Listed below are Mississippi writers who wrote drama, including plays, television and motion picture screenplays, and other dramatic works. A plus sign (+) after an author's name indicates he or she also has written in other genres. If you would like to suggest additional writers to include here or if you find an error, please let us know.

1. Patricia Boatner+ (1936-   )
2. Joseph Bosco (1948-    )
3. Charles Braxton+ (1961-    )
4. Larry Brown+ (1951-    )
5. Charles Burnett (1944-    )
6. Robert Canzoneri+ (1925-   )
7. John Crews+ (1926-   )
8. Mart Crowley (1935-   )
9. Louis Dollarhide+ (1918-    )
10. William Faulkner+ (1897-1962)
11. Shelby Foote+ (1916-    )
12. Richard Ford+ (1944-    )
13. Ruth Ford (1920-   )
14. Edwin Granberry+ (1897-    )
15. Evans Harrington+ (1925-1997)
16. Beth Henley (1952-    )
17. Jim Henson+ (1936-1990)
18. Sylvia Higginbotham+
19. Endesha Ida Mae Holland+ (1944-     )
20. Angela Jackson+ (1951-   )
21. Margaree King Mitchell+ (1953-     )
22. John O'Neal
23. Linda Peavy+ (1943-   )
24. Thomas Hal Phillips+ (1922-    )
25. Larry Semon (1889-1928)
26. Elizabeth Spencer+ (1921-    )
27. Frank Stanford+ (1949-1978)
28. Stuart Stevens+ (1952-    )
29. Nayo-Barbara Malcolm Watkins+ (1940-   )
30. John A[lfred] Williams (1925-    )
31. Tennessee Williams+ (1911-1983)
32. Richard Wright+ (1908-1960)
33. Billie Jean Young+ (1947-    )
34. Al Young+ (1939-    )
35. Stark Young+ (1881-1963)

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