicago.
- Theodore Gray . The author lives in Champaign-Urbana.
- Eileen M. Greco Born: 1918 in Darmstadt. N/A
- Andrew M. Greeley Born: 1928 in Oak Park, Illinois. After studies at Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Greeley received an AB from St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Chicago in 1950, a Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB) in 1952, and a Licentiate of Sacred Theology (STL) in 1954, when he was ordained. From 1954 to 1964 he served as an assistant pastor at Christ the King parish in Chicago, during which time he studied sociology at the University of Chicago. He received a Master of Arts in 1961 and then a PhD in 1962. His doctoral dissertation dealt with the influence of religion on the career plans of 1961 college graduates. At various times Greeley was a professor at the University of Arizona, the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Chicago.
- Adam Green Born: . Adam Green works in Chicago.
- Arielle Greenberg Born: 1972 in Columbus, Ohio. Greenberg is an associate professor at Columbia College Chicago. She also lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Jan Greenberg Born: N/A. Jill grew up in Chicago and received her bachelor of arts degree in English from the University of Illinois.
- Lynne Greenberg Born: . She has received a J. D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
- Betsy J. Green Born: N/A. Green lives in Western Springs, Illinois.
- Jennifer Greenburg Born: 1977 in Chicago, Illinois. Greenburg was born and raised in Chicago. She holds a B. F. A. from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago and an M. F. A from the University of Chicago.
- Bob W. Greene Born: 1952 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Bob Greene lived for several years in Chicago while aiding Oprah Winfrey with her weight loss program.
- Erik Greene Born: 1965 in Chicago, Illinois. Erik was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
- Robert Greene Born: 1947 in Columbus, Ohio. Bob Greene has lived in Illinois since graduating from Northwestern University in 1969. He worked for the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune until his retirement in 2002.
- Wendy Greenhouse Born: . Wendy is a Chicago-based art historian who has written and lectured widely on the history of art in Chicago.
- John Green Born: August 24, 1977 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Green lived in Chicago for several years. While living there, he worked for the book review journal Booklist as a publishing assistant and production editor while writing Looking for Alaska.
- Michelle Green Born: . Green lives in Rochester, Illinois.
- Paul M. Green Born: . The author is the Director of the Institute for Politics at Roosevelt University.
- Roland James Green Born: 1944 in Bradford, Pennsylvania. Green attended University of Chicago.
- Thomas S Greenspon, Phd . Dr. Greenspon earned his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Illinois.
- Stephen Green Born: . Stephen lives in Oak Park, Illinois.
- Elizabeth Taylor Greer Born: 1950 in Illinois. Greer is a native of Springfield.
- William Greer Born: 1953 in Evanston, Illinois. William Greer was born in Evanston and raised in Winnetka and Kenilworth, Illinois.
- Thomas Gregg Born: 1808 in Belmont, Ohio. Gregg produced the first newspaper in Hancock County at the young age of 27.
- Barbara Gregorich Born: 1943 in Sharon, Pennsylvania. Barbara lives in Chicago.
- Richard Claxton Gregory Born: October 12, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri. Gregory attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale on a track scholarship. He also lived in Chicago.
- Valiska Gregory Born: 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. Gregory was born and raised in Chicago. She also received her Masters degree from the University of Chicago.
- Eddie Gresham Born: 1968 in Springfield, Illinois. Eddie Gresham was born and raised in Springfield, Illinois and graduated from Sacred Heart-Griffin High School in 1987. He was a member of the Cyclone Basketball and Baseball teams and played 1st base for the 1987 State Champion Baseball Team. His first book is set in central Illinois.
- Hanna Holborn Grey Born: 1930 in Heidelberg, Germany. Hanna Grey was president of he University of Chicago from 1978 to 1993.
- David Alan Grier Born: 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Francis Grierson Born: 1848 in Birkenhead, England. Grierson lived in Sangamon County, Illinois for ten years. He also lived for a time in Chicago, Illinois.
- Kathleen Mary Griffin Born: 1960 in Oak Park, Illinois. Griffin lived in Illinois until 1978 when she convinced her parents to move to Los Angeles.
- Mary Margaret Griffin Born: 1920 in Chicago, Illinois . Born in Chicago, Maggie moved to Oak Park to raise her family.
- Kathryn Meyer Griffith Born: 1950 in St. Louis, Mo.. Kathryn lives in Edwardsville, Illinois. She attended Southern Illinois University
- Phyllis M Griggs Born: 1964 in Chicago, Illinois . I was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and lived in Chicago, Illinois until moving to Decatur, Illinois in 2002. Where I now reside with my husband, two daughters and my cat named Mystie.
- John Griswold Born: 1963 in Saigon, Vietnam. I was raised in Herrin, Illinois. After army service, I attended Northern Illinois University, moved to the Chicago suburbs and worked in corporations there. In 1997 I went to the University of Miami, Coral Gables, for a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing. Since 2000 I've taught in the Department of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. In 2009, my novel, ''A Democracy of Ghosts'', was published. It's set during the Herrin Massacre of 1922 and looks at the event through the perspectives of eight main characters. One of the characters is based on my grandfather, William J. Sneed, who was a state senator and the United Mine Workers Subdistrict President in Herrin at the time. My nonfiction history of Herrin (''Herrin: The Brief History of an Infamous American City'') will come out at the end of 2009.
- Zara Griswold Born: . Grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.
- Anna Grob Born: 1962 in Chicago, IL. Grob is a lifelong resident of the Chicago area and currently lives in the south suburbs. She went to school in the Palos Heights area, and later attended Moraine Valley Community College, where she took many classes in art and photography. Anna is a member of the Green Hill's Writer's Group in Palos Hills, and the Town and Country Art League in Palos Heights.
- Tom Groneberg Born: 1966 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from University of Illinois.
- Dwight David Gross Born: 1952 in DuQuoin, IL. I was born in DuQuoin, Illinois, the son of a coal miner. I attended college at Southern Illinois University- Carbondale majoring in philosophy. I worked for 35 years as a union carpenter and construction foreman throughout Illinois and surrounding states retiring in 2012. Now I reside on a small farm near Pinckneyville with my wife Linda Winter-Gross.
- James Grossman Born: . James Grossman is Vice President for Research and Education at the Newberry Library, and Senior Research Associate in the Department of History at the University of Chicago.
- Mike Grosso . Grosso lives in Oak Park.
- Valerie Groth . GROTH IS a former Chicago Public School social worker and now the founder of Ryan Banks Academy, a nonprofit dedicated to building the first residential school for underserved youth in Chicago.
- Tim S Grover Born: . Tim lives and works from the Chicago area.
- Vicki Grove Born: 1948 in Illinois. Vicki Grove grew up in a small town on the Illinois prairie.
- Johnny Barton Gruelle Born: December 24, 1880 in Arcola, Illinois. Gruelle was born in Arcola, Illinois and lived there until 1882.
- Louise Gruenberg Born: Oak Park, Illinois. Gruenberg was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. She still resides in Oak Park (Cook County) today.
- Sarah Gruenberg Born: Houston, Texas. Gruenberg lives in Chicago and is currently Chef/Partner of Monteverde Restaurant & Pastificio in Chicago’s West Loop.
- Sara Gruen Born: 1969 in Vancouver, British Columbia.. Gruen and her family lived in Grayslake, Illinois.
- Bryan Gruley Born: . Bryan lives in Chicago.
- Geogia Gruner Born: 1967 in Chicago, IL . I was born at Grant Hospital in Chicago, IL and was raised in the Lincoln, Lawrence and Western area, a heavily populated Greek area of town back in the 60s and 70s. In my early teens we moved to West Rogers Park and I graduated from Mather High School in 1985. In my adult life I have had the great pleasure of living in Elmwood Park, Mundelein, Algonquin and currently Elk Grove Village, IL. My book was based on my life and so far all 41 years of my life have been lived in the land of Lincoln.
- Mary Gruner Born: in Chicago. Mary was born in Chicago and lives in Arlington Heights.
- Melissa Grunow Born: Saginaw, MI, 1980. I have lived in East Peoria, IL, since 2018 and am an associate professor of English at Illinois Central College.
- Joseph R. Grych Born: 1960 in Berwyn, Illinois. Grych was born in Berwyn, Illinois and raised in the nearby Village of Lyons. Illinois. He currently resides in Downers Grove, Illinois.
- Jean Guarino Born: . Author lives in Oak Park.
- Mark Guarino . Guarino has taught journalism at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Gabriel Gudding Born: Anoka, MN. N/A
- Paul Gude . Gude grew up in Dorsey. He attended Edwardsville Sr. High School and currently resides in Edwardsville.
- Allen Carl Guelzo Born: 1953 in Yokohama, Japan.. Guelzo writes extensively about an Illinois subject of interest - Abraham Lincoln.
- Shirley Guendling . Guendling lives in Chicago. She attended Joliet Jr. College.
- Bruce Hubbard Guernsey Born: 1944 in Boston, Massachusettes. Guernsey lives in Charleston, Illinois and was an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
- Richard R. Guerra Born: 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Guerra was born in Chicago, Illinois and resided in Springfield, Illinois, until his death in 2009.
- Kevin Guilfoile Born: 1968 in Teaneck, New Jersey. Guilfoile lives in Chicago.
- Dan Guillory . Guillory is Professor Emeritus at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. He resides in Findlay, Illinois.
- Carolyn Guinzio Born: 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. I was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. I attended Columbia College in Chicago. My first book, ''West Pullman'', winner of the Bordighera Poetry Prize, revolves around the titular far south side neighborhood.
- Rosanne Gulisano Born: 1945 in Chicago, Illinois. A lifelong resident of Illinois, I was born and raised in Chicago and attended Visitation School on the south side of Chicago from kindergarten through high school. Attended Harper College in Palatine, Illinois. Moved to the suburbs after my marriage and now live in St. Charles, Illinois.
- Judie Gulley Born: . Gulley lives in Orion, Illinois.
- Paul F. Gullifor Born: . Gullifor lives in Peoria, Illinois and is a professor at Bradley University.
- George Gumerman Born: . He taught at Southern Illinois University and was the Chairman of the Anthropology Department and Founding Director of the Center for Archaeological Investigations.
- Bradley L. Gummow Born: Missouri. Gummow lives in Rockford, Illinois. He attended Rock Valley College and Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois.
- Jeff Gundy Born: 1952 in Flanagan, Illinois. Gundy was born in 1952 on a farm near Flanagan, Illinois. He has judged poetry manuscripts for the Illinois Arts Council.
- Linda Luick Van Gundy Born: 1936 in Delavan, IL. I have always lived in Illinois.
- David J. Gunkel Born: . Gunkel is professor at Northern Illinois University.
- Chasity Gunn Born: . Gunn moved to Elgin in 2015.
- Harry E. Gunn Born: 1930 in Harvey, Illinois. He was born in Harvey, Illinois. He received his PhD from Loyola University in Chicago.
- John Gunther Born: 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. Gunther was born on the Northe Side of Chicago. He attended Lake View High School and received his PhD from the University of Chicago.
- Ruchi Gupta, MD Born: . Gupta is a professor of pediatrics and medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a clinical attending at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago.
- Lee Gurga Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. Gurga was born and raissed in Chicago and currently resides in Lincoln, Illinois.
- Jeffery Gusfield Born: 1948 in Peoria, Illinois. Gusfield is a native Chicagoan. He has a MLS from Lake Forest College.
- Scott Gustafson Born: in Marengo, Illinois. Gustafson was born in Marengo, Illinois and currently resides in Chicago. He attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and Columbia College in Chicago.
- Joseph Gustaitis Born: . Gustaitis lives in Chicago.
- Amy Guth Born: .
- Patricia A. Guthrie Born: . Guthrie recently retired from teaching music in the Chicago inner city, Pat lives in the south suburbs of Chicago.
- Luis V Gutiérrez Born: 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Gutiérrez was born and raised in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. After his freshman year at St. Michael's High School in Chicago, his parents moved the family to their hometown of San Sebastian, Puerto Rico. He returned to Chicago in 1974 and enrolled at Northeastern Illinois University, graduating with a degree in English in 1977. Currently, Gutiérrez represents Illinois's 4th congressional district in the U. S. House of Representatives.
- Sarah Gutierrez . Gutierrez lives in Berwyn.
- Allen Guttmann Born: 1932 Chicago .
- Buddy Guy Born: 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana. Buddy moved to Chicago in 1957.
- Don Gwaltney . Gwaltney lived and worked in Chicago for 35 years.
- Peter Gwinn . Gwinn is from Evanston.
- Dorothy Haas Born: 1935 in Racine, Wisconsin . Haas lived in Chicago and many of her books are set in Chicago.
- John Habberton Born: 1842 in Brooklyn, New York . Mr. Habberton lived in Illinois from 8 years of age until he was seventeen.
- Gene Hackman Born: January 30, 1930 in San Bernardino, California. Hackman spent most of his childhood in Danville and attended University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- Margaret Peterson Haddix Born: 1964 in Washington Court, Ohio. Haddix lived in Danville from 1991-93. While there she was a part-time instructor at the Danville Area Community College and a freelance writer. During that time, she wrote Running Out of Time; Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey.
- Everett W. Haegele Born: August 29, 1917 in St. Louis, Missouri. Haegele lived in Alton.
- Cheryl Hagedorn Born: Chicago, Illinois. Born in and lives in Chicago.
- John M. Hagedorn Born: in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Hagedorn is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Illinois-Chicago Great Cities Insitute and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice.
- William Hageman Born: 1952 . Hageman lives in Aurora, Illinois.
- Gene Ha Born: in Chicago. Ha was born in Chicago and currently resides in Berwyn, Illinois.
- Susan Hahn Born: 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. Hahn was born in Chicago by the name of Susan Firestone. She attended Highland Park High School and received her B. A. and M. A. in psychology from Northwestern University. She currently resides in Winnetka.
- Nathan Hahs Born: 1975. Hahs lives in Mt. Vernon.
- Syed Afzal Haider Born: Pakistan . Haider lives in Evanston.
- Michael Hainey Born: 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. Michael Hainey was born in Chicago and lives in Manhattan.
- James W. Hale Born: N/A. N/A
- Zelma Kay Halemeyer . Halemeyer resides in rural Golden Eagle, where her paternal family has lived for four generations.
- Samuel W. Hale III Born: June 19, 1969 in Louisville, Kentucky. Lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Stephanie Hale Born: Decatur, Illinois. Hale was born in Decatur, Illinois. She attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
- Bettyann Hall Born: N/A. Hall lives in Flossmoor, Illinois.
- Clyde Hall . Hall currently resides in Mt. Vernon.
- Daniel E. Hall Born: . The Author grew up in Paris, Illinois during the 1930's and 1940's. He is presently an associate in the Newspaper business and lives with his wife in Austin, Texas.
- John S. Haller, Jr. Born: 1940 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Haller was a history professor at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois and as a professor of medical humanities at Southern Illinois University Medical School in Springfield, Illinois.
- Brett Halliday Born: July 31, 1904 in Chicago, Illinois. Halliday was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Kate Hall Born: . Hall has been a library director at the New Lenox and Northbrook Public Libraries in Illinois.
- Lynn Hall Born: 1937 in Lombard, Illinois. Lynn was born in Lombard, Illinois.
- Sandra Hall Born: 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. Hall was born in Chicago and attended college at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois and Jane Addams College of Social Work at the Univerity of Illinois at Chicago. She also attended Governors State University.
- Spencer Hall Born: . Hall lives in Chicago.
- Tamron Hall Born: 1970 in Luling, Texas . Hall worked for WFLD-TV in Chicago from 1997 to 2007. She held several positions, including general assignment reporter, consumer reporter, and host of a three-hour program, 'Fox News in the Morning'. As a former Chicago resident, Hall frequently reported on issues related to Chicago politics, and covered many 'breaking news' stories.
- Tim Hall Born: in New York. Tim is a native of New York City, he now lives in a Western suburb of Chicago.
- John E. Hallwas Born: Waukegan, Illinois May 24, 1945. Hallwas was born in Waukegan and spent his pre-school years at the hamlet of Loon Lake. When he was five years old, his family moved to nearby Antioch where he attended school. He received his B.S. and M.A. degrees from Western Illinois University, and then, after he attended the University of Florida for doctoral study, he returned to Macomb, where he spent his university teaching career and retirement years.
- David M. Halperin Born: 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. Halperin was born in Chicago.
- Julie Halpern Born: January 14 in Chicago, Illinois. Halpern is a Chicago native and currently resides in Gurnee.
- Eldon Ham Born: . Ham received his B. S. from the University of Illinois in 1974 and his J. D. from Chicago-Kent in 1976.
- Jane Hamilton Born: 1957 in Oak Park, Illinois. Hamilton was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois.
- M. Eliza Hamilton . Hamilton lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Marjorie L. Hamilton . Hamilton lives in Lincoln.
- R.M Hamilton Born: 1976 in Carol Stream, IL. I grew up in Rolling Meadows, IL and at the age of 18 I decided to live on my own after my parents relocated to the east coast. Over the years I have lived all over The Northwest and Western suburbs of Chicago. I graduated from Fremd High School in Palatine, IL in 1994. I have worked in the printing industry for over 15 years. I currently reside in the western suburbs of Chicago.
- Rebecca Hamlin Born: . Rebecca Hamlin has an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and has lived and worked in the Chicago area since 1985.
- Dale Hamm Born: . The author lives in the Bath, Illinois area.
- Alison Hammer Born: . Hammer lives in Chicago.
- David Hammond . Hammond lives in Oak Park.
- Jerome S. Handler Born: . Jerome Handler worked at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale from 1962 to 1995.
- Heather Haneman Born: in Missouri. When Heather was 16 years old she moved to Chicago, and began dancing in such traditional venues as the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago.
- John Hankiewicz Born: 1971 in Chicago, IL. Hankiewicz was born in Chicago and now resides in Westmont, Illinois.
- Anthony Hanks . Hanks grew up in Sandoval.
- Matt Hanley Born: . Hanley grew up in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
- Kate Hannigan . Hannigan lives in Hyde Park.
- Lorraine Hansberry Born: May 5, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. Hansberry was born in and grew up in Chicago.
- Harry T Hansen Born: December 26, 1884 Davenport, Iowa. Hansen attended the University of Chicago, majoring in English and acquiring his Ph.D in 1909. After graduation, Hansen joined the Chicago Daily News as a staff reporter and upon the outbreak of the First World War, Hansen became the Daily News' overseas war correspondent in Europe. When the United States entered the war, Hansen was promoted to foreign editor. By 1920, he had risen to the position of Literary Editor, and he remained in that position until leaving the Daily News in 1926.
- Karen Hanson Born: . Karen lives and works in the Chicago land area.
- Mark D. Hanson Born: . Mark D. Hanson was the curator for the Chanute Air Museum in Rantoul for almost 12 years. Currently, he is the curator for the Museum of the Grand Prairie in Mohomet.
- Sharon Kinney Hanson Born: 1942 in East St. Louis, Illinois. She was born in East St. Louis, Illinois and graduated from Southern Illinois University.
- Mary E Haque . Haque resides in Chicago.
- Shai Y. Har-El Born: 1946 in Israel. Dr. Shai Har-El lives in Highland Park, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Chicago with a PhD. He founded the Middle East Peace Network (MEPN), a 501(c) (3), nonprofit organization registered in the State of Illinois. He operates Har-El Financial Group from his office in Deerfield, Illinois.
- Annika Hardy-Douglas Born: . Hardy-Douglas currently resides in Springfield.
- Joy Harjo Born: . Harjo taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign from 2013 to 2016, and was connected to the university's American Indian Studies Program.
- William Harmening Born: 1959 in Springfield, Illinois. Bill Harmening was born in Springfield, Illinois and currently resides in Athens, Illinois.
- Merrill Harmin Born: 1982 in Brooklyn, New York. Harmin works at Southern Illinois University, in Edwardsville.
- Carolyn Harmon Born: . Harmon was a Parents as Teachers Parent Educator with Springfield School District 186 at the Early Learning Center and an adjunct instructor at Lincoln Land Community College. She holds a doctor of education degree.
- Kevin M. Harmon Born: May 13, 1968, in LaSalle, Illinois. Harmon was born in LaSalle. He lived in Peoria the majority of his life.
- Baird Harper . Harper grew up in Northfield and currently lives in Oak Park. He teaches at Loyola University and the University of Chicago.
- Charise Mericle Harper Born: in Vancouver, Canada. Charise lives in Chicago.
- Jorjet Harper Born: in New York, New York. Harper moved to Chicago in 1979.
- Ken Harrelson Born: 1938 in Carmi, Illinois. Ken was born and raised in Carmi. He moved back to Illinois and lived in Norris City from 1974 until his death in 2011.
- Kenneth Dwain Harrelson Born: 1961 in Carmi, Illinois. Kenneth was born in Carmi.
- Janice N. Harrington Born: in Vernon, Alabama. Harrington lives in Champaign.
- Michael Harrington Born: 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Harrington attended the University of Chicago where he recieved an MA in English Literature before attending Yale Law School.
- Walt Harrington Born: 1950 in Will County, Illinois. Walt was born in Will county and currently resides in Urbana.
- Dianna Harris Born: 1962 in Topeka Kansas. Dianna now lives in Westmont, Illinois
- E. Lynn Harris Born: 1955 in Flint, Michigan. Harris lived in Chicago. His book, ''And This Too Shall Pass'', was set in Chicago.
- Neil Harris Born: . The author is professor emeritus at the Univestity of Chicago.
- Bill Harrison Born: New York City, 1956. Harrison has lived in Chicago for over 40 years. He is a graduate of DePaul University. worked extensively in the Chicago theater, both in the pit and onstage as a musician and actor. Credits include the long running Always...Patsy Cline, Wicked, The Lion King, Billy Elliott, Showboat, Sunset Boulevard, Singin' In The Rain, Scrooge, Peter Pan, Sweet Charity, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, West Side Story, Camelot, White Christmas and the world premieres of The Visit, Turn of the Century and Bounce at Goodman Theatre. His teaching experience includes private lessons and coaching jazz ensembles at the American Conservatory of Music and at Chicago State University.
- Randolph Robert Harrison Born: 1945 in Oak Park, Illinois. Born and raised in Oak Park, Col. Harrison settled in Petersburg, Illinois after retiring from the military.
- Stanley E. Harris Born: . He works at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Claire Hartfield Born: . Hartfield is a life long resident of Chicago. She attended Chicago public schools and received her her law degree from the University of Chicago.
- Ronne Hartfield Born: 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. Hartfield was born and raised in Chicago and attended Wendell Phillips High School and local universities.
- Robert E. Hartley Born: 1936 in Winfield, Kansas. Robert was a journalist and group editor of the former Lidsey-Schaub newspapers in Illinois, which included papers in Decatur, Carbondale, East St. Louis, Edwardsville and Champaign-Urbana.
- Henry Lemar Hartman Born: 1923 in Irving, Illinois. Hartman was born and raised in Irving. He resides there again today.
- Hermene Hartman . Hartman lives in Chicago.
- Laura P. Hartman Born: 1963 in Chicago, Illinois . Dr. Hartman is a professor at DePaul University in Chicago.
- Jennifer Hartmann . Hartmann resides in northern Illinois.
- Rachel Hartman Born: 1972 in Kentucky. Hartman worked at a secondhand bookstore while living in Chicago.
- Richard E. Hart Born: 1942 in Ottawa, Illinois. Hart was born in Ottawa, Illinois, and attended school and was raised in Springfield, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he received his B.A. in 1964 and his J.D. in 1967. He was admitted to practice law in 1967 and has been a practicing attorney in Springfield for the last fifty-two years. He is a partner in the firm of Hart, Southworth & Witsman.
- Kent Haruf Born: February 24, 1943 in Pueblo, Colorado. Haruf lived in Murphysboro and retired from teaching at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
- Stephen P. Harvera Born: Peoria, Illinois. N/A
- Paul Harvey-Aurant Born: Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lived in Illinois
- Broderick Steven Harvey Born: 1957 in Welch, West Virginia. Harvey moved to Chicago in the mid-’90s during his stint as morning radio host on WGCI-FM (107. 5). Today, he lives there most of the year.
- Darryl Harvey Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Darryl is a native of Chicago’s Westside.
- Karen D. Harvey Born: 1935 in Wayne, Nebraska. Karen Harvey lived in Illinois from 1973 through 1978 while attending Northern Illinois University.
- Michael Harvey Born: Boston, Massachusetts. Harvey lives in Chicago and most of his books are based there as well. He attended Northwestern Illinois University and owns the bar ''The Hidden Shamrock'' in Chicago, which regularly hosts literary events and readings.
- Miles Harvey Born: in Hinsdale, Illinois. Harvey grew up in Downers Grove. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and currently resides in Chicago.
- Todd Hasak-Lowy Born: in Detroit, Michigan. Hasak-Lowy moved to Evanston, Illinois in 2010 and resides there still today.
- Dorothy Hass Born: Racine, Wisconsin. N/A
- Amy Hassinger Born: 1972 in Frederick, Maryland. Hassinger lives in Urbana.
- Robert J. Hastings Born: 1924 Marion, Illlinois. Hastings is a native of Marion. He also lived in Carbondale and Springfield.
- Jeff Havens Born: 1978 in Urbana, Illinois. He was born in Urbana, Illinois.
- Stephen P. Havera Born: in Peoria, Illinois. The author was born in Peoria on the banks of the Illinois river and made studying Illinois waterfowl and wildlife his lifes work. He is currently director of the Forbes Biological Station and Bellrose Waterfowl Reserch Center in Havana, Illinois.
- Juanita Havill Born: 1949 in Evansville, Indiana. Havill was raised in Mt. Carmel, Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois.
- Black Hawk Born: 1767 in the village of Saukenuk (Present-day Rock Island, Illinois). Black Hawk was born in the village of Saukenuk on the Rock River, in present-day Rock Island.
- C.J. Hawking Born: . The author lives in Oak Park.
- Alice Ryerson Hayes Born: 1922 . Hayes grew up in Chicago and lived in Lake Forest and Hyde Park, Illinois. She attended the Francis Parker School in Chicago, Milton Academy, Bryn Mawr College and the University of Chicago.
- John Hay Born: October 8, 1838 in Salem, Indiana. Hay lived in Warsaw, Illinois and practiced Law in Springfield. He was also a personal secretary and biographer for Abraham Lincoln.
- Don Hayner Born: Chicago, Illinois . Hayner is a native Chicagoan. He graduated from Ripon College and John Marshall Law School.
- David J. Haynes Born: in Chicago, Illinois. David Haynes is a Sergeant on the Chicago Police force.
- Michael Hays Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Michael Hays has been a life long resident of Chicago, Illinois.
- Robert G. Hays Born: May 23, 1935 in Carmi, Illinois. Hays was born in Carmi, Illinois. He spent 11 years on the professional staff and faculty at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois and 33 years on the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He currently resides in Champaign, Illinois.
- William Elliott Hazelgrove Born: 1959 in Richmond, Virginia. Hazelgrove's family moved to Chicago when he was fourteen. After college, he returned to the Chicago area. He currently resides in St. Charles.
- Deborah Heal Born: 1954 in Eldorado, Illinois. I was born in Eldorado, Illinois but grew up in Woodburn and Bunker Hill. I attended the University of Illinois, and received a Bachelor of Arts in English at Southern Illinois University. I currently live in Waterloo, Illinois. My books highlight southern Illinois history.
- Betsy Hearne Born: 1942 in Wilsonville, Alabama . Hearne studied children's literature and folklore, got a Ph. D. at the University of Chicago's Graduate Library School, and became a professor. She lives in Urbana, Illinois.
- Elizabeth Gould Hearne Born: 1942 in Wilsonville, Alabama. Hearne studied children's literature and folklore, got a Ph. D. at the University of Chicago's Graduate Library School, and became a professor. She lives in Urbana, Illinois.
- Richard J. Heath Born: 1931 Robinson, Illinois. Mr. Heath was born in Robinson, Illinois.
- Harold H. Hebron Born: Hanover, MD. Harold Hebron lives in Decatur, Illinois.
- Ben Hecht Born: February 28, 1894 in New York City. Hecht worked at Chicago Journal, Chicago Daily News, and Chicago Literary Times between 1910 and 1924.
- Loren Hecht Born: . Loren lives in DeKalb, Illinois.
- Jamie Riggio Heelan Born: . Heelan lives in Mundelein, Illinois
- James M. Heffern Born: 1932 in Illinois . Heffern lives in Elk Grove Village.
- Peggy O'Donnell Heffington . Heffington lives outside of Chicago.
- Tom Heflin Born: 1934 in Monticello, Arkansas. Heflin lives in Rockford, Illinois and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Carol Hegberg Born: . Hegberg ives in DeKalb, Illinois. She graduated from Northern Illinois University.
- Michael Heggerty Born: . Lives in the Chicago suburbs
- Mary Winn Heider . Heider lives in Chicago, where she is a member of the theater company Barrel of Monkeys. Through the company, she teaches creative writing to 3rd - 5th graders. <p />
- Larry Heinemann Born: 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. Heinemann was born and raised in Chicago. He graduated from and taught at Columbia College in Chicago.
- Vernon L. Hein Born: N/A. Vernon Hein lives in Lake Forest, Il.
- David Heinzmann Born: . Heinzmann lives in Oak Park,Illinois. He grew up in Metamora,Illinois and earned a degree from the University of Illinois.
- Kenan Heise Born: 1933 in Ferndale, Michigan. Kenan Heise lived in Evanston, Illinois
- Devorah Heitner . Heitner has a Ph.D. in Media/Technology & Society from Northwestern University and has taught at DePaul and Northwestern. She lives in Chicagoland.
- Joan He Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He currently splits her time between Philly and Chicago.
- David P. Helfand Born: N/A. N/A
- Kat Helgeson Born: . Helgeson lives in Chicago.
- Robert Hellenga Born: 1941 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Hellenga lived in Galesburg. He was the George Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of English and Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at Knox College.
- Marla Heller Born: . Marla lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.
- Libby Fischer Hellmann Born: 1949 in Washington DC. Hellmann moved to the Chicago area in 1978.
- James R. Helm Born: 1949 in Berwyn, Illinois. Helm was born in Berwyn, graduated from Greenville College and lived in Springfield, Illinois.
- Ernest Hemingway Born: July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingway was born and raised in Oak Park.
- Aleksander Hemon Born: 1964 in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Hemon moved to Chicago in 1992 and still lives there today. He attended Northwestern University in Evanston.
- Stephanie Hemphill Born: in Naperville, Illinois . Hemphill was born and raised in Naperville. She currently resides in the Chicago suburbs.
- Barbara Sloan Hendershott Born: in N/A. Barbara lives in Elmhurst.
- Dee Henderson . Henderson lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Harold Henderson Born: . Harold Henderson writes for the Chicago Reader.
- Karley Henderson . Henderson lives in Illinois.
- Lyndee Jobe Henderson Born: Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Lundee Henderson lives in a Western Chicago suburb.
- Rickey R. Hendon Born: 1953 in Cleveland, Ohio. Rickey Hendon moved to Chicago with his family prior to starting High School and has lived there since that time.
- George Hendrick Born: March 30, 1929 in Stephenville, Texas. Hendrick is an emeritus professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Paul Hendrickson Born: 1944 in Fresno,California. Hendrickson was raised in Chicago.
- William Hendricks Born: . Hendricks lives in Alton, Illinois.
- R. J. Henne Born: in Jacksonville, Illinois. Henne was born in Jacksonville and graduated from the old Triopia High School in Chapin and Flamingo Beauty College in Jacksonville.
- Mary Lucy Denise Henner Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Henner was born in Chicago.
- Debra G. Henninger Born: . Ms. Henninger lives in Lincoln, Illinois and has quilting shops in Metamora, Pekin and Peoria.
- Randolph C. Henning Born: . No direct Illinois connection was determined however the author writes about famous former resident Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Cristina Henriquez Born: Deleware. Henriquez earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University. She lives in a western suburb of Chicago and teaches at Northwestern University.
- Alexander Jude Henry Born: Chicago, Illinois, 1990 . Writes out of Carol Stream, Illinois.
- Christina Henry Born: 1974 in New York. Henry lives in Chicago. She is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago.
- Marguerite Henry Born: 1902 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Henry moved to Wayne, Illinois in 1939 with her husband.
- Darold Leigh Henson Born: 1942 in Lincoln, Illinois. Henson was born and raised in Lincoln and attended Lincoln College his freshman year before earning a bachelor's degree in English at Illinois State University in 1964.
- Janis Herbert Born: 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. Herbert was born in Chicago and grew up on the south side of Chicago.
- Darold Herdes . Herdes grew up on an Illinois farm in post-World War II America.
- Margaret S. Herguth Born: . Lives in Wilmette.
- Charlotte Herman Born: 1937 in Chicago, Illinois. Grew up on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois
- Heidi Herman Born: 1968, in Bloomington, Illinois. Herman was born in Bloomington and grew up in small-town Central Illinois, attending Towanda Elementary, graduating from NCHS, and taking classes at Illinois State University. She later moved to Chicago and worked in telecommunications, which took her to six different states over the course of twelve years. She returned to settle back Central Illinois - this time in Morton - in 2013.
- David Hernandez Born: 1946 in Cidra, Peurto Rico. Hernandez moved with his family to Chicago in 1955 when he was a young boy. He grew up in the Wrigleyville neighborhood and lived in Chicago the rest of his life.
- William Henry Herndon Born: 1818, in Greensburg, Kentucky. Herndon's family moved to Illinois in 1820. By the spring of 1821 the family was living in Sangamon County. When William was five, the family settled in the German Prairie settlement located five miles northeast of Springfield.
- Robert Herrick Born: April 26, 1868 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Herrick moved to Chicago in 1893 and was a Professor of English at the University of Chicago from 1893 to 1923.
- Greg Herriges Born: 1950 Highland Park, Illinois . Herriges grew up in Highland Park, Illinois. He graduated from Kendall College and the University of Illinois. Currently, he teaches English and createive writing a William Rainey harper College in Palantine, Illinois.
- Margaret Herr Born: 1937 in Springfield, Illinois. Herr was born and raised in Springfield. She lives still there today.
- Melody Herr Born: Ephrata, PA. N/A
- Tricia Hersey . Hersey is a Chicago native.
- Esther Hershenhorn Born: 1945, in Philadelphia, Pennsylania. Esther teaches at an artists residency program, at Chicago's Newberry Library, and at the University of Chicago's Writer's Studio. Before she taught writers, she was an elementary school teacher in Chicago.
- Seymour M Hersh Born: 1937 in Chicago, Illinois. Hersh was born in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Chicago with a history degree.
- Seymour M Hersh Born: 1937 in Chicago, Illinois. Hersh was born in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Chicago with a history degree.
- Brad Herzog . Herzog was born in Highland Park.
- Dorrel Norman Herzog Born: 1931 in New Athens, Illinois. Whitey was born Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog in New Athens, Illinois.
- Kathy Heskin Born: . The author teaches at Domincan University in River Forest, Illinois.
- Shelia Hester-Friday Born: Chicago, Illinois. Hester-Friday was born and raised in Chicago and has lived in Illinois her entire life.
- Denia Lewis Hester Born: . Hester lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Paul Van Heuklom Born: 1958 in Rochester, Minnesota. Van Heuklom has taught at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield since 1996. He lives in Chatham.
- Nicole M Hewitt . Hewitt lives in the Chicago suburbs.
- Victor Hicken Born: September 28, 1921, in Witt, IL. Hicken grew up and attended public schools in Gillespie. He earned a Bachelor of Education degree from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. After military service, he attended University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. from which he received a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in American History. He went on to become a professor at Western Illinois University. He also taught courses at Knox College in Galesburg and at Black Hawk College in Moline.
- Gerald Cannon Hickey Born: 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. The author was a live long resident of the Chicago area.
- Pat Hickey Born: 1952 in Chicago, IL. I was born and raised on the south side of Chicago, attended Catholic schools in this city from grammar school through graduate school at Loyola University, taught English literature and writing at Bishop McNamara High School in Kankakee, IL and La Lumiere School in LaPorte, IN and currently directs fund-raising for Leo High School in Chicago. I write a monthly column for Irish American News, contribute regular columns to Chicago Daily Observer and other publications. My two books, one a history and the other a historical fiction concern themselves with Illinois and Chicago history.
- Caleb J Hicks Born: 1987 in Alton, Illinois. Hicks was born and raised in Alton. He attended college at Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey. After moving to Springfield, he attended Lincoln Land Community College.
- Silvia Hidalgo Born: , in Costa Rica. Hidalgo lives in Chicago.
- Hal Higdon Born: 1931 in Chicago,Illinois. Hal was born and raised in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago's Laboratory School, where he began his running career.
- Rose Musacchio Higdon Born: 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. Rose was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago. She attended Fenger high school and Chicago Teacher's College.
- Lisa Higgs Born: . Author teaches at Univeristy of Illinois Springfield.
- Jim Higley Born: . The author writes a weekly column for the ''Chicago Tribune''.
- Donald D. Hildebrand Born: 1928 in Emden, Illinois. He was born in Emden, Illinois and his early years were spent in central Illinois.
- Lori Hile Born: Birmingham, Michigan. Lori lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.
- Carl Hileman Born: in Southern Illinois. Carl Hileman was born in Southern Illinois and now resides in a home he built for himself on the border of the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois.
- Meggan Hill-McQueeney . Hill-McQueeney lives in Barrington.
- Timothy J. Hillegonds . Hillegonds lives in Chicago and serves as contributing editor for Slag Glass City, a digital journal of the urban essay arts.
- Gracie Hill Born: in Wynne, Arkansas. Gracie Hill lives in Chicago and is a member of the Chicago Writers Association.
- Hope C. Hill Born: 1975 in Champaign, Illinois. The author was born in Champaign and now lives in Springfield.
- Jonathan D. Hill Born: . Jonathan D. Hill is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University and the author of Keepers of the Sacred Chants: The Poetics of Ritual Power in an Amazonian Society.
- Lee Sullivan Hill Born: 1958, in Hartford, Connecticut . Hill lives in Clarendon Hills, Illinois - a suburb of Chicago.
- Libby Hill Born: . Hill lives in Evanston.
- Bill Hillmann Born: Chicago, Illinois 1982. Hillman was born in Chicago and grew up on the city's North Side. He attended St. Joseph High School. He has a bachelor's degree from Elmhurst College and an MFA from Columbia College Chicago.
- Michael Hillmer Born: 1949 in Saint Louis, Missouri. Even though Hillmer was born at a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, he was a life long resident of Illinois - Granite City and Edwardsville, Illinois. Until his death in November of 2010, Hillmer was the reference librarian for the Six Mile Regional Library District, Granite City.
- Timothy Gerard Hillmer Born: 1958 in Granite City, Illinois. Hillmer was born in Granite City, Illinois. He graduated from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Illinois.
- Sam Hill Born: August 29, 1953 in Sumter, South Carolina. Hill resides in Winnetka. He attended the University of Chicago and received there a Master of Business Administration in 1984.
- Darlene Clark Hine Born: . Professor Hine teaches at Northwestern University and lives in Illinois.
- Daryl Hine Born: 1935 in New Westminster, British Columbia. Daryl Hine lived in semi-retirement in Evanston, Illinois, until his death in 2012.
- Arelen Hirsch Born: . Arlene received her Masters degree in Counseling Psychology from Northwestern University.
- Edward Hirsch Born: January 20, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois. Hirsch was born in Chicago.
- Arlene B. Hirschfelder Born: 1943 in Chicago, Illinois. Arlene was born and raised in Chicago.
- Jim Hochgesang Born: in N/A. Jim Hochgesang lives in Lake Forest, Illinois.
- Steve Hochstadt Born: . Steve is a professor of history at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois.
- Mark Hodapp Born: . Mark writes for the Waterloo, Illinois paper the Republic Times.
- Dave Hoekstra Born: 1955. Hoekstra grew up in Naperville and now resides in Chicago.
- Fawn Hoener . Hoener lived in Springfield while she was a hospice nurse. <p />
- Karl Hoepfner Born: 1936 in Bartonville, Illinois. Karl was born and raised in a suburb of Peoria, Illinois.
- Jay C. Hoffman Born: 1961 Highland, Illinois . Hoffman is an Illinois state representative from Collinsville, Illinois.
- Jeff Hoffman Born: St. Louis, Missouri. Hoffman lives in Elmhurst.
- Judy Hoffman Born: . She is a lifelong resident of the Alton and Godfrey areas of Illinois.
- Donald Hoffmann Born: 1933 in Springfield, Illinois. Hoffman was born and raised in Springfield, Illinois.
- Samantha Hoffman Born: . Hoffman lives and writes in Chicago, and graduated from DePaul University.
- Richie Hofmann Born: . Hofmann lives in Chicago.
- Kristin L. Hoganson Born: . Hoganson is the Stanley S. Stroup Professor of United States History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
- Nathan Hoks Born: in Colorado. I was raised in the northwest suburbs, attended Loyola University Chicago, and have recently returned to live in Chicago.
- Chris Holaves Born: 1945 in Astakos, Greece. Holaves emigrated to Danville, Illinois in 1954. He received his BS at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois and his MS at the University of Illinois in Urbana. He currently resides in Roscoe, Illinois.
- Greg Holden Born: 1957 in Des Plaines, Illinois. Holden was born in Des Plaines, Illinois and currently lives in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated with both his Bachelors and Masters from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Jennifer Holik Born: in Chicago suburbs . Holik's family has always lived in Chicago since they emigrated from Europe. She was born in the Chicago suburbs and spent many years growing up in Missouri. She graduated with a BA in History from the Missouri University of Science and Technology and then returned to the Chicago area. Her military books have focused on her Chicago relatives who served in World War I and World War II.
- Nicole Hollander Born: 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. Hollander received her B. F. A. from the University of Illinois and her M. F. A from Boston University. Her work is included in the Library of Congress cartoon collection and The Cartoon Research Library at Ohio State University. At one time she taught a course in conceptual illustration at Columbia College in Chicago. Nicole still lives in Chicago.
- Melvin George Holli Born: 1933 in Ishpeming, Michigan. Holli lives in the Chicago area.
- Denise Holmes Born: in . Holmes earned her BFA at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and resides in Chicago still today.
- Melanie Holmes Born: Chicago, IL 1962. Holmes was born in Chicago and is a lifelong Illinoisan. She wrote the biography of Dr. David A. Johnston who was raised in Oak Lawn, IL, attended University of Illinois, and followed his dream of becoming a volcanologist, only to die in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Holmes also wrote a pictorial history of Manteno, Illinois; the site of a large mental institution as well as the backdrop for Elizabeth Packard's fight for married women's property rights in the mid to late 1800s.<p />
- Shelby Holmes Born: 1970 in Chicago, IL. Holmes was born and raised in the Chicago metropolitan area. He lived in Oak Park for three years while attending Robert Morris College and Governor State University and now resides in Shorewood.
- Ann Holmquist Born: September, 1932 in Joliet, IL. N/A
- Maureen Holohan Born: June 18, 1972, in Troy, NY. Maureen attended Northwestern University. After graduating, she played semi-pro ball in Chicago.
- Marilyn Holt Born: 1949 in Norris City, Illinois. Marilyn is a native of Eldorado, Illinois. She reveived degrees from Eastern Illinois University and the University of Illinois at Springfield, Illinois.
- Hugh Holton Born: 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Holton is a Chicago native.
- Lisa Holton Born: 1959 . Lisa was born in Moline, Illinois, and lived in the Quad Cities until the age of four when her father, an executive with International Harvester Co. , was transferred to Canton, a small central Illinois town. She now runs her company, The Lisa Company, from Evanston, Illinois.
- Jerome Holtzman Born: Chicago, Illinois. Jerome Holtzman was a baseball writer and columnist, beginning in 1957 for the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, Illinois.
- Harold Holzer Born: 1949 . The Author was co-chairman of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission from 2001 to 2010 and has written extensively about an Illinois subject of interest - Abraham Lincoln.
- Brandi Homan Born: . Homan lives in Chicago.
- Jennifer Homans Born: in Chicago, Illinois 1960 . Homans was raised in Chicago, where she trained as a ballerina from the age of eight. By the time she was a teenager, Homans had enrolled in dance classes at the University of Chicago. She performed with the Chicago Lyric Opera Ballet.
- Leslé Honoré Born: Gardena, California. Honoré currently resides in Chicago
- Michael Bret Hood Born: . Hood lived in West Frankfort, Illinois for 23 years. He is also a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Beverly Van Hook Born: February 2, 1941 in Huntington, West Virgina. *Lived in Rock Island County for all but four years between 1963-1993
- Ruth Hooker Born: April 30, 1920, in Rockville Center, NY. Ruth lived most of her adult life in Naperville.
- Julius Nicholas Hook Born: December 25, 1913 in Macoupin County, Illinois. Hook was born in Macoupin county, was educated at the University of Illinois and also was a professor at the University of Illinois.
- Paul Hoover Born: 1946 in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Paul Hoover taught at Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois
- Kenneth Hopkins Born: . He was a visiting writer at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Mary Ellen Hopkins Born: . She was born in Peoria, Illinois.
- Jessica Hopper Born: 1976. Hopper lives in Chicago.
- Leah Hoppes . Hoppes has lived in Illinois since 1994. She has lived in Chicago, Mount Prospect, Roscoe, St. Charles, and now resides in Utica.
- Nancy Horan Born: . Horan lived in Oak Park for 25 years.
- Michael Hornburg Born: . Author is from Downers Grove, Illinois.
- Victor Carter Horne Born: . Victor lives in Chicago with his wife of 33 years.
- Paul Hornschemeier Born: 1977 in Cincinnati, Ohio . The author moved to Chicago after graduation and began work on Forlorn Funnies. He currently resides in Chicago where he is still at work on the Forlorn Funnies, various music projects, and illustration work for clients from ''This American Life'' to ''Life Magazine''.
- C. William Horrell Born: 1918. Horrell lived in Southern Illinois, an area commonly known as Little Egypt. This area is known for its beautiful scenery and coal mines.
- Jack E. Horsley Born: December 12, 1915, in Sioux City, Iowa. Horsley graduated in 1939 from the University of Illinois College of Law. He lived in Mattoon, Illinois.
- Bernard Horzen Born: . Father Horzan is currently at St. Thomas Moore Church in Dazell, Illinois.
- James Hosek Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Hosek was born in Chicago and grew up in Stickney. He attended Thomas Alva Edison Elementary School and J. Sterling Morton West High School. He received his B. S. And D. V. M from the University of Illinois.
- Patsy Rose Hoshiko Born: . She was recogonized by The Delta Awards for her written works on Southern Illinois.
- Sollace Hotze Born: N/A. N/A
- Bonnie Schwartz Houck Born: in Illinois. Bonnie Schwartz Houck was born in Illinois and moved to Minnesota in the early nineties.
- Christine Houston Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Houston is a native Chicagoan. She grew up on the south-side of Chicago and is a graduate of Parker high School.
- Richard Hovey Born: 1864, in Normal, Illinois. Hovey was born in Normal.
- Clare Howard . Howard lives in Peoria.
- Jane Ruble Howard Born: 1924 in Bloomington, Indiana. Jane Howard lived in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
- Robert Pickrell Howard Born: New Providence, Iowa March 18, 1905. Howards family moved to Chicago in 1912. He graduated from Lake View High School in 1923. Throughout his life he lived both in Springfield and the Chicago area until 1986.
- Helen Howe Born: 1927 in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Howe was born in Mt. Vernon and lived in Robinson for many years. She graduated from Lincoln Trail College in Robinson and Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. She also taught English at Lincoln Trail College.
- Bette Howland Born: 1937 in Chicago, Illinois. Howland was born in Chicago and lived there until 1975.
- Albert Hrubetz III Born: Collinsville, Illinois. N/A
- Hua Hsu Born: Champaign-Urbana, IL, 1977. A second-generation Taiwanese American, Hsu was born in 1977 in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
- Wenguang Huang Born: 1965 in Xian, China. Wenguang came to Illinois when he was 25 years old.
- Elbert Hubbard Born: June 19, 1856 in Bloomington, Illinois. Hubbard was born in Bloomington and raised in Hudson.
- William Hubbartt Born: N/A. William S. Hubbartt, MSIR, SPHR, is president of Hubbartt & Associates, St. Charles, IL
- Sonya Huber Born: Janurary 30, 1971 in Evergreen Park, Illinois . She was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois.
- Matt Hucke Born: 1972 in Millstadt, Illinois. Born and raised in Millstadt Illinois, He attended the University of Illinois and, Matt now lives in Chicago.
- Cody Hudson Born: 1971 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Hudson is a Chicago based Artist.
- Dori Hudson Born: . Ms. Hudson was awarded Writer of the Year in non-fiction by the friends of Lincoln Library in Springfield, Illinois in 1994.
- Dori Dana Hudson Born: . Ms. Hudson was awarded Writer of the Year in non-fiction by the friends of Lincoln Library in Springfield, Illinois in 1994.
- Jennifer Kate Hudson Born: 1981 in Chicago, Illinois. Jennifer was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
- Jeff W. Huebner Born: 1954 in St. Joseph, Michigan. Several years after earning a BA in English/creative writing and communications form Western Michigan University, I moved to Chicago. I have lived and worked in Chicago since 1986. All of my books--and most of my articles--have been about Chicago and Illinois artists, as well as the city's and state's public art, community art, murals, sculptures, and cultural landscapes.
- Yorli Pheadrlyn Huff Born: 1968 in Chicago, IL. I was born and raised in Chicago, IL and lived on the west side.
- James Langston Hughes Born: February 1, 1902, in Joplin, Missouri . Hughes moved to Lincoln, Illinois when he was 13 years old. While he lived in Lincoln for only one year, it is here that he wrote his first verse and was named class poet of his eighth grade class. In the 1942, he wrote a highly successful column in the ''Chicago Defender'' for which he created a comic character named Jesse B. Semple, a black everyman that Hughes used to further explore urban, working-class black themes, and to address racial issues. This column ran fot 20 years. In 1949, he became the poet in residence for the Laboratory School at the University of Chicago.
- Maureen Hughes Born: 1949 in Peru, Illinois. Central Illinois has been home for most of my life. Champaign county has been sourse of formal education and residence. I have worked in various states but mostly Illinois. Vermillion county city police department and the University of Illinois for 21 years.
- Zondra Irene Hughes Born: . Hughes is the editor of N'Digo magapaper, the largest urbane alternative weekly newspaper in Chicago.
- Hua-ling Hu Born: in Peoples Republic of China. The author lived in Southern Illinois form 1981-2003 where her husband taught electrical engineering at SIU Carbondale.
- Roger Huisinga Born: November 13, 1961 in Clinton, Illinois. Huisinga was born in Clinton, Illinois and attended the University of Illinois. He currently resides in Mansfield, Illinois.
- Kevin Huizenga Born: March 29, 1977 in Harvey, Illinois. He was born in Harvey, Illinois.
- Louise L. Hullinger Born: 1924 in South Dakota. The author lives in Chicago.
- Lynda K. Hull Born: 1954 in Newark, New Jersey. Lynda K. Hull taught English at DePaul University. Her longest permanent residency was in Chicago, where she was living when she wrote many of her last poems.
- Howard C. Humphrey Born: Taylorville, IL. Howard Humphrey lived most of his life in Springfield, Illinois.
- Amy Louise Humphreys Born: 1961 in Havana, IL. A life-long Illinois resident, I was born in Havana and completed all of my schooling - right through post-graduate level courses, here in the Prairie State. I have degrees from Western Illinois University and the University of Illinois. The very first time I was hired as a writer was at age 18th. Armed with nothing more than hope, I wandered through the main administration building at WIU knocking on doors and asking, 'Do you hire student writers?' It paid off. After working all four years, the portfolio I developed enabled me to secure my first job after graduation as a writer for a Chicago advertising agency. Since then I've created materials for four publishers, and written everything from scripts and speeches to magazine articles.
- Thomas Hund Born: 1945 in Evanston, Illinois. I was born in Evanston, Illinois and lived in various towns in the near suburbs of Chicago. Presently I live in Hoffman Estates, Illinois I graduated from Northeastern Illinois University. After my schooling, I taught for 34 years at Indian Trail Junior High School in Addison, Illinois.
- Fred Hunter Born: 1954 . Hunter lives in Chicago.
- George William Hunter Born: 1873 in Mamaronek, New York. Hunter began his Chicago connection when he became in 1896 a fellow in Zoology at the University of Chicago.
- Lindsay Hunter . Hunter moved to Chicago to study writing at the School of the Art Institute. She lives there still today.
- Irene Hunt Born: May 8, 1907 in Pontiac, Illinois. Irene Hunt was born in Pontiac, Illinois and then moved to Newton, Illinois with her family before she was one year of age. She taught in the public schools in Oak Park and Cicero.
- Irvin J. Hunt . Hunt is an Associate Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign.
- Tim Hunt Born: Calistoga, California. Hunt is a Professor of English at Illinois State University in Normal. <p />
- Owen Hurd Born: . Owen Hurd lives in Chicago with his wife Geralyn and son Patrick.
- James Hurt Born: 1934 in Ashland, Kentucky. James Hurt taught at the University of Illinois from 1966 until his retirement in 2003.
- Michele Weber Hurwitz . Weber Hurwitz grew up in Skokie and currently lives in Buffalo Grove, a northwest suburb of Chicago.
- Nancy L. Huse Born: N/A. Nancy Huse is Professor of English and Chair, Department of English, at Augustana College.
- Earl R Hutchison Born: in Virden, Illinois. Born and raised in Virden, Illinois and attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Jean A. Hutchison Born: 1940 in Princeton, Indiana. Hutchison lived in Godfrey.
- Kimberly Hutmacher Born: . Hutmacher lives in Illiopolis, Illinois.
- Julie Hyzy Born: 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. Hyzy was born in Chicago and lives in Tinley Park.
- Joseph Louis Iannino . Iannino is from Lombard.
- Maria A. Iannotta Born: 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. Maria was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois attending the University of Illinois at Chicago for her graduate and undergraduate degrees. As a child, she grew-up attending Catholic schools located in the Northwest side of Chicago. Although well-travelled, Illinois has been and will always be called HOME. She currently reside in Park Ridge, Illinois. ''My Mamma Told Me . . . Now, I'm Telling You!'' is an inspirational book demonstrating how a woman with no formal education possessed the wisdom of a scholar despite being born and raised in a small, town called Castel San Vincenzo in Italy and moving, at the age of twenty-nine, to the windy city, Chicago, Illinois. The emphasis of the book is the importance of keeping our ancestors’ wisdom alive despite barriers of language, passing of elders, and the decrease of storytelling. Mamma taught and encouraged others through Italian proverbs that transcend cultures and generations. Life lessons learned hundreds of years ago are still applicable today!
- Andre Iguodala Born: Springfield, Illinois . Iguodala was born and raised in Springfield. He graduated from and played basketball at Lanphier High School.
- Edgar Allen Imhoff Born: . The author grew up in Southern Illinois.
- Robert Green Ingersoll Born: August 11, 1833 in Dresden, New York. Robert Green Ingersoll lived most of his adult life in Illinois
- Lawrence Ingrassia . As a reporter early in my career, Inrassia worked in Chicago.
- Samantha McKiver Irby Born: 1980 . Irby grew up in Evanston.
- Gary Irving Born: N/A. Gary Irving lives in a Western Illinois suburb.
- Daniel Scott Irwin Born: 1949 in Sparta, Illinois. Daniel was born and grew up in Sparta, Illinois. He attended Sparta Grade and High School, graduated high school in 1968. Daniel holds a Bachelor of Art degree from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Aside from his years in the military, he has always lived in Illinois.
- Michiko Itatani Born: in Japan. Michiko lives and works In Chicago. She is a professor at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois.
- Burl Ives Born: June 14, 1909, in Hunt City Township, Illinois. Burl Ives was born in Hunt City Township and attended Eastern Illinois University.
- Stephanie Izard Born: 1976 in Evanston, Illinois. Stephanie Izard was born in the Chicago suburb of Evanston. While she grew up in Stamford, Connecticut she moved back to Chicago in 2001.
- James A. Jack Born: 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. Jack was born in Chicago.
- John S. Jackson III Born: . Jackson works at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Jesse L Jackson, Jr. Born: 1965 in Greenville, South Carolina. Jesse Jackson, Jr. is a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Illinois's 2nd Congressional District, which includes a large part of Chicago's South Side and southeast suburbs.
- Sandra Jackson-Opoku Born: 1953 in Chicago, Illinois . Jackson-Opoku was born and raised in Chicago. She attended Columbia College in Chicago for three years, majoring in Journalism.
- Angela Jackson Born: 1951 in Greenville, Mississippi. Jackson's family moved to Chicago when she was one year old. She graduated from Loretto Academy, a Catholic high school, in Chicago. Jackson stayed in Chicago during college and attended Northwestern University, graduating from the College of Arts and Sciences in 1977. She also earned a master's degree in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Chicago. Angela has taught African-American literature at Kennedy-King College since 1997 and still resides in Chicago today.
- Annette Dierker Jackson Born: January 18, 1965 in Quincy, Illinois . Jackson was born in Quincy and graduated from Quincy High School in 1983.
- Billy Morrow Jackson Born: 1926 in Kansas City, Missouri. Jackson received an MFA from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he later taught.
- Dave Jackson Born: July 16, 1944 in Glendale, California. Jackson currently resides in Evanston, Illinois.
- Dollie M. Jackson Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Jackson is a Chicago native. She received her associate degree in nursing from Kankakee Community College.
- Jacqueline Dougan Jackson Born: 1928 in Beloit, Wisconsin. Jacqueline was one of the founding faculty of Sangamon State University - now University of Illinois at Springfield. She currently resides in Springfield.
- Kara Jackson . Jackson is from Oak Park.
- Lauren Michele Jackson . Jackson lives in Chicago. She attended University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for her bachelor's degree and received her doctoral degree in English Language and Literature from University of Chicago.
- Mitchell S. Jackson Born: Portland, Oregan . Jackson teaches at the University of Chicago.
- Neta Jackson Born: 1944 in Winchester, Kentucky. Jackson currently resides in Evanston, Illinois.
- Phil Jackson Born: 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana. Coached the Chicago Bulls through three championships.
- Rachel Jackson Born: . Jackson lives in Chicago.
- Tim Jackson Born: in Dayton, Ohio. Jackson currently resides in Chicago. He earned a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Toneal M. Jackson Born: 1980 in Chicago, IL. I was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. I graduated from DePaul University where I received my bachelors degree in Communication with a Spanish minor. I received my Master degree in Business Administration from University of Phoenix Chicago campus.
- William Jackson Born: in Utila, Honduras. Lived and worked in Geneva, Illinois.
- Zachary Michael Jack . Jack is a Professor of English at North Central College in Naperville.
- John Jacob Born: Chicago, Illinois. Jacob is an Assistant Professor of English at Loyola University in Chicago. He lives in Oak Park.
- Mark Jacob Born: in Jackson, Michigan. Jacob lives in Evanston.
- Brittany R. Jacobs Born: in . Jacobs is a Chicago native and works at the Naperville Public Library.
- Marcy Jacobs Born: 1959 . Jacobs lives in Godfrey.
- Scott Jacobs Born: . Jacobs lives in Chicago.
- Jerry Jaffe Born: 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. Jaffe lives in suburban Chicago.
- Jessica Jahiel Born: N/A. Jaheil lives in Sidney, Illinois.
- John William Jakes Born: Chicago, Illinois. Born in Chicago in 1932, John Jakes began writing professionally during his freshman year at Northwestern University, where he was studying acting. He decided to trade the stage for the typewriter when, at age 18, he sold his first story for $25.
- John A. Jakle Born: 1939 in Terre Haute, Indiana. Jakle lives in Central Illinois.
- Kelly James-Enger Born: . Kelly lives in Downers Grove, Illinois.
- Angie Michelle James Born: 1969 in Monroe, Louisiana . James moved to Illinois with her family in 1976. She has lived in Phoenix, Harvey, Markham and South Holland. She has worked in Harvey for almost 20 years as a preschool teacher. She attended Taft Elementary School, and graduated from 6th grade there, moving on to Coolidge Junior High School, graduating 8th grade and moving on to attend both Thornridge and Thornton High schools, graduating from Thornton. From there she attended and graduated from South Suburban College (formerly Thornton Community College). Later she graduated also from National Louis University with two bachelors degrees.
- Julie James Born: . Julie graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law,and moved to Florida. She now lives in chicago with her husband and children.
- Renee James Born: . James lives in the Chicagoland area.
- Ashley Jamieson . Worked for the Illinois Times in Springfield, Illinois.
- Raymond M. Jamiolkowski Born: Chicago, Illinois. Raymond Jamiolkowski has been a guidence coundelor in Naperville Illinois' school district #203 since 1984.
- Andrea Jamison . Jamison is assistant professor of school librarianship at Illinois State University in Normal. She received her Master of Teaching from Concordia University and her Master of Library Science and Ph.D. in Information Studies from Dominican University School of Library and Information Science in River Forest, Illinois.
- Cheryl Alters Jamison Born: 1953 in Galesburg, Illinois. Cheryl grew up in Galesburg, Illinois and attended the University of Illinois.
- John B. Jamison . Jamison currently lives a mile West of Farmingdale. He is originally from Beardstown and did live in Springfield for several years while he was one of the pastors at Laurel United Methodist Church.
- Phyllis Janik Born: 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. Janik was born in Chicago and now lives in Hinsdale.
- Lauren Jankowski Born: 1984 in Evanston, Illinois. Jankowski was born in Evanston and raised in the western suburbs of Chicago.
- Larry Janowski Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Larry Jasnkowski was born, raised and still lives in the Chicago area.
- Brother Herbert Janson Born: 1923 in Columbia, Illinois. Brother Herbert Janson was born in Columbia, Illinois.
- Christopher Xenopoulos Janus Born: Charleston, West Virginia. Christopher Xenopoulos Janus started his writing career as a reporter for the Chicago Daily News.
- Stanislaw Jaroszek Born: 1965 in Nowy Korczyn, Poland. Stanislaw Jaroszek was born in Nowy Korczyn,Poland. He came to USA at the age of 20. Graduated with college honors from the University of Illinois - Chicago, with major in teaching of Spanish. In 2006 he received a Master degree from Roosevelt University, with major in Latin-American Literature. Since then, he belongs to hispanic group of writers, based in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago known as 'Contratiempo'.
- Randa Jarrar Born: 1978 in Chicago, Illinois. Jarrar was born in Chicago.
- Jeff Jarvis Born: 1954 . Jarvis attended the Medill School of Journalism in Evanston and worked for the Chicago Tribune.
- Margo Jefferson Born: 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Jefferson is a Chicago native.
- Barbara Jelavich Born: 1923 in Belleville, Illinois. Jelavich was born in Belleville, Illinois.
- Jac Jemc Born: . Jemc received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Jerry Bruce Jenkins Born: 1949 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Jerry Jenkins attended colleges in Chicago Illinois. He worked at WMBI-FM Radio in Chicago from 1967-1968. He then worked for the Des Plaines Publishing company in Des Plaines, Illinois. He lived in Zion, Illinois.
- Carol S. Jennings Born: 1944. Jennings lives on a farm in Benton, Illinois.
- Francis Jennings Born: 1918 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Francis Jennings libved in the Chicago area from 1976 until his death in 2000.
- Lynette Jennings Born: in Springfield, Illinois . Jennings was born in Springfield, Illinois and attended DePaul University in Chicago.
- Theodore W Jennings Born: . Theodore W. Jennings, Jr. is Professor of Biblical and Constructive Theology at the Chicago Theological Seminary.
- Megg Jensen Born: . Jensen graduated with a BA in Medieval Histor from the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign. She currently resides in the Chicago suburbs.
- Nancy O. Jensen Born: 1938 in Brunswick, Maine. Jensen lived in Chicago's western suburbs.
- Richard J. Jensen Born: 1941 in South Bend, Indiana. Richard Jensen lived in Cook County Illinois from 1970 through 1997.
- Thomas C. Jepsen Born: 1948 in Rockford, Illinois. He was born in Rockford, Illinois.
- Tyehimba Jess Born: Detroit, Michigan. Jess graduated from the University of Chicago and taught at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.
- Cheryl Eichar Jett Born: in Jacksonville, Illinois. Jett is a lifelong resident of Illinois. She was born in Jacksonville, Illinois to musical parents, and grew up in several Central Illinois cities.
- Reverand Sandra J Jewell Born: in Atlanta, Georgia. Reverand Jewell was born and raised in Georgia before coming to Illinois.
- David A. Joens Born: October 5, 1961 in Springfield, Illinois . Joens lives in Springfield, Illinois. He has a B. A. degree in history and political science from Northern Illinois University, master’s degrees in both history and political science from the University of Illinois at Springfield, and a Ph. D. in history from Southern Illinois University. A fifth generation resident of Illinois, he currently resides in Springfield, Illinois.
- Yolanda Joe Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Keisha St. John Born: 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. St. John lives in Barrington.
- Robert St. John Born: March 9, 1902 in Chicago Illinois. Lived in Oak Park
- Sally D. John Born: March 28, 1951 in Moline, Illinois. John grew up in Moline, Illinois and graduated from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.
- Dane C Johns Born: in Marion, Illinois. Johns was born in Marion. He currently resides in Centralia.
- Rosemary Johnsen Born: .
- Vincent L. Johnson, MD Born: 1966 in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Johnson is a Chicago native.
- Cedric G. Johnson . Johnson has been at the University of Illinois at Chicago since 2011.
- Charles Johnson Born: 1948 in Evanston, Illinois. Charles was born in Evanston and he attended Southern Illinois University.
- Diana F. Johnson Born: . The author attended Northwestern University in Evanston where she received a BA in 1985. She also did Graduate work there in feature film writing.
- E Patrick Johnson Born: 1967 in Hickory, North Carolina . Johnson is a professor at Northwestern University in Evanston.
- Fred William Johnson . Johnson is from Centralia.
- J. Thomas Johnson Born: . Johnson lives in Illinois. He graduated from Northern Illinois University - College of Business with a BS in Accounting.
- Jaleigh Johnson . Johnson lives in Monticello.
- James Victor Johnson Born: 1929, in Kankakee. Johnson was born in Kankakee and graduated from Kankakee High School.
- Jen Cullerton Johnson Born: 1972 in Chicago, Illinois. Johnson was born in Chicago and raised on the South side and comes from a family who has been involved in Chicago politics for decades. She holds a MEd in Curriculum and Development from Loyola University of Chicago and is a teacher in the Chicago Public Schools system and a writing professor at Wright College. Her short stories are set in Chicago.
- Kim Johnson Born: 1955 in Ottawa, Illinois. Johnson was born and raised in Ottawa, Illinois.
- Kirk Wallace Johnson Born: , in West Chicago, Illinois. Johnson was born in West Chicago. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 2002.
- Linea Johnson Born: 1985 in Manson, Washington. Linea attended Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois.
- Loretta A. Johnson Born: . Johnson lives in Springfield.
- Michael Lee Johnson Born: in Brazil, Indiana. Johnson lives in Itasca, Illinois.
- Mildred Johnson Born: Baltimore, Maryland. Mildred Johnson lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Nancy Johnson Born: . Johnson is a Native of Chicago's South Side.
- Olivia Johnson . Johnson lives in Belleville.
- Philip Arthur Johnson Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Raymond Johnson . Johnson lives in suburban Chicago.
- R M Johnson Born: 1968 in Chicago, Illinois. RM was born and raised in Chicago. After graduating from Morgan Park High School in 1986, he enlisted in the United States Army as a radiologic technologist. He spent time stateside and abroad. After an honorable discharge, he started school at Columbia College in Chicago as a film major.
- Scott Johnson Born: St. Charles, Illinois in 1956 . Johnson was born in St. Charles. He is a graduate of Elgin High School and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He lives in Bloomington.
- Sharrell Johnson . Johnson lives in Springfield.
- Rebecca Johns Born: . Johns grew up in northern Illinois and attended Antioch Community High School.
- Christy Johnston-Czarnecki Born: N/A. N/A
- Allan Johnston Born: in La Jolla, California. Johnston lives in Evanston, Illinois and currently teaches writing and literature at DePaul University and Columbia College - both in Chicago.
- Devin Johnston Born: 1970 in Canton, New York. Devin Johnston received his Ph. D. in English from the University of Chicago in 1999.
- Nadine Kenney Johnstone Born: in . Johnstone lives near Chicago and teaches English at Loyola University. She received her B. S. in English from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and received her MFA from Columbia College in Chicago.
- Andrea Jones Born: . Ms. Jones received her BA from the University of Illinois.
- Arlene P Jones Born: 1954 in Chicago. I was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. I am a product of both the Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Housing Authority. I attended UIC and I continue to live on the grest WestSide of Chicago.
- Barbara M Jones . Jones works in Chicago. She was the Head of the Rare Book and Special Collections Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1996 to 2003.
- Elizabeth Orton Jones Born: June 25, 1910 in Highland Park, Illinois. Elizabeth was born in Highland Park and graduated from the University of Chicago.
- James Ramon Jones Born: November 6, 1921 in Robinson, Illinois. Jones was born in Robinson.
- Joyce Marie Jones Born: 1954 in Carbondale, Illinois. Jones was born in Carbondale. She attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and received BS in Social Welfare in 1982. She also lived in Chicago for a time.
- Larry Jones Born: . Jones lives in Dixon, Illinois.
- Luvvie Ajayi Jones Born: 1985 in Nigeria. Jones lives in Chicago. She moved to Chicago with her family when she was nine. She attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago, then the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. <p />
- Nakeyia Jones Born: Bronx, NY. Jones lives in the Beverly Area of Chicago. She has taught middle school and high school in Charter Schools in Chicago.
- Nicole Jones Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Jones was born and raised in Chicago. She is a graduate of DePaul University with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management. She has also earned the Urban Public Policy Certificate of Graduate Studies at the University of Illinois. She has completed her Master of Arts degree in Applied Professional Studies at DePaul University and focused on 'Urban Studies. ' Jones still resides in Chicago.
- Parneshia Jones Born: Evanston, Illinois 1980. Jones is an Evanston native. She received her undergraduate degree in Creative Writing from Chicago State University. She worked in various capacities at Northwestern University.
- Richard Jones Born: August 8, 1953 in London, England. Richard Jones has been on the faculty at DePaul University in Chicago since 1987. He currently lives in Evanston.
- Rodney Jones Born: 1950 in Falkville, Alabama. Jones is a distinguished scholar and professor of creative writing at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He has taught there since 1985.
- Shaniqua Jones Born: Harvey, Illinois. Jones was born and raised in Harvey. She attended Harvey School District 152, Holmes Elementary School, Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School and Thornwood High School. She currently resides in Monee.
- Sheryl Trudgian Jones Born: 1945 in Chicago, Illinois. Trudgian Jones was born and raised in Illinois. She graduated from Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Illinois State University in Normal and Aurora University in Aurora. She taught in elementary schools, junior colleges and Head Start Programs in Illinois. She currently resides in Joliet.
- Tayari Jones Born: 1970, in Atlanta Georgia. Jones took her first tenured job at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 2004. She taught creative writing. Her parents met there in the 60's.
- Tayari Jones Born: 1970, in Atlanta Georgia. Jones took her first tenured job at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 2004. She taught creative writing. Her parents met there in the 60's.
- Traci L. Jones Born: Monmouth, Illinois. Jones was born in Monmouth, Illinois.
- Whittney Jones . Jones was born and raised in small town southern Illinois. She still calls this area home today.
- Wilbert Jones Born: 1964 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. I was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, but have lived in Chicago, Illinois since 1977. I attended to Percy L. Julian High School and Loyola University of Chicago.
- Dearal Lewis Jordan Born: 1956 in Anniston, Alabama. I was born in Alabama and raised on the West Side of Chicago, I attended John Marshall High School, Loyola University of Chicago, and I am currently attending North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago Illinois. I work at Salem Baptist Church of Chicago and reside in the South Loop area of Chicago, IL.
- Deloris Jordan Born: N/A. Deloris lives in Chicago.
- James David Jordan Born: . The Author grew up in Alton, Illinois and obtained an MBA and Law Degree from the University of Illinois.
- Jennifer Jordan Born: River Forest, Illinois. N/A
- Jennifer M. Jordan Born: River Forest, Illinois. N/A
- John Jordan Born: 1990 in Suffield, Ohio . Jordan currently attends college at Chicago State University.
- Judy Jordan Born: 1961. Jordan currently lives in her own environmentally friendly earthbag-and-cob house, in which she lives with her rescued dogs off-grid, surrounded by the Shawnee National Forest. She is an Associate Professor of English at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
- Matt Jordan Born: 1990 in Suffield, Ohio . Jordan currently attends college at Chicago State University.
- Michael Jeffrey Jordan Born: 1963 in Brooklyn, New York . Jordan moved to Chicago in 1984 to play with the Chicago Bulls.
- Rosyln Jordan Born: N/A. Roslyn lives in Chicago.
- Allison Joseph Born: London, England 1967. Joseph lives, teaches and writes in Carbondale, where she's on the faculty at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
- Frank S. Joseph Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Joseph was born in and lived in Chicago.
- Nic Joseph Born: . Joseph lives in Chicago.
- Amanda Joy Born: . Joy lives in Chicago.
- Jeanette Marie Joyce Born: Springfield, Illinois 1953 . I was born in Springfield, Illinois and was raised in the Concordia Seminary, Mill Restaurant, Pillsbury Mill area of the city. I attended both Ursuline Academy and Lanphier High Schools. I worked 32 years at AT&T before retiring and then went to work for the Illinois Department of Corrections where I wrote policy for the department.
- Robert J. Renteria, Jr. . Renteria is a Chicago civic leader.
- Bernard Judge Born: 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. Bernard Judge has lived and worked his entire life in Chicago.
- Valente Judith Born: . Judith is a Chicago-based on-air correspondent for the PBS show 'Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly' and Chicago Public Radio.
- Ophelia Julien Born: 1956 in Elmhurst, Illinois. Julien was born in Elmhurst, Illinois and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts & Sciences from the University of Illinois – Chicago. She now resides in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.
- Julie E. Justicz Born: England . Justicz earned a law degree from the University of Chicago. As an attorney and advocate, Julie currently works on civil rights issues in Chicago. She lives in Oak Park,
- Ward Swift Just Born: 1935 in Michigan City, Indiana. Just was raised in Waukegan, In 1946, the family moved to Lake Forest.
- Tom Kacich Born: N/A. Tom Kacich lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Dale David Kaczmarek Born: 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. I have lived in the south suburbs of Chicago all my life. I have written about Chicago ghost stories. I reside now in Oak Lawn, Illinois.
- Michael Kadela Born: 1971 in Joliet, Illinois. Michael graduated from DePaul University in 2009 with a Master's Degree in English. He currently lives in Chicago.
- Stacey Kade Born: . Kade lives in McHenry.
- Cynthia Kadohata Born: 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. Kadohata was born in Chicago.
- Rick Kaempfer Born: 1964 in Germany. Raised in Germany, Kaempfer now lives in suburban Chicago.
- Sandra S. Kahn Born: Chicago, Illinois. Sandra Kahn has been a long time resident of Northbrook, Illinois.
- Anthony W. Kahtz Born: . Mr. Kahtz was born and raised in Illinois.
- James Kakalios Born: . James attended the University of Chicago where he earned his MS and then received his Ph. D. in 1986.
- Joan Kalbacken Born: Chicago, Illinois. Joan Kalbacken lives in the Bloomington Normal area of Illinois.
- James Joseph Kallal Born: in Southern Illinois. Kallal was born in Southern Illinois.
- Paula Kamen Born: 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. Paula Kamen was born in Chicago and grew up in South Suburban Flossmoor, Illinois. She now lives in Chicago.
- Kathleen Kamerick Born: August 12, 1953 in Joliet, Illinois . She was born in Joliet, Illinois.
- Blair Kamin Born: in Red Bank, New Jersey. The author lives in Chicago.
- Stuart M. Kaminsky Born: 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. Kaminsky was born in Chicago. He attended the University of Illinois and Northwestern.
- Beth Kander . Kander lives in Arlington Heights.
- Alaina Kanfer Born: 1962 in Chicago, Illinois . Kanfer grew up in Chicago.
- Larry Kanfer Born: 1956 St. Louis, Mo. . Kanfer is an award winning photographer who operates a gallery in Champaign.
- Nathan Kantrowitz Born: 1927 in New York, New York. The author received a Ph. D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago and was resident sociologist at Stateville penitentiary in the 1960's.
- John J. Kao Born: December 14, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- David Gordon Kaplan Born: 1908 in Chicago, Illinois. Kaplan was born in Chicago.
- David Michael Kaplan Born: 1946 in New York, New York. Kaplan lives in Chicago and teaches creative writing at Loyola University.
- Emily Kaplan Born: 1972 in Bangkok, Thailand. Kaplan has lived in Woodstock, Illinois since 2006.
- Alexander Karanikas Born: 1916 . Dr. Karanikas was a Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was a graduate of Harvard and Northwestern.
- Jim Karas Born: 1962 in Chicago, Illinois . Jim is a Chicago based Life Style Expert. He lives in the city of Chicago.
- Steve Karas Born: . Karas lives in Chicago.
- Logan Karlie . Karlie is an English teacher in Byron.
- Jennifer Karmin Born: . Jennifer lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Josh Karp Born: 1966 in Chicago, Illinois. Karp was born in Chicago and graduated from Northwestern University. He currently resides in Glenco, Illinois.
- James H Kasler Born: 1926 in South Bend, Indiana. Col Kasler lives in Momence, Illinois.
- Lisa Katzenberger . Katzenberger lives in LaGrange.
- Cheryl Kaufman Born: . She grew up in Argenta, Illinois.
- Gabriel Benjamin Kaufman Born: 1979 . Gabriel Kaufman was raised in Urbana, Illinois.
- Paula T. Kaufman Born: . Kaufman works at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Betty Carlson Kay Born: January 8, 1949 in Cicero, Illinois. Kay was born in Cicero. She graduated with her MA from the University of Illinois at Springfield. She was a teacher in the Springfield Public School District and currently resides in Jacksonville.
- Connie Kaye Born: N/A. Kay has lived in Peoria and Carbondale.
- James F. Keane Born: . Mr. Keane was a state representative from the 28th district in the Illinois General Assembly.
- Lynn Kear Born: 1957 in Streator, Illinois. I was born in Streator, Illinois in 1957 and moved to St. Charles, Illinois with my family in 1969. After graduating from St. Charles High School, I attended Elgin Community College, Aurora College, and Northern Illinois University. I moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1983 and eventually earned my Ph. D. at Georgia State University in 1989. I now reside in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
- George R. Kearney Born: . George Kearney lives in Evanston,Illinois.
- Thomas John Kearney Born: 1953 in Elmhurst, Illinois. Kearney was born in Elmhurst but grew up in Westchester, Illinois. He went to Proviso West High School in Hillside, Illinois and attended college at the University of Illinois in Champaign where he played football and was a track letterman for 2 years. After graduating he became a teacher and a coach at Stagg High School in Palos Hills, Illinois. Eventually he moved to Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Illinois and taught Biology, Environmental Education, and Animal Behavior. At the time, he created the class there were maybe 5 other schools in the country that had a class similar. He became a Teacher Adviser for Brookfield Zoo and served on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Science Teacher Association. Kearney retired from teaching in 2009. He currently resides in Kankakee with his wife Susan. They have 3 children and 8 grandchildren.
- AnaLouise Keating Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Keating was born in Chicago and educated in Illinois. She received her BA in English from Wheaton College and her MA and PhD from the University of Illinois, Chicago.
- Ann Durkin Keating Born: 1957 Evanston, Illinois. Keating was born in Evanston. She earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Illinois, and master of arts and doctorate degrees from the University of Chicago. Currently, she is a professor at North Central College in Naperville.
- Barbara Keaton Born: 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. The author was born and raised in Chicago where she attended Catholic schools taught by the Oblate Sisters of Providence, an order of black nuns.
- Dan Keding Born: 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. Keding was born in Chicago. He currently resides in Urbana, Illinois.
- William Ford Keefe Born: . Keefe lived in Chicago.
- Owen John Keehnen Born: 1960 in Rockford, IL. Owen Keehnen was born in Rockford Illinois, went to college in Quincy (Quincy University, 1983), and currently resides in Chicago.
- Cody Keenan Born: Chicago, Illinois. Keenan was born in Chicago. He attended Northwestern University in Evanston and majored in political science.
- Ann Todd Keene Born: Chicago, Illinois. Birthplace
- James Keene Born: Kankakee, Illinois. Keene was born in Kankakee. He attended Kankakee Eastridge High School and Triton College. Currently, he splits his time between Los Angeles and Chicago.
- Reginald Kee Born: Suitland, Maryland. Reggie Legend has lived in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago since 2002. He received his MBA from Argosy University - Schaumburg. He has worked at Elgin Community College and currently works for Columbia College Chicago. He presently resides in Elgin, IL.
- Thomas J. Keevers Born: in Chicago, Illinois. He was born and currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.
- Emilie Kefalas Born: . Kefalas is from Decatur.
- Julia Keller Born: in Huntington, West Virginia. Keller taught at the University of Chicago. She currently lives in both Chicago and the state of Ohio.
- Eileen Sheetz Kelley Born: 1945 in Woodstock, Virginia. I was born in Woodstock, Virginia and lived in Falls Church, Virginia until I married and moved to LaGrange Park, IL. I received three associates from College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL; a B. A. in Organizational Communication from Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL; and a M. S. in Written Communication at National-Louis University in Evanston, IL. I wrote three printings of the Chicagoland Trail Guide, 1993-95-96. There were no books available on trails in the Chicagoland area so I decided to write the first one.
- Brigit Pegeen Kelly Born: 1951 in Palo Alto, California. Kelly lived in Central Illinois and taught in the creative writing program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Joan L. Kelly Born: . Kelly lived in Litchfield and now lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Kersten L Kelly Born: . Kersten currently works in a sales role based out of Chicago,
- Leisha Kelly Born: 1963 in Quincy, Illinois. Kelly was born in Quincy, Illinois and currently resides in Clayton, Illinois.
- Mary Pat Kelly Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Kelly was born and raised in Chicago.
- Natalie Kelly Born: 1975 in Mason City, Illinois. Natalie was born in Illinois
- Norman V. Kelly Born: . Norman V. Kelly is a life-long Peorian, a graduate from Woodruff High School, class of 1950, and a Distinguished Alumni, 2006. Norm graduated from Bradley University in 1958 after returning from the Korean War where he served as a S/Sgt. in a Medical Unit. Norm is a retired Private Investigator and Para-Legal, and still living in his beloved hometown of Peoria, Illinois.
- Shannon Keith Kelly Born: N/A. N/A
- Jeanette Kendall Born: East Peoria. Kendall was born in and writes about East Peoria, IL.
- Mikki Kendall Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Kendall was born in Chicago and was raised in the Hyde Park neighborhood. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and of DePaul University. <p />
- Pat Kendall Born: N/A. N/A
- Erika J. Kendrick Born: 1974 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and received her MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Kevin Patrick Kenealy Born: . Kevin lives in Chicago Ridge.
- Scott Kenemore Born: 1977 in New York. Born in New York and raised in Indianapolis, Scott now lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Eugene Cullen Kennedy Born: 1928 in Syracuse, New York. Kennedy lived in Chicago.
- James Kennedy Born: 1973 in Royal Oak, Michigan. Kennedy lives in Chicago.
- Audrey Kenner Born: . Ms. Kenner lives in Chicago.
- Carole Kennerly Born: N/A. N/A
- Catherine Kenney Born: 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee. Kenney lived in Park Ridge.
- David Kenney Born: N/A. Resides in Illinois.
- Case Kenny . Case Kenny is a Chicago, IL based mindfulness author and podcast host of the top 25 US podcast "New Mindset, Who Dis?"
- Deborah Kent Born: 1948 in Little Falls, New Jersey. Deborah lives in Chicago.
- Herb Kent Born: 1929 in Chicago, Illinois. Kent is a native Chicagoan.
- David A Kentner Born: 1952 in Savanna, IL. I was born in Savanna, IL, but as my father worked for the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad, we moved frequently while I was growing up. Eventually, we moved to Streamwood, IL, where I graduated Larkin High School in Elgin. After serving in the army I returned to Savanna, attended Sauk Valley Community College, and pursued a career in law enforcement, retiring as police chief from the Freeport, IL, police dept. I continue to reside in Freeport. In addition to novels, novellas, and short stories as KevaD, under the name DA Kentner I currently write the column The Readers’ Writers in which I interview authors for news services. My award-winning suspense novel WHISTLE PASS takes place in Whistle Pass, IL, a fictional community based on my hometown of Savanna, located on the banks of the Mississippi River.
- Natalie Kenvin Born: Pennsylvania. N/A
- Danice Kern Born: 1953 In Chicago. Kern ia a native Chicagoan and a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She lives in Mount Prospect, Illinois.
- Mary C Kerr Born: 1942 in Macomb, Illinois. Kerr was born and raised in Macomb. She graduated from Western Illinois University and taught school in Peru, Peoria, and Washington. After receiving a Masters degree from Bradley University she became a school principal in Canton. Now retired, she splits her time living in Macomb and Washington.
- Tom Kertscher Born: . Mr. Kertscher wrote for the Aurora Beacon-News
- James H. Kesler Born: 1926 in South Bend, Indiana. Col Kasler lives in Momence, Illinois.
- Larry Dale Kettelkamp Born: Harvey, Illinois. N/A
- Vickie Keys-Lydic Born: in Baresville, AR. Victoria Wayne lives in East Moline, Il.
- Richard J. Keyworth Born: 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. Richard has been a life long resident of Illinois.
- Adib Khorram Born: Kansas City, Missouri. Khorram studied design and technical theater at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, with an emphasis in lighting design.<p />
- Robert Kiely . Dr. Kiely teaches the history of ideas in the Liberal Arts Department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Clyde Kilby Born: September 26, 1902 in Johnson City, Tennessee. Dr. Kilby moved to Wheaton in 1935 and lived there until his retirement.
- Michael David Kilian Born: 1939 in Toledo, Ohio . Michael Kilian lived and worked in Chicago for many years.
- Dana Killion Born: . Killion currently lives in Chicago.
- Scott Kilman Born: . Kilman lives in and is based out of Chicago.
- Maureen Kilmer . Kilmer lives in the Chicago suburbs.
- Thomas L. Kilpatrick Born: . Kilpatrick is an Access Services Librarian and Professor, Southern Illinois University - Library Affairs, Morris Library, Carbondale, Illinois
- Violet T. Kimball Born: 1932 in Sampson County, North Carolina. Before her retirement,Violet Kimball lived in Glen Carbon, Illinois.
- William Kinderman Born: 1952 in Philidelphia, PA. William teaches at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
- Scott Alan Kinder Born: 1977 in Staunton, IL. I was born in Staunton, Illinois and was raised both in Mount Olive and Gillespie, Illinois. I lived mainly in Gillespie until the age of 27. I attended and graduated at the age of 23 from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
- David Kindred Born: April 12, 1941 in Atlanta, Illinois. Kindred is from Atlanta, Illinois. His first job was at the Lincoln Evening Courier in Lincoln. He attended Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington.
- Donna King-Nykolaycuyk . King-Nykolaycuyk lived in Illinois.
- Deborah L. King Born: Chicago, Illinois . King is a native Chicagoan.
- Kevin King . King lives in Springfield where he graduated from Christ the King Grade school and Griffin High school. He went to Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield and graduated Western Illinois University in Macomb.
- Kevin King Born: . Kevin resides in Springfield, Illinois.
- Vanessa King Born: 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Vanessa was born and raised in Chicago and has lived there all her life. She attained her Associates Degree in Liberal Arts from Olive-Harvey College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago. She graduated from Chicago State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Concentration in Alcohol and Other Drug Addictions (AODA), in December 2015. Vanessa aspires to become an Addiction Counselor.
- Ron Kinscherf . Kinscherf lives in Quincy.
- Kathy Kinser Born: N/A. Kathy resides in Springfield, Illinois.
- Gwen Blakeley Kinsler Born: . Kinsler is currently residing in Illinois.
- Becca Kinzer . Kinzer lives in Springfield.
- Mary Kinzie Born: 1944 in Montgomery, Alabama. Since 1979, Mary Kinxie has been head of the undergraduate creative writing program at Northwestern University.
- Adam D. Kinzinger Born: Kankakee, Illinois on February 27, 1978. Kinzinger was born in Kankakee, represented Illinois' Sixteenth Congressional District in the US House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023, and currently resides in Channahon.
- Katherine D. Kinzler Born: . Kinzler lives in Chicago.
- Mary Kinzler Born: 1937 in Joliet, Illinois. Kinzler was born in Joliet, Illinois.
- Don Hyun Kiolbassa Born: . Kiolbassa lives and works in Chicago.
- Laura Kipnis Born: 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. Laura Kipnis is a Professor at Northwwestern University's School of Communication in Evanston, Illinois.
- Susan Kirby Born: 1949 in Bloomington, Illinois. Kirby was born in Bloomington, Illinois and currently resides in McLean, Illinois.
- Kathleen Kirk . Kirk was raised near Hudson, Illinois, lived and worked twenty years in Chicago, and returned to central Illinois in 2000 to raise her kids in Normal, where she still resides.
- Malinda Kirkpatrick-Bertels Born: . Kirkpatrick-Bertels lives in Edwardsville.
- Jim Kirkpatrick Born: . Jim Kirkpatrick is a life long resident of Southern Illinois. He currently lives on the edge of the Shawnee National Forest in Creal Springs, Illinois.
- Sam Kirk Born: Chicago, Illinois. Kirk's family lived in a variety of Chicago neighborhoods.
- Kenneth David Kirschnick Born: Chicago, IL. Mr. Kirschnick has been a resident since his birth. He was born on the west side of Chicago and raised on the Northwest side by O'Hare airport. He resides in the Chicagoland area.
- Henry Kisor Born: 1940 in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Kisor moved to Illinois with his family in 1948. He currently winters in Evanston, and summers in Ontonagon, Michigan.
- Julie Kistler Born: 1956 in Peoria, Illinois. Kistler was born in Peoria, Illinois and attended the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. She currently resides in Central Illinois.
- Cyn Kitchen Born: 1964 in Galesburg, IL. I was born and raised in Galesburg, Illinois and I have raised my own family here. I graduated from Galesburg High School, Carl Sandburg College and Knox College and now I am on the faculty at Knox College. I remain in Galesburg.
- Diana Kizlauskas Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Kizlauskas is a native Chicagoan. She earned a BA in Art Education at UIC and Illustration at the Illinois Institute of Art.
- Wayne Klatt Born: 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. Wayne is a life long Chicagoan.
- Harold Klawans . Harold Klawans was born in Chicago. After graduating with an M. D. degree from the University of Illinois in 1962, Dr. Klawans became a neurologist and professor of neurology and pharmacology at Rush Medical College, in chicago.
- Rion Klawinski Born: Chicago, Illinois. Rion Klawinski is a life long resident of Cook County, Illinois. He is now retired.
- Michael Alan Kleen Born: 1981 in Chicago. I have lived all over Illinois, from the Chicago suburbs, to Charleston, to Rockford, to Macomb. I attended high school at Maine West High School in Des Plaines. I received a BA in philosophy and an MA in history from Eastern Illinois University, and a MS in education from Western Illinois University. I have written several books about the folklore and ghost stories of Illinois, including 'Tales of Coles County, Illinois,' 'Paranormal Illinois,' 'Haunting the Prairie,' and 'Legends and Lore of Illinois. '
- Dan Klefstad Born: in . Klefstad lives in DeKalb and is a graduate of Northern Illinois University.
- Elizabeth Klein Born: 1939 in New York, New York. Elizabeth Klein came to illinois in 1968 to teach rhetoric at the University of Illinois, Urbana. Since that time she has made Illinois her home.
- Jerry Klein Born: Peoria, Illinois December 19, 1926. Klein lived in and near Peoria throughout his life, except for service in World War II.
- Samantha Kleinschmit . Kleinschmit grew up in Joliet.
- James J. Klekowski Born: 1955 . Klekowski is a life-long resident of the southeast side of Chicago. He is a graduate of Columbia College in Chicago with Bachelor of Arts degree in motion pictures.
- Stacey Klemstein Born: . The author lives in the Chicago suburbs.
- Cinda Klickna Born: 1951 in Peoria, Illinois. Klickna was born in Peoria and lived in Morton on the family farm where her father was born and is still farmed by her cousin. When she was in 7th grade, her family moved to Springfield where she graduated from Springfield High School. She earned a BA in English Education from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana and a Masters in Literature from the University of Illinois-Springfield. Klickna currently resides in Rochester.
- Willard D. Klimstra Born: 1919 in Erie, Illinois. He worked at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale until 1987.
- Eric Klinenberg Born: 1970 in Chicago, Illinois. Eric Klinenberg grew up on Chicago's North side and attended Francis W. Parker School. He is a die-hard Cubs fan.
- Sydney Kling Born: 1934 in Minneapolis, Minnesota . Kling resides in Springfield, Illinois.
- Catherine Klise Born: 1963 in Peoria, Illinois. Klise was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois.
- James Klise Born: in Peoria, Illinois. Klise was born in Peoria and currently resides in Chicago.
- M (Mary) Sarah Klise Born: 1962 in Peoria, Illinois. Born and raised in Peoria, Sarah now lives in California.
- Tom Klise Born: in Peoria, Illinois. Klise was born in Peoria and currently resides in Chicago.
- Paul Klostermann . Klostermann lives in Breese.
- Judy Douglas Knauer Born: 1942 in Peoria, Illinois. Knauer was born in Peoria and currently resides in Livingston County.
- Janet Kniepkamp Born: . Janet Kniepkamp lives in Millstadt, Illinois.
- Leonard Kniffel Born: in Michigan. Kniffel currently resides in Chicago.
- Bill Knight Born: 1949 in Keokuk, Iowa. Knight is a graduate of Carthage High School in Illinois, Western Illinois University and the University of Illinois-Springfield. He currently resides in Elmwood, Illinois.
- Cranston S. Knight Born: in . Knight teaches history at Malcom X College and lives in Chicago.
- Louise W. Knight Born: 1949 in Evanston, Illinois. Knight was born in Evanston and grew up in Winnetka. She returned to Evanston in 1992 and currently resides there.
- Nancy Knights Born: . Knights lives in St. Charles, Illinois.
- Tracy Knight Born: in Carthage, Illinois. Knight is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Western Illinois University. He was born and raised in Carthage and currently resides in Macomb.
- Lucy Knisley . Knisley lives in Chicago. She attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- John Knoepfle Born: February 4, 1923 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Knoepfle lived in Auburn and Springfield.
- John Knoerle Born: 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio. Knoerle moved to Chicago in 1996.
- Carla Knorowski . Knorowski is a native of Chicago. She was the CEO of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation in Springfield. A former managing director of the Chicago Humanities Festival, she earned her PhD in public policy and political science from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Emily J M Knox . Knox is an associate professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Rae Knudson Born: . Knudson lives in Chicago.
- Gary Koch Born: . The author was formerly and adjunct professor at Millikin University and is currently an instructor at LLCC. He served as Communications director for the Illinois Municpal League and as Executive Assistant to the Attorney General and Special Assistant to the Comproller.
- Joanne Koch Born: . The Author is a professor of English and director of the Graduate Writing Program and National Louis University.
- Raymond Koch Born: 1910 . Koch lived in Chicago for many years. He died while living in Roger's Park, Illinois in 1994.
- Carol Koeller Born: 1957 in Washington, D.C.. Carol Koeller has lived in Chicago, Illinois since 1994
- Ronald Koertge Born: 1940 in Olney, Illinois . Koertge was born in Olney.
- Herman Kogan Born: 1914 in Chicago, Illinois. Kogan was a life long Chicagoan, and the father of Rick Kogan.
- Rick Kogan Born: 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. Rick Kogan grew up in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood and still lives in Chicago.
- Brenda Martin Kohlbrecher . Kohlbrecher grew up in the village Summerfield. Today she resides in Trenton.
- Karen Ann Kohler-Kaiser Born: 1965 in Waterloo, Illinois. I was born in Belleville, Illinois(St. Clair County) and have lived in Palatine, Waukegan, in Chicago but mainly a life-long resident of Waterloo, Illinois (Monroe County) where I also attended school.
- Rebecca Kohles Born: 1962 in Peoria, Illinois. Kohles lives in North Aurora, Illinois.
- Marilyn Kok Born: N/A. Although Marilyn grew up overseas in India and Taiwan, she has lived in Decatur, Illinois, most of her adult life. She has bachelor’s in literature from Wheaton College (Illinois) and a master’s in composition and rhetoric from Texas A&M University.
- Nick Kokonas Born: 1968 in Chicago, Illinois. Nick is a life long Chicagoan, who currently lives in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago.
- Jim Kokoris Born: N/A. Kokoris lives in a suburb of Chicago. He attended the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
- Gera-Lind Kolarik Born: Berwyn, Illinois. Gera-Lind lives in Chicago.
- Julie Kolb Born: 1964 in Paducah, Kentucky. Kolb lived in Illinois for over twelve years. She first moved to Illinois in 2003, living in North Chicago. Three years later, she moved to live in southern Illinois near the Shawnee National Forest. She obtained her LPN at Shawnee Community College, in Ullin and studied creative writing at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Effie Koliopoulos Born: Born and raised in the Chicagoland area. Koliopoulos is a graduate of DePaul University and lives in the northern suburbs.
- Lowell B. Komie Born: N/A. Lowell lives in Deerfield. He has been a resident of Illinois for over 50 years.
- Marsena Konkle Born: in Albuquerque, NM,. Marsena's novel is set in Chicago, Illinois.
- Joe Konrath Born: 1970 in Skokie, Illinois. Konrath was born in Skokie and currently resides in Schaumburg.
- H.B. Koplowitz Born: . He attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale from 1973-1977.
- Kristen Koppers Born: Oak Lawn, Illinois. Koppers was born in Oak Lawn. She currently teaches at Joliet West High School and Joliet Junior College.
- Steve Koppes Born: Manhattan, Kansas. Steve Koppes now lives in Homewood Illinois.
- Stephen Koritta Born: 1974 in Fairview Heights, IL. Stephen was born and resides in Fairview Heights, Illinois and eaarned an Associate of Arts degree from Southwestern Illinois College.
- Carnell Korsmeyer Born: N/A. Carnell Korsmeyer is a long time resident of Beardstown.
- Paula Kosin . Kosin is a counselor, writer, and grief support group leader in the greater Chicago area.
- Heather Marie Kosur Born: . Kosur lives in Illinois.
- Greg Kot Born: . Kot lives on Chicago's Northwest Side.
- Alex Kotlowitz Born: 1955 in New York City. Kotlowitz lives just outside of Chicago.
- Greg Kott Born: . Kot lives on Chicago's Northwest Side.
- Mary Robinette Kowal Born: 1969 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Kowal lived in Chicago.
- Phyllis J Kozlowski, PhD Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Kozlowski was born and raised in Chicago.
- Joseph J Kozma Born: in Pecs, Hungary. Kozma is a physician in private practice in Jacksonville, Illinois.
- Don Kramer Born: in Seoul, South Korea . Don Kramer was raised in Chebanse, Illinois. He attended Clifton Central High School and got his BFA at Illinois Wesleyan University. He currently lives in Bourbonnais, Illinois.
- Keith W. Krasemann Born: . The author is professor of Philosophy and Religous Studies at the College of Dupage.
- Iris Krasnow Born: in Oak Park, Illinois. Krasnow was born and raised in Oak Park.
- Daniel Kraus Born: 1975 Midland, Michigan . Kraus lives in Chicago.
- Jim Kraus Born: in . Kraus lives in Wheaton.
- Stephanie Malia Krauss . Krauss lives in Southern Illinois.
- Terri Kraus Born: in . Kraus is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago. She lives in Wheaton.
- Renee Kreczmer Born: 1964 Chicago, Illinois. Renee lives and works in Chicago.
- Ken Krimstein Born: . Krimstein lives in Evanston.
- Pamela Kristan Born: 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Pam lived in Norridge, Illinois until she graduated from Ridgewood High School in 1964 and went off to University of Wisconsin in Madison for 4 years. After that, she lived back in Norridge on & off until leaving in June of 1970 for University of Colorado in Boulder for two years. Then she lived mostly in Urbana Illinois from 1972 to 1974 when she moved to Maine where she stayed, until moving to Boston in 1978 where she still lives.
- Marjorie M Kriz Born: . The author received her BA in 1942 from Northwestern University; MA in 1943. She was a journalist for Chicago papers and a freelance writer.
- Ray Kroc Born: 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois. Ray Kroc grew up and spent most of his life in Oak Park, Illinois.
- David Ian Kroese Born: St. Louis, Missouri, 1970 . Author was raised in Sesser, Illinois from the age of 5 to 18 where he attended Sesser-Valier High School, attended school at the University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign from 1989-1993 and now lives in Loves Park, Illinois from 2002 to present. The author's first book, The Centennial: A Journey through America's National Park System, is the first narrative ever published covering all 419 units in our National Park System, including the two Illinois parks, Lincoln Home NHS and Pullman NM. The author describes his travels to visit all the existing NPS units while living in Illinois, so the story in The Centennial is based in Illinois.
- Ginny Kroeter Born: N/A. Ginny Kroeter lives in Quincy, Illinois.
- James Krohe, Jr. Born: 1948, in Beardstown, Illinois. James Krohe Jr. was born in Beardstown and raised in Springfield in a family whose roots in the area date to the 1830s. Apart from brief sojourns on the West Coast, he has lived in a succession of Chicago suburbs since 1988. His introduction to the state's history began as a young man, when he worked variously as a docent at the restored Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices in Springfield and on field excavations of both frontier and Mississippian-era archeological sites in the Sangamon and Illinois river valleys. In the 1970s he was the editor and designer and occasionally an author of a series of monographs published by the Sangamon County Historical Society under the title Bicentennial Studies. He researched and wrote two of the most popular of that series, 'Summer of Rage: The Springfield Race Riots of 1908' and 'Darkness at Noon: A History of Coal Mining in Sangamon County.' “Summer of Rage' introduced that event to a general audience, which led eventually to the riots being officially commemorated in the capital city by tours, markers, and brochures. In 1977 he edited and designed 'A Springfield Reader,' a book-length anthology of published writing about the capital city. In 2017, Southern Illinois University Press released to enthusiastic reviews Corn Kings & One-One Horse Thieves, his history of the middle third of Illinois. An archives of all of Mr. Krohe’s writing on Illinois, past and present, is available at https://www.jameskrohejr.com/.
- Lloyd Kropp Born: 1933 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Kropp was a professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and currently resides in Edwardsville.
- Kim Krueger Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Kim Krueger lives in the Chicago suburbs.
- William A. Krueger Born: . He recieved his degree from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Mary Alice Kruesi Born: Evanston, Il.. N/A
- Laura Krughoff Born: . Krughoff moved to Chicago to attend Loyola University in 1996 and still resides there today.
- Thomas E. Krupowicz Born: 1938 in Chicago, Illinois. Thomas Krupowicz is a retired Chicago Police officer that served on the force for over 33 years. He still lives in the Chicagoland area.
- Charla Miriam Krupp Born: 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Born in Chicago, Charla was raised in Wilmette, Illinois.
- Karen Kruse Born: 1958 in Chicago, Illinois. Kruse was born in Chicago and currently resides in Schaumburg, Illinois.
- Mary Kubica . Kubica was born and raised in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. After attending college in Oxford, Ohio, she lived in the city of Chicago for a few years, and now resides in Plainfield, Illinois.
- Missy Dehn Kubitschek Born: in Effingham, Illinois. Missy Kubitschek received her BA from Carleton College and her M. A and Ph. D. from the University of Illinois.
- Madeleine Kuderick Born: . Kuderick grew up in Oak Park.
- Stephanie Kuehnert Born: 1979 in St. Louis, Missouri. Kuehnert and her family moved to Chicago in the 1980's. She received her MFA from Columbia College Chicago.
- Heinz Kuehn Born: in Germany. The author lived in the Chicago, emigrating there after WWII.
- John Kuenster Born: N/A. John Kuenster was a former staff writer and columnist with the Chicago Daily News, and still lives in a suburb of Chicago.
- George Kufrin Born: 1926 in Chicago. Kufrin lives in Chicago.
- Joan Kufrin Born: . Kufrin lives in Chicago.
- Roger Kujawa . Kujawa lives in Peoria.
- Peter Kujawinski Born: in Chicago. Kujawinski was born in Chicago and while living in many different countries he lives there again today.
- George N. Kulles Born: December 12, 1926 in Peoria, Illinois. Kulles was born in Peoria, Illinois and has lived in East Moline, Rock Island and Chicago, Illinois. He currently resides in Homer Glen, Illinois.
- Patricia Kummer Born: in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kummer lives in Lisle and is an instructor at the College of DuPage.
- Philip William Kunz Born: 1946 in East Alton, Illinois. I am a Midwest baby boomer, born in East Alton, Illinois, but call several cities my home. I lived in Smithton, Illinois(1950-1959) as a boy, moved to Waterloo, Illinois,(1959-1962) then finished my high school in Freeburg (1964). I spent nearly 30 years as an Illinois State trooper , in District#3, Desplains,Illinois then transfered to Maryville D#11 most of which was patroling in St. Clair and Clinton County, near Carlyle, Illinois, my retirement home.
- Julia Kuo Born: in . Kuo lives in Chicago.
- Irv Kupcinet Born: July, 1912 in Chicago, Il. Irv 'Kup' Kupcinet lived and worked in Chicago his entire life.
- William R. Kurfman Born: . Kurfman grew up in Brown County, Illinois. He currently resides in Waterloo, Illinois.
- Joanna Kurowska . Kurowska has lived, studied, and worked in Illinois since she immigrated from Poland in 1988.
- Sarah Kurpiel . Kurpiel lives in Downers Grove.
- Robert Kurson Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Kurson grew up in the Chicago suburbs and still resides there today.
- William Horton Kurtis Born: 1940 in Pensacola, Florida. Kurtis moved to Chicago in 1966 to work at WBBM-TV's Channel 2 News Chicago. He lived there until 1982. He returned to Chicago in 1985 to produce documentaries for the television show ''The New Explorers'' and worked at WBBM-TV as an anchorman there until 1996. Kurtis continues to reside in Chicago.
- Jane Kurtz Born: 1952 in Portland, Oregon. Jane Kurtz was a teacher then director of Carbondale New School in Carbondale, Illinois from 1975-1981.
- Wayne Samuel Kurzeja Born: 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. A life long resident of Illinois, Wayne Kurzeja grew up in River Grove, Illinois and is a 35 year resident of Barrington. Illinois. He attended SIU in Carbondale, Illinois on an art scholarship. He also attended Roosevelt University and John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois and National-Louis University in Evanston, Illinois. He is married to Dr. Lou Kurzeja.
- Robert Kushner . Robert Kushner, M. D. is a renowned Chicagoan, doctor and published author.
- Aryn Kyle Born: 1978 in Peoria, Illinois. She was born in Peoria, Illinois, raised in Colorado and now resides in New York.
- Dale W. Laackman Born: 1950 in Rock Rapids, Iowa. I have lived in Illinois since 1984. As a television writer and producer I have worked for a number of companies including the Tribune Entertainment Coompany and for WGN-TV. For the last 12 years I have taught history. My history degree is from Northeastern Illinois University.
- Elizabeth A. Lacey Born: Brooklyn, New York. N/A
- Zee Lacson Born: in Manila, Philippines. Lacson lives in Grayslake.<p />
- Cindy Ladage Born: 1958 in Pickneyville, Illinois. Ladage was born in Pickneyville, Illinois. She has also lived in Nokomis, Illinois and currently resides in Virden, Illinois.
- Elizabeth Ladage Born: . Ladage lives in Pawnee, Illinois.
- Diane A. Ladley Born: 1961 in Westerville, OH. Weeks after my birth my parents moved back to Naperville, Illinois where they had attended school at North Central College after World War II. We moved several times within Naperville during my childhood. After I went out on my own I lived in Naperville at two locations, including an apartment in Naperville's Historic District. I attended college at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Currently I live on the far east side of Aurora, Illinois. . . 'just a spit across the border from Naperville'.
- Kazimir Ladny Born: in Poland. Ladny has lived in Springfield, Illinois since 1951.
- Alexandria LaFaye Born: 1970 in Hudson, Wisconsin. LaFaye lives in Greenville. Her second novel ''Edith Shay'' takes place in Chicago (among other settings). Her fourth novel ''Nissa's Place'' takes place in Chicago and a fictioinal town in LA.
- Ray LaHood Born: December 6, 1945 Peoria, Illinois. LaHood is from Peoria.
- Christine Laing Born: . While Christine Laing is not a resident of Illinois, she is the co-author of the book, ''The World's Colombian Exposition: The Chicago World's Fair of 1893'' - an Illinois subject of interest.
- Thomas Laird Born: 1947 . Laird teaches English and creative writing at Peoria Notre Dame High School. He lives in Metamora, Illinois.
- Barbara Laken Born: . Laken currently resides in Chicago.
- Joyce M. Lakes Born: 1942 in Alton, Illinois. Author was born in Alton, Illinois. She has worked all over the state: East St. Louis, Springfield, Alton, East Alton, Edwardsville, Galesburg, Belleville and she currently resides in Glen Carbon, Illinois. Joyce completed her Bachlor of Science from Greenville College.
- Jennifer J. Lakhlani Born: Jacksonville, Illinois. Jennifer Jo Lewis (Lakhlani) was born in Jacksonville and raised not far from there in the small town of Meredosia. Aside from briefly residing in India for over a year, she has lived her entire life within Illinois.
- Melissa LaMaster Born: February 19, 1973 in Oceanside, California. LaMaster lives in Rushville, Illinois.
- Joyce Lamb Born: Rockford, Illinois. Joyce Lamb lived in Rockford untill she moved to Washington D. C. ten years ago.
- M. A. Kokos Lambrou Born: . Maria lives in a suburb of Chicago.
- Matt Lamothe . Lamothe lives in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago.
- Kathy Lamsargis . Lamsargis has lived in Springfield since 1980.
- Jen Lancaster Born: 1967 in New York. Lancaster has lived in Chicago and now resides in the suburb of Lake Forest.
- Ann Landers Born: Sioux City, Iowa. Ann Landers lived and worked in Chicago.
- Barth Landor Born: . Barth Landor lives on the Northwest side of Chicago where he works for an organzination which helps immigrants. He runs programs for adult education and literacy.
- Carl Landrum Born: . He lives in Quincy, Illinois.
- Beth Lane Born: 1948 Quincy, Illinois. Beth grew up on a farm in Illinois.
- Tara Lane . Lane lived in Chicago. While there, she was the executive pastry chef at the restaurants Blackbird and Avec She earned a bachelor’s degree in fine art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a master’s degree in design methods from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
- Adam Langer Born: 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. Langer grew up on North Mozart Street in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood. He attended Evanston Township High School and went away to college. He returned to Chicago in 1988 and stayed there for twelve years before moving to New York in 2000 after winning a fellowship to Columbia University's National Arts Journalism Program.
- Ossie Langfelder Born: 1926 in Vienna, Austria. Langfelder's family moved to Chicago in 1940 and shortly thereafter settled in Springfield, Illinois. He is a former two-term Streets Commissioner and Mayor of Springfield.
- Karla Lang Born: 1961 in Lombard, Illinois. Lang was born in Lombard, Illinois and currently resides in Elgin.
- Susanna Lang Born: 1956 in New York City, NY. Lang moved to Chicago after graduating from college in 1977, and has lived there ever since. She has taught in the Chicago Public Schools since 1992.
- Richard L. Lanigan Born: 1943 in Santa Fe, New Mexico . Professor Richard L. Lanigan works at Southen Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Quraysh Ali Lansana Born: 1964 in Enid, Oklahoma. Lansana lived in Chicago. He served as Director of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing at Chicago State University from 2002-2011, where he was also Associate Professor of English/Creative Writing until 2014.
- Wayne Lanter Born: 1937 in Belleville, Illinois. I was born in Belleville, Illinois and grew up (after age twelve) in Freeburg, Illinois. Everything I have written relates to Illinois.
- Catherine Lantz Born: 1977 in Moreno Valley, California. I moved from California to Chicago in 2000 after completing my undergrad degree. My first book, on the history of Hawthorne Works , in Cicero, Illinois (coauthored with Dennis Schlagheck) came directly from my experience working as a reference librarian at Morton College (home of the Hawthorne Works Museum).
- Herman Lantz Born: 1920 . He worked at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Richard Lanyon Born: September 4, 1937 . Richard now lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Alice LaPlante Born: . LaPlante was raised in Chicago.
- Ringgold Wilmer Lardner Born: March 6, 1885 in Niles, Michigan. Lardner was a sportswriter and columnist in Chicago. He wrote for several Chicago newspapers from 1907 through 1932.
- Lucy Lareau Born: . Lareau lives in Moline.
- Emmet Larkin Born: New York. N/A
- Michelle Larks Born: N/A. Larks is a native of Chicago. She graduated from South Shore High School, and attended the University of Illinois, Chicago Campus.
- Charles Larry Born: in Illinois. Lives in Illinois.
- Nella Larsen Born: April 13, 1891 in Chicago, Illinois. Larsen was born Nellie Walker, in a poor district of south Chicago known as the Levee.
- Deborah Larson Born: 1952 in . Larson grew up in Paw Paw, Illinois and now lives in Earlville, in LaSalle County Illinois.
- Erik Larson Born: January 1, 1954 in Freeport, Long Island, New York. Erik's book ''The Devil in the White City'' details the lost history of the 1893 Chicago's Wold Fair - an Illinois subject of interest.
- Julie Larson Born: in Lincoln, Illinois. Julie Larson grew up in a fun family of seven in Lincoln, Ill. She now lives in central Illinois.
- James LaRue Born: Waukegan, Illinois. LaRue was born and raised in Waukegan. He was the director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom and Executive Director of the Freedom to Read Foundation in Chicago. He also worked for Lincoln Library in Springfield and Illinois State University in Normal. He has a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and English from Illinois State University.
- Donna Latham Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Latham was born in Chicago.
- Jewel C Latimore Born: 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Latimore lived in Chicago.
- Richard Latta Born: 1946 in East Chicago. Indiana. Latta lives in Plainfield and teaches in Forest Park, Illinois.
- Sara Latta Born: 1960 in Harper, Kansas. Latta lived in Champaign for over 20 years.
- Paul A Laudicina Born: 1949 in Brooklyn, New York. Paul graduated from the University of Chicago. He currently lives in the Chicago land area.
- Anne Laughlin Born: 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. Anne lives in Chicago.
- E'mon Lauren Born: , in . Lauren is from the South Side of Chicago.
- Maude Lavin Born: . Maude is a Professor of Visual and Critical Studies; Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.
- Vinita A. Lawler Born: Bangkok, Thailand. Lawler lives in Urbana, Illinois.
- Laurie Lawlor Born: 1953 in Oak Park, Illinois. Lawlor was born in Oak Park, grew up in LaGrange and attended Northwestern University. She currently resides in Evanston and is a part-time faculty member at Chicago's Columbia College.
- Conrad Lawrence Born: N/A. Conrad Lawrence lives in the Chicagoland area.
- Gary Lawrence Born: in France. Lawrence grew up in Rockford, Illinois. He attended Rockford public schools and Rockford College.
- Mike Lawrence Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Deborah Dover Layne Born: . Deborah lives in a western Chicago suburb with her husband, who is also a writer, and their four children.
- Steve Layne Born: 1965 in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Dr. Layne lives in St. Charles.
- Marion Blumenthal Lazan Born: . Marion moved to Peoria, Illinois when she was 13 years old. She attended Peoria Central High School.
- David Lazar Born: . Lazar is a professor at Columbia College Chicago, Illinois.
- Audrey Lazarus Born: N/A. N/A
- Michael Leali . Leali grew up in the Chicago suburbs and attended Oswego High School. After graduating from college and pursing some other interests, he has come full circle and is now teaching at his high school alma mater.
- Patricia Lear Born: Memphis, Tennessee. Patricia lives in Evanston.
- Eddie M. LeCrone Born: 1938 in Kirksville, Illinois (Moultrie County). LeCrone was born and raised in Illinois. He graduated from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois with his Bachelor's and Northern Illinois University with his Master's. LeCrone currently resides in Marengo, Illinois in McHenry County.
- Bob Lederer . Lederer lives in Chicago.
- Leon M Lederman Born: 1922 in New York. Leon lives in Batavia, Illinois.
- Robert P. Ledermann Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Ledermann is a lifelong Chicago resident.
- Virginia M Ledesma . Ledesma lives in Illinois.
- Doreen Ambrose-Van Lee Born: 1969 in Chicago, Illinois. Doreen grew up in Chicago's Cabrini Green.
- Dorothy E. Lee Born: N/A. Dorothy Lee lived in Montgomery County, Illinois.
- Laura Lee Born: . Lee is based in Chicago.
- Li-Young Lee Born: August 19, 1957 in Jakarta, Indonesia . Lee moved to Chicago after graduate school and still resides there today.
- Anne- Marie Legan Born: in Herrin, Illinois. Anne-Marie lives in Herrin, Illinois.
- Rita Leganski Born: . Leganski lives outside of Chicago and teaches at DePaul University.
- Barbara Lehman Born: in Chicago, IL. Ms. Lehman was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Donald Lehmann Born: 1941 in Oak Park, Illinois. Lehmann lived in Mokena, Illinois. He was a graduate of Knox College.
- Riva Lehrer Born: 1958 in Cincinnati, Ohio . Lehrer works in Chicago.
- Fritz Leiber Born: December 24, 1910 in Chicago, Illinois. Leiber was born and raised in Chicago.
- Gordon Leidner Born: . Gordon is originally from Greenville, Illinois and he attended the University of Illinois.
- Will Leitch Born: October 10, 1975 in Mattoon, Illinois. He was born in Mattoon, Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
- Gerry Lekas . Lekas is a longtime Chicagoan. He lives in Glenview.
- Colleen LeMaire Born: . LeMaire is a resident of St. Charles.
- Thomas Patrick Lennon Born: 1970 in Oak Park, Illinois . Lennon was born and raised in Oak Park. He attended Oak Park River Forest High School.
- Glen M. Leonard Born: N/A. N/A
- Marcellus Julien Leonard Born: 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. Leonard was born and raised in Chicago. He earned his Master of Arts in English from Chicago State University and his Doctorate of Art, The Teaching of English from Illinois State University in Normal. He moved to Springfield in 1990 and lived there until the time of his death.
- Mike Leonard Born: 1947 in Paterson, NJ. Leonard resides in Winnetka, Illinois.
- Tony Leone Born: Springfield, Illinois . Leone is a native of Springfield. He graduated from Griffin High School and received a B.A. in economics and a minor in accounting from the University of Illinois at Springfield.
- Carol Lerner Born: 1927 Chicago, Illinois. Lerner lived in Chicago her entire life.
- Scott A Lerner Born: 1965 in Champaign, Illinois. I was born and raised in Champaign, Illinois I attended the University of Illinois College of Law in Urbana-Champaign. I worked and resided in the City of Chicago. I was employed as a lawyer for the Cook County Public Guardian’s Office. From there I moved to Danville, Illinois and was employed at the Vermilion County Public Defender’s Office. I lived in the Village of Ogden for a period of time and then returned to Champaign, Illinois where I currently live and work. My novel ''Cocaine Zombies'' takes place in the State of Illinois.
- Carolyn Lesser Born: 1939 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Lesser lived in Quincy.
- Helen Lester Born: 1936 in Evanston, Illinois. Lester was born in Evanston and spent several years teaching elementary school in Chicago.
- Jennifer Celeste Lester Born: . Jennifer lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Robin Dale Lester Born: Nebraska. Robin Lester received his M. A. ; M. A. T. ; and Ph. D. from the University of Chicago.
- Billie Letts Born: 1938 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Letts taught in Cairo and Paxton Illinois.
- Francesco Levato Born: Chicago, Illinois . Levato is currently the director of The Chicago School of Poetics, and a former Executive Director of the Poetry Center of Chicago.
- Lauren Levato Born: 1977 in Indiana. Levato lives in Chicago. She attended the School of Representational Art - Atelier Program in Chicago.
- Adam Levin . Levin lived in Chicago and was a writing instructor at Columbia College and as an adjunct assistant professor of writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Amy K. Levin Born: New Delhi, India. Professor Levin has lived in Illinois since 1995, first in DeKalb and now in DuPage County.
- Abby Levine Born: New York, N.Y.. Abby Levine has lived in Illinois since 1983.
- Bruce Levine Born: . Bruce Levine is a Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign.
- Leslie Levine Born: Washington, DC. Leslie currenly lives in Chicago.
- Sara Levine Born: 1970 In Cleveland, Ohio . Sara studied English at Northwestern University and now works in Chicago.
- Freddie Levin Born: . Freddie Levin lives in Chicago.
- Jeffrey M. Leving Born: N/A. Mr. Leving practices law in Chicago, Illinois.
- Hillel Levin Born: April 26, 1954, in Bridgeport, CT. Levin lives in River Forest.
- Meyer Levin Born: 1905 in Chicago, Illinois. Levin was born in and lived in Chicago. He attended the University of Chicago.
- Florence Hamlish Levinsohn Born: 1926 in New York, N.Y.. Levinsohnn lived in Chicago.
- Ron Levitsky Born: Chicago, Il. Ronald lives in Northbrook.
- Steven D. Levitt Born: 1967 . Levitt lives in Chicago and is a professor at the University of Chicago.
- Burt 'BS' Levy Born: . Author lives in Chicago area.
- George Levy Born: N/A. Levy is a professor of legal studies at Chicago's Roosevelt University. He became interested in Camp Douglas as a student at the University of Chicago, which is located across the street from the site of the camp.
- Jonathan Levy Born: . Levy lives in Chicago.
- Kimberly M. Levy Born: New York, N.Y.. Kimberly Levy lives in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
- Laurie Levy Born: . Laurie Levy lives in Chicago.
- Anita Lewis Born: 1958 in Sycamore, Illinois. Anita Lewis was born and raised in Virgil, Illinois. She now resides in Aurora, Illinois.
- Anna M Lewis Born: 1960 in Cincinnati, OH. I have lived in the Chicago suburbs for over 14 years now. My book City Doodles - Chicago is full of fun facts about Chicago. My book Women of Steel and Stone covers women who designed many Chicago buildings.
- Ethan E Lewis Born: May 7, 1964. Lewis lived in Springfield. He was a Professor of Literature at the University of Illinois at Springfield for 22 years.
- Francine Lewis Born: Danville, Illinois. Helen was born in Danville, Illinois. The family moved to New York City when Helen was about seven, and she loved New York. The family retained ties to Danville, however; almost every summer, they spent some time visiting relatives there. After her death in New York, she was laid to rest in Danville, Illinois.
- Janet Loxley Lewis Born: 1899 in Chicago, Illinois. Lewis was born and raised in Chicago. She was a graduate of the University of Chicago, where she was a member of a literary circle that included her future husband Yvor Winters. She was an active member of the University of Chicago Poetry Club.
- Jori Lewis . Lewis splits her time between Illinois and Dakar, Senegal.
- Lloyd Downs Lewis Born: 1891 Chicago, Illinois. After 12 years as publicist for Balaban and Katz, Lewis in 1930 joined the Chicago Daily News as drama critic, becoming subsequently sports editor, managing editor, and a popular columnist.
- Michael S. Lewis . Lewis has been Chief of Staff at NorthShore University HealthSystem, Skokie Hospital.
- Russell Lewis Born: . Russell Lewis is Executive Vice President and Chief Historian for the Chicago History Museum.
- Sydney Lewis Born: Brookline, Massachusetts. Born and raised in Manhatttan, New York, Sydney attended Lake Forest College and the University of Oregon. She came to Chicago the summer of 1976 and never left.
- Kat Leyh Born: Chicago, IL. Leyh is a Chicago based writer and artist.
- Daniel S. Libman Born: . Libman is an English instructor at Northern Illinois University and lives in rural Illinois.
- Jeff Libman Born: N/A. Libman lives in Chicago.
- Norma Libman Born: .
- Tom Lichtenheld Born: 1953 in Nixon Township, Illinois. Lichtenheld was born in Nixon Township and grew up in Rockford. He currently resides in Geneva, Illinois.
- Chardy Lieb Born: in Peoria, Illinois. Chardy lives in Jacksonville.
- Laurence Lieberman Born: 1935 in Detroit, Michigan. Lieberman joined the faculty at the University of Illinois in 1968 as an English Professor.
- Syd Lieberman Born: 1944 in Chicago . Lieberman was a Chicago native. He grew up in the Albany Park neighborhood and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1962. After graduating from college, he taught English at New Trier High School for two years and Evanston High School for 30 years.
- Michael Lienesch Born: November 5, 1948 in Illinois. He attended University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois.
- Heinrich Lienhard Born: 1822 in Bilten, Canton Glarus, Switzerland. In his childhood, the author emigrated to Highland, Illinois
- Anothy C. LiFonti Born: 1975 in Chicago, Illinois. LiFonti was born in Chicago. His family moved to Lombard when he was seven years old and this is where he grew up and went to school. He graduated from Glenbard East High School in 1993 and attended North Central College in Naperville where he would earn degrees in Creative Writing and English Literature and a minor in Secondary Education. In 2002, LiFonti earned a master's degree from North Central in Educational Curriculum and Instruction and, in 2014, he earned another degree in physical education.
- David L. Lightner Born: . David Lightner was an associate professor at the University of Chicago.
- Paula Polk Lillard Born: Dayton , Ohio. N/A
- Ananda Lima Born: BrasÃlia, Brazil,. Lima currently resides in Chicago.
- Abraham Lincoln Born: February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. Lincoln moved to Illinois with his family as a young boy. He moved to Springfield in 1837 to practice law. His body was laid to rest in ''The Lincoln Tomb'' in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield.
- Bruce Lincoln Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lincoln is Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago.
- William Bruce Lincoln Born: September 6, 1938 in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. Lincoln taught at Northern Illinois University for more than 30 years.
- Richard Carl Lindberg Born: 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Lindberg is a lifelong Chicagoan.
- Dave Lindsay Born: Granite City, Illinois. David Lindsay lives in Maryville, Illinois.
- Paul Lindsay Born: . Paul Lindsay graduated from MacMurray College in 1968.
- Sharon Lindsay Born: 1937 in Lovington, Moultrie County, IL. I was born and raised in Lovington, IL, studied at the University of Illinois for four years. I worked in community and long term care programs for the elderly in Illinois for more than thirty years and continue to live in Lovington, IL.
- Tony Lindsay Born: . Lindsay is a native Chicagoan and was educated at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
- Vachel Lindsay Born: November 10, 1879 in Springfield, Illinois. Lindsay was born and raised in Springfield. He graduated from Springfield High School. He moved from Spingfield to attend college and moved back in 1929. Lindsay is buried in Oakridge Cemetary in Springfield.
- Anastasia Marie Lindsey Born: Decatur, IL, 1993. Lindsey was born and raised in Decatur and lived in Charleston for 4 years while attending Eastern Illinois University. There, she attained her BA in Management Information Systems. Before Eastern, she graduated from Saint Teresa High School in Decatur.
- Marilyn Felkel Lingle Born: 1932 in Hillsboro, Illinois. Lingle is a lifelong resident of Hillsboro, Illinois.
- Barbara Elizabeth Linington Born: March 11, 1921 in Aurora, Illinois. Linington was born in Aurora.
- Gina J Linko Born: 1974 in Joliet, Illinois. Linko was born and raised in Joliet, Illinois. She attended Joliet Central High School and University of St. Francis in Joliet. She now resides in New Lenox, Illinois.
- William A. Link Born: August 18, 1954 in Evanston, Illinois. Link was born in Evanston, Illinois.
- James Weber Linn . Lived and worked in Illinois.
- Sonja Paschal Linsley Born: N/A. Linsley has lived in Decatur and Cary.
- Cathie Linz Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Cathie lives in the Chicago area.
- Vicki Lipe Born: Vincennes, Indiana 1956. Lipe is a Carbondale native. She received her undergraduate degree at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and her Masters at St. Xavier in Chicago. She has lived in Galesburg, for thirty-five years, where she has taught high school English/speech/drama.
- Richard Lischer Born: . He has served as a pastor of Lutheran congregations in Illinois, most noteably, Dorsey, Illinois at Emmaus Lutheran Church where he served from 1972 - 1974.
- Christopher L. Lisenbee Born: 1977 in Marion Indiana . I was born in Marion Indiana and moved with my family in 1989, I have lived in Illinois every since some of my future works are set in and or around several central Illinois towns. I graduated from Triopia High School in 1996.
- Paul Lisnek Born: 1958. In 1983, he graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communication and Political Science. Paul holds a Masterss degree in Speech Communication also from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also a Doctor of Philosophy in Speech Communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.<p />
- Judy R. Little Born: . She works at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Margaret Littman Born: N/A. Littman's M. S. J. is from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and splits her time between Chicago and Nashville, Tennessee.
- Ruth Littman Born: Seattle, Washington. Ruth was raised in the Chicago area from the age of 6 months. She and her family reside in a Chicago suburb.
- Martin Litvin Born: March 31, 1928 in Galesburg, Illinois. Litvin was born in Galesburg, Ilinois.
- Cynthea Liu Born: . Liu lives and works in Chicago.
- Lee LoBue . LoBue lives in Carlinville.
- Phil Locascio Born: July 14, 1953 in Chicago Illinois . Phil Locascio was born and raised in Chicago Illinois and is a lifelong Illinois resident. He attended Northern Illinois University where he received a BA in Psychology. He has lived in Springfield, Illinois since 1986. He is a retiree from the State of Illinois, Department of Human Services.
- Richard E. Locher Born: 1929 in Dubuque, Iowa. Dick Locher studied art at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. After graduating, he worked in Chicago until he joined the Military. Today he lives in Naperville, Illinois.
- Cara Lockwood Born: . Cara currently lives in Chicago.
- Robert Loerzel Born: Anchorage, Alaska. Loerzel lived in Onarga in his childhood. He received a bachelor’s degree in news-editorial journalism from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, and he has lived in the Chicago area since graduating in 1988.
- James W. Loewen Born: 1942 in Decatur, Il. Loewen grew up in Decatur and graduated from MacArthur High School in 1960.
- Bob Logan Born: . Logan lived in Chicago.
- Fern Logan Born: New York City, New York. Logan lives in Carbondale, Illinois. She is an Associate Professor of Cinema and Photography-at southern Illinois University Carbondale.
- John A. Logan Born: 1929 in Chicago, Illinois. Logan was born in Chicago.
- Mary Simmerson Cunningham Logan Born: Petersburg, Missouri August 15, 1838 . Logan's parent's moved to Marion when she was one year old. After she got married, she moved to Benton and moved to the Chicago area later in her life.
- Ginnie Lo . Ginnie Lo received her PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
- Ann C Logue . Logue lives in Chicago.
- Billy Lombardo Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Lombardo was born and raised in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. He currently lives in Forest Park - a suburb of Chicago.
- Claire Lombardo Born: Oak Park, Illinois . Lombardo was born and raised in Oak Park.
- Robert M. Lombardo Born: . Lombardo is an assistant professor of criminal justice at Loyola University in Chicago.
- Beverly Long Born: . Long grew up in a small town in Illinois and currently resides north of Chicago.
- Gina Marie Long Born: . Long grew up in Marine, Illinois and now lives in Highland, Illinois.
- Howard Rusk Long Born: 1906 . He worked at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Kim Long Born: . Long lives in Addison.
- Loren Long . Long studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago.
- Peggy Boyer Long Born: Centralia, Illinois. Peggy was born in Centralia and currently resides in Springfield.
- Ray Long . Illinois Statehouse Reporter, Chicago Tribune
- Richard C. Longworth Born: in Iowa. Richard Longworth is a senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and former Distinguished Visiting Scholar at DePaul University. He graduated from Northwestern University.
- Richard Lo Born: Canton, China. At the age of seven, Lo and his family immigrated from China to the United States and settled in Chicago's Chinatown. Lo graduated from Eastern Illinois University and currently resides in Naperville. <p />
- David Anderson Lottes Born: 1965 in Monticello Indiana. The novel I have written is a fictional account of what life along the Wabash was like for Early French Settlers. Much of the story takes place in what would one day be known in Indiana but a great deal of the story features Fort De'Chartres and Kaskakia in what would always remain known as Illinois. I have lived along the Salt Fork of the Vermillion River in Central Illinois since 2002. As a young man, I lived in Chicago in the 1990s.
- Owen Lovejoy Born: January 6, 1811 in Albion, Maine. Lovejoy moved to Alton, Illinois in 1836. He served as pastor of the Congregational Church in Princeton, Illinois from 1838–1856. In 1854 Lovejoy was elected a member of the Illinois State Legislature. He worked with Abraham Lincoln and others to form the Republican Party in the state. In 1856, he was elected as a Republican from Illinois as Representative to the 35th United States Congress and succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1857, until his death. The city of Princeton maintains and preserves his home, the Owen Lovejoy House, as a house museum. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1997 by the National Park Service as part of the Underground Railroad, the house has a secret compartment for hiding slaves. It is open to the public to view.
- James Arthur Lovell Born: 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1999 he with his family opened up the restaurant Lovells of Lake Forest, where he currently resides.
- Anna Lovern Born: N/A. Lovern lives in Rochester, Illinois.
- Wayne Lovern Born: N/A. Lovern lives in Rochester, Illinois.
- Christina Ericson Lovin Born: 1949 in Galesburg, Illinois. Lovin is a native Illinoisan, having been born and raised in Galesburg, Illinois. She lived briefly in Indiana and Ohio, before moving back to Illinois for twenty-five years, living in Smithfield, Dwight, and for sixteen years, the Peoria area. Although she has lived in places as varied as Maine, North Carolina, and Kentucky (where she now teaches writing at a state university), much of her writing relates to Illinois. Her award-winning sonnet crown, ''Coal Country'', is set in Knox County, where it weaves back and forth from the early to mid-1900s with stories of her mother and grandmother, as well as those of her own. Her first full-length book, ''A Stirring in the Dark'', contains several poems about Illinois and family. Her second full-length book, ''ECHO: Poems'', is steeped in the Midwest (primarily Illinois), and relates to growing up female in the years between WWII and Viet Nam, against a backdrop of the Space Race (thus the title). She was chosen to be the inaugural writer-in-residence at Connemara (North Carolina) the last home of Galesburg native (and fellow Swede) Carl Sandburg. She has also been chosen to be the featured poet for the 2017 Carl Sandburg Festival in Galesburg.
- George Lowe Born: Atlanta, Georgia. George was raised and lives in Chicago.
- Michele F Lowrance Born: . Michele Lowrance has been a judge in Illinois since 1995, and lived here since the age of 18.
- James Lowry Born: 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. Jams Lowry was born in 1939 to postal workers Camille and William Lowry. He graduated from Francis Parker school in Chicago and Grinell College in Iowa, then served with the Peace Corps in Tanzania and Puerto Rico before earning a Masters Degree. He is currently an adjunct faculty member of Northwester University's Kellogg School of Management.
- Paul A. Lubenkov . Lubenkov lives in LaGrange and teaches at Morton College.
- Leanne Lucas Born: 1955 in Manito, Illinois. Leanne Lucas was born and raised in Manito, Illinois. She currently resides in Homer, Illinois.
- Lola Lucas Born: 1954 in St. Louis, MO. Lola Lucas has lived in Illinois for almost 20 years.
- Sandra Goss Lucas Born: 1949 in Urbana, Illinois. Lucas was born in Urbana, Illinois and attended the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
- Tara Luebbe .
- Robin Luebs Born: 1949 in Terre Haute, Indiana . Luebs lives in Urbana.
- Kerry Luft . Luft is executive vice president of the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation in Dundee.
- Donna Lukas . Lukas lives in Chicago.
- Gail Lukasik Born: 1946 in Cleveland, Ohio. Lukasik earned her M. A. and Ph. D. in Creative Writing/Poetry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has taught writing and literature courses at UIC, Roosevelt University and at other venues such as the Ragdale Foundation. She has resided in Lake County Illinois for over thirty years.
- Naliborski Luke Born: . Luke grew up in Belleville, Illinois. He lives in Mascoutah, Illinois.
- Richard Lundeen Born: in Galesburg, Illinois. Born and resides in Galesburg, Illinois.
- Lennart Lundh Born: 1948, in Chicago, Illinois. Lundh was born in Chicago, raised in Burbank, and now resides in Orland Hills.
- Natalie Lund . Lund lives in Chicago. <p />
- Demitria Lunetta Born: Chicago. Lunetta is a Chicago native.
- Valya Dudycz Lupescu Born: 1974 in Chicago, Illinois. Valya was born and raised in Chicago and still lives and works there.
- Bernie Lutchman Born: 1956 in Trinidad. Lutchman lives in Chatham, Illinois.
- Kevin Luthardt Born: 1973 in Schaumburg, Illinois. Luthardt was born and raised in Schaumburg and currently resides in the Chicago area.
- Kari Lydersen Born: . Lydersen lives in Chicago.
- Alyce Lyle Born: Clarksville, Tennessee. Alyce Lyle received her Bachelor's degree in Education from Illinois State University and a Masters in counseling.
- Allen J Lynch Born: 1945, in Chicago, Illinois. Lynch was born in Chicago. After the Vietnam War, he moved to Gurnee.
- Christopher Lynch Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Christopher Lynch has spent most of his life around Midway Airport.
- Jane Lynch Born: Evergreen Park, Illinois 1960. Lynch grew up on the South Side of Chicago in Dolton and attended Thornridge High School. She received her bachelor's degree in theatre from Illinois State University in Normal.
- Cari Lynn Born: in . Lynn is a Chicago native.
- Cari Lynn Born: . Lynn was a long time Chicagoan.
- John A. Lynn Born: . John A. Lynn is a Professor of American military historian at Northwestern University.
- Andrea D. Lyon . Lyon's office is in Chicago.
- Kathy Lyons Born: . Lyons lives in Champaign, Illinois.
- Richard W. Lythberg Born: . Lytheberg lives in Bourbonnais, Illinois. He received a BA degree from Wheaton College and a BD degree from Northern Baptist Seminary in Lombard, Illinois.
- Luberta Lytle . Lytle is a Centralia native. She went to Kaskaskia College.
- Ted Maass . Maass is the Senior Vice President at FleishmanHillard in Evanston.
- Eddie Mabry Born: 1936 in Brownsville, Tennessee. Mabry lives in Decatur and serves as Minister of Christian Education and Associate Minister at New Salem Baptist Church. He was an Associate Professor of the History of Christianity at Augustana College in Rock Island.
- Lou Macaluso Born: 1951 in Blue Island, Illinois. Lou Macaluso now lives in Chicago.
- Charles G. MacArthur Born: 1895 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. MacArthur was a reporter in Chicago during his youth.
- Jessica Nelson North MacDonald Born: September 7, 1891 in Madison, Wisconsin. Went on to graduate school at the University of Chicago. During college, North was the president of the University of Chicago Poetry Club and was the editor of the Adelphean and the History of Alpha Delta Pi.
- Kathleen MacDonnell Born: 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Gary MacDougal Born: 1936 in Chicago, Il. Gary MacDougal lives in Chicago, Il.
- Sandra Macek . Macek is a member of SCBWI and Chicago Writers Association. She facilitates a critique group through her local library and enjoys several book clubs.
- Diana L. MacGregor Born: N/A. N/A
- Tom Mach Born: 1940 in Chicago, Illinois . Tom left Chicago in 1969 and currently resides in Lawrence, Kansas with his wife and two children.
- Olivia Maciel Born: 1957 in Mexico City. Maciel lives in Chicago.
- Adam Mack Born: . Mack is an assistant professor of history in the Department of Liberal Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- David L. Macke Born: Clark County, (West Union), Illinois. N/A
- Marcia Mackenbrock Born: Cedar Rapids, IA. Marcia is a resident of Naperville, Il.
- Esther L Mackey Born: in Joliet, Illinois. Esther is a life long resident of Joliet, Illinois.
- Linda MacKillop . MacKillop lives in Wheaton. Visit her website at
- Joanie Mackowski Born: 1963 in Evanston, Illinois. Mackowski was born in Evanston, Illinois.
- Janine MacLachlan Born: . Janine runs a cooking school in Chicago. She splits her time between a farm in Michigan and a loft in Chicago.
- Norman Maclean Born: 1902 in Clarinda, Iowa. Maclean taught at the University of Chicago from 1940 until his retirement in 1973.
- Archibald MacLeish Born: May 7, 1892 in Glenco. Illinois . MacLeish was born and raised in Glencoe. He grew up on an estate bordering Lake Michigan.
- Rose MacMurray Born: 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Molly MacRae Born: Elgin, Illinois . Molly MacRae grew up in Barrington and currently lives in Champaign.
- Gwen Macsai Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Songju Ma Daemicke Born: China. Ma Daemicke lives in Glenview.
- Nathan Maddox Born: 1951 in Springfield, Illinois. Nathan Maddox lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Haki R. Madhubuti Born: 1942 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Madhubuti moved to Chicago as a child and still resides there today. He attended Roosevelt University, the University of Illinois Chicago Circle. In 2007, he was named ''Chicagoan of the Year'' by Chicago Magazine. The papers of Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti are housed at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois.
- Conor Robin Madigan Born: 1982 in Atlanta, GA. Madigan lived in Evanston, Illinois for 27 years as a student and a worker. He graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago with his MFAW in 2008.
- Michael David Madonick Born: in New York City, New . Madonick is an associate professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Illinois. He is the Director of the Creative Writing department. He currently resides in Urbana, Illinois.
- John V. Madormo Born: . Madormo lives in Naperville.
- Rachel Madorsky Born: 1946 in Belarus. Rachel Madorsky lived in Glenwood, Illinois and now reside in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
- Diane Gilbert Madsen Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Madsen was born and raised in Chicago. She graduated from the University of Chicago and received her Masters from Roosevelt University.
- Rocky Maffit Born: 1952 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Maffit lives in Champaign, Illinois.
- Timothy Maga Born: N/A. N/A
- Gayle Sherwood Magee Born: . The author is an assistant professor of musicology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Frank P. Maggio Born: April 13, 1937 in Rockford, Illinois. Maggio was born and currently resides in Rockford, Illinois.
- Lisa Maggiore Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Maggiore was born and raised on the Northwest side of Chicago. She still resides in Chicago today.
- Kekla Magoon Born: Michigan. Magoon graduated with a B.A. from Northwestern University. While there, she also worked with youth-serving nonprofit organizations.<p />
- Geralyn Hesslau Magrady Born: . Hesslau Magrady grew up in Chicago. She currently resides in Berwyn.
- Geralyn Hesslau Magrady Born: . Magrady lives in Berwyn.
- Kathleen Maguire Born: . Maguire has lived in Chicago her whole life and has been a resident of the city's South, North and West Sides. She earned postgraduate degrees from the University of Illinois at Chicago and DePaul University.
- Susan Maguire . Maguire lives in Chicago.
- Mickle Maher Born: . Mickle Maher has worked in Chicago as an actor, director and playwright since 1987
- Aaron Mahnke Born: in . Mahnke was born and raised in Illinois. In 1997, he graduated from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
- Leslie Maitland Born: 1949 in New York City, NY . Maitland is a graduate of the University of Chicago.
- Karen Marie Majewski Born: 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in Chicago, Illinois in the heavily-Polish ''Back of the Yards'' neighborhood. She spent most of her childhood in the nearby suburb of Oak Lawn and graduated from Southern Illinois University.
- Brenda Major Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Major was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She has lived in Carbondale, Decatur and Charleston, where I began collaborating on a series of children's books with Mia Dawson and illustrator, Chloe Vecellio.
- Stephen F. Majsak . Majsak lives in Chicago.
- Rebecca Makkai . Makkai is a Chicago-based author.
- Andrew H Malcom Born: 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio. Malcom received his BS and MS degree's from Northwestern University.
- Stephanie Malench . Malench lives in Edwardsville.
- Arthur Maling Born: 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. Arthur was born in and still resides in Chicago.
- Ling Ma Born: Sanming, China. Ma lives in Chicago.<p />
- Edward F Malkowski Born: . Edward Malkowski lives in Lincoln, Illinois. He works as a software developer and historical researcher in Champaign, Illinois.
- James Oliver Mallon Born: 1942 in County Armagh, Ireland. Mallon settled in Chicago after coming to America from Ireland.
- Dawn Malone Born: in Clarendon Hills, IL. Malone was raised in Clarendon Hills, and moved to Normal to attend Illinois State University. After graduation and working for six years in Madison, Wisconsin, she returned to central Illinois where she currently lives.
- Marianne Malone Born: . Malone grew up in Chicago. She went to the University of Illinois and currently resides in Urbana.
- Patricia Malone Born: 1932 in Chrisman, Illinois. Malone grew up on a farm and attended elementary and high school in Chrisman. She went to the University of Illinois and moved to Waukegan after she got married. She received her Masters in Education from National Louis University in Evanston and currently resides in Naperville.
- David Mamet Born: November 30, 1947 in Flossmoor, Illinois. Mamet was born and raised in Flossmoor.
- Marnie O. Mamminga Born: in Aurora, Illinois. Mamminga was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs. She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she earned undergraduate and master’s degrees in English. Currently, she resides in Batavia.
- Martin F. Manalansan, IV . Manalansan is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, Anthropology, LAS Global Studies, and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
- Mia P. Manansala Born: . Manansala is from Chicago.
- Kenneth A. Manaster Born: in Chicago, Illinois . Manaster was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Morgan Mandel Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Mary was born in Chicago and lives in Arlington Heights.
- Bob Mander Born: N/A. Bob is a native Chicagoan.
- John Manderino Born: . John is a Riverdale, Illinois native.
- Shanny Jean Maney Born: 1982 in Ottawa, IL. Born in Ottawa, Illinois. Attended Illinois State University. Lived in Galva, Illinois. Worked in Galesburg, Illinois. Living in Bloomington, Illinois.
- Lou Manfredini Born: 1964 .
- Carol Manley Born: in Belvidere, Illinois. Carol was born in Belvidere and now lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Curtis Mann Born: 1968 in Bremerhaven, Germany. Mann lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Mary E. Mann Born: January 30, 1935 in Sumner, Illinois. Mann was born in Sumner. She lived in Chicago, Springfield, Tuscola, Champaign-Urbana (while her husband attended and graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine), and Centralia. She graduated from Bridgeport High School and wrote a book titled, ''Book Learning in Centralia, Illinois, A primer on Willow Grove School, 1866-1992'' that is in the Jefferson and Adams Reading Rooms of the Library of Congress. ''Me and Hobo Bill: Recollections of a National Hobo King'' is a story of a hobo who lived and died in Centralia.
- Frances Manos Born: . Manos lives in St. Charles, Illinois.
- Lauren Mansy Born: . Mansy grew up in the Chicago area.
- Fran Manushkin Born: 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. Manushkin grew up in Chicago.
- Deborah Marcero . Marcero lives in Chicago.
- Marietta Marshall Marcin Born: . The author is a contributor to Chicag Tribune Magazine.
- Alison Marcotte . Marcotte graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in journalism.
- Martin Marcus Born: 1933 in Chicago IL. Marcus was educated at Chicago Public Schools. He has a B. A. from Northwestern University. His first job was at WBBM where he wrote 'The Gold Coast Show'. Over the course of thirty years, he worked as a copywriter and creative director in Chicago advertising agencies including Leo Burnett, Needham Harper and Steers and McCann Erickson.
- Jean Marcy Born: N/A. Jean lives in central Illinois.
- Norma Marder Born: 1934 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Norma Marder is a resident of Champaign, Illinois.
- Margaret Dubay Mikus, Ph.D. Born: in Detroit, Michigan. Mikus has lived in the Chicago area since 1976.
- Nanno Marinatos Born: . Nanno is a professor of classics at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
- Jeff Mariotte Born: Park Forest, Illinois. Lived in Cook County,Illinois.
- Daiva Markelis Born: Chicago, Illinois 1957. Markelis was born in Chicago and is an associate professor of English at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
- Judy Markey Born: N/A. N/A
- Grace Mark Born: . Mark lives in Chicago.
- Marion M. Markham Born: 1929 in Chicago, Illinois. Marion lives in Northbrook.
- William C. Markham Born: . Markham lived in Chicago for six years.
- Stephen Markley Born: 1983 in Texas. Stephen moved to Chicago in 2008.
- Katherine Dolores Marko . Marko lived in Elgin.
- Judith Markowitz Born: 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Markowitz is a Chicago native.
- Gail MarksJarvis Born: .
- Kathy L. Marks Born: 1953 in Sutton, West Virginia. Marks lives in Southern Illinois.
- Marilynn Morris Markwald Born: 1928 in Waukegan, Illinois. She was born in Waukegan, Illinois.
- Don Marquis Born: July 29, 1878 in Walnut, Illinois. Don Marquis was born and raised in Walnut. He attended Knox Academy (now Knox College).
- Maggie Marr Born: 1969 . She was born in Illinois. She attended Loyola University and worked in Cook County for four years.
- William Marr Born: 1936 in Taiwan. William came to the United States in 1961 as an engineering student. In 1969, he joined Argonne National Laboratory, in DuPage County, Illinois, as a researcher, and has lived in Downers Grove since that time.
- Nate Marshall . Marshall is from the South Side of Chicago.
- Scott F. Marsh Born: . Marsh moved to Illinois in 1989. He currently serves as the Pastor of the Texas Christian Church in Clinton.
- Christopher Hawley Martin Born: 1952 in Wabash, Indiana. I live in Chester, Illinois. I wrote about a serial killer from my hometown of Wabash, Indiana who is responsible for the death or disappearance of five or more girls from Illinois. Larry DeWayne Hall was convicted of the kidnapping of 15-year-old Jessica Roach of Georgetown, Illinois. Her remains were found in a cornfield near Perrysville, Indiana in November of 1993. Since my book, ''Urges, A Chronicle of Serial Killer Larry Hall'' was published, Hall has confessed to murders in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri. He is serving a life-without-release sentence at a federal correctional facility in North Carolina.
- David Lozell Martin Born: 1946 in Granite City, Illinois. Martin was born in Granite City and grew up on a farm near Mt. Olive, Illinois.
- Don Martin . Martin lives in the suburbs of Chicago.
- Claudia Guadalupe Martinez Born: 1978 . Martinez has lived in Chicago since 2002. She currently resides in Oak Brook.
- Juan Martinez . Martinez lives near Chicago.
- James Martin Born: 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Martin lives in Chicago and is an English and creative writing teacher at Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois. He holds degrees from St. Ambrose and DePaul Universities.
- Lee Martin Born: 1955 in Lawrenceville, Illinois. Lee was born in Lawrenceville, Illinois and attended Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. He lived in Illinois from 1955 through 1979. His memoirs, ''From Our House'' and ''Turning Bones'', feature Illinois settings.
- Carmela A. Martino Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Martino was born in Chicago and currently lives in Naperville, in DuPage County Illinois.
- T.J. Martinson . Martinson grew up in Kankakee. He received his MA in literary studies from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
- Stephen Paul Martin Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Troy Wayne Martin Born: 1953 in Seminole, TX. I attended The University of Chicago and earned a Ph. D. in Bible. I have taught Bible at Illinois Benedictine University and Olivet Nazarene University. I am currently a professor at Saint Xavier University in Chicago.
- Martin E. Marty Born: 1928 in West Point, Nebraska. Marty lives in Riverside, Illinois.
- David Marusek Born: . He lived in Villa Park, Illinois.
- Gary Marx Born: April 8, 1952, in Melrose Park, Illinois. Marx grew up in in Schiller Park within the shadow of O'Hare Airport. He studied history at Blackburn College and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism at Southern Illinois University– Carbondale. While at SIU, he worked at The Daily Egyptian newspaper.
- David Masciotra . Masciotra has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the University of St. Francis in Joliet. He also teaches literature and political science courses there today.
- Mack C. Mason Born: 1959 in Chicago. Mason was born in Chicago and has lived in Kewanee and northern Illinois. He currently resides in Hazel Crest.
- Marilyn J. Mason Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- John Massa Born: . I was born in Highland Park, grew up in Lincolnshire, and went to Stevenson High School in Prairie View. The main characters in my debut novel are from the fictional town of Newkastel, a suburb north of Chicago.
- Hans Jurgan Massaquoi Born: Hamburg, Germany. N/A
- Charles J. Masters Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Masters was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Edgar Lee Masters Born: August 23, 1868 in Garnette, Kansas. Masters was raised in Petersburg and Lewistown in Menard County. He also lived in Chicago.
- Marcia Lee Masters Born: January 20, 1909. Marcia Lee Masters was born and lived in Chicago.
- Kate Masur . Masur lives in Evanston.
- Mary Matalin Born: Calumet City, Illinois. Raised in Illinois
- Adrian Matejka Born: 1971 in Nuremberg, Germany. Matejka is a graduate of the MFA program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He lives in Chicago and is the editor of Poetry magazine. <p />
- Michael G. Matejka Born: St.Louis, Mo.. Michael Matejka lives in Bloomington, Illinois.
- Averil Mathis Born: N/A. Lived in Eldorado, Illinois.
- Eric G Matlin Born: 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. I have lived in Illinois my whole life. I grew up in Morton Grove. I graduated from Maine East High School, Park Ridge in 1971, DePaul University, Chicago in 1975 and The John Marshall Law School, Chicago in 1978. I now reside in Winnetka, IL
- Marlee Bethany Matlin Born: 1965 in Morton Grove, Illinois. Matlin was born and raised in Morton Grove. She graduated from John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights and attended Harper College in Palatine.
- Cheryl Matlock Born: . Matlock is a native of Chicago. She has also lived in Evanston and is a graduate of Roosevelt University in Chicago.
- Victoria Matranga Born: . Author lives in Oak Park.
- Nehemiah Matson Born: 1816 . Nehemiah Matson was an early Illinois settler and wrote extensively about the earlier French and Indian inhabitants.
- Alex Matthews Born: 1940 in Portland, Oregon. Matthews lives in Oak Park, Illinois.
- Elizabeth W. Matthews Born: . She is retired from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- John H. Matthews Born: 1969 in Berwyn, IL. I was born in Berwyn, Illinois, a town once described by Son of Svengoolie as 'a city made entirely out of used car dealers and savings and loans'. I moved to Villa Park when I was six and lived there until I graduated from Columbia College Chicago. Fifteen of my post-college years were spent living in various neighborhoods of Chicago: Ravenswood, Ukrainian Village and Jefferson Park. I now reside in Des Plaines, Illinois.
- Linda H. Matthews Born: in Portland, Oregon. Linda has lived for many years in Evanston, Illinois.
- John W. Mauck Born: . The author received his J. D. from the University of Chicago and now lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Robert Lee Maupin Born: August 4, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in and lived in Chicago, Illinois until he was 43 years old.
- Jeff Mauro Born: 1978 in Chicago, Illinois. Mauro is a Chicago native. He attended the Oak Park-River Forest High School in Oak Park and graduated from Bradley University in Peoria. <p />
- George J. Mavigliano Born: . George J. Mavigliano is Assistant Professor of Art History at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- William Maxwell Born: August 16, 1908 in Lincoln, Illinois. Maxwell was born in Lincoln and moved to Chicago with his family after high school. He attended University of Illinois in Champaign and after graduate school he returned to the University of Illinois to spend two years on the English faculty.
- Susan E. Maycock Born: . She lived in Carbondale, Illinois from 1973-1979.
- Eric Charles May Born: in Chicago. May is a native Chicagoan. He grew up in the Morgan Park neighborhood.
- Lynne Mayer Born: in Palos Park, Illinois. Lynne lives in a suburb of Chicago.
- George W. May Born: 1909 in Metropolis, Illinois. George May, southern Illinois teacher, author, and historian, passed away on April 29, 2003, in Metropolis. He was 93. At the time of his death he was living in the same room where he was born on November 1, 1909.
- Jim May Born: in Spring Grove, Illinois. Jim May was born and raised Spring Grove. He currently resides in Woodstock.
- Julian May Born: Chicago, Illinois. Julian May grew up in Elmwood Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago
- Michele E. May Born: 1953 in Indianapolis, IN. I moved to Illinois in April 2003 and have been living in Lake in the Hills, Illinois since that time. I started my career in 2008 and living in the Chicagoland area has put me in touch with a lot of great organizations who serve the mystery genre and have boosted my career.
- Whitney Mayoral . Mayoral was born and raised in Southern Illinois and still currently resides there.
- Anthony Mays Born: 1951 in Reading, PA. Mays lived in Illinois from 1992 to 2020. The name of the main character (Dwight Morris) in his book, ''Halfway to Uncertainty'', was derived from two cities along I-55 south of Chicago, and, part of the book takes place in Chicago.
- Cris Mazza Born: 1957 in San Pedro, California. Mazza lives in the west suburbs of Chicago.
- Nicole Mazzarella Born: . Mazzarella teaches creative writing at Wheaton College in Illinios and currently lives in La Grange Park, Illinois.
- Dan P. McAdams Born: . Mr McAdams is chair of the Psychology Department at Northwestern University.
- Patricia McAdams Born: 1973 in Sparta, Illinois. Patricia McAdams is a fiction writer from Southern Illinois who is currently with the publisher Red Lead Press, a division of Dorrance Publishing.
- Susan Scotti McAuliff-Kent Born: Springfield, Illinois. N/A
- Patrick T. McBriarty . McBriarty is a resident of Chicago.
- James McCaffrey Born: 1946 in Springfield, Illinois. McCaffrey was born in Springfield, Illinois.
- Lawrence McCaffrey Born: 1925 . McCaffrey is professor emeritus of Loyola University of Chicago.
- Brenda Fay McCain Born: 1966 in Chicago, IL . Brenda was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and I reside in South Holland, Ilinois.
- Erika R. McCall Born: 1982 in Chicago, IL. Erica was born in Chicago, IL but raised in DeKalb, IL. She graduated from Illinois State University with a bachelor's in Community Health Education and from Northern Illinois University with a Master's in Adult & Higher Education.
- Sarah Grace McCandless Born: 1974 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Jeremy McCarter . McCarter lives in Chicago.
- Billy McCarthy Born: 1960 in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood, Illinois . Bill McCarthy grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.
- Charles Joseph McCarthy Born: July 20,1933 in Providence, Rhode Island. McCarthy moved to Chicago in 1959, where he worked at an auto-parts warehouse while writing on his novel, The Orchard Keeper, which was published in 1965.
- Jenny McCarthy Born: 1972 in Evergreen Park, Illinois. The author was raised in Evergreen Park, Illinois and attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois.
- Nan Johnson McCarthy Born: 1961 in Chicago, Illinois. McCarthy was born in Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- Stephanie E. McCarthy . McCarthy received her bachelor of the arts from Southern Illinois University and her Juris Doctor from the Southern Illinois University School of Law and is an attorney working in the Peoria area. She is also a member of and volunteer docent at the Peoria Historical Society.
- Katherine McCaughan Born: in Shanghai, China . McCaughan moved to Chicago in 1977 and lived there until 1993. Ten years later, she started spending her summers in Chicago.
- Esau McCaulley Born: 1979. McCaulley is a biblical scholar and assistant professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, canon theologian for the Anglican Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others, as well as a theologian-in-residence at Progressive Baptist Church, a historically black congregation in Chicago.
- Robert McChesney Born: 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio. McChesney currently lives in Illinois.
- Dennis Dale McClain Born: March 29, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in the Chicago suburb of Markham. He played ball for Mount Carmel High School and was a pitcher fo the Chicago White Sox from 1962-1963.
- Leanita McClain Born: 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. McClain was born in Chicago and grew up in the Ida B. Wells housing projects.
- Edward McClelland Born: 1967 in Lansing, Michigan. McClelland lives in Chicago.
- Ted McClelland Born: 1967 in Lansing, Michigan. McClelland lives in Chicago.
- Robert McClory Born: . The author is a professor emeritus of journalism at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
- Don S. McClure Born: 1956 in Chicago. McClure was born on the west side of Chicago. Several of his books were set in Chicago.
- Wendy McClure Born: 1971 in Oak Park, Illinois. McClure was born and raised in Oak Park and currently resides in Chicago.
- Bernard Jeffrey McCollough Born: 1957 in Chicago, Illlinois. Bernie was raised on the south side of Chicago and always called it home.
- Paul McComas Born: in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Paul McComas has lived in Evanston, Illinois since 1983.
- Marty McConnell . McConnell lives in Chicago. <p />
- Jacquelin S. McCord Born: 1947 in Virginia. Jacquelin lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Gene McCormick Born: in Sidney, Ohio. Born in Ohio, I moved to Illinois briefly in the 1960s, living in Round Lake while working in Libertyville at Lake Publishing. I moved back back to Ohio in 1968, and back to Illinois for good in 1979, living--in order--in Schaumburg, Chicago, Naperville and Wayne.
- Melissa McCormick Born: Rockford, Illinois. McCormick attended elementary school in Loves Park and graduated from Harlem High School in Machesney Park. She received an MBA from Northern Illinois University and currently lives in Roscoe.
- Mary R. McCorvie Born: N/A. N/A
- Marjorie McCown Born: Tuscola, Illinois. Marjorie was born and grew up in Illinois.
- Gary McCoy Born: 1962 . He lives in Belleville, Illinois.
- Glenn McCoy Born: 1965, Belleville, Illinois. Glen graduated from Southern Illinois University with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts and graphic design.
- Judi McCoy Born: N/A. Lived in Illinois
- Ralph E. McCoy Born: Illinois . He was the president of the Illinois Library Association in 1956.
- Donna D. McCreary Born: 1958 in Frankfort, Germany. Donna writes books about Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln - both Illinois subjects of interest.
- Peter McCullough . McCullough lives in Chicago.
- Emily McCully Born: 1939 in Galesburg, Illinois. McCully was born in Galesburg and lived there until she was 5 years old.
- John T. McCutcheon Born: 1870 in South Raub, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Mr. McCutcheon was born in Indiana and attended Purdue University where he recieved a B. S. degree and wrote for the school papaer. Upon graduation, he moved to Chicago and worked at several newspapers, eventually working at the Chicago Tribune. He was a cartoonist.
- Travis McDade . McDade is curator of law rare books at the University of Illinois College of Law.
- Toby McDaniel Born: N/A. Toby McDaniel lived in Springfield and worked as a columnist for 37 years at the State Journal Register.
- John Francis McDermott Born: 1902, St. Louis County, Missouri . The author taught at SIU Edwardsville
- Paul K. McDevitt Born: 1947 in New Orleans, LA. McDevitt attended Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, from 1965 - 1969 before earning his PhD. (Economics) at Tulane University in 1974. He taught at the University of Illinois Springfield from 1983 until his retirement in 2009. He currently resides in Springfield, Illinois. From 2009 - 2015 Paul researched, wrote, and published All Came Home; It is a narrative non-fictional account of his father’s WWII experiences based on letters that his Dad wrote home from the Pacific.
- Kent McDill Born: . McDill lived in Chicago and was a sportswriter who covered the Chicago Bulls.
- Steve McDonagh Born: . McDonagh lives in Chicago.
- Chris J. McDonald Born: in . McDonald is a Political Science professor at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield.
- Julie McDonald Born: . McDonald worked for the Rockford Register-Republic and now writes for the Moline Dispatch and the Rock Island Argus.
- Melinda McDonald . McDonald lives in Rochester. Her two books are centered around Springfield.
- Robert McDonald Born: Mt. Clemens, Michigan . McDonald has lived in Chicago for 15 years.
- Janet McDonnell . McDonnell lives in Arlington Heights. She earned a BA from Northern Illinois University in 1984.
- Kathleen McDonnell Born: 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Kathleen was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Gary McDougal Born: 1936 in Chicago, Il. Gary Mac Dougal still lives in Chicago.
- Lynn E. McElfresh Born: in Urbana, Illinois. McElfresh was born in Urbana and grew up there. She later lived in Decatur.
- John McEvoy Born: 1936 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. McEvoy has lived in Evanston since 1966. His novels all have Chicago settings.
- Joe McFarland Born: . Joe resides in Makanda, Illinois.
- Dan McGinnis Born: N/A. N/A
- Alice B. McGinty Born: 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. McGinty lives in Champaign.
- Keith McGowan Born: 1968 in Brooklyn, New York. McGown lived and worked in Chicago.
- Tom E. McGowen Born: 1927 in Evanston, Illinois. McGowen was born in Evanston Illinois, grew up in Evanston and Chicago, moved to Norridge Illinois, raised a family and even wrote a book about Norridge titled ''Island within a City''. He lived in Norridge for over 55 years before moving to Hoffman Estates Illinois for the last 3 years of his life.
- David McGrath . McGrath is a professor at the College of DuPage. He grew up in Evergreen Park.
- Deborah Kuhn McGregor Born: N/A.
- Lorraine McGregor Born: 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. I was born in Chicago, Illinois. Fortunately, all of my education was within the state of Illinois. I attended Chicago Vocational High School (CVS) now known as Chicago Vocational Career Academy. My college years were at Western University, Columbia College and Roosevelt University. At Roosevelt University, I won first prize for my writing ability.
- Robert Kuhn McGregor Born: N/A. Robert McGregor is a Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Springfield.
- Kevin McIlvoy Born: Granite City, Illinois. Went to University of Illinois
- Ralph McInerney Born: 1929 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. McInerney has written books based in Illinois - the Father Dowling series is based in Fox River, Illinois and his Sister Mary Teresa series written under the pen name of Monica Quill is about a 5'2'' 200-lb. nun in Chicago.
- Max N. McIntyre Born: N/A. Norval McIntyre lives in Springfield, Il.
- Norval M. McIntyre Born: N/A. Norval McIntyre lives in Springfield, Il.
- Larry McKaughan Born: Ross, California. University of Illinois, MA 1965, PhD 1968. Worked in Decatur 1967-68
- Festus Claudius McKay Born: September 15, 1989 Sunny Ville, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, British West Indies (now Jamaica). Festus McKay lived in Chicago from 1944 until his death in 1948.
- Erin McKean Born: 1971 . Ms. McKean lived in Chicago.
- Courtney McKinney-Whitaker Born: in Greenville, South Carolina . McKinney-Whitaker currently lives in Peoria, Illinois. She graduated with a Master's in English from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.
- David R. McLaren Born: 1938 in Springfield, Illinois. David lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Bethany McLean Born: Hibbing, Minnesota on December 12, 1970. McLean resides in Chicago. She also serves on the board of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago.
- Marilee McLeod Born: Michigan. Marilee McLeod lives in Toulon, Il.
- Neil McMahon Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- James McManus Born: 1951 in New York City, New York. McManus lives in Kenilworth and teaches at the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Steve Douglas McMichael Born: October 17, 1957 in Houston, Texas. McMichael lives in Chicago and played for the Chicago Bears for 13 seasons.
- Patricia McMillen Born: Illinois. McMillen was born and raised in Illinois. She was an attorney in private practice in Chicago from 1983-1992.
- Victor McMullan Born: 1962 in Chicago, Illinois. McMullan was born and raised in Chicago. He moved to the South Suburbs (Richton Park and University Park) of Chicago in 1994.
- R. Gerald McMurtry Born: 1906 in Hardin County, Kentucky. The Author was director of the Louisa Warren Lincoln Library and Museum operated by the Lincoln National Life Insurance company of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Since McMurty was not a resident of Illinois, but a noted Lincoln Scholar - an Illinois subject of interest - his only books listed in the Illinois Authors Wiki are about Lincoln related subjects.
- Patricia Ann McNair Born: . Patricia teaches at Columbia College in Chicago.
- John McNally Born: Chicago, Illinois. John is from the southwest side of Chicago.
- Frances McNamara Born: 1950 in Boston, MA . Frances McNamara lives in Chicago and is a librarian at the University of Chicago.
- Jean Marie McNamara . McNamara lives in Maywood.
- John M. McNamara Born: . John lives in Downers Grove, Illinois.
- Stephen J. McNamee . McName earned both his M.A. in Sociology and his Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Natalie McNeal Born: . The author is originally from the south suburbs of Chicago.
- Kelly O'Connor McNees Born: in Michigan. McNees lives in Chicago.
- Molly McNett Born: . McNett is an English professor at Northern Illinois University and lives in Oregon, Illinois. She graduated from Illinois State University with her B. A. and earned her M. A. from Northern Illinois University.
- Kevin McNulty . McNulty grew up in Momence, which is located in Kankakee County.
- Mary McNulty Born: Baltimore, Maryland. N/A
- Thomas McNulty Born: 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. McNulty was born in Chicago and is a graduate of Columbia College in Chicago. He lives in Crystal Lake.
- Adam McOmber Born: 1975 Van Wert, Ohio . McOmber teaches at Columbia College in Chicago.
- John J. McPhaul Born: 1904 in Chicago, Illinois. John was born and raised in Chicago.
- Alan McPherson Born: N/A. McPherson writes books about Illinois.
- Molly McQuade Born: New York. N/A
- Christian McWhirter Born: 1978 in North York, Ontario, Canada. McWhirter moved to Springfield, Illinois, in 2013 to work at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library as part of the ''Papers of Abraham Lincoln'' project.
- John Meacham Born: . He received his journalism degree from Southern Illinois University.
- Virginia Meachum Born: 1918 in Chicago, Illinois. Meachum lived the majority of her life in Illinois.
- Yvonne Kay Meckfessel Born: 1946 in Olney, Illinois. I was born and raised in rural Richland County, Illinois, living there for over 55 years. I attended college at Olney Central College in Olney, Illinois. I now reside in Troy, Illinois. All of my books have been set in Illinois and are about Illinois residents. One of my books, ''Pickle Pots, Stupid Hats and Other Stories'' is a collection of stories about our pioneer ancestors living in Southern Illinois in the early 1900's. My book, ''Only On Loan, Notes from a journal edged in black'', is about a young man that lived 10 years in Illinois and passed due to heart problems. This is a book about dealing with losses.
- Mark Howard Medoff Born: 1940 in Mount Carmel, Illinois. Medoff was born in Mt. Carmel, Illinois.
- Frank Meeink Born: in Philadelphia, PA. Frank lived in Springfield prior to his confinement in an Illinois prision.
- Jeanne Meeks Born: 1951 in Evergreen Park, IL. ==Illinois Connection==Illinois has been Meeks' home since she was born. Her birth certificate says Evergreen Park, but her family lived on the southside of Chicago at the time. She has also lived in Country Club Hills, Oak Forest, Tinley Park, New Lenox, and Loda, Illinois. She attended grammar schools in Midlothian and Oak Forest and High School in Tinley Park. She graduated from Governors State University in University Park, Illinois, but also attended Prairie State in Chicago Heights and Joliet Junior College in Joliet. The main character of her first two novels is from the Chicago suburbs and then moves to the farm country near Paxton in central Illinois.
- Kale Meggs Born: 1965 in Baytown, Texas. Kale now lives in DeSoto Illinois.
- Lois Meier Born: in St. Anne, Illinois. Lois attended the University of Illinois and has taught in both St. Anne and Kankakee schools.
- Cornelia Lynde Meigs Born: December 6, 1884 in Rock Island, Illinois. Cornelia was born in Rock Island, Illinois.
- Fredericka Meiners Born: 1942 in Texas. Meiners lives in Chicago.
- Mona Mack Melampy . Melampy lived in Springfield with her family during the 1960's and 70's. She graduated from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago in 1981, and then was admitted to the Illinois Bar. She worked as a staff attorney at the State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission in Springfield after graduation.
- James Mellow Born: Gloucester, Massachusetts. Mellow graduated from Northwestern University in 1950.
- David Mendell Born: in Cincinnati, Ohio. David Mendell now lives in Oak Park, Illinois.
- Gabi Mendez . Mendez is a graduate of the School of Ther Art Institute of Chicago and lives in Chicago.
- Orlando Menes Born: 1958 in Lima Peru. Menes attended the University of Illinois-Chicago and received a Ph. D. in Creative Writing.
- Dinaw Mengestu Born: 1978 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mengestu was raised in Peoria and Forest Park. He graduated from Fenwick High School in Oak Park.
- Narciso G. Menocal Born: . Mr. Menocal obtained a Ph. D. at the University of Illinois in 1974.
- Joe Meno Born: 1974. Meno lives in Chicago. He graduated from and is a professor in the Department of Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.
- Leon Mentzer Born: . He resides in Decatur,Illinois.
- Paul R. Meredith Born: 1935 in Decatur, Illinois. Meredith was born in Decatur, Illinois.
- Ellen C. Merrill Born: September 17, 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois . She was born in Oak Park, Illinois.
- James L Merriner Born: 1947 in Marietta, OH. Merriner is a former Chicago Sun-Times political editor.
- Barbara Mertz Born: 1928 . Mertz grew up in small-town Illinois during the Depression. Her family moved to a Chicago suburb when she was in 4th grade. She attended Oak Park-River Forest High School and went to the University of Chicago.
- Sharon Mesmer Born: 1960 in Chicago, Illinois. Mesmer was born in Chicago and graduated from Columbia College, Chicago.
- Christian Karl Messenger Born: East Orange, New Jersey. Christian Messenger is a Professor of American literature and cultural studies at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
- Aphelandra Messer . Messer lives in Chicago.
- Susan Messer Born: 1948 in Detroit, Michigan. I moved to Chicago in 1983 to work as an editor at the Clearinghouse Review--a monthly journal that reported on issues of poverty law. I moved to Oak Park, Illinois, in 1985 and have lived and worked there ever since.
- Jonathan Messinger Born: in Boston, Massachusettes . Messinger lives in Chicago.
- Allan A. Metcalf Born: 1940 in Clayton, Missouri. Metcalf grew up in Chicago's Hyde Park.
- Marshall R Metcalf Born: . Marshall Metcalf lives in central Illinois.
- Janice Metzger Born: 1950 . Janice Metzger resided in Chicago almost all of her adult life, over 30 of those years in Wicker Park where she remained involved until the end with various neighborhood organizations and issues.
- Lorijo Metz Born: in Waukegan, Illinois. Metz was born in Waukegan and grew up in Antioch. She attended Illinois State University in Bloomington and now resides in Gurnee.
- Robin Metz Born: N/A. Robin Metz is Philip Sidney Post Professor of English at Knox College in Galesburg, Il.
- Douglas K. Meyer Born: . Meyer is a professor emeritus of geography at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
- Eileen R. Meyer . Meyer grew up in Waukegan and currently lives in Hinsdale.
- Jenny Meyerhoff Born: 1972 in Detroit, Michigan. Meyerhoff moved to Evanston after graduating from The University of Michigan. She attended Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy. In 1998, she moved to Deerfield, now lives in Riverwoods.
- Vincent L Michael, PhD . Dr. Michael has served on the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council and the Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission. He was Director of the Historic Preservation program at SAIC from 1996 to 2010.
- Ethan Michaeli Born: , in New York. Michaeli is based out of Chicago.
- Oscar Devereaux Micheaux Born: 1884 in Metropolis, Illinois. Micheaux was born on a farm in Southern Illinois.
- Courtney E. Michel Born: 1978 in Springfield, Illinois. Michel was born in Springfield, Illinois and currently resides in Central Illinois.
- Dennis Patrick Michels Born: Des Plaines, Illinois. Dennis Patrick Michels was raised in Lake Zurich, Illinois.
- Linda Mickey Born: 1951 in Beloit, Wisconsin. Mickey lives in Vernon Hills, Illinois.
- Stephanie Mided Born: . Mided lives in Chicago.
- Debbi Migit Born: 1955 in Pekin, Illinois. Debbi and her family live in Morton, Illinois, surrounded by cornfields and pumpkin patches.
- Effie Mihopoulos Born: Chicago, Il.. Effie Mihopoulos was born in Chicago, and lived most of her life there.
- Kaitlin Mikrut Born: July 30, 1999 in Melrose Park, Illinois. Mikrut is a Chicago area native. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2021 and currently works and resides in the Chicagoland area.
- Josephine Miles Born: 1911 in Chicago, Illinois. Josephine Miles was born in Chicago.
- Brandon Marie Miller Born: in Morris, Illinois. Miller was born in Morris and grew up in Park Forest.
- Elizabeth Miller Born: N/A. N/A
- Jason Miller Born: . Miller grew up in Ferges and graduated from Johnston City High School. His Slim in Little Egypt Mysteries take place in Southern Illinois.
- Jeff Miller . Miller currently lives in Chicago, where he keeps asking his cats for writing advice.
- Jeffrey D. Miller Born: . Miller lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Jen Miller Born: 1960 in Little Rock, AR. Jen Miller moved to Washington, Illinois in 1995 and still resides there.
- Kelly Leigh Miller . Miller lives in Chicago. <p />
- Madeline Miller Born: 1978 in Boston, Massachusetts. Miller studied one year at the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought.
- Martha Miller Born: 1947 in Springfield, Illinois. Miller was born and raised in Springfield. She still lives there today.
- Mary Jane Miller Born: 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. Born and raised on Chicago's west side, Mary Jane Miller attended Trinity High School and Rosary College.
- Pamela Miller Born: 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland. Miller grew up on the South Side of Chicago and now lives on the North Side of Chicago.
- Ross Miller Born: 1946 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1991-93, Miller was the Resident Scholar and Director of The Chicago Institute for Architecture and Urbanism.
- Sheila Peele Miller Born: in Williamston, North Carolina. Sheila currently lives in Chicago.
- Sue Miller Born: Chicago, Illinois. Sue was born in Chicago.
- Wayne Miller Born: in Illinois. Wayne Miller taught history in the Peoria area for 35 years. He now substitute teaches as well as writes.
- Wayne F. Miller Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Born and raised in Chicago, Miller studied banking at the University of Illinois at Urbana.
- Benjamin H Milligan . Milligan lives in the Chicago area.
- Robert H. Millimaki Born: Gwinn, Michigan. Robert was the Chief of Detectives for the North Chicago Police Department from 1958 until his retirement.
- Jon Mills Born: Springfield, Illinois. Lived in Cass County from 1964 to 1983.
- Ralph Mills Born: December 16, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. Mills was a native Chicagoan.
- Anchee Min Born: Shanghai, China. Anchee Min hasmoved to Chicago when she came to America in 1984.
- Jeanette Mines Born: . Author is a Dean in the College of Education at Lewis University.
- Katherine Min Born: March 16, 1959 in Champaign, Illinois. She was born in Champaign, Illinois.
- Anil Minocha Born: N/A. N/A
- Wendell Minor Born: 1944 in Aurora, Illinois. Minor was born in Aurora, Illinois. He attended Greenman Elementary, Jefferson Junior High and West Aurora High School (Class of 1962). He lived in Kane County from 1944-1968.
- Minnie Minoso Born: November 29, 1922 in Havana, Cuba. Minnie lived in Chicago and played for the Chicago White Sox.
- Newton N. Minow Born: 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Minow is a Chicago resident.
- Anthony J. Mireles Born: . Mireles resides in Calumet City, Illinois.
- Dana Marie Miroballi . Miroballi lives in Chicago.
- Jacquelyn Mitchard Born: December 10, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. Jacquelyn is a native of the west side of Chicago.
- George T. Mitchell, MD . The author is a Doctor who lives in Marshall, Illinois.
- Betty L. Mitchell Born: . She is a graduate and professor at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Erin Goseer Mitchell Born: in Selma, Alabama. Erin Mitchell is a graduate of Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia and has a Master of Music degree from Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois
- France Mitchell Born: 1969 in Montreal Canada. France lives in a suburb of Chicago.
- Fred Mitchell Born: . Mitchell lives in Chicago. He is a sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune.
- Linda Mitchell Born: in Phoenix, AZ. Although born in Arizona, Linda Mitchell has lived in the Chicago area most of her life.
- Tad Mitchell Born: 1966 in Evanston IL. Tad and his wife, who is an illustrator, live in the suburbs of Chicago.
- Todd Mitchell Born: January 8, 1974 . He was born in Illinois.
- Susan Miura Born: . Miura lives in Schaumburg.
- Lillian S. Moats Born: Detroit, Michigan. N/A
- Mark Alfred Moberg Born: 1959 in Palatine, Illinois. He was born in Palatine, Illinois.
- Carlos T. Mock Born: in San Juan, Puerto Rico . Mock lives in Chicago.
- Jack Modzelewski . Modzelewski is president of JackKnifePR, a Chicago-based buisiness communications consulting firm that provides advisory services to corporations, financial and legal firms, start-up enterprises, and large non-profit organizations. The firm specializes in corporate and marketing communications, crisis and risk management, leadership communications and visibility, financial and investor relations, and change management and turnaround programs. Recent clients have included a hospital system, an emerging biosciences company, an ag-tech firm, a supermarket chain, a private equity firm, a Canadian pharma firm, and independently owned communication agencies. Jack’s career spans all facets of business communications: public relations and public affairs, corporate communications, and marketing. As a result, he offers extensive experience and relevant advice for business solutions.
- Zakieh A. Mohammed Born: Chicago, Illinois. Mohammed is a native of Chicago.
- Mary Anne Mohanraj Born: 1971 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Mohanraj lives in Oak Park.
- Robert Mohlenbrock Born: 1931 in Murphysboro, Illinois. Mohlenbrock has spent his entire life in Illinois.
- Frank T. Mohr Born: . Frank lives in Lake Forest, Illinois.
- Faisal Mohyuddin Born: Elmhurst, Illinois. Mohyuddin was born in Elmhurst. He was raised in Matteson and Rolling Meadows. He currently resides in Oak Park and teaches in Highland Park.
- Maria Mola Born: in Barcelona, Spain. Mola lives in Evanston.
- Diana Moles . Moles lives in Chicago.
- Patricia Monaghan Born: 1946 in Brooklyn, New York. Patricia lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Dan Monroe Born: . Monroe earned a Ph. D. in history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He taught at Bradley University and now teaches at Milliken University.
- Harriet Monroe Born: 1860 in Chicago, Illinois. Monroe was born in Chicago and was a member of the Eagle's Nest Art Colony in Ogle County, Illinois.
- Mary Alice Monroe Born: N/A. N/A
- Steve Monroe Born: 1965 in Nebraska. Steve Monroe moved to Chicago in 1992.
- Mary Elise Monsell Born: in . Mary Elise Monsell lives in a Chicago suburb.
- Laura Nyman Montenegro Born: 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Montenegro was born in Chicago and currently resides in Evanston.
- Raymond H. Montgomery Born: . Montgomery is a life long resident of Menard County. He graduated from Illinos College and currently resides in Petersburg, Illinois.
- Dean Monti Born: Oak Park, Illinois. Dean lives in Glen Ellyn.
- William Vaughn Moody Born: 1869 in Spencer, Indiana. Moody taught at the University of Chicago from 1901 to 1907 as assistant professor of English and rhetoric.
- A.D. Moore . Moore lives in Chicago.
- Anne Elizabeth Moore Born: in Winner, South Dakota. Moore currently teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Carol McAdams Moore Born: . Carol lives in Southern Illinois with her husband and children.
- David G. Moore Born: 1941 in Jacksonville, Illinois. Moore was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and received his BA from Illinois College in Jacksonville. He received his MA from the Univeristy of Illinois.
- Edward Kelsey Moore Born: in Indiana. Moore currently resides in Chicago.
- Evan F. Moore Born: . Moore grew up on Chicago's South Side. He graduated from Morgan Park High School. He is an adjunct faculty member of DePaul University's journalism program.
- Francis Daniels Moore Born: Evanston, Illinois. Francis Moore was born in Evanston and lived in Illinois until he left to attend college on the east coast.
- Gary W. Moore Born: 1954 in Kankakee, IL . Lives in Bourbonnais, Illinois with his family.
- Graham Moore Born: 1981 in Chicago, Illinois . Moore was born and raised in Chicago. He is a graduate of Columbia University.
- Harry T. Moore Born: 1908 in Oakland, California. He lived and died in Carbondale, Illinois.
- John D. Moore Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Moore lives in Chicago.
- Julia Moore Born: . Julia Moore lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Marilyn M. Moore Born: 1932 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Marilyn Moore and her husband lived in Hoopeston, Illinois from 1954 through 1997 when she retired to Arizona.
- Michelle E Moore Born: in Albany, NY. Moore moved to Naperville after taking a job teaching literature and film at The College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. She then moved to Chicago, where she lived for fourteen years, now living in River Forest, right next to Oak Park. Her book, Chicago and the Making of American Modernism: Cather, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner in Context, explains the relationship between Chicago and the major American writers and publishers of Modernism. Early chapters consider Henry Blake Fuller, the aftermath of the Chicago fire, Harriet Monroe's difficulty publishing the 'Columbian Ode' for the World's Fair (Columbian Exhibition), Sherwood Anderson's connections to Frank Lloyd Wright, and Edgar Lee Master's opinions about the literary scene in Chicago. The book contains new reading of much-read and discussed books and stories by the major authors based on extensive and original archival research.
- Natalie Y. Moore . Moore lives and works in Chicago.
- Phyllis Moore Born: . Dr. Moore holds a Ph. D. degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Until 2003 she was co-chair of the MFA in Writing program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Robert Moore Born: 1943 in Pontotoc, Mississippi. I came to Illinois in 1965 from the state of Mississippi. I lived in Rockford for 11 years before relocating to Springfield, Illinois in 1976. I attended college at Rock Valley College,University of Illinois where I received an MPA. I am retired U. S. marshal and Chief of Police. I have written about Black State Trooper in Illinois and Black U. S. Marshals
- Shane Moore Born: in Illinois. Shane Moore grew up on a farm in rural Illinois, and today lives in central Illinois.
- Michele Morano Born: in Poughkeepsie, New York. Morano lives in Chicago.
- Debby Morber . Morber lives in Ava.
- Michael Moreci Born: Chicago, Illinois . Moreci lives in Chicago.
- Richard Frank Moreno, Jr. Born: 1955 in Sacramento, California. I've only lived in Illinois since 2006, but am the author of 11 books, two of which are non-fiction titles devoted to Illinois (Illinois Curiosities and It Happened in Illinois, both published by Globe-Pequot Publishing). I'm working on a third Illinois book for the same publisher, Myths and Mysteries of Illinois. My other books include: A Short History of Carson City, Nevada; Nevada Curiosities, Roadside History of Nevada; and Mysteries and Legends of Nevada. Since 2006, I have served as Director of Student Publications and as a journalism instructor at Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL.
- Gus Moreno Born: Chicago, IL. Gus Moreno was born in Chicago
- Ann Janine Morey Born: Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Morey was a professor at Southern Illinois University from 1975 through 1985.
- Bill Morgan Born: 1940 in Atlanta, Georgia. Morgan has lived in Normal, Illinois since the early 70's.
- Joe Richard Morgan Born: 1934 in Leicester, North Carolina . Joe attended Wheaton College and then taught on the west side of chicago for over 35 years.
- June Morgan Born: 1920 in Monmouth, Illinois. June lived in Illinois her entire life.
- Thomas Morgan Born: Springfield, Illinois. N/A
- Andrew Morkes Born: . Morkes lives in the Greater Chicago Area.
- Diane Morlan Born: 1943 in Aurora, Illinois. Diane now lives in Sycamore, Illinois.
- Donald Morris Born: 1945 in Chicago, Illinois. Morris was born in Chicago. He attended DePaul University and Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He currently lives in Springfield and taught at the University of Illinois Springfield.
- Isaac Morris Born: 1949 in Lake City, Iowa. Morris lived in Illinois most of his life. He lived in Jacksonville from 1956 to 1972, graduating from Our Saviour’s Grade School and Routt High School. He studied for one year at the Diocesan Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield, Illinois College for a year and graduated from MacMurray College in 1972.
- Jim Morris Born: 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts. I have lived in Illinois since I was two. I grew up in Park Forest, Illinois, 'America's Model Community', attended Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. I've lived and worked my entire adult life in Chicago, and more recently, in Evanston.
- Marion Morrison Born: . The author was a volunteer in the Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
- Mary Kay Morrison . Morrison lives in Rockford. She attended Northern Illinois University.
- Velma Morrison Born: 1910 . Morrison lived in Princeton, Illinois.
- Melissa Morrissey Born: in . Morrissey lives in Sherman.
- Ted Morrissey Born: in Galesburg, Illinois. Morrissey was born and raised in Galesburg, graduating from Galesburg High School in 1980. He worked for a number of years for the Galesburg Register-Mail newspaper. Ted earned a BS in English education from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (1984), an MA in English from SIUC (1995), and a Ph. D. in English studies from Illinois State University (2009). He has taught English in various academic settings throughout Illinois, including United Township High School in East Moline (1984-1987); Mt. Vernon Township High School (1987-1998); and Williamsville High School (1998-present). He's also been an adjunct instructor in English at Benedictine University Springfield (formerly Springfield College in Illinois) since 1999, and an adjunct lecturer in English at University of Illinois Springfield since 2010 and lived just north of Springfield, in Sherman, since 1998.
- Anne Morrissy . Morrissy spends half of her days in Chicago.
- Wilda Morris . Morris has called Bolingbrook home for over 45 years. She is a graduate of Northern Seminary in Lombard and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Alison Strobel Morrow Born: 1976 in Arlington Heights, Illinois. She was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
- Greg Mortenson Born: . Mr. Mortenson received honorary degree from Loyola University in Chicago, Ilinois in 2009.
- Joseph C. Morton Born: 1932 in Minneapolis, MN. The author taught at Northeastern University in Chicago.
- Richard Allen Morton Born: . Richard Allen Morton is a contributing editor to the Illinois State Historical Society.
- Charles C. Moskos Born: Chicago, Illinois. Born in Chicago, Charles Moskos returned home in 1966 and worked as a professor at Northwestern University for the rest of his career.
- Bob Moss Born: 1941 in Olney, England. Moss moved directly to Chicago from London, England when he was 11 years old. He attended James G. Blaine elementary and LakeView High School and graduated from Northwestern University and Chicago-Kent College of Law. After a 30 year abasence he returned home to Chicago in 2004 where he continues to live while attending Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Northwestern.
- Willard Motley Born: July 14, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois. Motley grew up in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. After high school he left Chicago and returned in 1939.
- Edgar Ansel Mowrer Born: March 8, 1892 in Bloomington, Illinois. Edgar Mowrer was born, raised and educated in Illinois, graduating from the University of Chicago in 1910.
- Paul Scott Mowrer Born: 1887 in Bloomington, Illinois. Paul was born and raised in Bloomington, Illinois.
- Robert Anthony Moylan Born: 1961 in Chicago, Illinois. Moylan is a lifelong Chicagoan. He graduated from Northwestern University and attended Loyola and NIEU for graduate school.
- Molly Moynahan Born: 1957 in Princeton, New Jersey. In 1996, she and her family moved to Chicago Illinois, where she currently resides.
- Roger Hammond Moy . Moy has lived in Chicago since 1973.
- Elaine L. Mroczka . Mroczka currently lives in Lockport.
- Corinne Mucha Born: 1983 in Philadelphia, PA. Corinne grew up in a small town in South Jersey, outside of Philadelphia. Today she lives and works in Chicago.
- Cynthia Mueller Born: 1958 in Aurora, Illinois. Ms. Mueller lives in Plano, Illinois.
- Gregory M. Mueller Born: . Mueller lives in the Chicago area.
- Julie Mueller . Julie Mueller is a Farmers Insurance Agent in Crystal Lake, Il.
- Lisel Mueller Born: February 8, 1924 in Hamburg, Germany. Mueller moved to rural Lake Forest in 1960's.
- Simone Muench Born: in Benson, Louisiana . Muench lives in Chicago. After receiving her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago, she began directing the Writing Program at Lewis University where she is Professor of English and teaches creative writing and film studies. She has also served as visiting writer for Northwestern University's MA/MFA in Creative Writing Graduate Program.
- Ashley Mueth . Mueth is based in the Urbana-Champaign area, Before joining the MLIS program at UIUC, she was a graduate assistant in special collections at Morris Library and taught introductory composition in the English Department at Souther Illinois University in Carbondale. She now works in the Literature and Languages Library, Ricker Library of Art and Architecture, and the International Area Studies Library on UIUC’s campus providing reference assistance and practicing collection, website, and social media development.
- Diane Williams Muhammad Born: . Muhammad is a native of Chicago and grew up in Sherwood Park in Chicago, Illinois. She received her BA from Governors State University and is currently is on the Women's Track and Field Coaching Staff at Chicago State University.
- Gholnescar E Muhammad . Dr. Muhammad is an Associate Professor of Literacy, Language, and Culture at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Dipika Mukherjee . Mukherjee teaches at StoryStudio Chicago and the Graham School at University of Chicago. She has lived in Chicago since 2012.<p />
- Carolyn M. Mulac Born: . Mulac lives in Chicago and graduated from the Univeristy of Chicago.
- Joan Muller Born: in . Muller lives in Evanston.
- Jon D. Muller Born: . He works at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Brian Mullgardt . Mullgardt is a professor of history at Millikin University in Decatur.
- John Mullin Born: . Mullin lives in Chicago and writes for the Chicago Tribune.
- Elexis Mullins . Belle lives in Belle Rive.
- Martin Mull Born: 1943 in Chicago, Illinois. Mull was born in Chicago, Illinois
- Jack Mulqueen Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Anka Mulstein Born: N/A. N/A
- Rosaria Munda . Munda lives in Chicago. <p />
- Nami Mun Born: 1968 in Seoul, South Korea. Nami is currently an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing in Chicago, at Columbia College.
- Peggy Munson Born: . Munson is a native of Normal, Illinois.
- David Alan Mura Born: 1952 in North Chicago (Great Lakes) Illinois. Mura was born and raised in Chicago. He went to Niles West High School.
- Devin Murphy . Murphy is an Associate Professor at Bradley University and lives in Chicago.
- Michael H. Murphy Born: 1945, in Hinsdale, Illinois. Murphy was born in Hinsdale and raised in the Chicago area, where he spent most of his life. He attended the University of Illinois, Circle Campus and Northern Illinois University. Murphy now resides in Casey.
- Michael P. Murphy . Murphy lives and works in Springfield.
- Patricia J. Murphy Born: 1966 in Chicago, Illinois. Murphy lives in Chicago.
- Patrick Thomas Murphy Born: 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. Murphy was born in Chicago and currently resides in the Chicago area.
- Stuart J. Murphy Born: 1942 in Rockville, Connecticut. Murphy lived in Evanston for a time.
- Terri Murphy Born: . Murphy was raised in Chicago and attended The American Academy of Art in Chicago. She works in Prospect Heights.
- Andy Murray . Murry grew up on the North Shore of Chicago in Wilmette.
- Bill Murray Born: 1950 in Evanston, Illinois. Murry grew up on the North Shore of Chicago in Wilmette. He attended Loyola Academy and began his career at Chicago's Second City.
- Gerald Edward Murray Born: 1945 in Buffalo, New York. Murray lived and worked in Chicago from 1971 until his death in 2008.
- Rosalie Murray Born: 1941 in Eldorado, Illinois. Rosalie was born in her grandmoter's hotel in Eldorado, Illinois and them moved to the St. Louis area when she was a child. She has also lived in Chicago, Jackson, Mississippi, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and Arizona. She is now back in Illlinois.
- Jon Musgrave Born: . Jon Musgrave lives in Marion, Illinois.
- Carrie Muskat Born: N/A. Muskat lives in Chicago and has been covering the Chicago Cubs since 1987. She has been the Cubs beat writer for MLB. com since April 2001.
- Sahar Mustafah . Mustafah lives and teaches high school students outside of Chicago.<p />
- Gene Mustain Born: 1948 in Pensacola, Florida. Mustain was raised in Waukegan, Illinois. He lived in Lake County 1961-1977 and in Cook County 1977-1986.
- Salim Muwakkil Born: 1947 in New York. Salim has lived and worked in Chicago since 1983.
- Brenda Myers-Powell Born: Chicago . Myers-Powell is a Chicago native.
- Jack R. Myers Born: in Barry, Illinois. Myers was born in Barry, Illinois but grew up in Quincy, Illinois. He also lived in Decatur and Springfield, Illinois. Myers also attended Millikin University in Decatur.
- James E. Myers Born: in Springfield, Illinois. James was born in Springfield, Illinois and still resides there to this day.
- Harold Lawrence Myra Born: 1939 in Camdon, New Jersey. Harold Myra lives in Wheaton, Il. He was at one time the publisher of Christianity Today.
- Ray Nadine Born: Central Illinois. Nadine was born in Central Illinois and studied art at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. They currently reside in Chicago.
- Luke Naliborski Born: . Luke grew up in Belleville, Illinois. He lives in Mascoutah, Illinois.
- Daniel Nalley . Nalley lives in Mt. Vernon.
- Joan Naper Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. Joan is a fifth generation Chicagoan, born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She attended St. Gertrude's Parish School in Chicago and Marywood Academy in Evanston. Joan went to college in Washington, D. C. , but returned to Chicago when she graduated.
- Daniel Laurence Nardini Born: 1960 in Bloomington, Illinois. I was born in Bloomington, Illinois, and raised primarily in Elmhurst, Illinois. I attended Edison Elementary School in Elmhurst, and then Sandburg Junior High School before going on to York Community High School (also in Elmhurst); geaduating in 1979. I went to Western Illinois University in Macomb where I graduated with a Masters in European and Asian history. I currently live in Chadwick, Illinois.
- Gloria Nardini Born: . Gloria lives and works in the Chicago land area.
- Peter F. Nardulli Born: 1947 in Chicago. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated Northern Illinois University and Northwestern Illinois University. He is currently a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign and resides in Champaign, Illinois.
- Ifti Nasim Born: 1946, Faisalabad, Pakistan. Nasim lived and worked in Chicago.
- Jamil Nasir Born: in Chicago. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Noreen Carol Natale Born: 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. I was born, educated and amused in Chicago, Illinois where I returned the favor by writing humorous stories. I am a graduate of Loyola University of Chicago.
- Amy Sue Nathan Born: in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nathan moved to Chicago in 1990.
- Paul Natkin Born: . Natkin lives in Chicago.
- Julie Navickas Born: in Lake Forest, Illinois. Navickas was born in Lake Forest. She graduated from Illinois State University. She currently resides in Bloomington-Normal.
- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Born: January 4,1933 in Anderson, Indiana. *Lived in Joliet and Chicago
- Heidi Neale Born: 1961 in Dearborn, MI. Neale lived in Chicago.
- Toni Nealie Born: New Zealand. Nealie lives in Chicago. She holds an MFA from Columbia College Chicago.
- Jarrett Neal . Neal lives in Oak Park. He earned his BA from Northwestern, an MFA in Creative Writing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an EdD from Aurora University.
- Steve Neal Born: Born:1950 in Coos Bay, Oregon. *A longtime political columnist for the ''Chicago Sun Times''
- Charles Neely Born: . Mr. Neely was a professor at SIU in the 1930's.
- Henry H. Neff Born: Born:. Neff grew up outside Chicago.
- Rosina Neginsky Born: in St. Petersburg, Russia. Neginsky lives in Springfield, Illinois. She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and currently teaches at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
- Hugo Valentin Negron Born: Chicago, IL, 1968. I was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, until eventually moving out to Arlington Heights, currently residing in Geneva, Illinois. My background includes an Associates Degree from Robert Morris College, a B.S. from Olivet Nazarene University, an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Roosevelt University as well as an M.A. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
- John G. Neihardt Born: January 8, 1881 in Sharpsburg, Illinois. Neihardt was born in Sharpsburg, Illinois and lived there until he was 10.
- Anne E Neimark Born: . Anne Neimark lives in a suburb of Chicago.
- Franchot DeVon Nelson Born: 1955 in Waukegan, Illinois. Nelson was born and raised in Waukegan the home of the famous Waukegan Bull Dogs. She majored in journalism and sociology at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and earned a B. A. During her writing career, she has worked in advertising, public relations and several years as a reporter for the News Sun in Waukegan and as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. The setting for her first novel is Waukegan.
- Rodney B. Nelson Born: 1946 Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Rodney B. Nelson practices in Geneva, Illinois.
- blake nemec . nemec lives in Chicago.
- Shannon Nemechek Born: . Nemecheck grew up in Macomb and now lives in Staunton.
- Sally Nemeth Born: in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
- Miriam Nerlove Born: 1959 in Minneapolis. Miriam lives in Evanston, Il and is a card illustrator for Recycled Paper Greetings in Chicago.
- Julie Parson Nesbitt Born: 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Julie was born in Chicago, Illinois and still resides there.
- Rebecca Nettle-Fiol Born: . The author is a professor of dance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Robert Neuschel Born: 1919 in Hamburg, New York. *Neuschel was on the board of Loyola University Chicago*Served as chairman of the Lake Forest Symphony, Illinois
- Sylvain Neuvel Born: Quebec City . Neuvel was at the University of Chicago from 1999 - 2003. He was a Teaching Assistant and a Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics, and received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Chicago in 2003.
- Alec Nevala-Lee Born: Castro Valley, California 1980. Nevala-Lee lives in Oak Park.
- Bob Newhart Born: September 5, 1929 in Oak Park, Illinois. He was born in Oak Park, Illinois. His family lived on the west side of Chicago. He was educated at Roman Catholic schools in the area and attended St. Ignatius College Prep. He then enrolled at Loyola University of Chicago where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in business management. After serving in the US Army during the Korean War, Newhart briefly attended Loyola Law School.
- Amy Newman Born: in 1957. Newman is a Presidential Research Professor at Northern Illinois University. She lives in DeKalb.
- Charlie Newman Born: 1943 in Newark, NJ. Charlie Newman lives and works in Chicago.
- Malcolm Newsome . Newsome lives in Fox Lake.
- Charlie Newton Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Newton is a Chicago native.
- Stella Nguepnang Born: . Nguepnang lives in Chatham, Illinois.
- Beth Nguyen Born: 1974 in Saigon, Viet Nam. When Nguyen taught literature and creative writing at Purdue, she lived in Chicago and West Lafayette, Indiana.
- Bret Nicholaus Born: . Nicholaus lives in the Chicago area.
- Nichelle Nichols Born: December 28, 1932 in Robbins, Illinois. Nichols was born in Robbins. She attended Englewood High School on the South Side of Chicago. From the age of 12, she studied dance at the Chicago Ballet Academy.
- Darlene Nicholson Born: 1963 in Chicago, Illinois. Nicholson is a native Chicagoan. She currently resides on Chicago's southeast side.
- Richard Nickel Born: 1928 in Chicago, Il. Richard was born and raised in the Humbolt Park area of Chicago, Il.
- Paul Niemann Born: in Quincy, Illinois. Paul Neimann still lives and works in Quincy, Illinois.
- Milton J Nieuwsma Born: 1941 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Milton Nieuwsma received his Master's Degree in communication at the University of Illinois-Springfield, and a year later became president of Grant Hospital in Chicago.
- Audrey Niffenegger Born: 1963 in South Haven, Michigan. Niffenegger's family moved to Evanston when she was very young. She attended the Art Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University. She teaches at Columbia College and has also taught for the Newberry Library, Penland School of Craft and other institutions of higher learning. Niffenegger continues to reside in Chicago.
- Barbra Nightingale Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Barbra was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
- William Nikola-Lisa Born: 1951 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Nikola-Lisa teaches at National-Louis University in Chicago.
- Anders Nilsen Born: 1973 New Hampshire. The author studied at the School of the Art Institute before working on comics full time. Nilsen still lives in Chicago.
- Bonnie Larkin Nims Born: in San Francisco, California. Nims lived in Chicago from 1961 - 1973. In 1976, she returned to Chicago and in 1982, she started spending her winters in Gainesville, Florida. She continued living in Chicago until 2005.
- John Fredrick Nims Born: November 20, 1913 in Muskegon, Michigan. Nims lived in Chicago from 1961 - 1973. In 1976, he returned to Chicago and in 1982, he started spending his winters in Gainesville, Florida. He continued living in Chicago until his death in 1999.
- Raul Nino Born: 1961 in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Niño moved to Chicago when he was seven years old. He currently resides in Evanston.
- Gunter Nitsch Born: 1937 in Konigsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia). The author and his wife live in Chicago, Illinois.
- Cornelia Nixon Born: N/A. Cornelia Nixon lived in Chicago from summer 1989 to summer 1991.
- Sabrina Nixon Born: 1967 in Chicago, Illinois . I was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. I spent most of my childhood in public housing (the now defunct Cabrini-Green Housing Projects). I attended my scholastic years in the public school system as well, allowing me to use the urban experience as the theme of my books.
- Grant Noble Born: 1951. N/A
- Kate Noble Born: N/A. Volunteer at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago
- Victoria Noe Born: . Noe moved to Chicago after graduating from college.
- Dianne Noland Born: Decatur, Illinois. *Born in Decatur, Illinois*Lives in Illinois
- Janet Nolan Born: 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. Nolan was born in Chicago and currently resides in Oak Park. She graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago.
- Farhan Noorani Born: . Farhan Noorani a resident of Skokie, Illinois.
- Robert Nordan Born: 1934. Robert lives in Chicago.
- Rooney Norie Born: . Norie lives in St. Charles, Illinois.
- Dave Norman Born: 1982 in Columbia, IL. Dave was born and raised in Downstate Illinois.
- Michael Norman Born: 1947 in Macomb, Illinois. Michael Norman holds a Master's degree from DeKalb's Northern Illinois University.
- John Norquist Born: October 22, 1949 in Princeton, New Jersey. *At the beginning of 2004, Norquist began working full time as the head of the Congress for the New Urbanism, an urban development organization based in Chicago, Illinois
- Benjamin Franklin Norris, Jr. Born: 1870 in Chicago, Illinois. Born in Chicagoo, Illinois.
- Frank Norris Born: March 5, 1870 in Chicago, Illinois. Norris was born in Chicago and lived there until he was 14.
- Mary Win Walter Norris Born: 1914 . Norris grew up in Princeton, Illinois and lived there most of her life. She attended University of Chicago, the University of Illinois and the Chicago Academy of Fine Art.
- Randall Norris Born: 1949. Professor Norris started teaching at Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon, Illinois, in 2000. He currently lives in Rock Falls Illinois.
- Sterling North Born: 1906 in Edgerton, Wisconsin. North attended the University of Chicago and worked at the Chicago Daily News from 1929 to 1943.
- Ashley Preston Norton Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Preston was born in Chicago and attended Chicago Latin School.
- Kenneth Howard Norton Born: August 9, 1943 in Jacksonville, Illinois. Born in Jacksonville, Illinois
- Molly F. Norwood Born: . Norwood lived in Rolling Meadows and Carbondale.
- William R. Norwood Born: 1936 in Centralia, Illinois. Norwood was born and raised in Centralia. He graduated from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale with his BA in 1959 and the University of Chicago with his MBA in 1974.
- Mary Nourie Born: 1948 in Kankakee, Illinois. Nourie was born in Kankakee, Illinois and is a life-long resident of central Illinois. She taught grades 1-3 in Cissna Park and Danville, Illinois public schools. She currently resides in Newman, Illinois.
- Jan Novak Born: 1953 in Czechoslovakia . The author immigrated to Chicago as a teenager in 1969 with his parents. He lived in Cicero and attended Morton East High School and the University of Chicago.
- Jane Dailey Novak Born: 1917 in Omaha, Nebraska. *Worked in Illinois from 1938-1973
- Robert David Novak Born: February 26, 1931 in Joliet, Illinois. *Born in Joliet, Illinois*Attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of I) from 1948-1952*He teamed up with Rowland Evans to create the 'Evans-Novak Political Report'. Novak's column is syndicated by the ''Chicago Sun-Times''
- James Dunlap Nowlan Born: 1941 in Toulon, Illinois. Nowlan is a Toulon native who currently resides in Princeton. He received his B. A., M. A., and Ph. D. degrees in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Bill Nunes Born: 1939 in East St. Louis, Illinois. Nunes was born in East St. Louis, Illinois and lives in Glen Carbon.
- Martha C. Nussbaum Born: New York, New York May 6, 1947. Nussbaum is the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, appointed in the Philosophy Department and the Law School of the University of Chicago.
- Marilyn Nutter Born: . Nutter graduated in 1968 from Northern Illinois University, in DeKalb, Illinois.
- Angela Uju Nwalie Born: Montgomery, IL. 1978 . I moved from Lagos Nigeria to Aurora, IL. in 1992. I graduated from West Aurora High School in 1995. I graduated from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. in 2000 and now reside in Montgomery, IL.
- Jody Lynn Nye Born: 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Jody Lynn Nye was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Mark A. Nystuen . Nystuen moved to Chicago in the late 1970s and has lived there ever since.
- Anne Sibley O'Brien Born: Chicago, Illinois. O'Brien was born in Chicago.
- John Joseph O'Brien Born: 1937 in Chicago, Illinois. John O'Brien lived his whole life in Illinois.
- Catherine O'Connell Born: . O'Connell is a native of Chicago and still resides there part-time.
- Jingmai O'Connor Born: Los Angeles, California 1983. O'Connor is a paleontologist who works as a curator at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
- Clare O'Donohue Born: 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. Clare O’Donohue grew up on Chicago’s South Side, the youngest of four children of Irish parents. She now lives in LaGrange, Illinois.
- Thomas J. O'Gorman Born: . O'Gorman is a Chicago-based writer and historian.
- Richard O'Hara Born: 1948 in Streator, Illinois. Rich O'Hara lived in Illinois from 1948 until he enlisted in the Air Force in 1971. His hometown is Streator, which is in LaSalle County. He graduated from Streator Township High School in 1966 as an honor student and attended the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana for five glorious years, graduating with a B. S. in Psychology in 1971. After a brief sojourn in the Air Force, he attended graduate school in Madison, Wisconsin and then embarked on a 30-year career in the environmental field. He retired in 2010 and started writing books as a hobby, mostly histories about his home town.
- Michael J. O'Loughlin Born: . O'Loughlin lives in Chicago.
- William Arnold O'Malley Born: 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. William was born in Chicago and lives in one of the citys western suburbs.
- Donald E. O'Neal Born: 1933 in Kewanee, Illinois. O'Neal was born in Kewanee, Illinois and currently resides in Springfield, Illinois. He has a Ph. D. in Strategic Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
- Diane O'Neill Born: Chicago, Illinois. O'Neill is a lifelong Chicagoan.
- Erica O'Rourke . O'Rourke lives outside of Chicago.
- James O'Shea Born: 1943 in East St. Louis, Illinois. James O'Shea currently lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- William J. O'Shea Born: Chicago, Illinois. *Born in Chicago, Illinois
- Kristin A. Oakley Born: 1961 in Madison, Wisconsin. I lived in Freeport, Illinois for over ten years. As a homeschooling activist, I unschooled my two daughters and founded the ''Stephenson County HOUSE'' homeschool group (later called ''Northwest Illinois HOUSE''). I started my professional writing career in Freeport writing a monthly column for the ''Freeport iNK''. After living in Europe, we moved back to Freeport and eventually Rockford, Illinois. While in Rockford I was a co-founder and the first president of the professional writers' organization In Print which is an affiliate of the ''Chicago Writers Association'' of which I'm currently a board member. My debut novel ''Carpe Diem, Illinois'' takes place in a fictional town in northwestern Wisconsin. Much of the book is also set in Chicago.
- Barack Obama Born: 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. President Obama moved to Chicago in 1985 to work as the director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP), a church-based community organization originally comprising eight Catholic parishes in Greater Roseland (Roseland, West Pullman, and Riverdale) on Chicago's far South Side. He worked there until May 1988 after which he entered Harvard Law School in late 1988. During his summers, he returned to Chicago where he worked as a summer associate at the law firms of Sidley & Austin in 1989 and Hopkins & Sutter in 1990. After graduating with magna cum laude with his JD from Harvard in 1991, he returned to Chicago. From 1992 to 2004, Obama served as a professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School. From 1993 to 1996, he joined Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, a twelve-attorney law firm specializing in civil rights litigation and neighborhood economic development as an associate and then became counsel from 1996 to 2004. In 1996, Obama was elected to the 13th District of the Illinois Senate - which at that time, included Chicago South Side neighborhoods from Hyde Park-Kenwood south to South Shore and west to Chicago Lawn. He was reelected to the Illinois Senate in 1998 and again in 2002. Obama also served as a US Senator from January 4, 2005 to November 16, 2008 and continued to live in the south suburbs of Chicago during that time.
- Michelle Obama Born: 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama was born and raised in Chicago. She attended Whitney Young High School, Chicago's first magnet high school. Following law school, Michelle worked as an associate in the Chicago branch of the law firm Sidley Austin in the area of marketing and intellectual property. After a few years, she left her job to launch a career in public service, serving as an assistant to Mayor Daley and then as the assistant commissioner of planning and development for the City of Chicago. In 1993, she became Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies, a non-profit leadership-training program that helped young adults develop skills for future careers in the public sector. Michelle joined the University of Chicago in 1996 as associate dean of student services, developing the University's first community service program. She then worked for the University of Chicago Hospitals beginning in 2002, as executive director of community relations and external affairs. In May 2005, she was appointed vice president of community relations and external affairs at the University of Chicago Medical Center. She also managed the business diversity program and sat on six boards, including the prestigious Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. She also founded the Chicago chapter of Public Allies, an organization that prepares young people for careers in public service.
- Achy Obejas Born: 1956 in Havana, Cuba. Obejas moved to Chicago in 1979 and lived there for many years.
- James W. Oberly Born: March 5, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Deb Obermeier . Obemeier lives in Hoyleton.
- Beverly J Obert Born: 1949 in Washington, Illinois. Obert is a graduate of Western Illinois University, in Macomb, Illinois and of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She lives and works in central Illinois.
- Carl D. Oblinger Born: 1945 in Springfield, Illinois. *Springfield Historian*Born in and currently resides in Springfield, Illinois
- Shirlene Obuobi . Obuobi currently lives in Chicago, where she is completing her cardiology fellowship.
- Melissa G. Ocepek . Ocepek has been at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign since 2015.
- Mike (Myron G.) Odell Born: Elgin, Illinois. Odell was born and raised in Elgin, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Illinois with both a BS and MBA.
- Bob Odenkirk Born: October 22, 1962 in Berwyn, Illinois. Odenkirk was born in Berwyn and raised in Naperville. He attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Linda Odom-Jones Born: in New Orleans, Louisiana. Odom-Jones currently resides in Chicago.
- Ami Offenbacher Born: Rockford, Illlinois. N/A
- Nick Offerman Born: 1970 in Joliet, Illinois. Offerman was born in Joliet and raised in Minooka. He attended Minooka Community High School and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. In 1993, he and a group of fellow students co-founded the Defiant Theatre, a Chicago-based theatre company. He lived in Chicago in the mid-1990s, where he participated with the Steppenwolf, Goodman, and Wisdom Bridge theater companies. *At Steppenwolf, he also worked as a fight choreographer and master carpenter.
- Miriam Ofstein Born: in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Miriam grew up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
- Cynthia L. Ogorek Born: in Hammond, IN. I was born and raised in the Calumet Region and for most of my life have been a resident of Calumet City, Illinois. I have also lived in River Forest where I attended Dominican University and the Hegewisch, Hyde Park and Edgewater neighborhoods of Chicago.
- Bayo Ojikutu Born: 1971 in Chicago. Ojikutu spent his early childhood in Chicago before his family moved to the suburban village of Glenwood, IL, where he lived for the balance of his remaining youth. Ojikutu took his BA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before writing his first novel. His first two novels are based in the city, as is some of his earliest short work. The author, his wife and son currently reside in the Chicagoland area.
- Dwight Okita Born: August 26, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois. Dwight was born in and still resides in Chicago.
- Chuck Okofor . Okofor moved to Chicago in 1994.
- Nnedi Okorafor Born: Cincinnati, Ohio 1974. Okorafor graduated from Homewood-Flossmoor High School and from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1996 with her Bachelor's degree. She went on to receive her Masters in English from the University of Illinois, Chicago and in 2007, received a Ph. D. in English from there as well. She was a professor of creative writing at Chicago State University from 2008 through 2014.
- Robyn Okrant Born: . Okrant lives in Chicago. She received a MFA in performance from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Arika Okrent Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Arika Okrent was born in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago.
- Lawrence Okrent Born: 1943 in Detroit, Michigan. An Illinois resident since enrolling as a graduate student at Northwestern University in 1966, in his professional career Mr. Okrent has created a portfolio of more than 25,000 aerial photographs of the Chicago and the surrounding region.
- Ted Okuda Born: 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Okuda lives in Chicago.
- Walter Olesky Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- William Oliver Born: . The author upon visiting Illinois in the early 1800's wrote a guide for would be settlers from England. This has provided us with an illustration of life at that time in Illinois.
- Constance (Connie) Olker Born: 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. Olker was born in Chicago.
- Elder James Olsen Born: 1909 in Chicago, Illinois. Olsen was born in Chicago and received his Ph. D. from the University of Chicago.
- Steve Olsher Born: 1976 in Chicago, Illinois. Steve lives in Chicago.
- Greg Olson Born: 1960 in Jacksonville, Illinois. Greg was born in and resides in Jacksonville. He also works as the history features writer of the Jacksonville Journal-Courier and attended Illinois College.
- Daniela Olszewska Born: Wroclaw, Poland . Olszewska resides in Chicago, Illinois.
- Don Olund Born: 1958 in Chicago, IL. Olund was born in Chicago and raised in Roseland, Illinois until he was twelve years old when he relocated to the southside of Chicago. A graduate of Governors State University with a Masters Degree in Marriage & Family Counseling, he currently owns a private counseling practice in Hinsdale.
- Carol Orange Born: . Orange currently lives in Chicago.
- Clara Orban Born: . Orban lives in Chicago and teaches at DePaul University.
- Liesl Miller Orenic Born: . The author attended the University of Illinois and now teaches at Dominican University in River Forest.
- Annmarie Orgega Born: . Annmarie lives in Chicago.
- Paul Orinakin Born: . Paul lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Julie Orlet-Schoen Born: N/A. Orlet-Schoen lives in Belleville, Illinois.
- Susan Lynn Orman Born: 1951 in Chicago, Illinois. Suze Orman was born and raised on Chicago's South Side. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Social work. She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and received a B. A. in social work in 1976. In 2009, Orman received an honorary degree of doctor of humane letters from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Eric Orner Born: 1965 in Chicago, Illinois. Orner was born and raised in Highland Park.
- Peter Orner Born: 1968 in Highland Park, Illinois. Orner grew up in Highland Park and graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston.
- Elaine L Orr Born: Washington, DC. Orr moved to Springfield in 2014 and has spent much of her time since then writing novels. Partly as a way to get to know the area better, She started a new mystery series, set in the fictional central Illinois college town of Logland -- "Tip a Hat to Murder," "Final Cycle," and "Final Operation." This series features Police Chief Elizabeth Friedman -- a police procedural with a cozy feel. A long-term substitute teacher in Glenwood Middle School in Chatham, Orr especially liked working in the library at the school. She entered the hobby category in the Illinois State Fair and received a third premium in 2017 and First Premium (equivalent of a blue ribbon) in 2018 for her political campaign button display entitled, "50 Years Since 1968: the Year of Change." During the pandemic, she worked for several months for the Sangamon County Department of Public Health, doing contact tracing and vaccine scheduling. She met dozens of dedicated health professionals.
- Sandy Orr Born: . Orr lives in Springfield.
- Drew Orsinger Born: Chicago, Illinois. Drew was born in Chicago.
- Trevor Orsinger Born: Chicago, Illinois. Trevor was born in Chicago.
- Patricia Orvis Born: . Author lives in Joliet.
- Mary A Osborne Born: Elmhurst, Illinois. Mary is a graduate of Knox College and Rush University.
- Nicholas Osborn Born: . Osborn is a Chicago film collector.
- Valerie J. Osborn Born: 1941 in Danville, Illinois. Osborn was born in Danville and currently resides in Champaign, Illinois.
- Charles Osgood Born: in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Osgood has lived in Chicago for most of his life.
- Rob Osler . Osler lived in Chicago for many years.
- Ladan Osman Born: Mogadishu, Somalia . Osman moved to Chicago in 2010 and while there established herself as one of the premier voices in the local poetry scene, performing for the Dollhouse reading series, Book Expo and the Poetry Foundation, and teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and various Chicago public schools. She was also a contributing editor at The Offing.
- Florence Osmund Born: 1949 in Prospect Heights, Illinois. Osmund grew up in Libertyville where she attended grade school and high school. She received her master's degree from Lake Forest Graduate School of Business. She moved to downtown Chicago in 1990 and continues to live there today.
- Evan Osnos Born: 1976 in London, England . Osnos lived in Chicago. He worked as the Beijing bureau chief of the Chicago Tribune, where he contributed to a series that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting.
- Leonid Osseny Born: 1948 in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. In 1991 Leonid moved to Chicago with his family and now resides and works in Evanston, Illinois.
- Helen Macie Osterman Born: Chicago, Illinois . The author is a lifelong resident of the Chicago area and currently lives in the Southwest suburbs.
- Sarah Ostman . Ostman lives in Chicago. She started working with ALA in Chicago in 2014 where she served as a Communications Writer after being an Editor for Northwestern University's engineering school. She also worked in Chicago as a journalist for the Chicago Sun-Times and earned her MA in journalism from Columbia College Chicago.
- Katie Otey . Otey is originally from Joliet and currently resides in O'Fallon. She received her master’s in teaching from McKendree University in Lebanon.
- Mark Overmyer-Velazquez Born: July 22, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Daniel Overturf Born: Peoria, Illinois 1958. Overturf was born in Peoria and currently resides in Murphysboro. He is a professor emeritus of photography at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
- Tawni O`Dell Born: 1964 in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Tawni O'Dell graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism and spent many years living in the Chicago area before moving back to Pennsylvania where she now lives with her two children and her husband.
- William O`Malley Born: 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. O'Malley was born in Chicago, Illinois and currently resides in Naperville, Illinois.
- Dr. Linda O`Neill Born: 1952 in Monroe, Michigan. *Assistant Professor, Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations at Northern Illinois University
- Gwen K. Packard Born: N/A. N/A
- Dominic A. Pacyga Born: May 1, 1949. Pacyga was born and raised in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood and attended De La Salle Institute. His undergraduate and graduate work was conducted at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received a Ph. D. in 1981.
- Brenda Jeanne Padget Born: Springfield, IL, 1953. Born and raised in Springfield, the heart of the Land of Lincoln, I have always had a strong interest in Illinois history. After a career in marketing and public relations, I embarked on a new career as a novelist. I enjoy writing historical fiction because it allows me to bring the dead to life to share their stories. My debut novel, October Storms, is set in Piatt County, Illinois, on the cusp of the twentieth century. Characters include Robert Henry Allerton and his step-mother, Mrs. Agnes Allerton.
- Paul Padron Born: 1974 in Chicago, Illinois. Padron grew up on the second floor of a traditional Chicago, two-flat, Greystone on Burling Street, just south of Wrightwood. He attended Saint Clement Grade School.
- Clarence Page Born: 1947 in Dayton, Ohio. Page lived in Chicago from 1969 - 1991. He is still active on the Chicago Tribune editorial board.
- EunSook Pahls Born: Korea. N/A
- Leann Paisley-Pardon Born: 1970 in Joliet, Illinois. Leann lives in Illinois.
- Sandra Pakin . Pakin is a native Chicagoan.
- Elaine Fowler Palencia Born: 1946 in Lexington, Kentucky. Palencia lives in Champaign.
- Vivian Gussin Paley Born: 1929 in Chicago, Illinois. Taught and lived in Chicago for 37 years.
- Frank Palmasani Born: 1953 in Chicago, IL. Frank Palmasani, founder of managingcollegecost. com, began learning about the financial aid process in 1976, his first year as a high school counselor. In 1981 he moved to the College level eventually becoming a Director of Admissions. After a twelve year stint he returned to the high school arena to a position which he continues to enjoy today, serving as a Guidance Counselor. In 1985, Palmasani began delivering seminars on the College Financial Aid and Planning Process. He estimates in those years, he has delivered seminars to over 100,000 people.
- James Horton Palmer Born: 1944, in Cedar Rapids, IA. Palmer hails from Bartlett.
- Janie Lynn Panagopoulos Born: N/A. N/A
- Bishop Thomas John Paprocki Born: 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. Bishop Thomas John Paprocki is currently Bishop of the Springfield Diocese in Illinois.
- Joseph Paprocki Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Joseph Paprocki has been a life long Chicagoan.
- Joe Paradis Born: Galesburg, Illinois. N/A
- Patricia Lynn Pardie Born: . Pardie currently resides in Central Illinois.
- Leeann Paisley Pardon Born: 1970 in Joliet, Illinois. Leeann was born and raised in Illinois.
- Sara Paretsky Born: 1947 in Ames, Iowa. Paretsky moved to Chicago when she finished her undergraduate degree at the University of Kansas. She resides in Hyde Park.
- Jason Pargin Born: 1975, in Lawrenceville, Illinois . Pargin was born in Lawrenceville. He attended Southern Illinois University and lived in Marion until 2014.
- Joseph Parisi Born: Duluth, MN. Joseph Parisi lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.
- Genevieve Parker Born: N/A. N/A
- Linda Sue Park Born: 1960 in Urbana, Illinois. Park was born in Urbana and grew up outside Chicago.
- Samuel Park Born: 1976 in Sao Paulo, Brazil . Samuel Park lives in Chicago, where he is an Associate Professor of English at Columbia College.
- Amy Noelle Parks Born: . Parks attended Northwestern University in Evanston and lived in the Chicago area for four years.
- Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks Born: November 30, 1912 in Fort Scott, Kansas. Parks moved to Chicago at the urging of heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis' wife. He lived there five years taking fashion photographs and documenting life in the slums of Chicago.
- Pat Parks Born: N/A. N/A
- Sean Parnell Born: . Sean lives and works in Chicago.
- Wendy Parris . Parris studied theater at Northwestern University before switching majors to radio/television/film. After graduation, she acted in small Chicago storefront theaters, improvised with comedy troupes, and freelanced in public relations (back then my name was Wendy Langlas). She got married, had two kids, and adored reading books aloud to them. Once her children were in middle school, she decided to concentrate on her childhood love of mysteries and scary stories—and write stories for kids. Today Wendy lives in Wilmette in an old house built more than a hundred years ago. She hasn't actually SEEN a ghost...but she's still looking.
- Leslie Parry Born: in . Parry lives in Chicago.
- Julie Parson-Nesbitt Born: 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Parson-Nesbitt was born in and still resides in Chicago.
- Louella Parsons Born: 1881 in Freeport, Illinois. Parsons was born in Freeport and moved to Dixon with her family in 1890. In 1912, she moved to Chicago and began writing the first gossip column Chicago Record Herald in 1914.
- Zach Parsons Born: . Zach is a Chicago based author.
- Geoff Partlow Born: . Partlow lived in Carbondale, Illinois.
- Dona Parus Born: 1945 in Marianna, PA. Parus currently resides in Orland Park, Illinois.
- Gary Paruszkiewicz Born: . Gary lives in Kankakee, Illinois
- Arlene Pascal Born: 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. Arlene was born and lives in Chicago.
- Elise Paschen Born: 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. Paschen was born and raised in Chicago, and still resides there today. She attended the Francis W. Parker School. A former Frances Allen Fellow of the Newberry Library, she teaches in the MFA Writing Program at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Robert Pasin . Pasin lives in Oak Park.
- Stanley Victor Paskavich Born: 1958 in Centralia. I was born at St. Mary's hospital December 19th 1958. I grew up in Glendridge IL. Went to Sandoval High school. After I graduate I spent a few years as a janitor there. In March of 1979 I joined the USAF, I was stationed at Macdil AFB Tampa FL. Then Blytheville Ark. Then Shemya Alaska. Then Hickam AFB Hawaii and finally K. I. Saywer AFB. I took a SSB buy out there and bought some logging equipment and ran a small logging operation for a short time. After that I moved to Broadlands Illinois and finally bought a home and currently reside here in Newman Illinois.
- John Dos Passos Born: January 14, 1896 in Chicago, Illinois. John Dos Passos was born in Chicago.
- James F. Pastor Born: . Dr. Pastor lives in the Chicagoland area.
- Brigid Pasulka Born: . Pasulka spent most of her childhood in a farming township in Central Illinois. She is a graduate of the Program for Writers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Allison Pataki . Pataki lived in Chicago.
- Ashley Mackler Paternostro Born: 1983 in Naperville, Illinois. Ashley was born and raised and still lives in Naperville, Illinois.
- John Paterson Born: . Paterson lives in Northbrook.
- Deval Patrick Born: 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. Governor Patrick was born and raised by a single mother in the south side of Chicago, Illinois.
- Jean L.S. Patrick Born: 1961 in Carbondale, Illinois. Jean was born in Carbondale, Illinois. She attended St. Paul Lutheran School in Melrose Park, Il.
- Beverly Patt Born: . Patt lives in suburban Chicago and is a Graduate of University of Illinois and Northeastern Illinois University.
- Martha H. Patterson Born: . Ms. Patterson is an associate professor of English at McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois.
- Tim Pauketat Born: . The author is a professor at the University of Illinois
- Anne Whitford Paul Born: Evanston, Illinois. N/A
- Marla Paul Born: . Marla Paul writes a column on women’s friendships for a nationally syndicated section of the Chicago Tribune. She lives in the Chicago, Illinois area.
- Raymond L. Paul Born: 1936 in St. Louis, MO. Raymond was six months old when his parents moved to the south side of Chicago. Four years later in 1940 his father found a sales job in Rockford Il, and with the exception of his four years at the University of Wisconsin he has lived in Rockford.
- Henry Merritt Paulson, Jr. Born: 1946 in Palm Beach, Florida. Paulson was raised in Barrington Hills, Illinois and graduated in 1964 from Barrington High School.
- Hayley M. Payne Born: . Payne is an undergraduate at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
- Richard J. Payne Born: N/A. Payne is a Professor at Illinois State University in Normal.
- Wesley Payton Born: . Payton lives in Oak Park. He earned his BA from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and his MA from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
- Jane Smudrick Peacock . Peacock lives in Centralia.
- Jonathan Pearce Born: . Jonathan lived in Chicago in 1950.
- Victor W. Pearn . Pearn was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and is a graduate of University of Illinois, Springfield.
- Gayle Pearson Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Mike Pearson . Pearson was sports information director at the University of Illinois from 1989 to 1996.
- Donald Culross Peattie Born: June 21, 1898 in Chicago, Illinois. Peattie was born and raised in Chicago. He also attended the University of Chicago for two years.
- Elia Wilkinson Peattie Born: January 15, 1862 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Peattie moved with her family to Chicago when she was young.
- Darcie Lynette Peck Born: Mattoon, IL 1982. Peck was born in Mattoon, but lived in Oregon and California for the first 8 years of her life. She moved to Villa Park during the middle of third grade. She went to the local grade school, junior high, and high school. After high school, she attended College of Du Page. She moved to Wheaton when she was 21, then back to Mattoon when she was 22. After getting married at the age of 23, she moved to Arthur. She currently works in Lovington.
- Michael Alan Peck . Peck currently resides in Chicago.
- Richard Wayne Peck Born: 1934 in Decatur, Illinois. Peck was born and raised in Decatur. He also attended Southern Illinois University and taught high school in Glenbrook and Northbrook.
- John Battista Pedeschi Born: Taylorville, Illinois. N/A
- Irvin M. Peithmann Born: 1904 in Hoyleton, Illinois. He was born in Illinois and he worked at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Kristin Pekoll . Pekoll lives in Forest Park.
- Cynthia Pelayo . Pelayo was raised in inner city Chicago. She still lives in Chicago today.
- David Naguib Pellow Born: 1969 in Tennessee. David Pellow received his M. A. in Sociology, at Northwestern University, in June 1994, and his Ph. D. in Sociology, at Northwestern University, in June 1998.
- Charlotte Pence Born: . Pence is a professor of English at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
- Nikki Pennington . Pennington lives in Southern Illinois.
- Taylor Pensoneau Born: 1940 in Belleville, Illinois. Pensoneau is a Belleville native. He graduated from Belleville Township High School and Belleville Junior College. He currently resides in Central Illinois.
- Mary E. Penson Born: Riverside, Illinois. N/A
- Steven Gregory Percifield Born: April 24, 1949 in Indianapolis, Indiana . Born and raised in Indianapolis, I left there at age 28 going to NYC, St. Louis, Balto. , MD, rural central MI and Louisville, KY, then to Naperville, Illinois in 1983.
- Olive Percival Born: 1869 in Sheffield, Illinois. Percival was born in a log cabin on her family’s farm near Sheffield, Illinois. Her father died when she was ten. In 1887, she moved to Los Angeles with her mother and sister.
- P. J. Perea Born: 1969 in Manila, Philippines. Lived in Menard County from 1995 to 2004
- Celia C. Perez Born: in Miami, Florida. Perez lives in Chicago.
- Useni Eugene Perkins Born: 1932, in Chicago, Illinois. Perkins currently lives in Chicago.
- Mark Perlberg Born: 1929 . Perlberg was a long time resident of Chicago.
- Rick Perlstein Born: 1969 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Perlstein graduated from the University of Chicago. He resides there today.
- Laurent Pernot Born: . Pernot lives in Chicago.
- Henry H Perritt, Jr. . Perritt lives in Chicago.
- Alex Perry . Perry lives just outside of Chicago. <p />
- Leland S. Person Born: . Person taught at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and was named Outstanding Teacher in the College of Liberal Arts in 1990.
- Elizabeth Peters Born: . Elizabeth earned a Ph. D. in Egyptology at the University of Chicago.
- H. Pauline Petersen Born: Danville, Illinois. N/A
- Jenna Petersen Born: in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Petersen lives in Bloomington, Illinois.
- Joseph G. Peterson Born: 1965 in Wheeling, Illinois. Peterson grew up in Wheeling, received his B.A. from the University of Chicago, and his MA. from Roosevelt University. The Des Plaines River and the forest preserves surrounding it winds through the town of Wheeling, and through the imaginary territory of many of his books. He currently lives with his family in the Chicago neighborhood, Hyde Park, on the southern shore of Lake Michigan.
- Paula Peterson Born: . Paula lived in Chicago.
- Richard Peterson Born: 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Peterson is a professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois.
- Sheila Peters Born: . Sheila Peters is a Chicago, Illinois native.
- Susan D Peters Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. Peters was born and raised in Chicago. She attended Chicago Public Schools; graduating from Jean Baptiste Point DuSable High School and Depaul University. Some of her poetry, fiction and plays have been set in Illinois. She now reside on Chicago's South Side.
- Wenz S. Peter Born: 1945 . Peter is a professor of philiosophy and legal studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
- Diane Petit Born: 1956. The author lived in Lansing, Illinois.
- Harry Mark Petrakis Born: June 5, 1923 in St. Louis, Missouri. When Petrakis was six months old, his family moved to Washington Park neighborhood in Chicago's South Side. He also lived in Woodlawn and South Shore.
- Mike Petrik Born: Chicago, Illinois. Petrik lives with his family near Chicago.
- Janice Petterchak Born: in Springfield, Illinois. Janice was born in Springfield and currently resides in Rochester, Illinois.
- Stella Pevsner Born: 1921 in Lincoln, Illinois. Pevsner was born in Lincoln and lived in Palatine and Chicago. She attended Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal for two years.
- Nancy Pfau Born: N/A. N/A
- Will Pfeifer Born: 1967 in Niles, Ohio. Pfeifer has resided in Rockford, Illinois since 1990. He is the assistant features editor at the Rockford Register Star. He also writes a weekly DVD column for the Sunday paper.
- Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer Born: . No direct Illinois association was determined, but the author wrote extensively about famous former resident Frank Lloyd Wright.
- Liz Phair Born: 1967 in New Haven, CT. Phair moved to Chicago with her family in 1976. She attended New Trier High School in Winnetka and lived in Chicago until 2001.
- Alexandra H. Solomon, PhD. . Solomon lives in the Greater Chicago Area.
- Thomas S Greenspoon, PhD . Greenspoon earned his PhD in psychology from the University of Illinois.
- James Phelan Born: 1912 in Alton, Illinois. James was born and raised in Alton, Il.
- Julie Phend Born: . Phend taught language arts in Naperville, Illinois.
- Morris Philipson Born: June 23, 1926 in New Haven, CT. Philipson attended the University of Chicago and is a former teaching fellow at the University of Chicago. He lived in Chicago until the time of his death.
- Tony Philips . Philips currently resides in Chicago.
- Brandye Phillips Born: . Phillips lives in Joliet, Illinois.
- Jennifer J. Phillips Born: 1962 in Alton, Illinois. I grew up in Alton, Illinois and remained an Illinois resident until after graduation from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. I then started moving around the country for my career and now live in Shoreline, Washington. Most of my core family remains in Illinois and I find myself wanting to write about Illinois history and my childhood world. My first biography for children is about Elijah Lovejoy and I am working on another children's biography about Robert Wadlow.
- Susan Elizabeth Phillips Born: in Cincinnati, Ohio. Phillips lives in a suburb of Chicago.
- Xandria Phillips . Phillips lives in Chicago.
- Michael Piazza Born: . He lived in Chicago and had a MFA from the school of Art and Architecture of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Christian Marco Picciolini Born: 1973 in Blue Island, Illinois. Picciolini was born and raised in Blue Island.
- Patty Dickson Pieczka Born: in Ilinois. Patty lives in Carbondale, Illinois.
- Janet Piehl Born: . The author lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Rosemarie Piemonte Born: 1975 in Hinsdale, Illinois . Rosemarie was born in Hinsdale and raised in Downers Grove, Illinois.
- Rosemary Piemonte Born: . Rosemarie Piemonte was raised in Downers Grove, Illinois.
- Andrew J Pierce Born: Monroe, Michigan. Pierce earned his PhD in philosophy from Loyola University Chicago. While living in Chicago, he also taught part-time at Loyola and the College of Lake County.
- Bessie Louise Pierce Born: Michigan. Professor of History, University of Chicago
- Craig Pierce Born: . Pierce attended school in Mt. Carroll, IL and currently lives in Genoa, IL.
- Sharon Pierce Born: in Granite City, Illinois. Sharon was born in Granite City, Illinois.
- Gail Piernas-Davenport Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Piernas-Davenport was born on Chicago's southside, grew up in Harvey, Illinois and currently lives in Chicago Heights, Illinois.
- Amy Pine . Pine is from the Chicago suburbs.
- Charyl Miller Pingleton Born: 1978 in Pana, Illinois. Pingleton is a native of Pana, Illinois.
- Patricia Pinianski Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Patricia lives in Chicago. She graduated from the University of Illinois and teaches at Columbia College, Chicago.
- Patricia Pinianski Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Patricia lives in Chicago. She graduated from the University of Illinois and teaches at Columbia College, Chicago.
- Brian Pinkerton Born: N/A. Pinkerton lives in the Chicago area.
- Daniel Pinkwater Born: 1941 in Memphis, Tennessee. Pinkwater's family moved to Chicago when he was two years old. When he was eight, the family moved to Los Angeles. He moved back to Chicago as a teenager and graduated from Lake View High School.
- Melissa Ann Pinney Born: . Pinney lives in Evanston.
- Mary Ellen Pinzino . Pinzino is a resident of Illinois and has been all of her life.
- Henry Dan Piper Born: 1939 . He was the former dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Southern Illinois in Carbondale.
- Scottie Pippen Born: 1965 in Hamburg, Arkansas . Pippen played for the Chicago Bulls for eleven seasons, winning six NBA championships.
- Carol June Pirtle Born: 1938 in Danville, Illinois. N/A
- Gary Pisarski Born: 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. Pisarski is a lifelong resident of Chicago and Northern Illinois.
- David Pitchford Born: N/A. Pitchford lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- David M. Pitchford Born: N/A. Pitchford lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Steph Plant . Plant lives in Edwardsville.
- Rob Plaskas Born: 1977 in Oswego, Illinois. Born in Oswego, with a loving family and close friends, Rob now resides in Springfield.
- David William Plath Born: Elgin, Illinois. N/A
- James Plath Born: 1950 in Chicago, Illinois. Plath was born in Chicago and is a Professor of English and chair of the English Department with the Department of English at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. He has lived in Illinois from 1950-68 and 1988-present.
- Jim Plath Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Harold L. Platt Born: 1945. Platt was a professor at Loyola University in Chicago for over 30 years.
- Gerard Plecki Born: Chicago, Illinois. Plecki was born in Chicago.
- Allie Pleiter Born: 1962 in Darien, CT. Pleiter lives has a BS in Speech from Northwestern University in Evanston and currently resides in Villa Park.
- George Kimball Plochmann Born: . He is emeritus professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and adjunct professor of medical humanities in the School of Medicine at Southern Illinois University, Springfield.
- Harvey M. Plotnick Born: Chicago, Illinois. Harvey Plotnick lived in Chicago his entire life.
- Mark Plotnick Born: . Plotnick lives in Vernon Hills.
- Arthur Plotnik Born: October 1, 1937, in White Plains, NY . Arthur Plotnik has lived in Chicago since 1974. He worked for the American Library Association there from 1974 to 1997.
- Mark A. Plummer Born: 1929 in . Mark A. Plummer is Professor of History Emeritus, Illinois State University.
- Sterling D. Plumpp Born: 1940 in Clinton, Mississippi. Plumpp attended Benedictine College and Roosevelt University in Chicago. He also went on to teach at the Chicago campus of the University of Illinois.
- Kenneth Pobo Born: in Villa Park, Illinois. Pobo is a native of Villa Park, Illinois.
- Marilyn Pocius Born: Chicago. N/A
- Lonnie Poco Born: 1938 in Lawton, Oklahoma. Poco lived in Chicago.
- John B. Podeschi Born: Taylorville, Illinois. John Podeschi makes his home in Morrisonville, Illinois.
- Fran Podulka Born: 1933 in New Britain, Connecticut. Fran Podulka taught in Winnetka and has been a long time resident of Glenview, Illinois.
- Sheri Poe-Pape Born: . Poe-Pape lives in Rockford and graduated from Northern Illinois University.
- Jacob D. Poettker Born: 1996 in Waterloo, Illinois. Jacob lives in Waterloo, Illinois.
- Jerome A. Pohlen Born: Colorado. Pohlen currently resides in Berwyn, Illinois, and is an editor at Chicago Review Press.
- Frederik Pohl Born: 1919 in New York, New York. Pohl lived in Palatine, Illinois from 1984 until his death.
- Marc PoKempner Born: . Marc lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.
- Frank Polancic Born: . Frank lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Julie Polanco . Polanco lives in Berwyn.
- Nancy Jane Polette Born: Richmond Heights, Missouri. Studied at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville and taught there from 1968-1978.
- Barbara Garland Polikoff Born: 1929. Barbara Polikoff has been a long time resident of Highland Park, Illinois.
- Ami Polonsky . Polonsky grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and now lives in Deerfield.
- Peter Ponzio Born: 1954 in Chicago, Il. Ponzio graduated with a degree in English literature from Loyola Univiersity of Chicago, and is currently attending Northwestern University in pursuit of an MA in Literature.
- Amy Lowry Poole Born: in. Amy Poole moved to Chicago in 1994, and still lives here with her family.
- Ernest Cook Poole Born: 1880 in Chicago, Illinois. Poole lived in Chicago until 1902 when he moved to New York to write.
- Kelly Richmond Pope . Pope is the Dr. Barry Jay Epstein Endowed Professor of Forensic Accounting at DePaul University in Chicago.
- Ben Popp Born: 1990 in Illinois. Ben Lives in Sugar Grove, Illinois.
- Roger Poppen Born: 1940 in South Dakota. Roger moved to Southern Illinois in the 70's.
- Sharon Porterfield . Porterfield is a Chicago native, currently living in southern Illinois where she teached high school English.
- Susan Azar Porterfield Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Porterfield lives in DeKalb and is professor of English at Rockford College.
- Harry Porter Born: 1935 in Bement, Illinois. Harry Porter was born and raised on a farm just south of Bement. He Graduated from Bement High School. He attended both Eastern Illinois University and Parkland College.
- Jeanne Porter Born: East Liverpool, Ohio. Dr. Porter lives and works in Chicago.
- Todd Porter Born: . Todd Porter grew up in the suburbs of Chicago.
- Shirley Motley Portwood Born: Springfield, Illinois. N/A
- Glenn Poshard Born: October 30, 1945 in Herald, Illinois. Poshard is a lifelong Illinoisan.
- Eric A. Posner Born: 1965. Posner is the Kirkland and Ellis professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School.
- Richard A. Posner Born: 1939 in New York City, New York. Posner is a judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.
- Maurice Possley Born: 1949 in Moline, Illinois. Maurice was born in Moline and and resided in Chicago. He currently is a Visiting Research Fellow at Santa Clara University in California.
- Steffan Postaer Born: . The author is Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Euro RSCG Chicago, one of the world's largest advertising agencies.
- Regina Pounds Born: 1944 in West Berlin. Pounds lived in Belleville.
- Patricia Hruby Powell Born: in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Powell was born and raised in Arlington Heights. She currently resides in Champaign.
- Jannifer Colleen Powelson Born: 1968 in Galesburg, Illinois. I grew up near Altona, Illinois and lived in Galesburg and Edwardsville while attending college and graduate school. I now work in Toulon, Illinois and reside in Princeton, Illinois. The book contains photos all taken in Illinois prairies, and the story is set in a Midwestern prairie.
- John Carroll Power Born: 1819 in Fleming County, Kentucky . After failed attempts at farming in Kansas, Power moved to Springfield and lived there the rest of his life.
- India Powers . Powers lives in Elgin.
- John R. Powers Born: November 30, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois. Powers was born in Chicago and lived there most of his life. He attended Brother Rice High School and Northwestern and Loyola Universities. He also taught at Northeastern.
- Martha Jean Powers Born: Cleveland, Ohio. After college and traveling through Europe, Martha moved to Chicago and lived and worked here until 2000 when she relocated to Vero Beach, Florida.
- Richard M. Gorman Powers Born: 1921 in Chicago, Illinois. Born and raised in Chicago, Richard attended Loyola University and the University of Illinois.
- Richard Powers Born: June 18, 1957 in Evanston, Illinois. Powers is an Evanston native. He moved with his family to Lincolnwood in the mid 60's. He graduated from DeKalb High School and attended the University of Illinois, where he later taught literature and creative writing until 2013.
- Susan Power Born: 1961 in Chicago, Illilnois. Power was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
- Trisha Prabhu . Prabhu is from the greater Chicago area.
- Elsa Prado Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Prado is a life long resident of Chicago.
- Andrew Prahin Born: . Prahin lives in Chicago.
- Michael R. Pranzatelli, MD . Dr. Michael R. Pranzatelli joined the faculty of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield as a professor of neurology and pediatrics.
- Carolyn Splear Pratt Born: Website: [http://www.growingseasons.com www.growingseasons.com]. N/A
- Gregory Royal Pratt Born: Chicago, Illinois. A native Chicagoan, Pratt grew up in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois Chicago. A reporter for the Chicago Tribune, he has been a finalist for the Livingston and earned recognition from the National Headliner Awards, the Lisagors, and Scripps Howard.
- Joy Preble Born: . Joy grew up in Chicago and attended Northwestern University.
- Chad Pregracke Born: December 4, 1974 in Silvis, Illinois. He was born in Silvis, Illinois and grew up just a few feet from the Mississippi River in Moline, Illinois.
- John Presta Born: 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Presta grew up in the Taylor Avenue and Garfield Ridge neighborhoods of Chicago.
- Rohan B. Preston Born: N/A. N/A
- Stacey Previn Born: in . Previn lives in Oak Park.
- Steve Pribish Born: in Joliet, Illinois. Born in Joliet, Illinois.
- Devon Price . Price is a social psychologist, writer, and professor at Loyola University of Chicago’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies. He lives in Chicago.
- Marjorie Price Born: in Chicago. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Frances Rosaleen Priddy Born: Decatur, Illinois. N/A
- Alexis Pride Born: . Alexis Pride lives and works in Chicago
- Adam Prince Born: in Southern California. Prince is a member of the Creative Writing Faculty at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
- Randy Prince Born: Urbana, Illinois. Randy now lives in St. Joseph, Illinois.
- Sandra Principe Born: Wisconsin. N/A
- Tami Rene Principe Born: in Columbia, SC. I was born in Columbia, SC. My family moved to Illinois when I was six months old and have resided here ever since. I have lived in Manteno for eleven years now. Before that I lived in Tinley Park and Orland Hills for over ten years each as well.
- John Prine Born: October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois. Prine was born and raised in Maywood.
- Cindy Pringle Born: 1958 in Paxton, Illinois. Cindy Pringle is a University of Illinois graduate and grew up in a small town in Central Illinois.
- Erin Pringle Born: September 16, 1981 in Terre Haute, Indiana. Pringle grew up in Casey, Illinois. She lived there until she was eighteen years old. She also attended Columbia College in Chicago in 2000.
- Kirby Pringle Born: 1957 in Evansville, Illinois. Pringle attended Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. He and his wife, Cindy, are the authors and co-owners of Dogtown Artworks in Tuscola.
- Melissa Pritchard Born: San Mateo, California. Lived in Cook County 1976-1987.
- Siobhan M. Pritchford Born: N/A. N/A
- MK Pritzker Born: South Dakota in 1967. MK Pritzker has served as Illinois’s first lady since the inauguration of her husband, JB Pritzker, as governor in January 2019. She restored the mansion together with Michael S. Smith into a welcoming home with public spaces that preserve the history and culture of the people of Illinois. She has been married to JB for over 25 years and they live in Chicago.
- Jim Proebstle . Proebstle lives in Deer Park.
- Gerald J. Prokopowicz Born: . Gerald J. Prokopowicz practiced law for several years in Chicago.
- Laura Van Prooyen Born: N/A. Laura Van Prooyen teaches at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois.
- Jack H. Prost Born: . The author is a professor of Physical Anthropology at the University of Chicago
- David Protess Born: N/A. N/A
- Alice Provensen Born: 1918 in Chicago, Illinois. Provensen was born in Chicago and attended the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Martin Provensen Born: 1916 in Chicago, Illinois. Provensen was born in Chicago and attended the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Robert Pruter Born: 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pruter has lived in the Chicago area since 1951 when his family moved to Berwyn, Illinois. He is a 1962 graduate of Proviso East High School, Maywood, Illinois. He received a BA degree in history at Roosevelt University in 1967, a an MA degree in history with honors at Roosevelt University in 1976, and an MLIS degree from Dominican University in 2000. He currently resides in Elmhurst, Illinois.
- Liz Pryor Born: 1961 in Winnetka, Illinois. She was born in Winnetka, Illinois.
- Donna Pucciani Born: . Donna now lives in Wheaton, Ill.
- Mary Lucy Denise Pudlowski Born: in Chicago. She was born in Chicago
- Christina Pugh Born: in Buffalo, NY. Pugh lives in Evanston.
- Kate Pugsley . Pugsley lives in Chicago.
- Bob Puhala Born: N/A. N/A
- Mike Puican . Puican lives in Evanston.
- JS Puller . Puller lives in Chicago.
- Mark E. Pulsifer Born: . He lives in a northwest Chicago suburb.
- John La Puma Born: in New York. Dr. La Puma graduated from the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago.
- James Purdy Born: 1914 in Hicksville, OH . Purdy attended the University of Chicago.
- Mishawn Purnell-O'Neal Born: N/A. Purnell-O'Neal lives in Forest Park.
- Isabelle Purnell Born: 1912 in Mohomet, Illinois. Isabelle Purnell lived in Illinois her entire life.
- Carmen M. Pursifull Born: Manhattan, New York. N/A
- Alan C. Purves Born: Philadelphia, Pa.. N/A
- Vicki Quade Born: . Vicki grew up in the southwest suburbs of Chicago.
- Ken Wayne Qualls Born: 1951 in Murphysboreo, Illinois. I was born in Murphysboro, Illinois and my family moved to Centralia, Illinois when I was two years-old. I grew up in Centralia. I gratuated from Centralia High School in 1970. I attended Union Univerisity in Jackson Tennessee and moved back to Illinois. I now reside in Centralia, Illinois. One of my mentors who encouraged me to write was Illinois editor, writer and storyteller Robert J. Hastings.
- Kay F. Quam Born: in Fargo, North Dakota. Quam lives in Palatine.
- Courtney Queeney Born: 1978 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in Chicago,Illinois.
- Claudia Quigg Born: . Claudia lives in Decatur Illinois.
- Laura Quinn Born: . Quinn was born in Chicago.
- Berniece Rabe Born: 1928 in Parma, Missouri. Rabe lived in Kane County. She graduated with her Bachelors from National-Louis University. Received her Master of Arts from Columbia College in Chicago and attended graduate classes at Northern Illinois University and Roosevelt University.
- Jean Rabe Born: 1957 in Ottawa, Illinois. Rabe was born in Ottawa and lived in Quincy. She studied journalism at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Currently, she resides in Tolono.
- Bob Raczka Born: 1963 in Chicago, Illinois. Raczka was born in Chicago and raised in DesPlaines. He currently resides in Glen Ellyn.
- David Radavich Born: October 30, 1949 in Boston Massachusetts. Radavich was a professor at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston for 26 years. He was selected as the 2009 Distinguished Professor at Eastern Illinois University and was inducted into the University Professionals of Illinois Wall of Fame in 2010.
- Lori Rader-Day Born: 1973 in Lebanon, Indiana. Rader-Day has lived in Chicago since 2001.
- Heidi Radkiewicz . Radkiewicz currently resides in Oswego. She has also lived in Villa Park.
- Dina Rae Born: . Dina lives in a suburb of Chicago.
- John Raffensperger, MD . Dr. Raffensperger is a surgeon in Chicago.
- Harold Rafson Born: . Mr. Rafson lives in Highland Park.
- Henry Rago Born: 1915 . Rago lived in Chicago and was a Professor of Theology and Literature at the University of Chicago.
- Rekha S. Rajan Born: Hoffman Estates, Illinois January 5. Rajan was born in Hoffman Estates and lives in Chicago.
- Anuradha D. Rajurkar Born: Chicago, Illinois. Rajurkar was born and raised in Chicago. She holds two degrees from Northwestern University and currently lives in Evanston. <p />
- Milton L Rakove Born: 1918 in Buhl, Minnesota. Dr. Rakove taught in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1957 until 1983.
- Michael Raleigh Born: 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. Raleigh is a lifelong Chicagoan. He grew up on the north side of Chicago, spending the first 11 years in the neighborhood around old Riverview amusement park, a neighborhood that is the setting for his novel ''In the Castle of the Flynns''. The family later moved to the area now called Wrigleyville. Michael attended DePaul Academy for high school, and then attended DePaul University, where he received a bachelor of arts degree, majoring in English literature, with a minor in American history.
- Laurence Ralph Born: . Ralph earned his Ph.D. (2010) and Masters of Arts degrees (2006) in Anthropology from the University of Chicago.
- Jesus Ramirez-Valles Born: . Ramirez-Valles lives in Chicago.
- Leonard G. Ramirez Born: . Author is the director of Latin American Recruitment and Eductional Services at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
- William 'Bill' Rancic Born: 1971 in Chicago, Illinois. Rancic was born and raised in Chicago and grew up in Orland Park. He attended Loyola University.
- Julian Randall . Randall lives in Chicago.
- Ned Randle Born: 1950, in Belleville, Illinois. Randle was born in Belleville and raised in Fairview Heights. He attended high school in Belleville.
- Joseph Austin Ranney Born: 1952 in Urbana, Illinois. He was born in Urbana, Illinois and graduated from the University of Chicago.
- Barbara Ransby Born: . The author lives and works in Chicago.
- Kathryn Ann Ransom Born: . Ransom lives in Springfield.
- Frederic Michael Raphael Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Ron Rapoport Born: . Author is a sports writer for the Chicago Sun-Times.
- Alyssa Rapp Born: . Rapp lives in Winnetka.
- Anthony Deane Rapp Born: 1971 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Christopher Raschka Born: 1959 in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Raschka grew up in Chicago.
- Rebecca Anne Rasmussen Born: in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Rebecca spent her childhood living between Spring Green and Northfield, Illinois.
- Peggy Rathmann Born: 1953 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Rathmann lived in Chicago for two years while she studied commercial art at the American Academy of Art.
- Sugar Rautbord Born: N/A. Sugar Rautbord lives in Chicago.
- Marion Ray Born: . Ray is a Bethalto native.
- Timothy Raymer Born: . Tim was born in Wood River and raised in East Alton, Illinois.
- Ronald Reagan Born: February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. Reagan was born in Tampico and briefly lived in several towns and cities in Illinois, including Monmouth, Galesburg, Dixon and Chicago. He attended Dixon High School and attended Eureka College in Illinois.
- Joan Reardon Born: 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. Joan Reardon now lives in Lake Forest, Illinois
- Lisa Reardon Born: 1962 in Southeastern Michigan. The author lived in Chicago for three years where she taught writing classes online.
- Patrick T. Reardon Born: November 22, 1949. The author is a lifelong Chicago resident.
- Katherine Reay . Reay holds a BA and MS from Northwestern University, and after several moves across the globe, lives outside Chicago.
- William Recktenwald Born: 1941 .
- Forrest P. Redd Born: . The author lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Jim Redd Born: . Mr. Redd lives in Chicago.
- Srikanth Reddy Born: . Srikanth is an assistant professor of English at the University of Chicago.
- Eunice Redeker-Hausler . Redeker-Hausler attended Concordia Teacher’s College, River Forest. She currently resides in Hoyleton.
- Kent D. Redfield Born: N/A. In 1979 Professor Redfield joined the faculty at Sangamon State University, which was merged with the University of Illinois in 1995.
- Eugene B. Redmond Born: December 1, 1937 in East St. Louis, Illinois. Redmond was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and is a Professor Emeritus at Southern Illinois University and currently resides in Edwardsville.
- Cheryl L. Reed Born: . Reed lived in Chicago and was a metropolitan staff reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times.
- Christopher Robert Reed Born: 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. Reed was born and raised in Chicago. He lives there still today.
- Dwayne Reed . Reed lives and teaches in Chicago. <p />
- Earl Howell Reed Born: July 5 1863 in Geneva, Illinois. Reed lived in Geneva and Chicago.
- Richard Reeder Born: 1945 in Chicago, IL. I was born and raised in Chicago. My book 'Chicago Sketches' consists of memoir vignettes all set in the city of Chicago.
- J Daniel Reed Born: Chicago, Illinois. Reed is a lifelong Illinois resident of Illinois, currently living in Arlington Heights.
- Jim Reed Born: 1961 in Albany, Georgia. Although Jim was born in Georgia, he was raised in Springfield, Illinois.
- Myrtle Reed Born: September 27, 1874, in Norwood Park, Chicago, Illinois. Reed was a native Chicagoan.
- Monte Reel Born: in Mattoon, Illinois. Reel was born in Mattoon. He currently lives in the Chicago area.
- Abbie Reese Born: . Reese lives in Northwest Illinois.
- Iliana Regan Born: Merrillville, Indiana 1979. Regan earned a degree in Creative writing at Columbia College Chicago. In the spring of 2022, she earned her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She opened the Michelin star restaurant, Elizabeth, in Chicago's Lincoln Square in 2012.
- Henry Regnery Born: 1912 in Hinsdale, Illinois. Born in Hinsdale he founded a Chicago based Publishing company, Regnery Publishing.
- Beatrice Schenk de Regniers Born: 1914 in Lafayette, In. Beatrice attended the University of Illinois, University of Chicago and Winnetka Graduate Teachers College from 1931 through 1941. She worked as an copy writer for Scott Foresman and company in Chicago until 1944.
- Kathy Reichs Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Reichs is a native of Chicago and received her Ph. D. at Northwestern Illinois University.
- Art Reid Born: 1927 Urbana, Il. . Reid has a column in the Southern Illinoisan.
- Pamela Lyn Reid Born: 1968 in Aurora, Illinois. I was born and raised in Aurora, Illinois. I lived abroad, and overseas, during the ten years I served in the U. S. Marine Corps. I returned to Oswego, Illinois in 1995 to attend college at Devry University. I've worked at Nicor Gas in Naperville, Illinois for 15 years and currently reside in Sandwich, Illinois. My first novel, a historical fiction titled ''The Weaver’s Loom'', was published by Wings ePress in October 2010. The novel takes place in Aurora, Illinois; more specifically, in the Pigeon Hill neighborhood in the mid-1940s. Pigeon Hill at the time consisted primarily of Hungarian and Romanian immigrants. I'm also working with an editor from California on my second novel which takes place entirely in Aurora's Pigeon Hill neighborhood in the mid-1970s.
- Terri Reid Born: . Reid lives in Northwest Illinois.
- Dave Reidy . Reidy lives in Chicago.
- Jean Reidy Born: Highland Park, Illinois. Reidy was born and raised in Highland Park. She currently resides in Chicago.
- Lee Reilly Born: New Jersey, Illinois. N/A
- Matthew Reinhart Born: 1971 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The author lived for a time in Illinois as a child.
- Jim Reiss Born: . Reiss graduated with both his BA and MA from the University of Chicago.
- Stephen W. Reiss Born: 1944 in San Luis Obispo, California. Reiss has lived in Peoria and nearby Dunlap since 1966 when he began what became a 40-year career with Caterpillar. He have written six family history books dealing with the Reiss Family Farm in St. Clair County and his relatives who lived there. According to the Illinois Sesquicentennial Farm Registry, that is the oldest lineally owned farm in St. Clair County, having been established by Reiss’ great great grandfather in 1834.
- Robert Remini Born: 1921 . Robert V. Remini, is a professor emeritus of history and research professor emeritus of humanities who taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Charles Remsberg Born: 1936 Hutchinson, Kansas. Charles currently resides in Wilmette.
- Edith Bradley Rendleman Born: 1898 in Southern, Illinois. Edith was born and raised in Southern Illinois.
- Khristan Renfro-Stella Born: in Springfield, Illinois.
- Aaron Renier Born: Green Bay, Wisconsin. Renier lives in Chicago
- Laura Renken Born: Texas. Lauara Renken lives in the Chicago area where she is also the former president for the Windy City RWA chapter.
- Thomas F Renk Born: 1949 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tom lives in Sugar Grove, Illinois.
- William H. Rentschler Born: Hamilton, Ohio. Lived in Lake Forest, Illinois, for most of his life.
- Dustin Renwick Born: in western Illinois. Renwick was born and raised in western Illinois.
- Gloria Respress-Churchwell . Repress -Churchwell is originally from Chicago. She graduated from John Marshall High School.
- Chris Rettstatt Born: 1972 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Rettstatt has lived in Chicago on and off through 2010.
- Rebecca Coleen Retzlaff Born: . The author received her Ph. D. in Urban Planning and Poicy at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
- Shelly Reuben Born: 1945 in Chicago, Illinois. Reuben was born in Chicago.
- Judith Reveal Born: 1945 in Chicago, Illinois. The author was born in Chicago and attended high school in Berwyn where she graduated in 1963.
- Charles Reynard Born: . Charles is a judge of the 11th Judicial Circuit in central Illinois.
- Aaron Reynolds . Reynolds is from O'Fallon and currently resides in Fox River Grove. He graduated from Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomington.
- Shonda Rhimes Born: 1970, in University Park, Illinois. Rhimes was born and raised in University Park, just outside of Chicago.
- Russell Rhoades Born: . Russell Rhoads, CFA, is an instructor with the Options Institute at the Chicago Board Options Exchange.
- Mark Q Rhoads Born: in Western Springs, Illinois. Borr and raised in Western Springs, Illinois, Mark served as a State Senator from 1977 to 1983.
- Russell Rhoads Born: . Rhoads received a Master's Crertificate in Financial Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2003.
- James Montgomery Rice Born: Monmouth, Illinois March 8, 1842. Rice was born in Monmouth and lived in Illinois the majority of his life.
- Wallace Rice Born: 1859. Rice was a life-long resident of Chicago.
- James Ivy Richardson II Born: 1976 in Chicago, Illinois. Richardson was born in Chicago and grew up on Chicago's South side until the age of 14 before moving to the South suburbs, where he attended Rich Central High School. After attending Illinois State University in Normal, he returned to Chicago.
- John Adkins Richardson Born: 1929 in Gillette, Wyoming. He lives and works in Edwardsville, Illinois.
- Randy Richardson Born: 1961 in Alexandria, Virginia. Richardson lived in Chicago. He attended graduate school at the University of Illinois and Northern Illinois University College of Law.
- Todd Richards . Richards grew up on the Southeast Side of Chicago at East 101st Street and South Crandon Avenue.
- Steven E. Richie Born: Springfield, Illinois. Richie is a native of Springfield.
- Andrew J. Rickert Born: in . Rickert spent the first 17 years of his life in Renault, a small farming community in Monroe County.
- Eva Ridenour Born: N/A. Ridenour writes about Illinois, and is retired from the University of Illinois. She was raised in Arcola, Illinois.
- Jim Ridings Born: 1950 Joliet, Illinois. Ridings lives in Herscher.
- Lisa Riebe Born: 1960 in Chicago, Illinois. Lisa lives in Illinois with her family.
- Janet Riehecky Born: 1953 in Waukegan, Illinois. Riehecky resides in Elgin, Illinois. She graduated from: Illinois Wesleyan Univeristy, in Bloomington, Illinois; Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois and Northwestern Illinois University in Evanston, Illinois.
- Steven Allen Riess Born: 1947 in New York, New York. Steven received his Ph. D. , at the University of Chicago and is a retired history professor, formerly the Bernard Brommel Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of History at Northeastern Illinois University. He currently lives in suburban Chicago.
- Carroll L. Riley Born: . Carroll L. Riley is a Professor Emeritus at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Leah Bassinger Riley Born: 1964 in Tulsa, Oklahoma . Riley, born in Tulsa, Okla. , moved to Illinois approximately 18 years ago with her husband Jon.
- Sherri Rinker Born: 1966 in Chicago, Illinois . Rinker lives in St. Charles.
- Laura Ripes Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Laura now lives in Vernon Hills, Illinois.
- Greg Risberg Born: . Risberg lives in Elmhurst, Illinois. He graduated from Roosevelt University and Jane Addams School of Social Work both in Chicago, Illinois.
- Rob Riseman Born: . Bob Reisman is a 'Blues Historian' who writes about the history of 'Blues' in Chicago.
- Scott C. Ristau Born: 1965 in Geneseo, Illinois. Scott Ristau was born in Geneseo, Illinois and currently lives in Chatham, Illinois.
- Gary Rivlin Born: 1958 in New York City. Lived in Cook County for 10 years
- Patrick Rizio Born: Schaumburg Il. 1951. Rizio was born in Chicago and has lived in and around the city his entire life. Much of his first novel, 'LaCost: The Evolution of Jason', is centered in and around Chicago.
- Kiley Roache . Roache grew up in La Grange and graduated from Nazareth Academy. She has worked as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune's teen publication The Mash.
- Emily Robbins . Robbins lived in Chicago.
- Michael Robbins Born: in Topeka, Kansas. Robbins received his PhD in English from the University of Chicago.
- Ed Roberson Born: in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ed Roberson is Distinguished Artist in Residence at Northwestern University and lives in Chicago.
- Naomi Roberson Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Roberson was born and raised in Atlgeld Gardens, a housing project on the southside of Chicago, Illinois. She currently resides in a suburb near Chicago with her family.
- Robert E. Hanlon, PhD Born: in . Hanlon lives in the Chicago area.
- Elaine Roberts Born: 1945 . Roberts has a B. A. from Chicago State University.
- Justin Roberts . Roberts attended the University of Chicago and now lives near Chicago.
- Les Roberts Born: 1937 in Chicago, Illinois. Les was born in Chicago.
- Peter Robertson Born: in Edinburgh, Scotland. Robertson lives in Chicago.
- Stacey M. Robertson Born: Arizona. Stacey is an Associat Professor at Bradley University.
- Russel David Roberts Born: Memphis, Tennessee 1954. Roberts earned a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago in 1981 for his thesis on the design of government transfer programs.
- Harriette Gillem Robinet Born: July 14, 1931 in Washington, D.C.. Robinet moved to Chicago in 1960 and currently resides in Oak Park.
- Schone Robin Born: . Schone lives in Roselle, IL.
- W.G. Robinson-McNeese, MD Born: East St. Louis 1948. McNeese was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. He lived in Chicago and Park Forest for 4 years while an emergency medicine resident; worked in Kankakee for 11 years as an emergency physician; and lived in Springfield until his death.
- Becky Robinson Born: South Bend, Indiana. Robinson currently resides in Galesburg.
- John Eric Robinson Born: October 8, 1965 in Alton, Illinois. Robinson was born, raised and still resides in Alton, Illinois.
- Stacey Robinson Born: . Robinson lives in central Illinois and can be found on Twitter (@ProfSARobinson) and Instagram (@StaceyARobinson).
- Sue Robinson . Robinson and her husband live on their working farm in the heart of Christian County.
- W. Douglas Robinson Born: . The author received a masters in zoology from SIU-C and Ph. D. in biology at U of I Urbana-Champaign.
- Kimberla Lawson Roby . Kimberla was born in Rockford and attended Rock Valley College. She lives in Belvidere.
- Tom Roby Born: . Tom lives and works in Chicago. He is the Inventor of the Poetry Wheel and the President Poets' Club of Chicago.
- Sheila Rock Born: in Illinois. Sheila Rock was born in Illinois, but has lived and worked in London since 1970.
- Patricia Ann Rockwell Born: 1946 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Patricia lives in Aurora, Illinois.
- Robert E Rockwell Born: . Professor Emeritus at Southern Illinois University
- Jan Roddy Born: . Roddy graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Photography from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is currently an Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois.
- Carolyn Marie Rodgers Born: December 14, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. Carolyn was born and raised in Chicago.
- Diane M. Rodgers Born: . Diane is an assistant professor of sociology at Northern Illinois University.
- Robert Rodi Born: 1950 in Chicago, Illinois. Robert was born and still lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Geoff Rodkey Born: September 9, 1970 Freeport, Illinois. Rodkey grew up in Freeport, and in high school, he wrote humor pieces for his school newspaper.
- Dennis Rodman Born: Trenton, New Jersey. Played forward for the Chicago Bulls
- Mary Ann Rodman Born: 1954 in Washington, D.C.. Mary Ann grew up in Chicago, Illinois.
- Junius Peter Jr. Rodriguez Born: 1957 in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Junius has been a professor at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois since 1997.
- Luis J. Rodriguez Born: July 9, 1954 in El Paso, Texas. Rodriguez moved to Chicago in 1985 and lived there until 2000.
- Robert Rodriguez Born: . The author lives in Elmhurst.
- Caleb Roehrig Born: . Roehrig has lived in Chicago.
- Lois Hoitenga Roelofs Born: 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. Lois lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Heidi Bee Roemer Born: 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Roemer is a Chicago native. She grew up on a farm south of the city and now lives in the suburb of Orland Park.
- Richard Roeper Born: October 17, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. Roeper was born in Chicago and graduated from Illinois State University. He currently resides in Chicago.
- Paulette Roeske Born: Bloomington, Illinois. N/A
- Samuel J. Rogal Born: 1935 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . Rogal lived in Normal, Illinois from 1982 - 1986. He currently resides in LaSalle, Illinois.
- AnneMarie Rogers Born: . Rogers lives in Evanston, a north Chicago suburb.
- Bruce Holland Rogers Born: in Tucson, Arizona. Bruce resided in Champaign.
- Carolyn M. Rogers Born: 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. Rodgers first attended college at the University of Illinois in 1960, but transferred to Chicago’s Roosevelt University in 1961 where she earned her BA degree in 1965. She later earned a MA in English from the University of Chicago in 1980.
- Denny Rogers Born: in Illinois. Denny Rogers lives in Bloomington, Illinois
- Rebecca Elizabeth Rogers Born: June 8, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Tammie Rogers Born: 1960 in McHenry, Illinois . Rogers was born in McHenry and currently resides in Brownstown.
- Eric Rohmann Born: 1957 in Riverside, Illinois. Rohmann was born in Riverside. He graduated from Illinois State University and now lives in Chicago.
- Wendy Goldman Rohm Born: N/A. Wendy Goldman lived in Illinois from 1980 until 2009.
- Dr.Michael F. Roizen . Roizen lived in Chicago and was Professor of Medicine and Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago.
- Sharon Rolens Born: 1932 in Old Kane, Illinois. Sharon Rolens lived in Illinois until her retirement when she moved to Colorado.
- Alane Rollings Born: . Alane lives in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.
- Marcie Roman . Roman lives just outside of Chicago. She has an undergraduate degree in Film at Northwestern University.
- Andromeda Romano-Lax Born: 1970 in Chicago, Illinois . Romano-Lax was born in Chicago.
- Tony Romano Born: San Salvatore, Telesino, Italy 1957. Romano graduated from DePaul University and Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. Today, he lives in the Chicago area.
- Carmelo Romero Born: . Mr. Romero lives in Chicago Heights, Illinois.
- Hector R. Romero Born: . He was educated in Illinois. Recieved his Ph. D. in 1970 from the University of Illinois-Urbana. M. A. in Spanish in 1968 at Roosevelt University, Chicago. And B. A. in French and Spanish, 1962-1966 from University of Illinois-Urbana.
- Natalie Rompella Born: in Waukegan, Illinois. Rompella was born in Waukegan and now lives in Libertyville.
- William Rongholt . Rongholt is a Chicagoland native. He currently resides in Woodridge.
- Kathleen Rooney Born: in Beckley, West Virginia. Rooney lives in Chicago and is a senior lecturer in English and Creative Writing at DePaul University.
- Phyllis Root Born: 1949 in Forth Wayne, Indiana. Lived in Chicago
- John Ropa Born: 1939 in Oak Park, IL. I have lived in Illinois all my life (69 years)==Published Works==*''The Non-Product Consolidation Operation, Xlibris'', 2000==Titles at Your Library==073881881x,==Literary Awards====Speaking Engagements==Speaking Engagement Availability: (Yes)Contact me==External Links==[http://www. worldcat. org/search?q=john+ropa John Ropa on WorldCat][http://www. amazon. com/s?u
- Melodye Rosales Born: in Los Angeles, California. Rosales lives in Champaign.
- Jack J. Rosatte Born: Chicago, Illinois. Born and Raised in Illinois. Graduated from Loyola University.
- Augustus Rose . Rose currently resides in Chicago. He teaches fiction writing at the University of Chicago.
- John L. Roseberry Born: . Roseberry is a Senior Scientist in Cooperative Wildlife Research at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Gina Rose Born: Springfield, Illinois. Gina graduated from Southern Illinois University in 1988.
- Franklin Rosemont Born: 1943 in Chicago, Illinois. Franklin spent his early years in Maywood, Illinois and entered Roosevelt University in 1962.
- Patricia Pinianski Rosemoor Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Patricia lives in Chicago. She graduated from the University of Illinois and teaches at Columbia College, Chicago.
- Daniel Rosenberg Born: . Rosenberg lives in Hhighland Park.
- Pam Rosenberg Born: . Pam currently lives in the Chicago area.
- Deborah Nodler Rosen Born: . The author lives on the North Shore and is editor of RHINO poetry magazine based in Evanston.
- Dorothy Rosen Born: Hartford, Connecticut, 1916. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M. A. , 1971
- Nancy G. Rosenfeld Born: 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. Nancy Rosenfeld was born and raised in Chicago. She still lives in the area.
- Gayle Rosengren Born: . Rosengren grew up in Chicago. She attended Knox College in Galesburg and was a Young Adult Librarian at the Fountaindale Library in Bolingbrook.
- Gregg Rosenquist Born: Chicago, Illinois. Gregg Rosenquist was born in Chicago in 1966. His family moved out to Round Lake Beach in 1971.
- Renee Rosen . Rosen has lived in Chicago since the mid 80's.
- Sidney Rosen Born: 1916 in Boston, Massachusetts. Rosen taught at the University of Illinois in Champaign.
- Barb Rosenstock Born: in Chicago. Rosenstock was born in Chicago and raised in Orland Park. She attended college at the University of Illinois, Loyola University in Chicago and National Louis University in Evanston. She currently resides in Chicago's northwest suburbs.
- Amy Krouse Rosenthal Born: April 29, 1965 in Chicago. Rosenthal was a Chicago native.
- Mark Rosenthal Born: . Mark Rosenthal is the Abra Prentice Wilkin Curator of Large Mammals at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Illinois.
- Paris Rosenthal Born: Chicago, Illinois. Rosenthal was born and raised in Chicago.
- Yvette C. Ross-Hebron, MD Born: Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Ross-Hebron lives and works in Decatur, Illinois.
- Alex Ross Born: Portland, Oregon. At age 17, Ross came to Chicago to study Painting at the American Acedemy of Art, where he hit on the idea of painting his own comic books.
- Andrea Friederici Ross Born: Park Ridge, Illinois. N/A
- Jack J. Rossate Born: 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. Born and Raised in Illinois. Graduated from Loyola University.
- Charles Rossiter Born: . I've lived in Oak Park, IL, since 1997 and have given readings in many Chicago-area libraries and festivals such as Printers Row, Around the Coyote, Chicago Blues Festival. I founded and have hosted the 3rd Saturday Coffeehouse at Unity Temple in Oak Park since 2004. Among my poems are a substantial number of Chicago Poems.
- Nelson Alexander Ross Born: 1970 in Portland, Oregon . Ross lives in Chicago.
- Carlo Rotella Born: 1964 in Chicago, Illinois . Rotella was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago.
- William Leo Roth, Jr. Born: 1961 in Springfield, Illinois. Roth was born in and currently resides in Springfield.
- Larry Rothfield Born: . Professor Rothfield has taught in Chicago sine 1985.
- Philip Milton Roth Born: March 19, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey. Roth received an M.A. from the University of Chicago and was an instructor in the university's writing program briefly after graduating.
- Ron Roth Born: . He lived in Peru, Illinois.
- Jason Rothstein Born: 1973 in Chicago, Illinois. Jason a native of Chicago graduated from Antioch College and lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Veronica Roth Born: 1988 in Mt. Kisco, New York. Roth was raised primarily in Barrington. She is a graduate of Northwestern University's Creative Writing program and currently resides in the Chicago area.
- Melvin Roustio Born: in East St. Louis, Illinois. Roustio lives in Decatur, Illinois.
- Chip Rowe Born: N/A. N/A
- Warren Royer Born: 1925 in Rushville, Illinois. Warren Royer lived his entire life in Illinois untill he retired to Michigan in 1986.
- Mike Royko Born: September 19, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois. Royko was a native Chicagoan.
- Francesca T Royster . Royster lives in Chicago.
- Barry Rozner Born: Chicago, Illinois. Rozner has been a columnist for the Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, Illinois, since 1997.
- Holly Rozner Born: . Holly Rozner graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston.
- David M Rubenstein Born: August 11, 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland. Rubenstein graduated in 1973 from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review.
- Alina Rubin . Rubin lives near Chicago. She attended Mt. Prospect High School and obtained a B.S. and M.S. in Business and Information Technology from DePaul University.
- Jeffrey Michael Ruby . Ruby lives in Chicago.
- Laura Ruby Born: in New Jersey. Ruby currently lives in Chicago.
- Mike Rucker Born: 1940 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Rucker lives in Peoria.
- Deborah Ruddell Born: 1949 in Terre Haute, Indiana. Ruddell resides in Peoria.
- Kelly Rudnicki Born: . Kelly lives in the Chicago suburbs.
- John David Ruemmler Born: Granite City, Illinois. John lived in Illinois for almost 30 years.
- Tyler B Ruff Born: 1988, in Waterloo, Illinois. Ruff was born and raised in Waterloo. He graduated from Waterloo High School in 2006, and from Illinois State University in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in Studio Art: Drawing.
- Sarah Ruhl Born: Wilmette, Illinois in 1974 . Ruhl is originally from Chicago.
- Rachel Ruiz . Ruiz lives in Chicago.
- Joseph Anthony Rulli . Rulli has lived in Chicago since the fall of 2006.
- Roxane E Runyon . Runyon lives in Irvington.
- A. Lavonne Brown Ruoff Born: Charleston, Illinois. A. Lavonne Ruoff was born, raised, educated and worked in Illinois.
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch Born: 1960 in Oneonta, New York. Writes novels set in Chicago under the name Kris Nelscott
- Patti Jo Ruskin Born: 1966 in Dwayne, Illinois. Born in Illinois
- Herbert K. Russell Born: 1943 in Shelbyville, Illinois. Russell lives in Carbondale.
- Mary Doria Russell Born: 1950 in Elmhurst, Illinois. Russell was born in --- and grew up in Lombard, Illinois. She attended Sacred Heart Catholic elementary school and Glenbard East High School. She worked at the Helen M. Plum Memorial Library as a teenager.
- Edward Russo . Russo lived in Springfield, Illinois.
- Gus G. Russo Born: 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland. Russo has written books about the Chicago Outfit and mob lawyer Sidney Korshak - both Illinois' subjects of interest.
- Richard Russo Born: July 15, 1949 in Johnstown, New York. Russo was a professor in the 1980's at SIU in Carbondale.
- Delores Hackett Rutherford Born: 1937 in Tuscola, Illinois. Rutheford was born in Tuscola, Illinois.
- Nancy Ross Ryan Born: 1934 in Washington, D.C. . Nancy Ross Ryan was the founder of Fresh Food Writing, based in Chicago, Illinois and specialized in food writing, consulting, recipe testing and development for a variety of clients. She co-authored two books about the historic Berghoff restaurant located in Chicago.
- Tim A. Ryan Born: . *Professor Ryan teaches at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.
- Chris Rylander Born: in North Dakota. Rylander lives in Chicago.
- Fred Saberhagen Born: 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. Saberhagen was born in and grew up in the area of Chicago, Illinois
- Ted Sabine Born: in Zion, Illinois. Ted grew up in Zion, Illinois. He is now retired and living in Spokane, Washington.
- Don Sackrider Born: Robinson, Illinois. Sackrider was born in Robinson.
- Frank Sadorus Born: 1880 . Sadorus was a descendant of a pioneer family who founded Sadorus, Illinois, in east Illinois.
- Mahmoud Saeed Born: 1939 in Mosul, Iraq. Saeed immigrated to Chicago in 1999. He taught intermediate and advanced Arabic language courses at DePaul University, as well as Arab Culture and Iraqi Political history.
- Jacob Saenz Born: Chicago, Illinois. Saenz was born in Chicago and raised in Cicero.
- Shifa Saltagi Safadi Born: Syria. Safadi lives near Chicago.
- Peter Sagal Born: Berkeley, New Jersey 1965. Sagal moved to the Chicago area in 1998 to host "Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!" He currently lives in Highland Park.
- Marcus Sakey Born: 1974 in Flint, Michigan. Sakey moved to Chicago in 2002. He graduated from Columbia College Chicago and still resides in the Windy City today.
- Cin Salach Born: N/A. Salach lives in Chicago.
- Sam Saladino Born: . Sam Saladino lives in East Peoria, Illinois.
- Leila Sales Born: Boston, Massachusetts . Sales received her degree from the University of Chicago.
- Wayne Allen Sallee Born: Chicago, Illinois, Humboldt Park Area. Has lived in Cook County his whole life.
- Carol Saller Born: in Peoria, Illinois. Saller was born in Peoria and currently resides in the Chicago area.
- Samuel Allen Salter Born: 1954 in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Salter has lived in Chicago or the greater Chicago area for most of his life. He currently resides in Evanston. His Sam Reaves books are set in Chicago.
- Richard Salva Born: in Cleveland, Ohio. Salva contends that Abraham Lincoln was a Himalayan yogi in a past life and was reincarnated as Charles Lindbergh.
- Dmitry Samarov Born: 1970 in Moscow, USSR. Dmitry lives and works in Chicago.
- Neal Samors Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Samors is a lifelong resident of Chicago.
- Johnny Sampson Born: Atlanta, Georgia in 1974. In 1980, Sampson's family moved to Wildwood, a north suburb. He attended University of Illinois in Champaign, earning a BFA in painting. After graduating, he returned to Chicago intent on pursuing a fine arts career, but he discovered the art of storyboards. After moving to California in 2001, he moved back to Chicago in 2006 and now resides in Glen Ellyn.
- Robert D. Sampson Born: 1949 in Mattoon, Illinois. Sampson was born in Mattoon and currently resides in Decatur, Illinois.
- Ernest Samuels Born: Chicago, Illinois. Born in Chicago, Illinois
- Maurice Samuels Born: 1968 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Evelyn Sanchez-Toledo Born: Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Sanchez-Toledo was raised in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. She attended Tuley High School and Northeastern Illinois University. She currently lives in Elmhurst.
- Erika L. Sanchez Born: in . Sanchez was raised in Cicero. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She currently resides in Chicago.
- Reymundo Sanchez Born: Puerto Rico. Reymundo Sanchez is the pseudonym of a former Latin King who no longer lives in Chicago.
- Carl Sandburg Born: January 6, 1878 in Galesburg, Illinois. Sandburg was born and raised in Galesburg. His ashes are buried beneath ''Remembrance Rock'' at his birth home - the Carl Sandburg State Historic Site. This site was dedicated as a Literary Landmark on April 25, 2015.
- Misti Sandefur Born: Paducah, KY. Misti and her family reside in Southern Illinois.
- Richard Sander Born: in Washington, DC. Sander moved to Chicago in 1978 and lived there for twelve years.
- Deon C. Sanders Born: in Alabama. Sanders was raised and still resides in Chicago.
- Ted Sanders Born: 1969 in Illinois. Sanders grew up in Northern Illinois. He currently lives in Urbana and is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
- Terri Sanders . Sanders lives in Centralia. She is a graduate of Kaskaskia College and an Administrative Assistant at the College.
- John Sandford . Sandford lives in Chicago.
- Lee Sandlin Born: in Wildwood, Illinois. Author lives in Chicago
- Richard L Sandor Born: 1941 in Brooklyn, New York . Dr. Sandor now lives in Chicago.
- Jennifer Sullivan Sanford Born: 1962 in Winetka, Illinois. Jenny Sanford was born and raised in Winnetka and attended the Woodlands Academy in Lake Forest.
- Andrew Santella Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Born and raised in Chicago, he graduated from Loyola University. He now lives about 50 miles outside Chicago with his wife and son.
- Wilfred Santiago Born: in Puerto Rico. Santiago lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Lawrence Santoro Born: 1942 in Reading, PA. I was born and raised in Pennsylvania. Since 1985, I've lived in Chicago. The first dozen years here were spent directing theater. I spent several years as the literary manager and dramaturge at the Organic Theater and ran the theater's script development program, The Greenhouse. I began writing full-time in the mid 90s and published my first novel, JUST NORTH OF NOWHERE, in 2007. DRINK FOR THE THIRST TO COME, a collection of my short fiction will be, released by Annihilation Press in October, 2010.
- Barbara Santucci Born: 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. Santucci was born in Chicago and currently resides in Rockford, Illinois. She graduated from Loyola University and has also studied art at Rockford College and Northern Illinois University.
- Joyce Saricks Born: . Ms. Saricks is a readers advisor at the Downers Grove public library.
- Rolland Sarver Born: Peoria, Illinois 1969. Sarver was born in Peoria. He lived in Lewistown from 1975-80, attended Sheridan elementary school in Bloomington, and graduated from Athens High School. He currently resides in Rushville.
- Greg Sarwa Born: in Chrzanow, Poland. Greg now lives in Northbrook, Illinois.
- Adam Sass . Sass was raised in Forreston.
- Beryl Satter Born: 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. She was raised in Chicago, Skokie, and Evanston, Illinois, and currently lives in New York City.
- Patricia Sauer . Sauer lives in Swansea.
- Reshma Saujani Born: Illinois 1975. Saujani was born in Illinois. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Dr. Richard Saul Born: . Dr. Saul lives in the North Suburban area of Chicago. He served as the chairman of the department of pediatrics of Highland Park Hospital and earned his M. D. at Chicago Medical School.
- George Saunders Born: 1958 in Amirillo, Texas. Saunders grew up near Chicago and graduated from Oak Forest High School in Oak Forest.
- Raye Ann Saunoris Born: . Saunoris grew up in Oak Forest and currently resides in Country Club Hills, Illinois. She graduated from Tinley Park High School.
- R. Craig Sautter Born: . The author lives in Chicago and teaches at DePaul.
- Dan Savage Born: 1964 in Chicago, Illinois. Savage was born in Chicago and raised in the Rogers Park neighborhood. He attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary North, a Catholic high school in Chicago and University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
- Terry Savage Born: in Ohio. Terry Savage is a nationally syndicated Chicago Sun-Times personal finance columnist.
- Lorelei Savaryn Born: . Savaryn lives outside of Chicago.
- Gavriel Savit . Savit moved to Springfield in 2019. <p />
- Larry Sawyer Born: 1970 in Dayton, Ohio. Sawyer lived in Rogers Park
- June Sawyers Born: 1957 in Glasgow, Scotland. Sawyers lives in Chicago and is an adjunct lecturer in the humanities at the Newberry Library in Chicago.
- Pam Saxelby Born: Burlington, Wisconsin 1956 . Hi, I was born in Wisconsin, but always wanted to get to Chicago! My husband and I have lived in the northern suburbs for over 30 years. We raised our children in the Village of Libertyville... which I believe was a delightful place for kids to grow up.
- Howard L. Scamehorn Born: . Historian Howard Scamehorn originally published this for the Illinois State Historical Society in 1957.
- Joseph Scapellato Born: , in . Scapellato was born in the suburbs of Chicago.
- Jennifer Scappettone Born: 1972 in Bay Shore, New York. Jennifer Scappettone lives and teaches in Chicago. She is an Assistant Professor for the Department of English at the University of Chicago.
- Barbara C. Schaaf Born: . The author was a freelance Chicago Journalist.
- Richard Lawrence Schacht Born: 1941 in Racine, Wisconsin. Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
- Chuck Schaden Born: 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Schaden is a retired Chicago area broadcaster who was the host of 'Those Were The Days' on WBBM newsradio 78. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of fame in 1993.
- Otto Schafer . Schafer grew up in Petersburg.
- Cyndee Schaffer Born: . Schaffer lives in Northbrook. She graduated from Northwestern University and DePaul University.
- Mollie Weinstein Schaffer Born: 1916 . Schaffer lived in Chicago, Wheeling and Vernon Hills.
- Michelle Schaub . Schaub lives in Downers Grove.
- George Scheber Born: . The author lives in the Kankakee area.
- Nita Schechet Born: 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. Schechet was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Jen Schefft Born: 1976 in Mentor, Ohio. Schefft lives in Chicago.
- Dave Scheidt Born: Chicago, Illinois in 1987. Scheidt lives in Chicago.
- Adam Schell Born: January 29, 1964 . Schell attended Northwestern Illinois University in Evanston, Illinois.
- Don Schellie Born: 1932 in Chicago. Schellie was born in Chicago and is a 1957 graduate of the University of Illinois.
- Richard Schell Born: . Rich grew up in Polo, Illinois. He currently resides in Des Plaines, Illinois.
- Mathew Schelsky . Schelsky lives in Chicago.
- Maya Schenwar . Schenwar lives in Chicago.
- Phillip Frank Schewe Born: July 7, 1950 in Evanston, Illinois. He was born in Evanston, Illinois and received his BA at the University of Illinois.
- Nancy Easter Schick Born: in Charleston, Illinois. Nacny was born and raised in Southern Illinois.
- John Schirle Born: 1960 in Decatur, IL. Schirle was born and raised in Decatur. He graduated from Lincoln Christian College in Lincoln, Illinois. Currently a resident of Decatur, he is a library assistant in the Children's Department of the Decatur Public Library.
- Phyllis Schlafly Born: 1924 in St. Louis, Missouri. She lived in Alton, Illinois.
- Sandra K Schlager Born: 1951, in Effingham, Illinois. Schlager was born in Effingham where she attended Sacred Heart Grade School and Effingham High School. Her book, Ripple Impact is set in Southern Illinois around Carterville. She based a section of the book around the Effingham Hospital Fire.
- Steve Schlager Born: in Quincy, IL. Schlager was born in Quincy.
- Dennis M. Schlagheck Born: 1959 in Chicago, IL. I am a lifelong Chicagoan, fourth generation born and raised. My book, 'Images of America: Hawthorne Works,' co-authored with Catherine Lantz, tells the story of the huge Western Electric manufacturing complex that stood in Cicero, Illinois from 1905 to 1986.
- Gretchen Schlesinger Born: Portsmouth, VA. Gretchen lives in Illinois, with her husband, two sons and puppy.
- Gene Schlickman Born: N/A. Schlickman lived in Arlington Heights, Illinois and is a former Illinois State Representative 1965-1981.
- Fred Schlipf Born: . Schlipf is a library building consultant in the Champaign-Urbana area. He earned his MA and Phd in Library Science at the University of Chicago.
- Mary Schmich Born: 1953 in Savannah, Georgia. Shmich is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune, and lives in Chicago.
- Alvin James Schmidt Born: 1932 in Waldersee, Manitoba, Canada. Dr. Alvin Schmidt retired in 1999 as a professor of sociology at Illinois College, Jacksonville, Il.
- Gary D Schmidt Born: 1957 in Hicksville, New York. Schmidt received his MS and PHD from UIUC in English (PhD in medieval Literature in 1985.).
- Jean Delores Schmidt Born: San Francisco, California 1919. Schmidt moved to Chicago in 1961 and has lived there ever since.
- Sara Schmidt . Schmidt lives in Alton, where she is a Title 1 reading teacher for elementary school students.
- Adam P. Schmitt . Schmitt has lived outside of Chicago his entire life. He currently lives in Oswego.
- Ronald E. Schmitt Born: 1939 in Alton, Illinois. Schmitt was born in Alton and resides in Urbana. He is a Professor Emeritus with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Josh Schneider Born: . Schneider is a Winnetka native and an attorney in Chicago.
- Richard Schneirov Born: 1948 . Richard Schneirov attended the University of Illinois at Chicago and then received his Masters and Ph. D. from Northern Illinois University.
- Alberta C. Schoen . Schoen lives and works in the Chicago area.
- Albert (Red) Fred Schoendienst Born: Germantown, Illinois. N/A
- Kendall Coyne Schofield Born: Palos Heights, Illinois 1992. Coyne was born in Palos Heights. She grew up playing hockey in Orland Park.
- Josh Schonwald Born: . Josh Schonwald is a Chicago-based journalist who lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Elizabeth G. Schrader Born: 1974 in Blue Island, Illinois. Schrader is a Chicago attorney.
- Karen Halvorsen Schreck Born: 1962 in Elmhurst, Illinois. Schreck was born in Elmhurst. She received her doctorate in English and Creative from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She currently resides in Wheaton.
- Eliot Schrefer Born: 1978 in Chicago, Illinois. Schrefer was born in Chicago.
- Ellen Schreiber Born: . Ellen lived in Chicago for five years.
- Skyler Schrempp Born: Chicago, Illinois. Schrempp is a native Chicagoan.
- Steven Schroeder Born: 1954 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Schroeder has lived in Chicago for more than twenty years. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago (Ph. D. 1982, M. A. 1976) and teaches at the University of Chicago Graham School in Asian Classics and the Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults.
- Lynnette Schuepbach Born: Highland, Illinois. Lynnette lives and writes in Highland, Illinois
- Peter Schulenburg Born: . Peter lives in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
- Elana Schulman Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Schulman was born and raised in Chicago. She still resides there today.
- Maureen Schulman . Schulman lives in Chicago.
- Anitra Rowe Schulte . Schulte lives in Geneva.
- Betty Kepka Schultz Born: N/A. Mrs. Schultz lives with her husband, Robert, in Dixon, Illinois
- Irene Schultz Born: N/A. Irene Schultz lived in Lake Bluff, Il.
- Franz Schulze . Schulze grew up in Pekin and Chicago, Illinois. He attended Lane Technical High School, the University of Chicago and Chicago's Art Institute School. Schulze went on to teach at Lake Forest College and now holds Emeritus status.
- Fern Schumer Born: Chicago, Illinois. Schumer was born in Chicago and currently resides in Lake Bluff.
- Vivian Schurfranz Born: 1925 in Mason City, Iowa. Schurfranz moved to Wilmette, Illinois in 1967.
- Ernest L Schusky Born: 1931 in Portsmouth, Ohio. I lived in Chicago from 1955 to 1958 while earning a Ph. D in anthropology at the Unviersity of Chicago. In 1960 I moved to Collinsville after becoming a professor of anthropology at Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville. I still reside in Collinsville.
- Jason G Schutte Born: in Payson, Illinois. Schutte was born and raised in Payson on his family's farm. He earned his bachelor's degree at Western Illinois University and his Juris Doctorate degree from Southern Illinois University School of Law.
- James Marcus Schuyler Born: Movember 9, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Jim Schwab Born: 1949 in Oceanside, NY. Jim Schwab lives in Chicago.
- Alice M. Schwager Born: 1924 in Peoria, Illinois. Schwager was born in Peoria, Illinois.
- Bob Schwartz Born: . Schwartz is VP of sales for Vienna Beef in Chicago.
- Charles Schwartz Born: 1933 in New York City. Schwartz has lived in Highland Park for over 40 years.
- Dana Schwartz . Schwartz grew up in Highland Park.
- Tina P. Schwartz Born: . Schwartz lives in Grayslake, Illinois and graduated from Columbia College in Chicago.
- Theresa Schwegel Born: 1975 in Chicago . Schwegel was born and raised in Chicago. She received a Bachelors in Communication from Loyola University and graduated Magna Cum Laude.
- Charles Blair Schwend Born: 1939 in Highland, Illinois. Charles was born and resided in Highland, Illinois until joining the U. S. Navy in 1956. He lived in Collinsville, Illinois for four years while stationed in St. Louis, Mo. He returned to Illinois in 1971 to where he still lives near Marine, Illinois. Retiring from the U. S. Navy in 1975 he attended college at SIU-E Edwardsville, Illinois. He taught for Belleville Area College, Belleville, Illinois and Scott AFB, Illinois. At one time he owned a photography studio in Marine, IL. , and an insurance agency in Fairview Heights, IL. Retiring from Illinois state employment he now enjoys writing, wine/cordial making, mushroom horiculture and gardening. Schwend is also the editor of the book 'Words To Read, A Collection of Short Stories', an anthology from the Highland League of Writers.
- Joseph P. Schwieterman Born: . Schwieterman lives in the south suburbs.
- Quinta Scott Born: 1941 in St. Louis, Missouri. Scott has lived in St. Louis, where she was born, until 2005. Her husband, an architect, opened an office in Waterloo in 1992. By the time they moved, it was her turn to commute.
- Stephanie J. Scott . Scott lives in Aurora. <p />
- Whitney Scott Born: in New York City, New York. Scott lives in Crete, Illinois.
- Keith A. Sculle Born: 1941 . Sculle lives and works in the Springfield Illinois area.
- Cora A. Seaman Born: 1934 in Warrick County, Indiana. Seaman has written a book on Illinois history. She researched and wrote a book about the Roosevelt family of Albion, Illinois, and their connection to the famous Roosevelt family, most notably Theodore. The book has many references to other notable people from Illinois, including Paul Simon, the Shelton gang, Blackie Harris, and Eleanor Roosevelt. The book is entitled: ''The Roosevelt Family of Southern Illinois''.
- Donna Seaman . Seaman lives in Chicago. Her radio show, ''Open Books'', is broadcast on WLUW in Chicago.
- Maureen Seaton Born: 1947 in Elizabeth, NJ. Seaton taught Poetry as artist-in-residence at Columbia College in Chicago and on the core facilities of the MFA at The Art Institute of Chicago.
- Lynette Seator Born: 1929 in Chicago, Illinois. Seator was born in Chicago and lived in Illinois most of her life.
- Martin Seay Born: in Texas. Seay works for the village of Wheeling.
- David Sedaris Born: 1956 in Binghamton, New York. Sedaris moved to Chicago in 1983. He graduated from the School of the Art Institute in 1987. He also taught writing at School of the Art Institute of Chicago for a short time.
- Irene Sedeora Born: May 7,1938, in Russellville, Alabama. Sedeora lived in Rockford, Morton, and Peoria.
- Lore (Groszmann) Segal Born: March 8, 1928 in Vienna, Austria. Professor of English, University of Illinois, Chicago.
- Elzie Crisler Segar Born: 1894 in Chester, Illinois. Segar was born in Chester and also lived in Chicago.
- Joyce Selander Born: . Joyce grew up in the Andersonville area on the North Side of Chicago.
- Paul Selby Born: Pickaway County, Ohio July 20, 1825. Selby lived in Chicago for many years. He moved to Southern Illinois when he was 19 and taught in Madison County for four years. In 1848 he went to Illinois College at Jacksonville. In 1862 he moved to Springfield to become the associate editor of the Illinois State Journal.
- Chad Sell . Sell lives in Chicago. <p />
- Rod Sellers Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Sellers was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
- Meyer Seltzer Born: Chicago, Illinois. Meyer Seltzer lives in Chicago close enough to Wrigley Field to hear the roar of the crowd.
- Adam Selzer Born: Des Moines, Iowa 1980 . Selzer lives in Chicago.
- Charles A. Sengstock, Jr. Born: Chicago, Illinois. Sengstock was born in Chicago and currently resides in Northbrook.
- Frank Sennett Born: . Sennett lives in Chicago.
- John Sepich . Sepich lives in rural Central Illinois.
- Donald Sevener Born: . Sevener lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Shauna Sever . After more than 12 years of California living, Shauna, returned to her hometown of Chicago, where she now bakes, writes, and is always on the hunt for great old-school Midwestern bakeries.
- Earl Sewell Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Sewell was born in Chicago and earned his Bachelor's Degree in Fiction Writing and Radio Broadcasting from Columbia College Chicago.
- Sara F. Shacter . Shacter grew up in a Chicago suburb and attended Northwestern Illinois Univeristy in Evanston. She still resides in Chicago today.
- Charles Shafer Born: N/A. N/A
- Karen A. Shaffer Born: . My subject is the first great American violinist Maud Powell (1867-1920) who was born in Peru, Illinois, and grew up in Aurora, Illinois, studied in Chicago and toured throughout the world. She performed frequently in Illinois as a recitalist and as soloist with the Theodore Thomas Orchestra and the Chicago Orchestra, conducted by Theodore Thomas and Frederick Stock. She pioneered the violin recital in America. She was a pivotal figure in the development of classical music in America and a strong advocate for women in music. She introduced the Tchaikovsky, Dvorak and Sibelius violin concertos to American audiences and won international acclaim for her artistry, ranking with the greatest violinists of her day. She was the first instrumentalist to record for Victor's Red Seal label (the Celebrity artist series). Her life and art are inspirations for young people today.
- Fran Shaff Born: N/A. N/A
- Tariq Shah Born: Illinois . Shah was born and raised in Illinois. He graduated from DePaul University in Chicago.
- Alex Shaker Born: 1968 in Brooklyn, NY. Alex now lives in Chicago, Illinois
- Sue Shanahan . Sue was born in Joliet and resides in Mokena, Illinois.
- Gary Shandling Born: . Gary Shandling was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Cindy Shanks Born: in Tilton, Illinois. Shanks was born and raised in Tilton.
- Johanna Shapard Born: . Johanna is from Channahon, Illinois
- Gregg Shapiro Born: . Shapiro lived in Chicago.
- Karl Jay Shapiro Born: 1913 in Baltimore, Maryland. Shapiro spent much of his childhood and adolescence in Chicago. He was the Editor for Poetry, Chicago, Illinois, 1950-56. He was an English Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago from 1966-68.
- Randy L. Sharer Born: in . Sharer has been a sports journalist for the Bloomington Pantagraph newspaper since 1981. He lives in Normal.
- Allie Shaw Born: Connecticut . After graduating from Northwestern University, Allie made the Chicago area her home.
- Greg M Shaw . Shaw is a professor of political science at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington.
- John T Shaw Born: in Peoria, Illinois. Shaw was born and raised in Peoria. He received his bachelor's degree in political science from Knox College in Galesburg. He currently resides in Carbondale.
- Lana Shaw . Shaw lives in Centralia.
- Robert Shaw Born: in Clinton, Illinois. Shaw lives in Heyworth, Illinois.
- Art Shay Born: Bronx, New York March 31, 1922. Art lived in Chicago.
- Stephen Michael Shearer Born: 1951 in Bloomington, Illinois. He was born in Bloomington, Illinois.
- Stuart Shea Born: . Lives in Chicago.
- Stuart Edward Shea Born: 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Shea's family moved to Chicago when he was seven and he has lived in the area ever since. He currently lives 24 blocks north of Wrigley Field on Chicago's north side. Growing up a baseball fan influenced his writing.
- Chris Sheban . Sheban lives in Northbrook.
- Tammy Sheedy . Sheedy lives in Berwyn.
- Michael Sheehan Born: in. Mr. Sheehan taught for twenty-six years at the City Colleges of Chicago.
- Shawn Sheehy Born: . Sheehy lives in Chicago.
- Fulton John Sheen Born: 1895 in El Paso, Illinois. Bishop Sheen was born in El Paso and ordained a priest in the Peoria Diocese in 1919.
- Robin Sheerer Born: . The author lives and works in the Chicago area.
- Diana Sheets Born: . Diana Sheets has lived in Champaign Illinois since 1997.
- Diana E. Sheets Born: . Diana E. Sheets has lived in Champaign Illinois since 1997
- Dennis Shelby Born: . Works in Chicago, Illinois.
- R. Dennis Shelby Born: . Works in Chicago.
- Sidney Sheldon Born: 1917, in Chicago, Illinois. Sheldon was born and raised in Chicago. He also attended Northwestern University.
- Regina M. Shelton Born: . She works at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Sam Shepard Born: 1943 in Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Shepard was born in Fort Sheridan as Samuel Shepard Rogers III. He was named after his father.
- Mike D. Shepherd Born: Keokuk, Iowa. Shepherd lives just outside of Springfield, Illinois.
- Dennis Shere Born: in Cleveland, Ohio. Dennis Shere has formerly served as an assistant public defender in Kane County, Illinois.
- Marcia Sheridan Born: . The author livesin the Mundelein area.
- Diana Lee Sherman . Sherman currently resides in Mount Vernon.
- Patti Sherry-Crews Born: . Sherry-Crews lives in Evanston.
- Beth Shervey Born: 1964 in Carbondale, Illinois. Shervey was born in Carbondale, Illinois and lived in Sullivan, Illinois.
- Ryan Sherwood Born: 1979 in Cary, IL. I was born in Elgin, IL and raised in Cary, IL. I attended Cary-Grove highschool, McHenry County College and got my Bachelors degree at Columbia College Chicago. I currently live in McHenry. My first novel has portions take place in Crystal Lake and Woodstock during the 1930's.
- Carol Shields Born: June 2, 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois. Shields was born in Oak Park under the name of Carol Ann Warner.
- Charles J. Shields Born: 1951 in Chester, Pennsylvania. Charles Shields was raised in Park Forest, Illinois, attended the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, where he received degrees in English and American history.
- Helen Shiller Born: Long Island, New York 1947. Shiller moved to Chicago in 1972.
- Randy Shilts Born: 1951 in Davenport, Iowa. Shilts was raised in Aurora.
- Rob Shindler Born: in Chicago, Illinois . Shindler is a Chicago native.
- Sun Yung Shin Born: in Seoul, South Korea. Yung Shin grew up in the Chicago area.
- William L. Shirer Born: February 23, 1904 in Chicago. Shirer was born in Chicago and worked for the Chicago Tribune 1925 - 1932.
- Joel Shoemaker Born: In Mahomet, Illinois. Shoemaker was born in Mahomet and now resides in Morton.
- Katherine Shonk Born: 1968 in Chicago, Illinois. Katherine was born in Chicago and raised in Evanston. She currently lives in Chicago.
- Simine Short Born: in Germany. The author lives in the Chicago suburbs.
- Porter Shreve Born: 1966 in Washington DC. Shreve lives in Chicago and West LaFayette, Indiana with his wife and writer Bich Minh Nguyen.
- Neil Shubin Born: December 22, 1960 . Shubin lives in Chicago and teaches at the University of Chicago.
- Lois Farley Shuford Born: St. Louis, Missouri. Shuford has been a resident of Illinois since graduating from Millikin University in 1967. She lives in Evanston.
- Sylvia Shults Born: 1968 in Chicago, Illinois. Shults has lived in Illinois all her life. Born in Chicago and raised in LaGrange, she went to college in Monmouth then moved to Normal for grad school. She lived in Bloomington for a while, and worked at the Bloomington Public Library. When she met her future husband, she moved to Pekin, and has been there ever since. They got married New Year's Eve 1999. She has worked at the Fondulac District Library in East Peoria since 1997.
- William P. Shunas Born: in Chicago, Illinois. William still lives in Chicago.
- Mary Francis Shura Craig Born: February 27, 1923 in Pratt, Kansas. Shura Craig lived in Maywood at the time of her death.
- Mary Francis Shura Born: Pratt, Kansas. N/A
- Liesl Shurtliff . Shurtliff currently resides in Chicago.
- John H Sibley Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Sibley grew up on Chicago's Westside/Southside and in Robbins before graduating from Dwight D. Eisenhower High School in Blue Island. He studied at Kennedy King College in Chicago and graduated from the Art Institute in Chicago 1994. He currently resides in Aurora.
- Ruth Siburt Born: N/A. N/A
- Lowey Bundy Sichol . Sichol lives in Winnetka.
- Marisa Siegel . Siegel lives, writes, & edits in Evanston.
- Rebecca Siegel . Siegel lives in Naperville. She has a master's degree in English Literature from Loyola University, Chicago.
- Sheldon Siegel Born: in Chicago. Siegel is a third-generation native of Chicago’s Southeast Side. His family moved to the suburbs in the 1970s and he graduated from New Trier High School. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in Champaign in 1980.
- Maria Lynn Sigle Born: 1979 in Springfield, Illinois. Sigle was born and raised in Springfield. She attended Sacred Heart Griffin High School and earned my Bachelors in Psychology from the University of Illinois Springfield.
- Barry Silesky Born: 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Barry Silesky lives and works in Chicago.
- Ruth Silver Born: . Silver attended Plainfield High School in 2001 and graduated from Northern Illinois University in 2005. She currently resides in Plainfield, Illinois.
- Shel Silverstein Born: September 25, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. Shel Silverstein grew up on Palmer Street in Chicago and attended Darwin Elementary, Roosevelt High School, University Of Illinois and Roosevelt University. He was a lifelong White Sox fan and worked as a hotdog vendor at the original Comiskey Park when he was young. His popularity with both the young and the old, and connection to his birthplace, all came together on July 13, 2009, when Millennium Park celebrated its 5th birthday with a night of song and spoken word in his honor called SHELabration.
- Charles D. Simic Born: Belgrade, Yugoslavia May 9, 1938 . Simac moved to Oak Park in 1955 and attended Oak Park/River Forest High School. After graduation he worked as an office assistant for the Chicago Sun Times while attending college at the University of Chicago. He left Chicago when he was drafted into the armed service in 1961.
- Dan Simmons Born: 1948 in Peoria, Illinois. Dan Simmons was born in Peoria, Illinois, in 1948, and grew up in various cities and small towns in the Midwest, including Brimfield, Illinois.
- Danielle Simmons Born: 1983 in Chicago, IL. The author was born in Chicago, IL, attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and now resides in Chicago Ridge, IL.
- Nikita Napier Simone Born: N/A. N/A
- Jeanne Hurley Simon Born: Chicago, Illinois. Simon lived in Madison County, making Makanda her home for many years.
- John Y. Simon Born: 1933 in Highland Park, Illinois. John taught at the University of Illinois for 44 years.
- Mary Manz Simon Born: Oak Park, IIlinois. Born and raised in the Chicagoland area, Mary Manz Simon earned a bachelor's degree from Illinois State University, a master's degree from Erikson Institute for Early Childhood Education of Loyola University, Chicago, and a doctorate from St. Louis University.
- Paul Simon Born: November 29, 1928 in Eugene, Oregon. Paul M. Simon lived in Springfield, Makanda and Troy, Illinois.
- Scott Simon Born: 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. Simon is a Chicago native.
- Daniel Simons . Simons moved to Illinois in 2002. He is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the university of Illinois, where he directs the Visual Cognition Laboratory. He lives in Champaign.
- Dick Simpson Born: . Simpson lived and taught in Chicago for approximately 30 years.
- Shanna Simpson Born: in Oswego, Illinois. Simpson was born and raised in Oswego. She graduated from Oswego High School and earned her degree in journalism from North Central College in Naperville. She currently works at the Oswego Public Library.
- Lorelei Sims Born: 1962. Sims lives in Charleston, Illinois.
- April Sinclair Born: 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. April is a Chicago native who graduated from Calumet High School in Chicago. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Illinois University in Macomb.
- Harold Sinclair Born: 1907 in Chicago, Illinois. Sinclair was born in Chicago and lived the majority of his life in the Bloomington/Normal area.
- Upton Sinclair Born: September 20, 1878 in Baltimore, Maryland. Sinclair was most famous for his novel, 'The Jungle' which caused a public uproar that contributed to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. He worked in the Chicago stockyards as research for this novel.
- Nancy W. Sindelar . Sindelar received her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University, a master’s degree from DePaul University, a certificate of advanced studies from Concordia University, and a doctor of philosophy degree from Loyola University of Chicago. She was a visiting scholar with the English faculty at Cambridge University, England and served a four-year term as president of Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy Alumni Board.
- Sandy Sinnett Born: in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Sinnett is a native of Mt. Vernon and a 1987 graduate of Mt. Vernon high school.
- Eugene Kal Siskel Born: 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. Gene was born and raised in Chicago.
- Maureen Teresa Skaggs Born: 1987 in Joliet, IL. I was born and raised in Joliet, and graduated from Columbia College Chicago. I wrote 'The Tail of Gigi' while back in Joliet, and that's where I found out about Windy City Pubslishers, located in Rolling Meadows, who published the book. I now currently live in Chicago.
- Patricia Skalka Born: Chicago, Illinois . Skalka is a Chicago native. She now divides her time between Chicago and Door County, Wisconsin.
- Ellen Skerrett Born: . Skerrett is a noted Chicago historian.
- Bob Skilnik Born: 1950 in Chicago, Illinois. Skilnik was born in and lives in Chicago.
- Cornelia Otis Skinner Born: 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. Cornelia was born in Chicago.
- Rebecca Skloot Born: in Springfield, Illinois. Skloot was born in Springfield and lived there until she was ten years old. She now lives in Chicago.
- Edith Skom Born: N/A. Edith lives in Winnetka.
- Suzanne Slade Born: 1964 in Harvey, Illinois. Slade was born in Harvey and lived in Libertyville for years.
- William Sleator Born: 1945 in Havre de Grace, Maryland. N/A
- Peter Slevin Born: . Slevin is an associate professor at Northwestern University in Evanston.
- Jack R. Van Der Slik Born: 1936 Kalamazoo, MI. *Professor Emeritus of political studies and public affairs and senior scholar in the Illinois Legislative Studies Center, Sangamon State University, Springfield
- James Park Sloan Born: 1945 . Sloan was a Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Mark Sloan Born: . Mark Sloan received his MD degree from the University of Illinois in Chicago in 1979.
- Kendra Slone Born: Illinois. Slone is a native Illinoisian who lives in a quiet, small town.
- Andrea Witzke Slot . Witzke Slot taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago. While in Chicago, she was also an associate editor at Rhino Poetry as well as the book review editor for Fifth Wednesday.
- Mark Slouka Born: 1958 in Queens, New York. Slouka worked at the University of Chicago.
- David Smallwood Born: 1955. Smallwood lived in the greater Chicago area. He had a Bachelor of Art's Degree in Interpersonal and Mass Communications from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also attended Shimer College in Mount Carroll.
- Janet Levarie Smarr Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. She was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Laura Smetana . Smetana lives in the Chicago suburbs.
- Allen W. Smith, PhD . Smith is Professor emeritus of Eastern Illinois University.
- LaVerne A. Smith-Bell Born: April 22 in Tyronza, Arkansas. Smith-Bell currently resides in Chicago.
- Art Smith Born: . Art lives in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood.
- Brett H Smith Born: 1965, in Champaign, Illinois. Smith was born in Champaign and attended Rantoul public schools from K-12. He has degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S.), Northern Seminary (M.Div.), and Northwestern University (Ph.D.). He's served as a minister at University Baptist and First Baptist in Champaign.
- Brian R. Smith Born: 1962 in Iowa. For the last twenty years, Smith has resided in the Chicago suburbs. He currently lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Bryan Smith . Smith has been an adjunct lecturer at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, as well as at Columbia College of Chicago.
- Carl Smith Born: . Smith is a professor at Northwestern University in Evanston.
- Carl T. Smith Born: 1937 in Chicago, Illinois. Smith was born in Chicago and lived there for the first two years of his life.
- Chandler Klang Smith Born: . Smith is a Springfield native.
- Charles J. Smith . Smith grew up on the south side of Chicago.
- Craig Smith Born: . The author's alma mater is Southern Illinois University.
- Cynthia L. Smith Born: 1967 in Kansas City. Smith lived in Illinois.
- Cynthia Leitich Smith Born: in Kansas City. Lived in Illinois.
- Dan Smith Born: . Smith lives in Chicago.
- Daniel P. Smith Born: 1980 in Chicago . Smith is a native Chicagoan. He lives in Woodridge and is a 2003 graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
- Ed H Smith Born: in Mississippi. Ed Smith received his Masters Degree from Northeastern Illinois University and served in the Chicago City Council for 27 years.
- Freda Love Smith . Smith lives in Evanston. She was a lecturer and undergraduate advisor for the Northwestern University Department of Radio/Television/Film until 2022.
- Greg Leitich Smith Born: . Leitich Smith grew up in a German American neighborhood on the north side of Chicago and attended Lane Tech High School. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Henry Justin Smith Born: 1875 in Chicago, Illinois. Henry Smith was a life long resident of Illinois. He attended the Morgan Park Military Academy and the University of Chicago.
- Ian K. Smith Born: 1969 in Danbury, Connecticut . Dr. Smith completed the last two years of his medical education and graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.
- Imogene Henderson Smith Born: Decatur, Illinois. Imogene received her B. Ed degree from Illinois State university and lived in St. Charles, Il.
- Jad Smith Born: . Smith lives in Southern Illinois.
- James Morton Smith Born: . He attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Jane S. Smith Born: . The author lives in Chicago and has previously taught at Northwestern.
- Jared R.W. Smith Born: 1950 in Cleveland, Ohio. Smith lives in Lisle, Illinois.
- Jennifer L. Smith Born: . Author lives in Jacksonville, Illinois.
- John W Smith Born: East St. Louis, Illinois. Smith was born in East St. Louis. He spent a major portion of his youth in Illinois and currently lives in Highland.
- Kent Smith Born: . Kent Smith is the art director for the Illinois State Museum.
- Madeline Babcock Smith Born: June 11, 1887 in Rochester, Illinois. Babcock Smith was a lifelong resident of Illinois. She was born in Rochester, lived in Springfield from 1892 - 1918, and then lived most of her life in Decatur.
- Marc Kelly Smith Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. Smith is a native Chicagoan and born on the southeast side of the city.
- Marya Smith Born: . Marya Smith lives in rural northwestern Illinois.
- Max Smith Born: . Smith lives in Chicago.
- Patricia Lee Smith Born: 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. Smith was born in Chicago.
- Patricia Smith Born: 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. Smith was born and raised in Chicago. She attended Southern Illinois University and Northwestern University.
- Richard Norton Smith Born: 1953 in Leominster, MA . Richard was appointed Founding Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, in Springfield, Illinois.
- Ronald L. Smith Born: . Smith lived in Chicago for 15 years.
- Sam Smith Born: 1948 in Brooklyn, New York. Since October, 2008 sports journalist Sam Smith has been doing all his writing and continuing his popular NBA column exclusively on the the Chicago Bulls' web site, Bulls. com.
- Shawn Smith Born: N/A. Smith lives in Libertyville, Illinois.
- Sherri L Smith Born: Chicago, IL. . Smith was born in Chicago.
- Sindy Lynne Smith Born: 1960 in Belleville, Illinois. Sindy Smith was born in Belleville, Illinois in 1960. Her Father, Benjamine Geoppo was first generation Italian, her Mother is Betty Brown. Sindy attended public schools in Belleville, Illinois. She graduated from SWIC with a Associate of Applied Science Degree in Marketing Management, and went to Concordia University Wisconsin, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She attended McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois, where she worked on her Master's Degree in Special Education. Her first children's book, ''LITTLE LUCY LOU'' was written in Belleville, Illinois at historic Wirsing Manor, which is also the setting of the book. Wirsing Manor is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is inside the Old Belleville Historic District as well. The book is set at this lovely imposing 14 room manor home dating back to 1845, which many believe to be haunted. One of the characters in Sindy's book is Lindsay, a real child that was born and raised at Wirsing Manor, while her Mother, Sindy, wrote the story, which is part of a children's book series. The author still resides in Belleville, Illinois, whith her husband Attorney Kevin J. Kubitschek, and daughter Lindsay Amanda. Sindy has been featured in the ''Belleville News Democrat'', and the ''Sparta Plainddealer''. She has been the St. Clair County Illinois Young Author's Conference guest spaeaker, has been interviewed by WHCO radio in Sparta, Illinois, and was interviewed by Norm Greenburg, and was featured on THE NORM GREENBURG SHOW. Sindy was the featured Author at the Schmidt Art Center at Southwestern Illinois College for the Creative Kids Workshop. She has also done numerous book signings in, and around the Metro East area. Sindy is a past member of the Belleville Historic Preservation Commission for the City of Belleville. She has restored numerous historic buildings within the City of Belleville, and Sparta, Illinois. Sindy is in the middle of having four other children's books published, which also are set at Wirsing Manor in Belleville, Illinois. She does all of her own illustrations for her books.
- Hollie Smurthwaite Born: . Smurthwaite lives in Chicago.
- James R. Snedden Born: 1933 in Peoria, Illinois. James Sneeden was born and raised on the Illinios Prairie.
- Johnie T Snedeker Born: 1941, in Laporte, Indiana. Snedeker was raised in Marshall and graduated from Marshall High School. His great-great-grandfather homesteaded in Clark County in the 1830's and his family lived there ever since. His father was a building contractor and built James Jones's mansion in 1953 as well as the buildings that made up the Handy Writers Colony. James Jones became a good friend of his father, rode motorcycles with him and was in and out of their lives like family. It was his experience meeting Jones and Lowney Handy that planted the seed of my desire to write. One of the protagonists in 'Betrayed, Deserted, Forgotten' is shown to grow up in a rural Illinois town patterned after Marshall. The two 'Deputy' books are set in 'Sagamon' County, but Clark is described. Snedeker currently lives in Clark County on a farm that has been in his wife's family for over a hundred years.
- Christine Sneed Born: 1971 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Sneed lived in Libertyville, Evanston and Champaign. She taught for the MFA program at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign and the graduate writing program at Northwestern University.
- Andrew Snorton Born: Normal, Illinois. Snorton was born in Normal.
- Karen Snow . Snow is associate professor and PhD program director in the Graduate School of Library & Information Science at Dominican University, River Forest.
- John Francis Snyder Born: 1830 . Snyder was born in St. Clair county and lived most of his life in Cass county.
- Frank Sobocienski Born: . Frank has worked directing films in Chicago, Illinois.
- Carl Soderstrom, MD . Soderstrom grew up in Streator.
- Michael Soffer . Soffer lives in Skokie.
- David M. Sokol Born: . The author lives in Oak Park.
- Winton U Solberg Born: . Professor at the University of Illinois.
- Inger L Sole Born: 1960 in Norway. Inger lives in the Urbana – Champaign area.
- Lothar E. Soliwon Born: . Soliwon has lived and worked in Springfield and Chicago.
- Joey Soloway Born: 1965 in Chicago, Illinois . Soloway is a Chicago native. They were born in Chicago and grew up in South Commons, a modernist experimental community in Chicago’s Bronzeville. Soloway moved to Chicago’s near north side and attended Ogden Elementary School and Lane Technical College Prep High School.
- Sharon Solowitz Born: N/A. Sharon Solowitz lives in the Chicagoland area.
- Patrick Somerville Born: 1979 in Wisconsin. Somerville lives in Chicago and teaches in the master's in fine arts programs of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
- Rachel Sontag Born: . Author grew up in Evanston.
- Sammy Sosa Born: San Pedro De Marcoris, Dominican Republic. Played for the Chicago Cubs from 1992 through 2004.
- Jean Sousa Born: in Boston, Massachusetts. Sousa lives in Chicago. She recieved her MFA at, taught at and is a professional museum educator at the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Gerry Souter Born: . Souter attended the art institute in Chicago and now lives in Arlington Heights.
- Janet Souter Born: . Souter attended the Art Institute of Chicago and now lives in Arlinton Heights.
- Ruth Souther Born: 1952 in Champaign, Illinois. Souther was born in Champaign and raised in Central Illinois. She currently resides in Auburn.
- Thomas Sowell Born: 1930 in Gastonia, North Carolina. Thomas was born in North Carolina but grew up in Harlem. In 1968 he earned his doctorate degree in economics from the University of Chicago.
- Jennie Spallone Born: . Lives in Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
- Carleka Spann . Spann lives in Mt. Vernon.
- Pervis Spann Born: 1932 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. Spann enlisted in the U. S. Army toward the end of the Korean War. After completing his service, he moved to Chicago and settled down.
- Joanne L Sparks Born: 1959 in Chicago, Illinois. Joanne L. Sparks was born and raised on the south side of Chicago, in an Irish-American neighborhood.
- Carol Spelius Born: 1920 in North Dakota. Carol Spelius was a long time resident of Deerfield, Illinois before moving to Idaho.
- Cornelia Maude Spelman . Spelman has lived in Evanston since 1981.
- Clark Christian Spence Born: 1923 in Great Falls, Montana. Clark Christian Spence taught at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
- Iris Spencer-Baxter . Spencer-Baxter lived and worked in Springfield.
- Harry Spiller Born: 1945 in Marion, Illinois. Spiller was born in Marion. He received a BS in Criminal Justice, a BA in Political Science, and an MPA at Southern Illinois University. He resides in West Frankfort, Illinois.
- Carol Spindel Born: Memphis, Tennessee. Carol Spindel is an ADJ Lecturer of English at the University of Illinois.
- Erica Spindler Born: Rockford, Illinois . Erica's hometown is Rockford, Illinois. She now lives with her family in New Orleans.
- Chuck Spinner Born: 1946 in Naperville, Illinois. Spinner was born and raised in Naperville, Illinois.
- Ruth Spiro Born: 1964 in Chicago, IL. Spiro was born in Chicago and attended Stone Elementary School (now Stone Scholastic Academy) where she proudly served as Principal for a Day in 2008. She attended Highland Park High School. Ruth graduated with a BS in Communications/Advertising from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and earned an MBA from Loyola University of Chicago. She currently resides in Deerfield.
- Elsie Lee Splear Born: 1909 in Kankakee County, Illinois. Elsie was born on a farm in Kankakee, County and lived there her whole life.
- T.M. Spooner Born: . Spooner is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and served three years in the U. S. Army. T. M. Spooner lives in Crystal Lake, Illinois.
- Kristina Springer . Springer grew up in a suburb west of Chicago. She attended Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, and graduated from Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois and DePaul University in Chicago. She still lives in the Chicago suburbs today.
- P. Gregory Springer Born: Urbana, Illinois. Springer lives in Urbana, Illinois.
- F. Burleigh Willard, Sr. Born: 1920. Willard lived in Lincoln.
- Jesse Jackson, Sr. Born: 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina. Jackson attended the Chicago Theological Seminary with the intent of becoming a minister, but dropped out in 1966 to focus full time on the civil rights movement. He was ordained in 1968, without a theological degree; awarded an honorary theological doctorate from Chicago in 1990; and received his Master of Divinity Degree based on his previous credits earned, plus his life experience and subsequent work, in 2000.
- Kurt A. Hill, Sr. Born: in . Hill lives in Chicago.
- Oacar De Priest Hand, Sr. Born: 1932 in Belmont, North Carolina. Oscar receivedhis BA from Northwestern University in Chicago and his MA from Governors state University.
- Thomas R. Jones, Sr. Born: 1944 in Quincy, Illinois. Tom was born in Quincy and spent his childhood in Peoria and Chicago. He lived in Springfield from 1980 until his death.
- Susan Srikant Born: in . Srikant lives in Urbana.
- Beth Staas Born: Oak Brook . I am a coal miner's daughter who lived in a trailer across the railroad tracks, a member of the 'Greatest Generation.' My parents were German immigrants, my father coming first to find a job and a place to live, then sending for the family. I was conceived in their joyous reunion, born in Cook County Hospital, Chicago. They didn't know that this was the beginning of the Great Depression. But after hard work and careful savings, they opened a mom and pop store with my brother and sister pitching in after school. Then came World War II with the business flourishing. I attended Wright Junior College with battle-hardened veterans, one of whom I married. Not surprisingly, all three of my novels describe events set in the Chicago area.
- Melanie Staggers Born: . Reverand Staggers lives and works in Chicago.
- Michael Lee Stallard Born: November 11, 1959 in Rockford, Illinois. Stallard was born in Rockford, Illinois. He graduated from Illinois State University in Bloomington, Illinois and DePaul University.
- Craig Steven Stanford Born: 1906 in Ottawa, Illinois. N/A
- Nancy L Stanford . Stanford was born and raised in southern Illinois. She currently resides in Salem.
- Jodee Stanley Born: . Works at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
- Roy M Stanley II Born: 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. Until leaving for college, Stanley lived in Western Springs, Illinois and went to Lyons Towship High School in LaGrange, Illinois.
- Carl Stanton Born: 1930 in Bond County. Stanton lives in Bunker Hill, Illinois.
- Maura Stanton Born: 1946 in Evanston, Ilinois. Maura was born and raised in Evanston, Illinois.
- Brent Staples Born: Chester, Pennsylvania. Brent Staples has a doctorate in psychology from the University Of Chicago. He has been a Adjunct Professor of Psychology at colleges in both Pennsylvania and Chicago, 1977-81. He was a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, 1982-83.
- Ken Stark Born: N/A. Stark grew up in Kankakee. He paints in rural Kankakee.
- Adam Starkopf Born: . Adam Starkopf lives in the Chicago, Illinois area.
- Vincent Starrett Born: October 26, 1886 in Toronto, Canada. Starrett's father moved the family to Chicago in the late 1890s. He attended John Marshall High School.
- Christopher Stasheff Born: Mt. Vernon, New York. Chris Stasheff retired from teaching in 2009, and moved back to Champaign, Illinois.
- Martin Staubus Born: April 18, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Shelby Steele Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Tom Michael Steele Born: 1944 in Moline, Illinois. I was born and raised in the Quad-Cities. I graduated from Rock Island High School, Augustana College, and the University of Illinois. I served in Vietnam from 1968-1969. I am a retired high school teacher. I taught at Geneseo High School for 31 years, and I was the chairman of the social studies department. During my teaching career, I was recognized with the PTA ''Educator of the Year Award'', a ''Western Illinois Master Teacher Award'', an ''Illinois State Board of Education Award of Excellence'', a ''USA Today Teacher Team Award'', and the ''U. S. State Department's American Councils Excellence in Teaching Award''. I have written three books, all centered in Illinois: Henry County, Wicker Park - Chicago, and Bishop Hill. My current historical novel is about Erik Jansson, the founder of the Bishop Hill Swedish settlement.
- Frances Cook Steen Born: 1851 in Xenia, Ohio. Frances Cook Steen was a prominent member of the Aledo, Illinois community from 1893 until her death in 1933.
- Penny Steffen . Steffen lives in the suburbs of Chicago.
- Peter Stehman Born: , in . Stehman lives in Collinsville. He holds a Bachelors in Mass Communication/Journalism and Masters in Public Administration, both from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.
- Tim Steil Born: . Mr. Steil is a television, radio, and print correspondent and has done work for the Chicago Tribune, the Daily Southtown Economist, and numerous national magazines. He currently lives in Chicago.
- Ellen FitzSimmons Steinberg, PhD Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Steinberg was born and raised in Chicago. She currently resides in River Forest, Illinois.
- Bruce Steinberg Born: 1958 in Skokie, Illinois. Steinberg lives in St. Charles, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana and earned his law degree from the Loyola School of Law, Chicago.
- Jules Steinberg Born: . A former north shore resident, Mr. Steinberg was past vice-president of the North American Retail Dealers Association. He is retired and lives in Tempe Arizona.
- Neil Steinberg Born: 1960 in Cleveland, Ohio. Neil Steinberg works for the Chicago Sun-Times and lives in the northern suburbs.
- Debra Stein Born: N/A. N/A
- Christopher Steiner Born: . Steiner worked as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Steiner continues to reside in Evanston.
- Sandra Steingraber Born: 1959 in Tazewell County, Illinois, . Sandra Steingraber was adopted as an infant. Steingraber grew up and spent most of her childhood in Tazewell County, Illinois
- Irving M. Stein Born: 1923 . The author was a teacher at Chicago Taft High school.
- Kevin Stein . Stein currently resides in central Illinois.
- Richard Conrad Stein Born: 1937 in Chicago, Illinois. Stein was born in and currently resides in Chicago.
- Leslie Stella Born: 1968 in Cleveland, Ohio. Leslie Stella has lived in both Cook and Lake County in Illinois. Her books are set in Chicago and include numerous historical, cultural and social references to the city and Chicagoland area.
- Roger Thompson Stelle . Stelle grew up in Mcleansboro.
- Ron Stelle Born: 1954 in Houston, Texas. Stelle has lived in Chicago since 2008.
- Anbritt Stengele Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Anbritt Stengele still resides in her hometown of Chicago.
- John J. Stephan Born: 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. Born in Chicago. During 1941-1951 and in 1953, Stephan spent summers at Hazelwood, the Walgreen estate in Dixon, Lee County. Stephan is the grandson of Charles R. Walgreen (1873-1939) and Myrtle Norton Walgreen (1879-1971).
- Ruth Stephan Born: 1910 in Chicago, Illinois. Ruth Stephan [née Charlotte Ruth Walgreen] was born in Chicago, the only daughter of Charles R. Walgreen (1873-1939) and Myrtle Norton (1879-1971). She attended University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and Northwestern University. In 1929, during her sophomore year at Northwestern, she married Illinois-born Justin Whitlock Dart (1907-1984), who became her father's protégé in the Walgreen Company. In 1935, the year that her father made headlines by withdrawing his niece from the University of Chicago (prompting an investigation for 'reds'), she made headlines by enrolling as a graduate student in UC. In 1939, she divorced Dart and married Illinois-born artist John Stephan (1906-1995). Illinois gubernatorial candidate Adlai Stevenson acted as her attorney in the legal case over custody of two Illinois-born sons by her first marriage, Justin Whitlock Dart, Jr. (1930-2002) and Peter Walgreen Dart (1933-1988). From ca. 1937 until her death, she served on the Board of Chicago's Library of International Relations, in Chicago. In 1939 and 1940, she published poems in Chicago-based ''Poetry'' magazine. Although she lived outside of Illinois from 1941 until her death in 1974, she maintained close ties with family and friends in Chicago, often returning during the Christmas holidays. Each summer, she spent time in Hazelwood, the Walgreen estate in Dixon, Lee County.
- Donald E. Stephen Born: in eastern Illinois . Stephen was born and raised on a farm (near the small towns of Martinsville and Casey) in eastern Illinois. He lives in Martinsville.
- Lisa L Sterling Born: 1972 in Baudette, Minnesota. Sterling was born Minnesota and raised as a military brat who traveled all over the country. She attended high school in O'Fallon and graduated from Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville with an Associate degree in Criminology and Early Childhood Education.
- Robert E. Sterling Born: Joliet, Illinois. N/A
- Guy Sternberg Born: 1947 in Harvey, Illinois. Sternberg was born in Harvey and now lives in Peoria, Illinois.
- James G. Sternburg Born: . Professor emeritus of entomology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Richard Gustave Stern Born: 1928 in New York, N.Y.. Richard Stern lived in Chicago and taught literature and creative writing at the University of Chicago from 1955 - 2001.
- Chris Stevens . Stevens lives in Pekin.
- Norman S Stevens Born: . Norman Stevens has lived in Wheaton Illinois as well as Kankakee, Illinois.
- Adlai E. Stevenson III Born: 1930 . Stevenson lives in Chicago.
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson Born: February 5, 1900 in Los Angeles, California. Adlai II was raised in Bloomington, Illinois and lived there through high school. He returned to Bloomington after withdrawing from Harvard Law School and attended Northwestern Illinois University School of Law after working for the family newspaper, ''The Daily Pantagaph''. After passing the bar exam, he moved to Chicago to work at the Cutting, Moore and Sidley Law Firm. Stevenson took several different positions in his career but, always returned to Illinois.
- Jennifer Stevenson Born: 1950's in Chicago, Illinois. Jennifer was born (as she says. . in Chicago in the 1950's) and raised in the Chicago area.
- Kathy Stevenson Born: N/A. Author works freelance for the Chicago Tribune, and her novel, The Lake Poet, is set in Lake Forest, Illinois.
- Leland Wells Stevenson Born: Venice, Illinois. N/A
- Joe Neil Steward Born: Anna, Illinois. N/A
- Timothy Stewart-Winter . Stewart-Winter lived in Chicago from 2002 to 2009 and was a member of the organization Queer to the Left. He received his Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago
- Debra J Stewart Born: 1965 in Mattoon, Illinois. Stewart was born and raised in Mattoon and went to school there as well. She received her GED through Lake Land College in Mattoon, and was one of three speakers at her GED commencement ceremony. She still resides in Mattoon today.
- James B. Stewart Born: 1957 in Quincy, Illinois. Stewart was born in Quincy, Illinois.
- Marjabelle Young Stewart Born: May 16, 1924 in Council Bluffs, Iowa . Moved to Kewanee, Illnois in 1965 after marrying attorney William E. Stewart.
- Mary Luanne Stewart Born: . Mrs. Stewart lives in Morrisonville, Illinois.
- Julie Stielstra Born: Ann Arbor, MI 1955. After completing a Master's degree in library Science in Arizona, I accepted a job with the University of Illinois Chicago library. I ended up as a medical librarian, working at MacNeal (Berwyn), Northwest Community (Arlington Heights), West Suburban (Oak Park), and finally Central DuPage (Winfield) Hospitals - all told, over 30 years in the Chicago area.
- Megan Stielstra Born: 1975 in Alma, Michigan . Stielstra teaches creative nonfiction at Northwestern University.
- Catherine Stier Born: Michigan. Catherine Stier lived in Schaumburg until 2008, when she relocated to Southwest Texas with her husband and two children.
- Jack Stillinger Born: . Dr. Stillinger is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Illinois.
- Larry Stillman Born: 1942 in Milawaukee, Wisconsin. Stillman lived in Vernon Hills, Illinois.
- Christy Stillwell Born: . Stillwell was born and raised in southern Illinois.
- Gay Stinnett Born: . Author lives in Springfield.
- Helen Stites Born: in Charleston, Illinois. Stites was born and raised in Charleston and currently resides in Clinton, Illinois.
- Jack Stockman Born: . Author lives in Chicago Area
- Kathy Stockman Born: . The author grew up in the Chicago area
- Herbert Lee Stoddard Born: 1889 in Rockford, Illinois. Stoddard was born in Rockford and worked at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago from 1913 to 1920.
- Inger Lisbeth Stole Born: 1960 in Norway. Inger is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communications at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana.
- Patricia (Pat) Stoltey Born: 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. I was born in Chicago but lived most of my childhood in downstate Illinois on a farm west of Champaign. I attended Seymour Grade School followed by high school at the University of Illinois Lab School in Urbana. My first two years of college were at the C-U campus of the University of Illinois. I spent one year in Oklahoma, then returned to Illinois until 1969. I finished work for my bachelor's degree at Ball State University in Indiana and worked in several states until my husband and I retired to Colorado. My maiden name was Swartz. Much of my family continued to live in Illinois most of their lives so I've been back to the state many times to visit family members. My first published novel, The Prairie Grass Murders (2007), was an amateur sleuth mystery partially set in that part of Illinois where I grew up. My fourth novel was a historical mystery set in East Central Illinois in the early 1800s in the fictitious Village of Sangamon. Wishing Caswell Dead (Five Star/Cengage Learing, December 20, 2017) was a finalist for a 2018 Colorado Book Award in the general fiction category. In Defense of Delia, to be released in November 2022, is set in that same fictitious Village of Sangamon, Illinois, four years later.
- Abigail Stone Born: in Champaign, Illinois. Abagail Stone was born in Champaign/Urbana, Illinois and now lives in Vermont.
- Geoffrey R. Stone Born: . From 1993 to 2002 Geoffrey R. Stone served as Provost of the University of Chicago.
- Irving Stone Born: in San Francisco, California. N/A
- Pam S. Stone Born: 1952 in Aurora, Illinois. Stone was born in Aurora, Illinois and grew up in Decatur where she drove to Springfield to attend Robert Morris University. She now lives in Mechanicsburg, Illinois.
- R.W. Stone Born: in Chicago, Illinois . He was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Ryan Stone Born: 1977 in Licking, Missouri. Ryan lives in Danville, Illinois.
- Hannah Storm Born: . Hannah as born in Oak Park, Illinois.
- Bettie Wilson Story Born: N/A. N/A
- Steve Stout Born: Galesburg, Il. Steve Stout now lives in Utica, Il.
- Matthew Stover Born: 1962 . Stover graduated from Danville High School in 1979. After graduating from college, he lived in Chicago for many years.
- Mark Strand Born: 1934 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Strand taught in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, from 1998 through 2005.
- Elizabeth Strauss Friedman . Strauss Friedman lives in Chicago. She earned her MA in Comparative Literature from Northwestern University, and taught English at the college level for ten years.
- Patty Streit Born: . Patty Streit lives in Morrisonville, Illinois
- Kim Strellis Born: 1958 in Carbondale, Illinois. Strellis was born in Carbondale. She went to a small rural home preschool near Crab Orchard Lake then attended K-1 in Carterville. She attended Unity Point in Makanda for 6th grade and went to jr. high and high school in Belleville. When Strellis remarried, she moved to Waterloo. She now divides her time between Waterloo and Chicago. She belongs to three writing groups: Living Stone Writers in Red Bud, Heartland Women's Writers Guild in Waterloo, and an over 55 creative writing group at the Chicago Cultural Center. Some of her poetry is inspired by Illinois influences. My book, It's All Good Fur!, includes the stories of seven Illinois dogs and their problems.
- Shirley Streshinsky Born: 1934 in Alton, Illinois. Streshinsky was born and raised in Alton, Illinois. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1956 with a degree in Journalism.
- Kim Strickland Born: . Strickland is a native Chicagoan.
- Herbert L Stricklin Born: 1965 in Joliet, IL. I was born in Joliet, IL. I grew up in Lockport, IL and attended Lockport Township High School. I went to loyola University for my undergraduate degree, and Benedictine University for graduate school. I lived for several years in Braidwood, IL, and now I reside in Wheaton, IL.
- Paul H. Stringham Born: March 17, 1913, Peoria, Illinois. Stringham was a native of Peoria.
- Alison Strobel Born: 1976 in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
- Lee Strobel Born: 1952 in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Lee is a former journalist for the Chicago Tribune.
- Paul Stroble Born: 1957 in Vandalia, Illinois. Born and raised in Vandalia (Fayette County), Illinois. He has written books and articles about Vandalia and also refers to Vandalia and Fayette County in his other writings.
- Stephanie Kate Strohm Born: , in New York. Strohm has lived in Chicago. <p />
- Cynda Strong Born: . Strong was born and raised in the Quad Cities of Iowa/Illinois and graduated from Rock Island High School in Rock Island, Illinois. She currently resides in Springfield, Illinois.
- Charles B. Strozier Born: . Strozier studied at the University of Chicago, and the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. He lived in Springfield for many years.
- Lucien Henry Stryk Born: April 7, 1924 in Poland. Stryk moved to Chicago at four years of age and served on the Northern Illinois University faculty as a Professor of English from 1958 until his retirement in 1991. He lives in Lake Bluff, Illinois.
- Leanne Stuckey . Stuckey resides in Chicago.
- Marguerite F Sturgis Born: 1925, in Rockford, Illinois. Sturgis was born and raised in Rockford. She graduated from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and lived in Rockford for 35 years before moving to California.
- Jason Sturner Born: in Harvey, Illinois. Jason Sturner was born in Harvey, Illinois, and has spent most of his life in the Tri-City area of the Fox River Valley.
- Denise Stybr Born: 1956 in Kansas City, MO. Styber lives and writes in Plainfield, Illinois.
- Marlys Marshall Styne Born: 1932 in Whitewater, Wisconsin. Marlys Styne lives and works in Chicago.
- Michael Dean Sublett Born: Kansas City, Missouri, 1943 . Born and raised in Missouri, I earned the B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) and M.A. in Geography from the University of Missouri. I moved to Illinois in 1967 to work on a PhD in Geography at The University of Chicago, a degree that I received in 1974. From 1970 to 2015 I was a professor in the Department of Geography-Geology at Illinois State University, and chaired the department from 1978 to 1988. Since 1971, I have lived in Normal, Illinois, and currently hold emeritus status at Illinois State. I served more than 25 years total in the Missouri Army National Guard, Illinois Army National Guard, and United States Army Reserve.
- Diana Sudyka . Sudyka lives in Evanston. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Northwestern University. <p />
- Misa Sugiura Born: Chicago, Illinois. Sugiura was born in Chicago and raised in the suburbs.
- Tom Suhrbur Born: . Mr. Suhrbur is an organizer for the Illinois Education Association based in Lombard.
- Brendan Sullivan Born: . Sullivan lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Floyd Sullivan Born: 1950 in Chicago, Illinois. Sullivan was born in Chicago. He grew up mostly in Oak Park and graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School (same as Ernest Hemingway!) in 1968. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago (Circle) in 1973 with a BA in history and currently lives in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago.
- John Sullivan . Sullivan lives in Chicago. <p />
- Kathryn Ann Sullivan Born: 1954 in Berkeley, IL. Sullivan was born and raised in Berkeley and lived in DeKalb for a few years while attending Northern Illinois University. She moved to West Chicago while finishing her masters degree in Library Science and working at the West Chicago Public Library.
- Kimberly L. Sullivan Born: 1965 in Chicago, Illinois. Sullivan was born in Chicago and grew up on the south west side of Chicag. She now lives in Yorkville, Illinois.
- Louis Henry Sullivan Born: September 13, 1856 in Boston, Massachusetts. Architect and author worked in Chicago 1895-1924, where he died.
- Nancy Nau Sullivan Born: 1945 in San Francisco, California. Although a native Californian--her father was a Navy man based out of the Golden Gate City--she grew up from age three months in Lansing, Illinois near her grandfather's farm. One of her first recollections is of a sunny summer day when one of 'Pa's' cows stepped on her and broke her collar bone. Life was not so perilous from then on. She is the the eldest of seven, grew up on wild asparagus and gooseberries, and always drifts away each summer when she sees the cotton wood 'fairies' floating in the air. She left Illinois at 18 to go to college, and returned many years later to live in Chicago and teach and write. Her new memoir, ''The Last Cadillac'', was mostly written on the sixth floor of a vintage building overlooking the Newberry and Washington Park. The seasons come and go, but Illinois holds its own wonders and charm for her. . . .
- Jim Summaria Born: Chicago, Illinois . Summaria was born and raised in Chicago. He is currently based out of Algonquin.
- Miranda Sun . Sun makes her home in Chicagoland, where she drinks iced coffee in the dead of winter and keeps an eye out for magic hidden in plain sight.
- Cass R. Sunstein Born: 1954 in Concord, MA. Professor Sunstein taught at the University of Chicago from 1981 through 2008.
- Andrew Suozzo Born: . Suozzo is from Chicago and a professor of modern languages at DePaul University.
- Rima A. Suqi Born: in Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Tereasa Surratt . Surratt is from Southern Illinois. She graduated from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale's School of Art and Design. She now lives in Chicago.
- Susan Sussman Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Susan has lived in Chicago most of her life.
- Robert Donald Sutherland Born: November 4, 1937 in Blytheville, Arkansas. Robert taught at Illinois State University and lives in Bloomington.
- Patricia Sutton Born: . Sutton lived in Schaumburg for twenty years and spent most of that time teaching at Lincoln Prairie School, in Hoffman Estates. This former elementary/middle school teacher was a Golden Apple Award finalist for teacher excellence in the Chicago area.
- Christine Swanberg Born: 1949 in Rockford, Illinois. Swanberg was born in and still resides in Rockford, Illinois.
- Roy Swanberg Born: in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Swanberg lives in Princeton.
- Lynn Swango Born: Fair Grange, Illinois. Lynn Swango grew up in a very small town near Charleston, Illinois.
- Denise Swanson Born: In Illinois. Denise is from Plainfield, Illinois.
- James L Swanson Born: February 12 in Chicago, Illinois. Swanson was born in Chicago on Lincoln's birthday and attended The University of Chicago where he was a student of Illinois author, John Hope Franklin.
- Troy A Swanson Born: 1976 in Cambridge, IL. Swanson was born in Kewanee and grew up in Cambridge. He attended Augustana College in Rock Island as an undergraduate and finished by Master's Degree at Dominican University in River Forest.
- Robert Sward Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Robert was born and raised on the North Side of Chicago.
- Kristina Swarner Born: in . Swarner lives in Chicago.
- Neva Swartz Born: . Neva is a life long Illinois resident.
- Joan Sweeney Born: Toledo, Ohio. Sweeney currently resides in Evanston, Illinois.
- Julia Anne Sweeney Born: 1959 in Spokane, Washington. Sweeney is married to scientist Michael Blum. Blum and Sweeney, along with their adopted daughter Mulan, have lived in the Chicago suburbs since 2009
- Robert Burdette Sweet Born: 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. Robert Sweet was born and lived in Illinois until 1970 when he moved to San Jose State University as an associate professor of of English.
- Irma Joan Swierk-Allen Born: N/A. N/A
- Brian P. Swift . Swift lives in the Chicago area.
- Lauren Collier Swindler Born: in Kansas. Lauren lives in Normal, Illinois.
- Judy Swinson . Swinson currently resides in Centralia.
- Anthony Michael Swoope Born: 1985 in Chicago, IL. I was born and raised on the south side of Chicago. Growing up in the inner city of Chicago has inspired me to reach as far as possible to obtain goals. I relocated to Homewood Illinois, where I attended Homewood-Flossmoor highschool. After highschool I attended Southern Illinois Univeristy in Carbondale Illinois. Although it was a brief stint, I still had the oppurtunity to major in film production, which I intend to put to use. I have currently written one book entitled ''Evidence'', which is an uplifting and inspring story about a rebelious teen, who is in search of finding himself, in a so-called perfect world. I currently reside in South Holland Illinois and I have dreams of obtaining a Nobel Peace Prize. Once my novel is able to generate success, I have intents to turn ''Evidence'' into a major film.
- Rene Syler Born: @ Scott Air Force Base in O'Fallon, Illinois. Ms. Syler was born in O'Fallon Illinois at Scott Air Force Base.
- Ed Sylvia Born: N/A. N/A
- Beth Szillagyi Born: 1956 in Gary, Indiana. Szillagyi resides in Petersburg, Illinois.
- Michael Tackett Born: . Tackett lived in Chicago. While there, he earned his law degree at John Marshall Law School and worked for the Chicago Tribune.
- Elizabeth Tallent Born: August 8, 1954 in Washington, DC. Tallent graduated from Illinois State University with a BA in 1975.
- Lakisha Marie Tanksley Born: January 23, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois. Tanksley was raised on Chicago's West Side by her mother, whom she described as her biggest supporter.
- Maureen Tan Born: in Oceanside, Calilfornia. Maureen lived in Chicago as a child and now lives in Champaign. She graduated from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.
- Edward Everett Tanner III Born: May 18,1921 in Evanston, Illinois. Tanner was born in Chicago and was raised in Evanston. He attended Evanston Township High School.
- Gail Tanzer Born: 1945, in Chicago, Illinois. Tanzer was born and raised in Argo. She attended Augustana College and received a master's degree from the University of Chicago. She currently resides in Lombard.
- Alan Tardi Born: 1956 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago and grew up in Evanston, Illinois.
- Natasha Tarpley Born: 1971 in Chicago, Illinois. Tarpley is a resident of the Historic Pullman neighborhood in Chicago.
- Sandra L. Tatara Born: . The author lives in Crete, Illinois.
- Christie Tate . Tate lives in Chicago. She graduated at the top of her class from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where she served as an academic tutor for Torts and Contracts and was an editor of the law journal. She also earned a Master’s degree in Humanities from the University of Chicago.
- Elizabeth D. Tate Born: . Elizabeth D. Tate, FNP, C. , MN, is a Research Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Instructor at Southern Illinois School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois.
- Marvin Tate Born: Chicago, Illinois. Tate was born in Chicago and grew up in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago's westside.
- Tanner Tattini Born: Hinsdale, Illinois. N/A
- Carol Tauber Born: . Carol Tauber is the former public relations director of Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Illinois.
- Margaret Taylor-Burroughs Born: 1917 in St. Rose, Louisiana,. Burroughs was born in St. Rose, Louisiana, and by the time she was five years old the family had moved to Chicago. There she attended Englewood High School along with Gwendolyn Brooks, who in 1985-1986 served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (now United States Poet Laureate).
- Edward Robeson Taylor Born: September 22, 1838 in Springfield, Illinois. Taylor was born in Springfield, Illinois.
- Elizabeth Taylor Born: . Taylor lives in Chicago.
- Florance Walton Taylor Born: July 19, 1889 in Danville, Illinois. Taylor was born in Danville and in the 1916 graduating class of Danville High School.
- Jacqueline Taylor Born: 1985 in New York. Taylor lived in Chicago from 2005 - 2013 while serving a year as an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow with a placement at Kent State University and while working at DePaul University.
- Karl K. Taylor . Taylor lives in Washington, Illinois.
- Robert Lewis Taylor Born: 1912 in Carbondale, Illinois. Taylor was born in Carbondale. He attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale for one year and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Arts in 1933.
- Sandra J. Taylor Born: 1944, in Springfield, Illinois. Taylor was born in Springfield but moved to Phoenix, Arizona with her family when she was nine years old. After retiring, she moved back to Springfield, and currently resides in Leland Grove, a village of Springfield.
- Troy Taylor Born: 1966 in Decatur, Illinois. Taylor was born in Decatur, Illinois and currently resides in Chicago's West Loop area.
- Yuval Taylor Born: 1963 in California. Taylor lives in Chicago.
- Tom Teague Born: September 11, 1943 in Kansas City, Missouri. Teague attended Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Illinois and received a master's degree in public affairs reporting from Sangamon State University in Springfield, Illinois. After receiving his master's, he continued to live in Springfield until his death.
- Emily Gray Tedrowe . Tedrowe lives in Chicago.
- Alice Marion Teisan Born: 1962 in Detroit, MI. Teisan currently resides Wheaton.
- James Teitelbaum Born: in Cleveland, Ohio. Teitelbaum lives in Chicago and teaches at Chicago College.
- Rick Telander Born: 1948 in Peoria, Illinois. Rick Telander is a native of Peoria, Illinois and attended Northwestern University on a football scholarship. He played for coach Alex Agase as a cornerback (and punter junior year),making All-Big Ten his senior season and two-time All-Big Ten Academic. His teammates included Mike Adamle, who is also now a member of the Chicago media.
- Diane Telgen Born: Ann Arbor, Michigan. Telgen currently resides in Chicago.
- Sue Telingator Born: 1962 in Chicago, Illinois. Telingator was born in Chicago and lived there until she was 18.
- Joanne Telser-Frere Born: Chicago, Illinois. Telser-Frere was born in Chicago and lIves in Evanston.
- Nicholas Temperley Born: . Nicholas is a professor emeritus of music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Sunderine Temple Born: 1936 in Wardell, Missouri. Lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Wayne C. Temple Born: 1924 in Delaware County, Ohio. Dr. Temple lives in Springfield.
- Louis 'Studs' Terkel Born: May 16, 1912 in New York City, New York. At the age of eight, Terkel moved with his parents to Chicago. He was raised and educated in Chicago and continued to live there the remainder of his life.
- Eric L Terlizzi . Terlizzi lives in Salem.
- Rachel Terry . Terry resides in rural Illinois.
- Rudolph Tessler Born: Viseu, Romania. Rudolph Tessler came to America in 1947 and lives in Chicago.
- Judith Testa Born: 1943 in New York . Testa taught at Northern Illinois University and currently resides in St. Charles.
- Ravina Thakkar Born: . Thakkar lives in Plainfield.
- Andrew J. Theising Born: . Theising is a professor of political science at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
- John Theodore Born: 1946 in Chicago, Illinois. Theodore was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He raised his family in suburban Hinsdale, Illinois and now resides in Chicago.
- Benjamin P. Thomas Born: 1902 in Springfield, Illinois. Thomas was born and raised in Springfield.
- Matthew Thomas Born: in New York. Thomas earned his BA from the University of Chicago.
- Mike Thomas Born: . Thomas lives in Chicago.
- Pattie Thomas Born: in Chicago. Thomas was raised in Chicago, Illinois and still lives in Illinois. She studied broadcasting at Chicago State University (B. A. ) and completed her master's degree at Columbia College Chicago (Arts, Entertainment & Media Management).
- Richard Thomas Born: 1967 in St. Louis, MO. Thomas has lived in Chicago area since 1990. He graduated from Bradlely University in Peoria. Many of his stories are set in Illinois/Chicago, including ''Terrapin Station in Pear Noir!'' that was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
- Richard L. Thomas Born: Mattoon, Illinois. Richard grew up in Broomcorn Country around Humboldt, Illinois.
- Ruth St. John Thomas Born: 1927 in Toledo, Illinois. Ruth was born and raised in Illinois.
- Teratineka Thomas Born: 1981 in Chicago, Illinois. Teratineka lives and works in Chicago.
- Andrea Thome . Thome currently lives in Chicago with her family. Andrea is a member of the Woman's Board for Children's Home and Aid in Chicago and is involved with several other organizations including Misericordia and West Suburban Community Pantry. Her husband, Jim Thome, played for the Chicago White Sox from 2006-2009 and currently works in their offices.
- Nafissa Thompson-Spires . Thompson-Spires lives in Champaign. She was an Assistant Professor of English, African American Studies, and Jewish Culture and Society at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
- Betty F. Thompson Born: 1931 in Hamil, Arkansas. Thompson lives in Mahomet.
- Jean Thompson Born: N/A. Thompson currently resides in Urbana, Illinois.
- John Thompson Born: . Author writes about the Illinois River south of Peoria to the confluence with the Mississippi and how drainage and flood protection altered the natural habitat.
- Lowell D. Thompson Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Lowell D. Thompson is a Chicago-born,(Chicago's South Side) bred and based artist/writer/creative catalyst.
- Mike Thompson Born: . Mike worked as a cartoonist for the St. Louis Sun and the Copley Illinois newspapers.
- Nathan Thompson . Thompson is a native Chicagoan.
- Peter J. Thompson Born: . The author lives in the Chicago Suburbs.
- Stacey S Thompson Born: Logansport, Indiana. Stacy resides in Wheeling, Illinois.
- Tony Thompson . Thompson lives in Okawville.
- Victoria Thompson Born: Washington, D.C., on July 25, 1948. Thompson lives in the Chicago area. <p />
- Brad Thor Born: 1969 in Chicago, Illinois. Thor was born and raised in Chicago.
- Denise Thornton Born: . Denise is from Central Illinois.
- Rosemary Thornton Born: N/A. Rosmary lived in Alton, Illinois.
- Travis Thrasher Born: . Travis Thrasher moved to the Chicago area during his junior year of high school. He continues to reside there today.
- Roger Thurow Born: . Thurow lives in and is based out of Chicago.
- Xixi Tian Born: China. Tian grew up in Central Illinois. She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Austin Tichenor . Tichenor has lived in Chicago for over 15 years.
- Dirk I Tiede . Tiede was a graphic artist in Chicago. He earned his BFA in commercial art from Millikin University in Decatur.
- Thomas Tierney Born: Missouri. Tierney was raised in Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois Champagne-Urbana.
- Mamie Till-Mobley Born: 1921 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. Till-Mobley's family moved to Argo, Illinois in 1924 when she was two years old and lived there for most of her life. She was the first black student to make the 'A' Honor roll and only the fourth black student to graduate from the predominantly white Argo Community High School. She graduated from Chicago Teachers College in 1956 and received an Masters in Administration from Loyola in 1976.
- Karlene Tillie Born: . Tillie lives in the suburbs of Chicago.
- Patty Ann Tillman-Wilson Born: May 23, 1955 in Centralia, Illinois. Tillman-Wilson lives in a small town in Illinois where she enjoys sitting on her quaint front porch where she draws inspiration for her writings.
- Charles Anthony Tillman Born: 1981 in Chicago, Illinois. Tillman was born in Chicago. He played for the Chicago Bears from 2003 - 2014.
- Christiana Holmes Tillson Born: 1798 in Kingston, Massachuesetts. The author was an early Illinois pioneer who settled with her husband in Hillsboro, Illinois.
- Amy Timberlake Born: in Seattle, Washington. Timberlake graduated with her Masters from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She currently resides in Chicago.
- Paul Timm Born: 1968 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Paul Timm was raised just outside of Chicago in Hickory Hills and attended the University of Illinois in Champaign. He lived in Oak Park for 12 years, five years in Lombard and currently resides in Lemont.
- J.J. Tindall Born: Minneapolis, MN in 1961 . He grew up in Naperville, Illinois, attended Illinois State University and Northeastern Illinois University and has lived in Chicago since 1986.
- Donald Fred Tingley Born: 1922 in Marshall, Illinois. Tingley was born in Marshall, Illinois. He lived in several Illinois communities including: Savoy, Charleston and Springfield, Illinois. He died in Urbana, Illinois. Tingley was also a descendant of the first European settlers of Clark County Illinois.
- Bill Tinley Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Tinley was born in Chicago.
- Karen Tintori Born: September 1, 1948 in East Lansing, Michigan. Karen wrote about the Cherry Mine Disaster in Cherry, Illinois - the worst mine fire in US history.
- Nora Titone Born: . Author lives in Chicago
- Charles Titus Born: . Titus is an emeritus member of the history department at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
- Pamela Todd Born: N/A. Pamela Todd lives in Oak Park, Illinois.
- Traci N. Todd Born: . Todd is a Chicago native.
- Patricia Toht . Toht lived in Chicago. <p />
- Pamela D Toler . Toler lives in Chicago. She has a PhD in South Asian history from the University of Chicago.
- Lita Tomas Born: Chanute Air Force Base, in Champaign, Illinois. Tomas lives in Downers Grove.
- Steve Tomasula Born: . Tomasula grew up along the industrial border between East Chicago and the South Side of Chicago, the locale used as the setting in his novel, IN&OZ. He earned both his MA and PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago. His book 'VAS: An Opera in Flatland is also set in Chicago and The Book of Portraiture is partially set in Chicago. He currently divides his time between the Uptown Neighborhood of Chicago and South Bend, Indiana.
- Jim Tomlinson Born: 1941 in Sycamore, Illinois. Tomlinson was born and raised in Sycamore, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois.
- Laura Mazzuca Toops Born: . Author lives in Wheaton.
- Joseph Barr Topinka Born: , in Berwyn, Illinois. Topinka was born in Berwyn and raised in Riverside. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science/Pre-Law and History and Northern Illinois University in DeKalb with a Doctorate in Law. He also graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law with a Master in Laws in Health Law. <p />
- Margot Toppen Born: 1973 in Toledo, Ohio. Margot Toppen moved to Illinois in the early '90s to attend Northwestern University and graduated with a BSJ in Journalism from Medill School of Journalism and a minor in dance. She has been actively employed in Chicago as both an editor and dance educator since 1995. As a dancer, her specialties are swing and ballroom dance and she has toured to schools as a Teaching Artist and assembly presenter for more than 15 years. In 2006, Margot founded [http://www. dancingwithclass. org Dancing with Class™], a youth outreach organization that teaches swing, ballroom and Latin dance to Chicago-area elementary kids. In her classes, it is common for the girls to be taller than the boys. She tells the story of real-life 1930s Lindy Hop dancers George Snowden ('Shorty George') and Beatrice Gay ('Big Bea') as a way of coaching students through this awkwardness. Her frequent telling of how George and Bea used their height difference to advantage to win contests is what inspired her children's book, ''JITTER BUGS!'' Now that her book is published, she is excited to share the story with children everywhere, especially in her home state of Illinois.
- Natalia G Toreeva Born: 1941, in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia. Toreeva was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia. She emigrated to USA in 1977 and has lived in Illinois since. She graduated DePaul University with MS in Computer Science. After graduation, she worked with IT companies, and is now a retired software engineer and system analyst, residing in Carol Stream.<p />
- Maria de Los Angeles Torres Born: . María de Los Angeles Torres is director and professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
- Cynthia Tottleben Born: 1970 in Greencastle, IN. I grew up in Greencastle, IN, and after several years in Colorado transferred with my job to the Peoria, IL area. My family has since transplanted to the Toulon area, and I currently work in Galesburg.
- Jeanne Towns Born: N/A. Jeanne Towns lives and works in Chicago, Il.
- Rick Tramonto Born: 1963 in Rochester, New York . Tramonto was executive chef and partner in Tru, a contemporary fine-dining restaurant from Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises in Chicago. He resides in Chicago.
- Vu Tran Born: in Saigon, Vietnam. Tran is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Arts in English and Creative Writing at the University of Chicago.
- Jonathan Travelstead . Travelstead lives and works in Southern Illinois.
- Carole A Travis-Henikoff Born: . The author divides her time between Chicago, Illinois, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
- Dempsey Jerome Travis Born: 1920 in Chicago, Illinois. Dempsey Travis was born and raised in Chicago.
- James Treat Born: in Anadarko, Oklahoma. Treat is a sixth-generation Illinoisan; his paternal ancestors have been in deep southern Illinois since 1819.
- Hollee Trent Born: 1998 in Champaign, Illinois. Hollee is a freshman at Central High School in Champaign.
- Natasha Trethewey Born: 1966 in Gulfport, Mississippi. Tretheway lives in Evanston.
- Amanda Trimble Born: Robinson, Illinois. Amanda grew up in Robinson, Illinois, and attended both the University of Illinois and DePaul University.
- Thomas Trimborn Born: in Milwaukee, Wisconsin . Dr. Trimborn has over thirty years teaching experience in Illinois (Director of Bands – Palatine High School 1968-85), and recieved a degree in Music Education from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois(Ph. D. ).
- William Trombello Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Charlie Trotter Born: September 8, 1959 in Wilmette, Illinois. Trotter was a native Chicagoan.
- Edward B. Trovillion Born: 1920 in Brownfield, Illinois. Trovillion was born in Brownfield and lived the majority of his adult life in Vienna. He received his undergraduate from the University of Illinois and his graduate degree from Southern Illinois University.
- Kristine J. Trudeau Born: 1952 in Urbana, IL. I tend to write what I know - that means I tend to lean toward writing about small town, Central Illinois. As a writer of Christian/Horror/Fiction, that also means I take liberties with real towns, areas and urban legends, and also create fictional ones.
- Smoky Trudeau Born: Aurora, Illinois. Smoky Trudeau was born in Aurora, Illinois. Graduated from North Central College in Naperville, Illinois and attended Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Smoky also currently resides in Illinois.
- Len Trumper Born: 1948 . Trumper lives in Springfield.
- Kitty Tsui Born: 1953 in Hong Kong. Tsui is a former resident of Chicago.
- Wilson Tucker (Arthur) Born: November 23, 1914 in Deer Creek, Illinois. Tucker was born in Deer Creek, Illinois and lived in Bloomington most of his life.
- Ernest Edward Tucker Born: 1919 in Chicago, Illinois. Ernest Tucker graduated from the University of Illinois. Ernest is the son of writer and clergyman Irwin St. John Tucker.
- Irwin St. John Tucker Born: 1886 in Mobile, Alabama. Itwin St. John Tucker lived and worked in Illinois most of his life. Irwin is the father of Illinois Author Ernest Tucker.
- Kathy Tucker Born: in Washington State. Tucker lives in Evanston, Illinois.
- Norma Jackie Tucker Born: Mt. Pleasant, Illinois. N/A
- W.D. Tucker Born: . He graduated from Illini Central High School in 2006.
- Al Tudyman Born: December 1, 1914 in Cook County Illinois. Tudyman was born in Cook County Illinois and attended Northwestern University. He taught in Westchester, Illinois and was a principal there. He was the assistant superintendent in charge of special education for the Board of Education in Cook County, Illinois.
- Billy Tuggle Born: . Tuggle was born and raised in the Chicagoland area. He still resides there today.
- Patricia Tunstall Born: . Patricia lives in Wheeling, Illinois.
- Joseph A. Tunzi Born: July 25, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Tunzi lives in Norridge.
- Mark Turcotte Born: North Dakota. Turcotte has lived in Chicago. He currently teaches at DePaul University.
- Wayne Turmel Born: in Mission, British Columbia. Lives in Chicago
- Barbara Turner Born: 1931 in Carmi, Illinois. Turner was born in Carmi and educated at Southern Illinois University in Carbaondale.
- Bernard C. Turner Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Turner was born in Bronzeville and educated in the Chicago Public School system. He studied German and History at the University of Illinois, Urbana, and at the University of Chicago.
- Dawn Turner . Dawn Turner Trice grew up in Chicago and was a Columnist for the Chicago Tribune. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Glennette Tilley Turner Born: 1933 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Turner moved to the Chicago area in 1955 to attend Lake Forest College. She taught in the Chicago Public School System, the Maywood-Melrose Park Public School System and, in 1968, she began teaching in the Wheaton-Warrenville Public School System, where she remained for twenty years. Turner still resides in the Chicago area today.
- Larry Turner Born: . Larry Turner lived in Naperville, Illinois for 26 years.
- Patricia Turnstall Born: . Tunstall lives in Wheeling, Illinois.
- Rita P. Turow Born: 1920 . The author was a resident of the north shore suburbs.
- Scott Turow Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. Turow was born in Chicago and raised in the northern suburbs. A graduate of New Trier High School, he has lived in Chicago most of his life and currently resides in Wilmette.
- Jim Turpin Born: N/A. N/A
- Jeff Tweedy Born: 1967 in Belleville, Illinois. Tweedy was born and raised in Belleville. He attended Belleville Area College and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He currently resides in Chicago.
- Joanna Beth Tweedy Born: in Murphysboro, Illinois. Tweedy is a native of Murphysboro, Illinois, in the Little Egypt region of Southernmost Illinois. She graduated from the Universities of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and Springfield.
- Ed Donald Two-Rivers Born: . He lives in Chicago.
- Michael Tyler Born: 1960 in Chicago, Illinois. Tyler was born in Chicago and grew up in the south side neighborhood of Chatham. His educational lineage is St. Joachim (elementary), to Willibrord Catholic High to Loyola University of Chicago. He remains a resident of Chicago, .
- Janice May Udry Born: 1928 in Jacksonville, Illinois. Udry was born in Jacksonville and graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston.
- Edward Uhlir Born: . Edward Uhlir is director of land acquisition planning for CORLANDS (Corporation for Open Lands) and project design director for the Millennium Park Project in Chicago, Illinois.
- Tracy Ullman . Ullman lives in Chicago
- Robert L. Underbrink Born: Jacksonville, Illinois May 15, 1926. Underbrink was born and raised in Jacksonville. He graduated from Jacksonville High School in 1944. He often wrote articles that appeared in the Jacksonville Journal Courier.
- Danny Mahlon Underwood Born: 1963 in Decatur, Illinois. I was born in Decatur, Illinois and lived there until 1971. I also lived in Quincy, Long Creek and Mt. Zion. I graduated from Mt. Zion High School in 1981.
- Larry D. Underwood Born: N/A. Larry Underwood was born in Southern Illinois and currently lives in Brussels, Il.
- Deb Olin Unferth Born: . Unferth grew up in Chicago.
- Steve Eugene Upchurch . Upchurch lives in Junction City.
- Debbie Urbanski Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Urbanski was born in Chicago.
- Donna Urbikas Born: 1949 in Conventry, England. Urbikas immigrated to a Polish-American community in Chicago with her family when she was 2 years old. She has lived in Chicago ever since.
- Luis Alberto Urrea Born: 1955 Tijuana, Mexico . Urrea lives in Naperville and is a distinguished professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
- Judith Valente Born: . Judith is a Chicago-based on-air correspondent for the PBS show 'Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly' and Chicago Public Radio.
- Karla Arenas Valenti Born: Mexico City, Mexico. Valenti currently resides in the Chicagoland area.
- Jean Valentine Born: 1934 Chicago, Illinois . * Born in Chicago, Illinois
- Robert Vall Born: 1964 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Robert lives in Naperville, Illlnois.
- Maureen Valvassori Born: N/A. N/A
- Glendy Vanderah Born: . Vanderah is originally from Chicago.
- Wendelin VanDraanen Born: 1965 in Chicago, Illinois. Van Draanen was born Chicago.
- George Van Dusen Born: . Van Dusen is Mayor of Skokie and an adjunct professor at Oakton Community College.
- Susan VanKirk Born: in Galesburg, Illinois. Susan VanKirk was born in Galesburg, Illinois, and educated at Knox College (BA) and University of Illinois (M. Ed).
- Jonathan Van Ness Born: Quincy Illinois 1987 . Van Ness was born and raised in Quincy.
- Shelby Van Pelt . Van Pelt lives in the suburbs of Chicago.
- Kimberly Van Sickle . Van Sickle lives in St. Charles.
- Michael Van Walleghen Born: 1938 in Detroit, Michigan. Van Walleghen taught at the University of Illinois from 1970 - 2005. He lived in Champaign from 1970 until the time of his passing.
- Wendy Vardaman Born: in Whittier, CA. Wendy was born in California and raised in Quincy, Illinois. She now lives in Wisconsin.
- Frank Varela Born: Brooklyn, New York. *Lived in Oak Park and Chicago, Illinois
- Cyn Vargas . Vargas lives in Chicago.
- Beth Copeland Vargo Born: . The author lives in Cary, McHenry county, Illinois.
- Sara Varon Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Varon is a native Chicagoan.
- William M. Vasquez Born: in Chicago. Vasquez was born and raised in Chicago and now lives in Joliet, Illinois.
- Thomas L. Vaultonburg Born: 1969 in Rockford, Illinois. Thomas was born in Rockford, Illinois, in Swedish American Hospital, and I currently live three blocks from that very same hospital. I attended Rock Valley College and Rockford College.
- Stephanie Ann Vavra Born: 1946 in Des Moines, IA. In 1969 I began my career as an elementary school teacher in Prophetstown, IL; I retired in 2002. I studied for my Master's Degree at the Quad-City Graduate Center, in Rock Island, and on the Western Illinois University campus in Macomb, until graduation in 1974. I lived 25 years in Prophetstown and moved to Morrison in 1994. I am a reenactor of the 1860's at Girl Scout events and Heritage Canyon in Fulton, portraying the school teacher; I held 'Pioneer Day Camp' there in the past.
- Johanny Vazquez Paz Born: San Juan, Puerto Rico 1960. Vazquez Paz moved to Chicago in 1986. She completed a master's degree in Hispanic Studies with a specialization in literature at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Currently she is a professor of Spanish at Harold Washington College in Chicago.
- Jessica Null Vealitzek Born: 1976 in Arlington Heights, Illinois. I was born and raised in Arlington Heights and attended Lake Forest College, then went on to graduate school at Roosevelt University. My debut novel is mostly set in fictional Ackerman, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
- Lawrence R. Velvel Born: Chicago, Illinois. *Born in Chicago, Illinois
- Mike Venezia Born: in New York City, New York. Mike was born in New York and his family moved back and forth between there and Chicago until he was 10 years old when they permanently settled in Chicago. He also graduated from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago.
- Srividhya Venkat Born: in India. Venkat currently resides in Hoffman Estates.
- Mark Ventimiglia Born: 1965 in Alton, Illinois. Mark Ventimiglia lives in Central Illinois.
- Fred Venturini Born: 1980 in Chicago, Illinois. Venturini was born in the Chicago area but moved to Southern Illinois in his pre-K years. He's lived in a variety of small towns, including Vernon, Patoka, Salem, Carlyle, and Aviston. He is a 1998 graduate of Patoka High School, and a 2002 graduate of MacMurray College in Jacksonville, where he earned a B. S. in English. The Samaritan, Venturini's debut novel, is about a boy who grows up in Vernon Hills, only to learn he can regenerate his organs and limbs. Set strongly with the downstate feel that Illinois offers, The Samaritan features a multitude of fictional and real Illinois towns.
- Daniel Verdun . Verdun grew up in Odell and attended Eastern Illinois University. He currently lives in Naperville.
- Peter Allan Verkruyse Born: 1959 in Kewanee, IL. I was born and raised in Kewanee, Illinois. I currently reside in Jacksonville, Illinois.
- Michael P. Verticchio Born: 1917 in Henderson , Illinois. Verticchio is a native of Henderson, Illinois. He attended Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois and was in the class of '39. He received his masters from the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign, Illinois in 1953. He then lived in Gillespie, Illinois.
- Martha Modena Vertreace-Doody Born: November 24, 1945 in Washington, D.C.. Vertreace-Doody lived in Chicago and was a Distinguished Professor of English and Poet-in-Residence at Kennedy-King College.
- Doris Vidaver Born: . The author lives and works in Chicago.
- Ed Viesturs Born: 1959 in Rockford, Illinois. He was born in Rockford, Illinois.
- Doug Villhard Born: October 4, 1971 in . Villhard lives just outside of St. Louis in Glen Carbon where he and his wife co-founded Father McGivney Catholic High School.
- Gary C. Vitale Born: . Gary Vitale lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- Sharon De Vita Born: . Sharon lives in a suburb of Chicago.
- Lina Ramona Vitkauskas Born: in Portsmouth, Va. Vitkauskas was raised in Chicago.
- Dino Vlahos Born: 1950 in Athens, Greece. Vlahos was born in Athens, Greece and immigrated to the United states in 1960. He has lived in the Chicago area from 1960 until the present. He has been researching the life of Frances Cook Steen for the past few years. When his research was completed, he decided to write a book about the life story of this exceptionally talented woman. Frances Cook Steen was a prominent member of the Aledo, Illinois community from 1893 until her death in 1933. Frances was an accomplished but little known poet, composer and teacher of music. She was also a very talented but unknown artist during her lifetime. After reading her wonderful poetry and admiring her artwork for a number of years, Vlahos made it his task to honor her memory and bring her accomplishments to the forefront. It is his hope, that with this book, titled ''In Search of the Artist'', he has accomplished his goal of having Frances Cook Steen receive the recognition she truly deserves.
- Frank Vlastnik Born: 1969 in Peru, Illinois . Vlastnik is a 1987 graduate of Illinois Wesleyan. He studied drama at the School of Theatre Arts. After graduation, he was honored with the Larry Shue Memorial Award, named in honor of the famous playwright and IWU alumnus.
- Lynn Voedisch Born: . Voedisch lives just outside of Chicago.
- Arthur Charles Voellinger Born: 1941 in Belleville, Illinois.. Art Voellinger was born in Belleville and resides there today.
- Candace A. Vogler Born: . Candace A. Vogler is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago.
- John Voigt Born: . He works in the Botany Department at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Todd D Volker Born: 1963, in Elmhurst, Illinois. Volker is a lifelong resident of Illinois. He was born in Elmhurst, raised in Lombard along the Illinois Prairie Path and in Princeton near the Hennepin Canal State Trail. He is a graduate of Princeton High School, Knox College in Galesburg and graduate school at the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign. He's lived in Chillicothe, La Salle, Peru and Ottawa.
- Carl Volkmann Born: October 23, 1933 in Streator, Illinois . Volkmann was born in Streator, Illinois. He received his master’s degree from the University of Illinois in Urbana. Carl lived in Springfield, Illinois from 1960 until the time of his passing.
- Roberta Volkmann Born: . Roberta received her master’s degree from the University of Illinois in Springfield. She has lived in Springfield, Illinois, since 1960.
- Kurt Vonnegut Born: November 11, 1922 in Indiana. *Vonnegut attended the University of Chicago as a graduate student in anthropology and also worked as a police reporter at the ''City News Bureau'' of Chicago
- Kevin Vost, Psy.D. Born: 1961 in Springfield, Illinois. Vost was born, raised and currently resides in Springfield, Illinois. He has taught psychology at the University of Illinois at Springfield and Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois as well as at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois.
- Kathleen Vyn Born: 1949 in Toledo, Ohio. *She has taught writing at Columbia College*She has spoken to students in Illinois
- Phyllis Ann Waggoner-Ferguson Born: February 18, 1935 in Mattoon, Illinois. Waggoner-Ferguson lived all of her life in Illinois.
- Virginia Ruth Waggoner-Rackley Born: December 4, 1925 in Mattoon, Illinois. Waggoner Rackley was born in Mattoon and lived in Illinois most of her life.
- Jennifer Wagh . Wagh lives in Sleepy Hollow.
- Donald E. Wagner Born: September 3, 1942 in Medina, New York. Wagner was the Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Chicago's North Park University.
- Hilary Wagner Born: in Chicago. Wagner was born and raised in Illinois, living in Chicago and its suburbs.
- Mary T Wagner . Wagner is a Chicago native. She grew up on the northwest side, near Humboldt Park and lived there until she was 16..
- Greg Wahl . Wahl is a native of Chicago. He received his dental degree from the University of Illinois. He practiced in the Chicago area and Peoria.
- Dekalb E. Walcott Born: . Walcott lives in Chicago.
- Gale Renee Walden Born: in Urbana, Illinois. Walden was born in Urbana. She grew up on the south side of Chicago and graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She currently resides in Urbana.
- Christopher Waldrep Born: Oak Ridge, Tennessee. * Resided in McDonough and Coles Counties
- Myrtle R. Walgreen Born: July 5, 1879 in Carbondale, Illinois. Walgreen was born in Carbondale and grew up in Normal. She moved to Chicago after her marriage in 1902.
- Christine Walker Born: . Walker holds a Masters of Public Policy and Administration from Northwestern University and a B. A. in Political Science from Lake Forest College. She resides in Winnetka.
- Claude Walker Born: . The author is a veteran of Illinois politics. He has worked on many campaigns and been a political advisor to a U. S. Senator, Governor, and other politicians. He was twice past chairman of Common Cause, Illinois and also involved with the Citizens Utility Board.
- Dan Walker Born: August 6, 1922 in Washington, DC. Walker moved to Illinois to attend Northwestern University School of Law between his military service in World War II and Korea. He moved back to Illinois in the 60s and lived there through the late 80s.
- David J. Walker Born: in Chicago, Illinois. David grew up in Mundelein and currently resides in Wilmette.
- Jerald Walker Born: 1964 in Chicago, Il. Walker grew up on the south side of Chicago.
- Julie Ann Walker Born: in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Julie lives in Chicago.
- Juliet E.K. Walker Born: Chicago, Illinois. * Born in Chicago* U of I Dept. of History 1976-2001
- Margaret Abigail Walker Born: July 7, 1915 in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1935, Walker received her Bachelors of Arts Degree from Northwestern University. She spent her last years back in Chicago and died of breast cancer in 1998.
- Robert W Walker Born: 1948 in Corinth, Mississippi. Walker grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He is a graduate of Chicago's Wells High School, Northwestern University, and the NU's Graduate Masters in English Education program.
- Sally M. Walker Born: 1954 in New Jersey. Walker lives in DeKalb.
- David Foster Wallace Born: 1962 in Ithaca, New York. Wallace was raised in Champaign-Urbana. He taught English at Illinois State University from 1992 to 2000.
- Irving Wallace Born: 1916 in Chicago, Illinois. In addition to his birth in Chicago, Wallace was a reporter for the Chicago Daily News/Sun Times Wire Service at the Democratic and Republican national conventions in 1922.
- Isabel Wallace Born: . Author was daughter of General W. H. L. Wallace.
- Kestner Wallace Born: 1920 in Mountain Township, Southern Illinois. Mr. Wallace was born in Mountain Township of Saline County, in Southern Illinois. He continues to live on land that has been owned by the Wallace family for five generations.
- Valerie Wallace . Wallace lives in Chicago
- Michael Van Walleghen Born: 1938 in Detroit, Michigan. Van Walleghen lived in Champaign. He taught at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 1970 to 2005. He lived in Champaign until his passing.
- Leslie Elson Waller Born: 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. Waller the son of Ukrainian immigrants and was born in Chicago, Illinois. He suffered from amblyopia and poliomyelitis as a child, but graduated from Hyde Park High School by the age of 16.
- Jessica Lee Walsh Born: 1974 in Ludington, Michigan. Walsh moved to Illinois in 2001 while finishing her graduate studies and teaching at North Central College. After taking her current teaching position at Harper College in 2002, she moved from Chicago to the northwest suburbs.
- Elizabeth Walter Born: Karlsdorf, Yugoslavia. Elizabeth Walter lives in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois.
- Darwin McBeth Walton Born: 1926 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Walton lives in Lombard, Illinois.
- Carl Walworth Born: January 6, 1961 in Olney, Illinois. Walworth is an Illinois native. He was raised in Newton and currently resides in Mattoon. <p />
- William Wantling Born: East Peoria, IL 1933 . Wantling was born in East Peoria, IL. He received a BA and an MA from Illinois State University.
- Amy Ward Born: . Ward lives in Metamora.
- Arch Ward Born: 1896 . Arch Ward worked for the Chicago Tribune for 25 years.
- Edward R. Ward Born: . The Author lives in Mundelein, Illinois.
- Rob Warden Born: 1940 in Carthage, Missouri. Warden lives and works in Chicago.
- Geoffrey C. Ward Born: 1940 in Newark, Ohio. Ward grew up on the south side of Chicago and in New Delhi, India. He was senior picture editor at Encyclopedia Britannica in Chicago during the mid-1960s.
- Jennifer Ward Born: in California . Ward moved to Edwardsville when she was nine years old. She still calls Edwardsville her home today.
- Robert Ward Born: N/A. Robert Ward wrote a book about celebrated Illinois author Nelson Algren - an Illinois subject of interest.
- Chris Ware Born: 1967 in Omaha, Nebraska. Ware attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991-1993. He currently resides in Oak Park.
- Jasmine Warga Born: 1988 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Warga currently resides in Chicago. <p />
- Charles Dudley Warner Born: 1829 in Plainfield, Massachusetts. Charles Warner practiced law in Chicago from 1856 to 1860.
- James Warnick Born: N/A. James Warnick was a counselor at the Decatur Mental Health Center, in Decatur, Illinois.
- Mary Warren . Warren lives in Cental Illinois.
- Stephen Warren Born: . Mr. Stephen Warren is an associate professor of history at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois
- Michael Warr Born: 1956 in Baton Rouge, Louisisana. Warr moved to Chicago after graduating from high school and lived there many years.
- Ella F Washington . Washington earned her PhD in 2014 at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
- Tiffaney Washington . Washington, Fenyx Blue, lives in Markham. She earned a bachelor's from Northern Illinois University and a master's from Olivet Nazarene University.
- John F. Wasik Born: 1957 in Grayslake, Illinois. Wasik is a Grayslake native. He earned his BA and MA from the University of Illinois Chicago.
- Sue Van Wassenhove Born: 1951 in Annawan, Illinois. Sue grew up in the small town of Annawan, Illinois with a population of only 800 people.
- Haley Watson Born: in Florida. Watson lives in Freeport.
- Jessica Lewis Watson Born: . Jessica Lewis Watson works at the Childrens Reseach Center at the University of Illinois.
- John Scott Watson Born: . Watson lives in Chicago.
- Tom Watson . Watson lives in Chicago.
- Emily Stipes Watts Born: 1936 in Champaign, Illinois. Watts was born and raised in Champaign.
- May Theilgaard Watts Born: 1893 in Chicago, Illinois. May Watts grew up in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
- Stephen Watts Born: Bitburg Air Base, West Germany. Watts lived in Bloomington from 1995 to 2017. He received his BS in Industrial Technology from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Gordon Wayman Born: 1960 in Benton, Illinois. Wayman was born and raised in Benton and currently resides in Springfield. He attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Michael Wayne . Wayne lives in Yorkville.
- Victoria Wayne Born: in Baresville, AR. Victoria Wayne lives in East Moline, Il.
- Mary Weaks-Baxter Born: 1962 . Professor Weaks-Baxter lives in Rosco, Illinois.
- Misty Wear Born: in Macomb, IL. I was born in Macomb, Illinois and raised in Rushville, Illinois. I graduated from Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois with a degree in elementary education and psychology. I currently reside in a small town in central Illinois.
- Mike Weaver Born: Lafayette, Indiana. Weaver lives in Chicago.
- James David Webb Born: 1941 in Decatur, Illinois. Webb is a lifelong Decatur resident. He attended Millikin University and spent 25 years at A E Staley Manufacturing in Decatur. He owned a shoe repair shop in Clinton for 11 years.
- Clark Weber Born: . Weber lives in a Chicago suburb.
- Sharon Weber Born: Chicago, Illinois. N/A
- Amanda L. Webster Born: 1976 in Effingham, IL. Webster was born in Effingham and raised on a small farm east of Mason. She joined the U. S. Air Force after high school and lived all over the country for the next 17 years before finally being able to return to her home state. She now resides in central Illinois where she works at Illinois State University.
- Rachel Jamison Webster Born: 1974 in Madison, Ohio. Webster lives in Evanston and teaches at Northwestern University.<p />
- Ethel Harshbarget Weddle Born: September 6, 1897 in Girard, Illinois. Ethel lived her whole life in Illinois.
- Rebecca Wee . Wee currently holds the post of Associate Professor on the English faculty at Augustana College in Rock Island. She served as Quad Cities poet laureate from 2003-2005.
- Alyssa Wees . Wees earned an MFA in Fiction Writing from Columbia College Chicago. She lives in Chicago.<p />
- Jeff Weigel Born: 1958 in Freeport, Illinois. Weigel lives in Belleville.
- Gary Weiland . Weiland is from Quincy and attended Western Illinois University in Macomb.
- Janice Weiland Born: Quincy, Illinois. Weiland was born and raised in Quincy.
- Authur Weinberg Born: 1916. Weinberg lived in Chicago. He graduated from Northwestern University.
- Lila Weinberg Born: 1919 . The author was an historian who lived in Chicago.
- Robert Weinberg Born: 1946 in New Jersey. Weinberg taught math at Illinois Institute of Technology from 1970-1973
- Zachary Weiner Born: 1980 . Zachary Weiner grew up in Buffalo Grove a suburb of Chicago, Illinois.
- Steven Weingartner Born: N/A. Steve lives in a suburb of Chicago.
- Susan Weiniger Born: . Dr. Susan Weininger is professor emerita of art history at Roosevelt University, Chicago. She has curated art exhibitions at museums and galleries in Illinois.
- Margot Weinstein Born: . She is President and CEO of MW Leadership Consultants, LLC in Chicago.
- Bev Weirather Born: . Weirather grew up in Hamilton, Illinois and lived there until 1976. In 1971 and 1972, She attended Robert Morris College in Carthage.
- Andrew J. Weis Born: 1964 in . Weis lives in Palatine, Illinois.
- Melanie Weiss Born: . Weiss lives in Oak Park.
- Erica Weisz . Weisz lives in Deerfield.
- Sam Weisz . Weisz graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry. He currently lives in Deerfield and has a practice in Libertyville.
- Hal Weitzman Born: . Hal lives and workes in Chicago, Illinois.
- Sheila Kelly Welch Born: in Pennsylvania. Welch lives in Forreston.
- Michele Weldon Born: 1958 in Oak Park, Illinois. Michele Weldon still lives and works in the Chicagoland area.
- Ann Weldy Born: 1932 in Joliet, Illinois. Weldy was born in Joliet and was raised in Hinsdale, Illinois. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1954.
- Mary V. Welk Born: . Welk lives in Chicago.
- Sasha Su-Ling Welland Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Sasha was born in Chicago.
- Sam Weller Born: 1967 in Lake Forest, Illinois. Weller was born in Lake Forest, Illinois and currently resides in Chicago. He graduated from Columbia College Chicago.
- Helen Wells Born: March 29, 1910 in Danville, Illinois. *Born in Danville, Illinois.
- Ida B Wells Born: July 16, 1862 Holly Springs, Mississippi. Wells moved to Chicago in 1892 where she lived until her death.
- William Wells Born: in Detroit, Michigan. Wells lived in a Chicago suburb.
- Irvine Welsh Born: 1958 in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Irvine Welsh came to town for Columbia College’s Story Week several years back, he later returned for a visiting professor tour and, somewhere in the process, met and married a young Chicagoan and made Chicago his home.
- June Weltman Born: USA. June Weltman grew up in Chicago. She started her newspaper career as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune.
- Kathleen Welton Born: in Santa Monica, California. I was born and raised in California and graduated from Stanford University with a BA in both English and Italian Literature. Veteran publishing executive with 30 years of experience in the book publishing industry, including positions in strategic planning, editorial, sales, marketing, and e-commerce
- George Wendt Born: in Chicago, Illinois. George was born in Chicago and lived in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago as a child.
- Ingrid Wendt Born: in Aurora, Illinois. Wendt was born and raised in Aurora, Illinois.
- Lloyd Wendt Born: 1908 in Spencer, South Dakota. Wendt lived in Chicago.
- Shari Lesser Wenk Born: . Shari lives in Chicago.
- Bill Wennington Born: December 26, 1963 in Montreal, Quebec. Wennington played for the Chicago Bulls for six seasons. He continues to live in Illinois and is a radio commentator for the Chicago Bulls.
- Thomas W. Wente Born: . Wente was born and raised in Springfield, Illinois. While living in Springfield, he attended Springfield College in Illinois.
- Eric Wentz, PhD Born: in Southern, Pennsylvania. Eric Wentz earned a masters degree in educational administration, from Northern Illinois University.
- Doris Replogle Wenzel Born: 1940 in Mattoon, Illinois. Wenzel was born in Mattoon, Illinois.
- David P. Werlich Born: . He is a professor of history at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- W. Michael Westbrook Born: . Mr. Westbrook is an associate professor of library science and reference and bibliographic instruction librarian at Illinois College in Jacksonville, IL.
- Catherine Adel West . West was born and raised in Chicago, where she currently resides. She graduated with both her Bachelors and Masters of Science in Journalism from the University of Illinois - Urbana.
- Donda West Born: July 12, 1949 . Dr. West was the Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University from 1980 - 2004.
- Joel E. Westerfield Born: 1944 in Jacksonville. Born in Jacksonville, Illinois. Graduated from Jacksonville High School in 1962.
- Courtney Westlake . Westlake lives in central Illinois.
- Elizabeth Wetmore . Wetmore lives and works in Chicago.
- Charlene Wexler Born: 1943 in Chicago, Illinois. Wexler grew up on Chicago's South side and graduated from the University of Illinois in Urbana. She still resides in Chicago today. Most of her books are set in Illinois.
- Rita Coburn Whack Born: 1958 . Rita was born, raised and educated in Illinois. After graduating from high school Whack attended Illinois State University, where she studied television production. Whack also studied television production and creative writing at Columbia College in Chicago before transferring to Northwestern University, where she completed a B. A. in Communication.
- Charles Wheelan Born: . Charles lived in Chicago with his wife and family, for nearly 20 years. They now reside in New Hampshire.
- Kathleen H. Wheeler Born: in Springfield, Illinois. Wheeler is a native of Springfield. She attended the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. After college she moved away for a while but she moved back to Springfield in the early 90's and resides there still today.
- Monica Vest Wheeler . Wheeler lives in Peoria.
- Rodd Whelpley Born: 1964 in Geneva, Ohio. Whelpley lives in Chatham. He works in Springfield and manages an electric efficiency program for 32 cities across Illinois.
- William Benton Whisenhunt Born: in Murray, Kentucky. Whisenhunt moved to Illinois in 1992 to pursue graduate work at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has lived in Glenview, Naperville, and St. Charles. Since 2003, he has lived in Sycamore.
- Leslie Whitaker Born: . The author lived in Oak Park for 15 years.
- Bobbe White Born: . Bobbe White lives and works in Quincy, Illinois.
- Christi White . White currently resides in Sandwich.
- Curtis White Born: January 24, 1951 in Oakland, California. Curtis currently resides in Normal, Illinois.
- Edmund White Born: 1940 in Cincinnati, Ohio. When White was seven years he moved to Evanston with his mother and sister.
- David G. Whiteis Born: Connecticut. Whiteis lives in Chicago. He moved there in the late 70's.
- Jack White Born: Canton, Ohio. White's last assignment in the US Army was in Springfield, Illinois. Two months after retiring from the Army in 2001, the Illinois Secretary of State hired him in Springfield March 2002.
- Kyle L. White Born: . White lives in Sycamore.
- Pat White . White is a lifelong Chicagoan.
- Ronald C. White Born: 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota . White attended Northwestern University in Evanston. He has also written about two subjects of Illinois interest - Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant, both of whom have lived in Illinois.
- Cheryl Aylward Whitesel Born: in Rochester, New York. Whitesel went to college at Northwestern University and currently resides in Western Springs.
- Teagan White Born: . White is from Chicago.
- Tommie White Born: 1964, in Earle, Arkansas. White lived in Chicago from 1994 - 1997. He moved to Carbondale in 2010 to attend college at John A. Logan and still resides there today.
- Vibert Leslie White Born: 1958 in New York, New York. White lives in Springfield, Illinois and is a professor at the University of Illinois, Springfield.
- Wayne W. White . White grew up in Tennessee, Illinois. He went to the high school in Colchester, Illinois.
- Brand Whitlock Born: 1869 in Urbana, Ohio. Whitlock lived in Illinois from 1891 to 1897.
- Michol M Whitney Born: Chicago, IL. Whitney was born in Chicago and currently lives in Oak Park.
- Phyllis A Whitney Born: 1903 in Yokohama, Japan. Whitney moved to Chicago to live with her aunt when she was 17 years old. She started her writing career in Chicago where she worked at the Chicago Public Library and various bookstores and wrote on the side. Many of her earlier novels are set in the city.
- David Whittingham Born: 1968 in Evanston, Illinois. David now lives in Chicago.
- David Thoreau Wieck Born: 1921 in St. Louis, Missouri. The author spent his childhood in Southern Illinois.
- Robert Wiedrich Born: 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. Robert Wiedrich was born and lived his entire life in Chicago.
- Steve Wiegenstein Born: 1955 in Ironton, Missouri. Steve was a resident of Quincy, Illinois, from 1992 to 2009.
- Michael Wiegers Born: 1964 in Belleville, Illinois. He was born in Belleville, Illinois.
- Andrew Allen Wiest Born: October 28, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago with his PhD.
- Raymond Wiggers Born: 1952 in Lake Forest, Illinois. Wiggers was born in Lake Forest, Illinois and currently resides in the Chicago area.
- Nancy S. Wikarski Born: . The author earned her PhD from the University of Chicago.
- Rich Wilburn . Wilburn lives in southwestern Illinois.
- Ysabeau S. Wilce Born: . Ysabeau lives in Chicago.
- Sandra K. Wilcoxon Born: . Author lives in Oak Park.
- Thorton Wilder Born: April 17, 1897 in Madison, Wisconsin. Thornton lived in Chicago from 1930 - 1936 while he lectured on literature for the University of Chicago.
- Michael Wiley Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Michael grew up in Chicago.
- Brenda Wilhelmson Born: . The author is a journalist who lives in the north suburbs of Chicago.
- Isabel Wilkerson Born: in Washington, District of Columbia. Wilkerson worked in Chicago for several years as the Chicago Bureau Chief for the New York Times Newspaper.
- Dominique Wilkins Born: 1980 in Chicago, IL. Wilkins was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago,IL, in the West Englewood neighborhood. She attended Louis Pasteur Elementary School, then Whitney Young Hish School and also Robert Morris College downtown. Due to her background and the content of her books, they are mostly based on the streets and expressways of Chicago, as well as the behavior that is displayed on the news from the local residents in the impoverished communities.
- Ebony Joy Wilkins . Wilkins currently resides in Chicago.
- Joe Wilkins . Wilkins lives in Pleasant Plains. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Springfield and grew up in what is now the Shawnee National Forest of southern Illinois.
- Alex Willan . Willan lives in Chicago. <p />
- Lois Wille Born: 1931 in Chicago. Lois Wille was born in Chicago and raised in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
- Mo Willems Born: 1968 in Des Plaines, Illinois. Willems was born in Des Plaines.
- George Will Born: 1941 in Champaign, Illinois. Born in Champaign, Illinois.
- Darlena Williams-Burnett . Williams-Burnett lives on Chicago's near west side.
- Anita Williams Born: . Williams lives in Springfield, Illinois.
- C. Lynn Williams Born: in Chicago, IL. I am a true Chicagoan, born and raised in Chicago, although half of my adult life was spent living in various Chicago suburbs like Evanston, Highland Park, Deerfield and Aurora with the exception of several years spent living in Iowa. I attended college at Barat College in Lake Forest, IL, and graduate school at Roosevelt University in Chicago. I teach at a local community college and reside in Chicago, IL. Teaching at both the high school and college level and raising my own children has given me lots of experiential knowledge for writing books for parents of tweens and teens.
- Constanza Williams Born: 1975 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Constanza Williams worked as a tax accountant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC), an accounting firm in Chicago.
- Dan Williams Born: in Southern Illinois. Dan Williams grew up in Southern Illinois.
- David Williams Born: 1953 at the Great Lakes Naval Base in Lake County, Illinois. David lived in Sycamore, Illinois and was a visitng professor at Northern Illinois University.
- Lance Williams . Williams lives and works in Chicago.
- Lee Williams . Lee graduated with a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Roosevelt University. Shortly after college he became a special agent with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service. During his twenty-nine-year career he conducted investigations of individuals involved in organized crime, narcotic trafficking, money laundering and corruption in police departments and city government. He was also an instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia and the lead developer and facilitator of a seminar entitled Financial Investigative Techniques. This was a week-long seminar given to hundreds of local, state, and federal law enforcement officers. The investigations he conducted were both overt and covert and many were multi-defendant narcotics conspiracy cases. He received many awards from the IRS and other law enforcement agencies including Certificates of Appreciation from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Excellence in Law Enforcement which was presented by Attorney General Janet Reno and Mayor Richard M. Daley, and Special Agent of the Year.
- Michael Williams Born: . Williams lives in Chicago.
- Paul O. Williams Born: 1935, in Chatham, New Jersey. Williams lived in Elsah.
- Phillip B. Williams Born: 1986 in Chicago, Illinois. Williams is a Chicago native. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign.
- Robyn Williams Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Robyn Williams lives in Chicago.
- Ted Williams Born: 1976 in Palos Heights, IL. . Williams was born in Palos Heights and now lives in Chicago.
- Walter Dakin Williams Born: 1919 St. Louis, Missouri. Dakin Williams began a private law practice in Collinsville.
- Jerilyn Willin Born: Chicago, Ilinois. Willin is a Chicago native and lives in a suburb of Chicago.
- Fred Willman Born: 1947 in Harvey, Illinois. Willman lives in Naperville, Illinois.
- Charles W. Wills Born: . The author was an Illinois soldier during the Civil War.
- Garry Wills Born: 1934 in Atlanta, Ga.. Wills lives in Evanston, Illinois and is a professor emeritus of history at Northwestern University.
- Diane G. Wilson Born: . Diane has been a contributing columnist for the Chicago Tribune's Working Section feature, Insider.
- George C. Wilson Born: N/A. George lived in Springfield, Illinois.
- Gretchen Frances Wilson Born: June 26, 1973 in Pocahontas, Illinois. She was born in Pocahontas, Illinois.
- Ivy G. Wilson . Wilson is associate professor at Northwestern University in Evanston.
- John K Wilson Born: . John Wilson lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Keith S. Wilson Born: . Wilson graduated from Chicago State University and worked as a Game Designer at The Field Museum and at Resilient Games Studio in Chicago.
- Rachel M. Wilson Born: . Wilson currently writes, acts, and teaches in Chicago.
- Robert Dean Wilson Born: 1954 in Urbana, Illinois. I was born in Urbana but grew up in Champaign. I worked for 35 yrs for Kraft Foods in Champaign, recently retired and now residing in Danville.
- Tonya Latrice Wilson Born: in Chicago, IL . I grew up on the Westside of Chicago, in a poor area, and a poor school system. However, despite those odds, I went on to attend Columbia College in Chicago, and now live in Berwyn Illinois.
- Wendy A Wilson Born: 1956 in Illinois. Wendy was born and grew up in the Chicago suburbs.
- Christian Wiman Born: 1966 in West Texas. Christian Wiman lives in Chicago.
- Oprah Winfrey Born: 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Winfrey lives in Chicago.
- John M. Wing Born: . John M. Wing was a journalist who lived and worked in Chicago after the Civil War.
- Mary Wings Born: 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. Wings was born and raised in Chicago. She studied at Shimer College when it was in Mount Carroll.
- Richard J. Winkel, Jr. . Winkel resides in Urbana, Illinois.
- Andrew Winkel Born: 1974 in Clifton, Illinois. Andrew Winkel is a lifelong resident of Illinois, and was both born and lives in the town of Clifton. He explains, 'I chose to set the events of Raceboy and Super Qwok Adventures in a fictionalized Clifton, using the essential idea of a rural town but creating alternate businesses and places. Some of the action takes place on Main Street, a locale that should be familiar to every resident of rural Illinois. Other stories happen between towns, in fields, or by gravel roads. The heroes do venture outside Clifton when they visit the Field Museum in Chicago, but on the whole, Raceboy and Super Qwok Adventures is a book that readers who grew up or are growing up in the Midwest will connect with. '
- Andrew Winston Born: . Mr. Winston currently lives in Illinois.
- Ian Winterbauer . Winterbauer grew up in Petersburg and now lives in Springfield.
- James F Winter Born: 1960 in Hanover, Illinois. Winter was born and raised in Hanover. He has lived throughout the state which includes Rockford, Peoria, Kewanee, Waterloo, and Morrison. He currently resides in Waterloo.
- Jeanette Winter Born: 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. Winter was born in Chicago and attended the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Anne Winters Born: 1939 in New York, New York. Anne Winters is a Professor Emerita in English from the University of Illinois in Chicago.
- Yvor Winters Born: 1900 in Chicago, Illinois. Yvor Winters was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Eagle Rock, California.
- Dave Wischnowsky Born: 1976 in Clifton, Illinois. Dave lives on the North Side of Chicago.
- Kate Wisel . Wisel lived in Chicago. She teaches at Columbia College Chicago and Loyola University.
- Sandi Wisenberg Born: 1955 in Houston, Texas . Wisenberg lives near Wrigley Field in Chicago. She has taught at Northwestern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ragdale in Lake Forest, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and DePaul and Roosevelt both in Chicago. She has published graphic art in the Chicago Tribune and Crain's Chicago Business.
- Mary Wisniewski . Wisniewski works in Chicago. She graduated from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. <p />
- Miles Wisniewski Born: in . Wisniewski lives in Chicago.
- Sarah U. Wisseman Born: 1951 . Wisseman grew up in Evanston, Illinois and currently resides in Champaign.
- Tamera Will Wissinger Born: . Wissinger lived in Chicago.
- David Witter Born: in Miller, Indiana. Witter grew up in Lincoln Park in the '70's. He graduated from Columbia College, and Northeastern Illinois University. He currently resides in Chicago.
- Ellen Wittlinger Born: October 21, 1948 in Belleville, Illinois. Wittlinger was born and raised in Belleville. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in art and sociology from Millikin University in Decatur.
- Micheal Witwer . Witwer resides in Chicago. He holds degrees from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago.
- Ed Wojcicki Born: . Ed Wojcicki is associate chancellor for constituent relations at the University of Illinois, in Springfield.
- Gene Wolfe Born: 1931 in Brooklyn, New York. Gene Wolfe lived in Barrington and now lives in Peoria.
- Pamela J. Wolfe Born: . Pamela lives in Mount Pulaski, Illinois.
- Toya Wolfe Born: Chicago, Illinois. Wolfe grew up in the Robert Taylor Homes on Chicago's South Side. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing at Columbia College Chicago.
- Patricia Rae Wolff . Wolff lives in Glen Ellyn.
- Gary K Wolf Born: 1941 in Earlville, Illinois. Wolf has a master's degree in advertising, given by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Marianne Wolf Born: in Joliet, Illinois. Wolf was born and raised in Joliet, Illinois. She attended high school at Saint Francis Academy in Joliet, and is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois.
- Sallie Wolf Born: 1950 in Charlottsville, Virginia. Sallie Wolf moved to the Chicago area after college. She has lived in Oak Park since 1978.
- Alice Wood Born: in Naperville, Illinois. Wood was born and raised in Naperville, Illinois. She still resides there today.
- Debra Woodard Born: June 15, 1963 in Danville, Illinois . Debra was born and still resides in Danville, Illinois.
- Neema Woodard Born: . Neema Woodard is a Chicago resident and publisher.
- Bari Wood Born: 1936 in Jacksonville, Illinois. Wood was born in Jacksonville, Illinois and graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
- Hensley C. Woodbridge Born: . He is a faculty member of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Sharon Woodhouse Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Sharon Woodhouse is a third-generation Chicagoan.
- Harlington Wood, Jr. Born: Springfield, Illinois April 17, 1920. Wood was born and raised in Springfield. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with both a BA and JD. He went into private practice in Springfield both with his father and on his own.
- Allan Woodrow . Woodrow lives in Vernon Hills.
- Caroline C Woods Born: 1980 in Wilmington, Deleware. Woods lives near Chicago.
- Eric M. Woods Born: 1975, in Springfield, IL. Woods was born and has lived his entire life (minus a few years in Chatham) in Springfield. He attended Ursuline Academy before obtaining his bachelor's degree in English from the University of Illinois Springfield in 1998. He later (in 2013) earned his master's degree in communication, also from UIS.
- Josh Woods .
- Rita Woods Born: Detroit, Michigan. Woods lives in suburban Chicago. She has served on the Homer Glen library board for ten years. <p />
- Shawn Woods Born: . Woods lives in a small town just west of Chicago.
- Victor Woods Born: . Victor was raised and currently lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Xernona Woods Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Woods is a native Chicagoan.
- Dee Parmer Woodtor Born: Greenville, Alabama. *Professor at DePauw University, Evanston, Illinois
- Debra Woodward Born: Danville, Illinois. Debra was born and still resides in Danville, Illinois.
- Robert Upshur Woodward Born: March 26, 1943 in Geneva, Illinois. Woodward was born in Geneva, Illinois. He was brought up in nearby Wheaton and graduated from what was known then as Wheaton Community High School.
- Adam Woodworth Born: . Grew up in Nauvoo, Illinois. He graduated from Western Illinois University. Adam currently resides in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois.
- Catherine Woolley Born: 1904 in Chicago, Illinois. Born in Chicago, Ms. Woolley grew up in Passaic, N. J. , then attended Barnard College and the University of California, Los Angeles, earning her bachelor's degree from U. C. L. A. in 1927
- David Wooten Born: South Carolina. Lived in Cook County 1992-1996
- Sarah Wooten Born: N/A. N/A
- JulieAnn Worthen . Worthen is a graduate of EIU and SIUE.
- Jolene Worthington . Worthington lives in Chicago.
- Gerard Wozek Born: 1960 in Chicago, Illinois. Wozek was born in Chicago and raised in Aurora, Illinois. He currently resides in Naperville.
- Sharon Wren Born: N/A. N/A
- David Wright Born: . Wright lives in Urbana, Illinois.
- Frank Lloyd Wright Born: June 8, 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin. Frank Lloyd Wright moved to Chicago in 1887 where he joined the architectural firm of Joseph Lyman Silsbee. Within the year, he had left Silsbee to work for the firm of Adler & Sullivan as an apprentice to Louis Sullivan. In 1889, he married his first wife, Catherine Lee 'Kitty' Tobin (1871-1959) and purchased land in Oak Park, Illinois. There, he built his first home and studio.
- Herstine Wright Born: in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. Dr. Herstine Wright has lived in Chicago for many years. She attended Carver Elementary and William Jones Commercial High School. She completed her graduate studies at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and Governors State University in University Park, and Midwest College.
- James R Wright Born: May 3, 1959. Wright was a lifelong resident of Homewood. He was a graduate of St. Joseph’s Grade School in 1973 and Marian Catholic High School in 1977. James served on the Homewood Fire Department for twenty-two years, four years as a Trustee for the Village Board of Homewood and actively involved with the Homewood Historical Society since 1983, serving several terms as president.
- John W. Wright Born: . He was recognized by the Delta Awards for his writings about southern Illinois.
- Jonathan Wright . Wright is a Peoria area native. He received his bachelor’s degree from Bradley University in 1998.
- Richard Wright Born: September 4, 1908 in Rucker's Plantation, twenty miles east of Natchez, Mississippi. Wright moved to Chicago in 1927. He worked at the U. S. Post office in Chicago during the 1920`s and the Works Progress Administration Federal Writer`s Project in Chicago 1935-1937. While he lived in Chicago only about 10 years, it was in Chicago where he began a significant literary career focused on examining race relations in the 20th century.
- Robert Wrigley Born: February 27, 1951 in East St. Louis, Illinois. Robert Wrigley was orn in East St. Louis, IL. , and grew up in Collinsville, a coal mining town. He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University.
- Stephanie Wrobel . Wrobel grew up in Darien and Lemont.
- G.K. Wuori Born: in DeKalb, Illinois. I was born in St. Mary’s Hospital in DeKalb, Illinois. After graduation from DeKalb High School and Northern Illinois University, I earned a Ph. D. in philosophy from Purdue University. Following that, life’s adventures took me to Pennsylvania, Maine, Illinois, Minnesota, and back to Illinois again. Odd how it happens, but I’m back in my hometown of DeKalb now. I’ve been writing for some twenty years now full-time with two of my most recent books, the novellas ''Now That I’m Ready To Tell You Everything'' and ''Infidelity'', being set in the mostly imaginary town of Emily Handy, Illinois.
- Cheryl Renee Wyatt Born: 1969 in San Diego, California. I moved to Illinois in 1985, attended high school in Marion, Illinois until graduation in 1987. Resided in Carterville, Illinois during college. Moved to Herrin, Illinois for a time as well as Carbondale, Illinois. Currently reside in Hurst, Illinois. Have set all of my books in Southern Illinois with fictional towns that I fashioned after the Crab Orchard Wildlife Refuge area and surrounding Southern Illinois' areas. I have mentioned several Southern Illinois landmarks in my books and try to capture the essence of the area in my settings. I attended Southern Illinois University (a certification program for Crisis Intervention) and John A. Logan College in Carterville, Illinois where I graduated with a degree in Registered Nursing. Worked at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Illinois for almost two decades.
- Norma A. Wylie Born: Canada. Was a Professor of Surgery and Medical Humanities at SIU
- Sel Erder Yackley Born: 1939 in Istanbul, Turkey. Sel lived in LaSalle county for 27 years and served on the boards of Illinois Valley Community College as well as the Ottawa Elementary School Board. Ten years after her husband’s suicide, she returned to Chicago to work in the travel business and became involved in mental health issues.
- Mark Yakich Born: . Mark Yakich attended Illinois Wesleyan University, and recieved a B. A.
- Sandra S. Yamate Born: . The author lives in Chicago.
- Jerome C. Yanoff Born: 1939 in New York City. Yanoff lives in Chicago, Illinois.
- Sherry Yanow Born: N/A. Yanow lived in Springfield, Illinois.
- Camille Yarbrough Born: 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. Yarbrough was born and raised in Chicago.
- Kevin Yarbrough Born: in Centralia, Illinois.
- Shelby Yastrow Born: 1936. Shelby Yastrow lived and worked in the Chicago area until his retirement in 2002. He now resides in Scottsdale, Airzona.
- Jon Yates Born: 1969 in Ames, Iowa. Jon Yates is writes the 'Problem Solver' for the Chicago Tribune's Consumer help section. He currently lives in Oak Park, Illinois.
- Iver Yeager Born: N/A. Iver Yeager resides in Jacksonville, Illinois.
- Phil Yeh Born: 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. Yeh was born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Lauren Yoder Born: 1981 in Washington, Illinois. Yoder was born and raised in Washington, Illinois; where she still resides today. She went to College at Illinois Central College in East Peoria and Midstate College in Peoria.
- Emily Jungmin Yoon Born: in Busan, South Korea. Yoon is a PhD student studying Korean literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago and was the 2022-2023 Abigail Rebecca Cohen Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Chicago.
- Alfred Fabian Young Born: . Alfred Young is a Professor Emeritus of History at Northern Illinois University.
- avery r young . young lives in Chicago. He graduated from Mather High School and Loyola University. In 2023, he was named the inaugural Chicago Poet Laureate. <p />
- Chris Young Born: 1961 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Young is the Outdoors Editor for the State Journal Register in Springfield.
- David M. Young Born: 1940 in Evanston, Illinois. Young was born in Evanston. He is a former writer and transportation editor for the Chicago Tribune.
- Dean Young Born: 1955 in Columbia, Pennsylvania.. Dean Young taught at Loyola University in Chicago.
- Dona J Young Born: 1951 in Oak Park, Illinois. Dona is a life long Illinois resident.
- Harvey Young Born: . Dr. Young is a professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
- Jessie Johnson Young Born: 1912 in Scottsville, KY. Young lived in Mason City, Illinois.
- Lauren Young Born: 1983 in Chicago, IL. I was born and raised in Chicago, IL. I attended college at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and returned to Chicago after college to work at Kraft Foods and eventually start my own marketing firm.
- Louise B. Young Born: 1919 in Springfield, Ohio. Louise lived in Winnetka, Illinois for many years.
- Reggie Scott Young Born: 1962 in Chicago. I am from the West Lawndale community on the West Side of Chicago, an area of the city that I have written about as a place called Bluesville. As a youth, I attended Farragut High during the days when many of us spent just as much time schooling in the streets as we did in the confines of what was then a deteriorating building. I have published numerous poems, stories, and essays about Chicago and even now as an expatriate Chicago writer (because of my profession in higher education) I continue to produce works based on my experiences in the city.
- Skottie Young . Young lived in Dunlap.
- Travis Young Born: 1958 in Springfiled, Illinois. Travis Young received his degree from Bradley University in 1977.
- Richard Younker Born: 1945 in Chicago. * Lives in and writes about Chicago, Illinois
- Mark Yurkiw Born: . Mark resides in the Riverside-Brookfield area.
- Adam Zagajewski Born: June 21,1945 in Lwów, Poland. Zagajewski was a faculty member at the University of Chicago and a member of its Committee on Social Thought. He taught two classes, one of which is on fellow Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz.
- James B Zagel Born: March 4, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. Judge Zagel earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago in 1962 and a master's degree from the University of Chicago in the same year. He then went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School in 1965.
- Sarah Zaibak . Zaibak is a student in the Palos School District 118.
- David Zalaznik Born: in Iowa. Zalaznik lives in Peoria.
- Mary Frances Zambreno Born: 1954 in Oak Park, Illinois. Zambreno was born in Oak Park. She currently teaches a wide variety of courses at Elmhurst College.
- Michael Zapata . Zapata currently lives in Chicago. <p />
- Louis Zara Born: August 2, 1910 in Buffalo, New York. Louis Zara lived in Illinois from the early/mid 1920's through 1951. While in Illinois, Zara attended Crane Tech High School and Crane College and edited the newspapers there. He was educated at the University of Chicago from 1930 to 1931 and was vice-president of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company in Chicago.
- Jeffrey Zaslow Born: 1958 in Broomall, Pennsylvania,. Jeffrey lived and worked in Chicago for the Sun Times newspaper.
- Lance Q. Zedric Born: 1961 in Havana, Illinois. Zedric was born in Havana, grew up in Canton, and now resides in Peoria.
- Bill Zehme Born: 1958 in Chicago, Illinois. Zehme grew up in South Holland and graduated from Loyola University.
- Paul O. Zelinsky Born: 1953 in Evanston, Illinois. Zelinsky was born in Evanston and grew up in Wilmette.
- Alice Fitch Zeman Born: September 14,1931 in Aurora, Illinois. Zeman was born in Aurora and grew up in Yorkville. She lived in Morris and eventually settled in Paw Paw.
- Robert Zemeckis Born: May 14, 952 in Chicago, Illinois. Zemeckis was born in Chicago and grew up on the South Side of the city.
- Jonathan Zemsky Born: 1972 in Huntington, NY. Zemsky lives in Springfield.
- Ann Zhao . Zhao lives in Illinois.
- DaHuang Zhou Born: 1957 in Wuming, Guanxi Province, China. Zhou lives and works in Chicago and Beijing.
- ShanZuo Zhou Born: 1952 in Naning, Guangxi Province, China. Zhou lives and works in Chicago and Beijing.<p />
- Natalie Ziarnik . Ziarnik lives in Barrington.
- Elsie Ziegler Born: Nov 15, 1910, Chicago, Illinois. Ziegler was born in Chicago. She also lived in Park Ridge and Barrington, Ill., before moving to San Diego in 1979.
- Joe Ziemba Born: Evergreen Park, Illinois. Ziemba is a life-long resident of the south side of Chicago.
- Joanne E. Zienty Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Zienty was born and raised on Chicago's South Side. She attended the University of Chicago, earned her teaching certificate from Roosevelt University and a Master's in Library and Information Sciences from Dominican University. She currently resides in Wheaton.
- Penny Zimmerman-Wills Born: . Zimmerman-Wills grew up on a farm in Central Illinois and has been working, living, and playing in the Springfield area for more than thirty years. She currently resides in Pleasant Plains.
- David A, Zimmerman Born: . Zimmerman is from Downers Grove, Illinois.
- Marc Zimmerman Born: N/A. Zimmerman lives in Chicago.
- Robert D. Zimmerman Born: August 23, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois. Zimmerman was born and raised in Chicago.
- Todd M Zimmerman . Zimmerman lives in the Greater Chicago area.
- Carl A. Zimring Born: . Zimring has an M. A. in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago and taught at Roosevelt University, where he helped create the first sustainability studies BA program in Illinois.
- Caroline Fraser Zinsser Born: 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. Zinsser was born in Chicago.
- Yvonne Zipter Born: 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Zipter lives in Chicago.
- Jeanna M. Zivalich Born: 1969 in Chicago, Illinois. Zivalich was born and raised on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. She still resides there today.
- Bob Zmuda Born: December 12, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois. Zmuda was born in Chicago.
- Donald Zochert Born: May 3, 1938 in Oak Park, Illinois. Zochert was born and raised in Illinois. He currently resides in the Western Suburbs of Chicago.
- Darcy Day Zoells . Zoells lives in Chicago. She graduated from Northwestern University where she studied art history and studio art.
- Donald Atwell Zoll Born: October 19, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. Zoll was born in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Knox College in 1952 with a B. A. and from Northwestern University in 1953 with his M. A. Zoll also did post graduate work at Northwestern University in 1957-58.
- Marge Tye Zuba Born: in Chicago, Illinois. Zuba is a native Chicagoan. She is a member of the faculty at Northern Illinois University and has been on the faculty at the University of Illinois, DePaul, and Dominican Universities.
- Andrew G. Zubinas Born: in Chicago. Zubinas was born in Chicago. He now lives in Westmont.<p />
- Mark Zubro Born: . The author lives in Mokena and taught English at West Frankfort High School in Cook County.
- Sophia Zufa Born: October 6, 1922 in Joliet, Illinois. Zufa was born and raised in Joliet. She lived in New Lenox for most of her adult life.
- Karolis Gintaras Zukauskas . Aras lives in Oak Park.
- Claire Zulkey Born: 1979 in Evanston, Illinois. Zulkey was born and raised in Evanston. She still resides there today.
- Allan Zullo Born: 1947 in Rockford, Illinois. Zullo was born and raised in Rockford.
- Ken Zurski . Zurski is a native of the Chicagoland area and currently resides in Morton.
- Edward Zwick Born: October 8, 1952, Chicago, Illinois. Zwick was born and raised in Chicago. He attended New Trier High School,
- Walter Zyznieuski Born: . Walter is an Illinois native and currently resides in Springfield, Illinois.