erik smetana: writer (or something like that)

A list of writers who've crafted stories I've had the opportunity to enjoy, inspired in me some way as a writer or in a few examples have had the opportunity to work with -- some are friends, some are strangers (and there are those that fall somewhere in between), several are famous and many aren't (but probably should be). The list is in some semblance of alphabetical order and is prone to change.

Barrett, Victoria
Beers, Shaindel 
Bell, Matt
Bellairs, John
Bender, Aimee
Berry, Jedediah
Bosworth, Mel
Boyle, T.C.
Brewer, Heather
Brown, Randall
Bunn, Cullen
Cameron, Claire
Chinquee, Kim
Currie Jr., Ron
Czyzniejewski, Michael
Danielewski, Mark
Eck, Matthew
Evans, Justin
Ellen, Elizabeth
Erlewine, David
Fried, Seth
Friel, Fran
Gaiman, Neil
Gay, Roxane
Gordon-Bramer, Julia
Green, John
Groff, Lauren
Grossman, Austin
Hall, Steven
Hamilton, Mary
Hill, Joe
Homes, A.M.
Jacobs, John
Jones, Stephen Graham
King, Owen
LaFleur, Margaret
Lethem, Jonathan
Link, Kelly
Luce, Kelly
Mantooth, John
McBride, Susan
Meister, Ellen
Michalski, Jen
Newman, Richard
Oliu, Brian
Palahniuk, Chuck
Park, Cami 
Pearce, Jackson
Pokrass, Meg
Rector, John
Renfroe, Craig
Rogers, Ian
Saunders, George
Snyder, Scott
Sparks, Amber
Thumm, Carin
Tomlinson, Jim
Tremblay, Paul G.
van den Berg, Laura
Waters, Daniel
Williams, Erik
Wilson, Kevin