Q. Which famous authors were born or live(d) in Pasadena?

This is by no means a comprehensive list of authors, but here are some of the fiction authors who were born, live(d) or work(ed) in or near Pasadena.

Eugenia Jones Bacon
Todhunter Ballard
Vicki Baum
Earl Derr Biggers
Rudd Brown
Meredith Brucker
Octavia E. Butler
Carolyn Coker
Harriet Doerr
Melvin Burke Donalson
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Merrill Joan Gerber
Eric K. Goodman
Zane Grey
Kay Huagaard
Monique Raphael High
Una Nixson Hopkins
Karume Jamal
Charles Land
Harriet McGinley-Webster
Whitney Otto
Alyce S. Rohrer
Helen Hooven Santmyer
John Saul
Upton Sinclair
Jim Stinson
John Taine (pseudonym for Eric Bell)
Jervey Tervalon
Richard Vasquez
Anne Walters
Joseph Wambaugh
Fran Yariv