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Many Buffalonians have found fame and fortune in their careers.

Authors and Journalists

Several well known authors emerged from here, including Paul Horgan, Taylor Caldwell, and playwrights Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Lackawanna Blues) and A. R. Gurney (The Dining Room and Love Letters).

Mark Twain lived in Buffalo as a part-owner and managing editor of The Buffalo Express from 1869 to 1871. While not technically a Buffalonian, he's remembered by his readers for his time in Buffalo due to his stories A Day at Niagara Falls and The Diaries of Adam and Eve, the latter being a humorous play set in the nearby town of Eden. Moving Tips.

Playwright Lanford Wilson based his play Hot L Baltimore on the Hotel Lafayette, where he stayed as an artist in residence at Studio Arena theater in Buffalo

Anna Katharine Green, America's first writer of detective fiction, spent her adult life here.

Mabel Dodge Luhan was born and raised here.

William Wells Brown, the nation's first African-American novelist and historian, lived in Buffalo in the 1840s and was active in the Underground Railroad.

Elbert Hubbard was an executive with the Larkin Soap Company in Buffalo before moving to nearby East Aurora, founding the Roycroft arts and crafts community, and publishing several books and periodicals.

Charles Baxter did his graduate work at the University at Buffalo, as did Gary Barwin and Ishmael Reed. See University page for oher notable alumni.