Top 70 Writing Influencers in 2026

1. Daniel Pink

Bio # 1 New York Times bestselling author of 7 books. *****@outthink.co Instagram Handle @danielpink Instagram Followers 298.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +20% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact Request upto top 1,000 Writing Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Sarah Adams

Bio 🥹NYT & USA TODAY bestselling author
IN YOUR DREAMS: OUT NOW! 💙
DMs unmonitored *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @authorsarahadams Instagram Followers 186K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Dr. Sheena Howard

Bio 🌆Ghostwriter + Story Strategist from Philly
💥I help you turn your story into an asset
✍🏾Worked w/ Marvel, CEOs + orgs
📩 High-level clients apply ↓ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @drsheenahoward Instagram Followers 166K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

4. John Davis

Bio Vet Abroad 🇺🇸
PTSD Advocate and Author
DM For The Guide For Vets Moving Overseas
Co-Founder | Veterans in Paradise 🌴 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @john.h.davis.writer Instagram Followers 149.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +12% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

5. Tracie Egan Morrissey

Bio Writer | Producer | Host @potpsychology | Owner @pipedreams.fun | DM for business inquiries Instagram Handle @traciemorrissey Instagram Followers 119.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Cassandra Mackenzie Wood

Bio author of 6 books 🇨🇦
poetry about courage, change & becoming 🦋
↓ my books *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @cm.writer Instagram Followers 103.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Karin Slaughter

Bio #1 NYT Bestselling thriller writer. WE ARE ALL GUILTY HERE is out now. Link in bio. *****@karinslaughter.com Instagram Handle @karinslaughterauthor Instagram Followers 97K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Sara K Runnels

Bio 📍Seattle / your dreams
👩🏼‍💻 THE LAST ONE AT THE PARTY (Spring 2028) *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @omgskr Instagram Followers 89.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Susan Cain

Bio #1 bestselling author, BITTERSWEET & QUIET. Join the Quiet Life Community (for people who don’t necessarily love communities) at thequietlife.net. Instagram Handle @susancainauthor Instagram Followers 88.7K Type Micro Gender Female quietrev.com + Follow Get Email Contact

10. Nic

Bio Slickster 😏, Storyteller 📝, Spelman 💙. #1 NYT bestselling author of 📖 DEAR MARTIN, ODD ONE OUT, CLEAN GETAWAY, SHURI, DEAR JUSTYCE, FAST PITCH +++ 📖. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @nicstone Instagram Followers 77.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Karen M McManus

Bio #1 NYT & int’l bestselling author of the ONE OF US IS LYING series & other books. Next: DYING TO BE US (2027). Will keep you up too late. Instagram Handle @writerkmc Instagram Followers 76.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Ken Follett

Bio The official Instagram account of the international best-selling author #KenFollett. *****@ken-follett.com Instagram Handle @kenfollettauthor Instagram Followers 70K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

13. John Marrs

Bio Bestselling author of thriller books including #TheOne & #YouKilledMeFirst
👇Buy my books & sign up to my newsletter👇 *****@johnmarrsauthor.co.uk Instagram Handle @johnmarrs.author Instagram Followers 64.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

14. Ry Reed

Bio TOBARRA ROAD, childhood trauma poetry book
coming soon...
Books available on my website ⬇️ *****@yahoo.com Instagram Handle @ry.reed.the.writer Instagram Followers 55.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. Brian K Vaughan

Bio Writer/co-creator of Saga, Paper Girls, Spectators, Y the Last Man, etc. Instagram Handle @briankvaughan Instagram Followers 54.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

16. Sara Lubratt

Bio Fantasy and sci-fi author 🐉👩🏼‍💻
ASCENT OF THE IRONBORN - coming 12.1.26 🎉
📍UT
No AI ever Instagram Handle @saralubrattwrites Instagram Followers 52.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Adriana Locke

Bio Writing romance and pretending to garden. Swoon responsibly. 🧡
📚 Beg Me: coming July
📲 Text books to 740-206-6969 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @authoradrianalocke Instagram Followers 49K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. William Norwich

Bio Vogue, NYTimes grad; Phaidon Press; My Mrs. Brown, Learning to Drive, for kids Molly and the Magic Dress next novel in 2027 from @atriabooks Instagram Handle @williamnorwich__ Instagram Followers 42.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +12% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

19. Kelly Yang

Bio #1 NYT bestselling author of THE TAKE, the FRONT DESK series & other books, and co-host of @storykindpod with Kate DiCamillo *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kellyyanghk Instagram Followers 32.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Sera Gamble

Bio 🎬 Creator of TV shows
🖋️ Poet on weekends
🐺 Notably absent during the full moon
🪐 How To Invent The Universe: *****@onegrandbooks.com Instagram Handle @seragamble Instagram Followers 30.1K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Christopher Rice

Bio NY Times Bestseller. Co-host of “TDPS presents CHRISTOPHER & ERIC” w/ @ericshawquinn. aka #CTravisRice, author of romance between men. 🏳️‍🌈 *****@christopherricebooks.com Instagram Handle @christopher.rice.writer Instagram Followers 29.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

22. Stephanie Gravalese

Bio Food culture: @forbes
News + trends: @foodandwine
dining critic @timesunion (#518)
@foodstoriestold
🇩🇴🇮🇹 yr favorite foraging aunty *****@slowlivingkitchen.com Instagram Handle @stephanitaeats Instagram Followers 22.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Jane Friedman

Bio I report on the publishing industry + educate writers on the business of authorship in the THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER (Univ of Chicago Press). *****@janefriedman.com Instagram Handle @janefriedman Instagram Followers 18.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female janefriedman.com/blog + Follow Get Email Contact

24. Hannah Orenstein

Bio 📚 Author of Maine Characters and more
❤️ Lifestyle & Wellness Editor at @bustle⁣⁣⁣
📍 Brooklyn & Maine⁣⁣
👉🏻 Follow for writing tips Instagram Handle @hannahorens Instagram Followers 18.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Bethany Atazadeh

Bio ✨ Fairytale retellings & no-spice romance
📖 Next Release: Liar in the Hollow Court
📚 YA Fantasy ✝️ Christian 🎥 YouTube (71k)
⬇️ Check out my books ⬇️ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @authorbethanyatazadeh Instagram Followers 17.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female youtube.com/channel/UCPCR.. + Follow Get Email Contact

26. Tricia Goyer

Bio USA-Today Bestselling Author 100+ books
Clean Romance | Memoir | Parenting + Faith
4M+ Books in Print
Mom of 10 | Get-it-Done Girl
Speaker - Podcaster *****@triciagoyer.com Instagram Handle @triciagoyer Instagram Followers 17K Type Micro Gender Female triciagoyer.com/blog + Follow Get Email Contact

27. Chloe Benjamin

Bio Writer (THE IMMORTALISTS, a New York Times Best Seller, & THE ANATOMY OF DREAMS)
🕳️ UNDER STORY coming Sept 2026
🌁 SF-grown 🪾Newly in Berkeley Instagram Handle @chloekbenjamin Instagram Followers 15.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Kate Clayborn

Bio bestselling author. romance advocate. lifelong reader. 📚 THE PARIS MATCH out now *****@leoprny.com Instagram Handle @kateclayborn.author Instagram Followers 15.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Kwan

Bio I write a little bit… 📚 🎬 📺
Writer ✍🏿
Thinker 💡
Trailblazer 👣
Empire State of mind 🗽
______
Holiday sale!
https://www.akashicbooks.com/author/kwan/ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @kwan_iamlegend Instagram Followers 15.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

30. Kat Cho

Bio NYT bestselling author
📚Gumiho duology, K-Verse Books, GODS & COMICS
🔜HOUSE OF FORGOTTEN SOULS (Winter 2027)
🇰🇷🌈 *****@galltzacker.com Instagram Handle @katchowrites Instagram Followers 13.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Erin Rose

Bio Writer + Mother, from the coffee to the grave
Creating at @trustandtravel.retreats 🌞
order my book + read my Substack👇🏼 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @roseblacque Instagram Followers 13.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Kelli Bachara

Bio •The Unraveling Blog and Podcast•
▪️Faith ▪️Motherhood ▪️Mental Health
•Licensed Mental Health Therapist
•Cancer mama #retinoblastoma Instagram Handle @kelli_bachara Instagram Followers 12.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Chloe Williams

Bio freelance writer and muse on weeknights and most major US holidays.
💌*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @chloeinletters Instagram Followers 11.9K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Jenna Scatena

Bio ✏️ Connecting people with their innate writer
✍️ Regular bylines: @theatlantic @condenasttraveller @afarmedia @wired +
👇🏼Courses, trips, & community Instagram Handle @jenna_scatena Instagram Followers 11.5K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

35. Allison K Williams

Bio Adventures in writing 🇦🇪 | 🇨🇦 | 🇺🇸| #binders
🌻 @RebirthYourBook writing retreats
Social Media Editor @brevitylitmag
👇🏻Editorial Consults & Coaching👇🏻 *****@idowords.net Instagram Handle @guerillamemoir Instagram Followers 11K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Adriane Leigh

Bio @usatoday bestseller
probably somewhere drinking coffee
📺 The Influencer — TV adaptation in development
Read my new psychological thriller 📖↓ *****@adrianeleigh.com Instagram Handle @adriane.leigh.writer Instagram Followers 10.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. Jess Collins

Bio The Feral Writer
Build a soulful life - strategy, astrology & transformation
For women becoming
Big Issue Top 100 Change Maker
The Chrysalis Substack *****@jesscollins.co.uk Instagram Handle @theferalwriter Instagram Followers 5.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

38. Teddy

Instagram Handle @teddyminford Instagram Followers 4.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

39. Tori Eldridge

Bio Author of KAUA‘I STORM, HAWAI‘I RAGE (out 5/19) and the Lily Wong ninja thrillers. Tūtū, kunoichi, kanaka maoli living in Portland, Oregon. Instagram Handle @writer.tori Instagram Followers 3.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. Jocelyn Jane Cox

Bio • MOTION DAZZLE 9/2025
• NYT, Slate, Boston Globe, LitHub, HAD, The Offing, Colorado Review, Cleaver, Sportsing Substack
• Recovering Figure Skater Instagram Handle @jocelynjanecoxwriter Instagram Followers 3.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

41. Khali Raymond

Bio Your favorite poetry villain. 🦹🏾‍♂️
Writer, actor, musician, creative.
Host of @thesavageshowcasenwk Instagram Handle @savagewriter973 Instagram Followers 3.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

42. AH Kim

Bio Author, A GOOD FAMILY (2020) and RELATIVE STRANGERS (2024) and member of TALL POPPY WRITERS *****@janklow.com Instagram Handle @ahkim.writer Instagram Followers 2.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

43. Tia

Bio Flint-born
Unicorn.
Wanna read sumthin dope
👇🏾 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @tia_the_writer Instagram Followers 2.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

44. Isis Semaj Hall

Bio i am a multimodal dub storyteller (PhD) x deep listener x soundscape composer x field recordist // 🎧 @listenjamaica / 🎧@groundsound.music 💙 Instagram Handle @riddim.writer Instagram Followers 2.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

45. Allison Wells

Bio Author of Women's Fiction & Sweet Romance books. Tattoo & Sweet tea addict. Mom of 4. *****@whatallisonwrote.com Instagram Handle @whatallisonwrote Instagram Followers 2K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

46. Pia Wilson

Bio 🎭: Torchlight Artists Group
‪📺 🎬: @evokeentertainmentcompany ‬& RBEL
Writer, IF I GO MISSING THE WITCHES DID IT
#writersofig #writer #playwright *****@piawilson.com Instagram Handle @pwilson720 Instagram Followers 1.8K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

47. Brian Wood

Bio Narrative Systems for $
Author & Artist for life
Fiction site: link in bio
Enthrallment eBook: link in bio *****@brianwood.com Instagram Handle @brianwood.writer Instagram Followers 1.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

48. June Gervais

Bio @penguinbooks author of a joyful 🏳️‍🌈 tattoo novel, JOBS FOR GIRLS WITH ARTISTIC FLAIR. Rep’d by @janklownesbit 📕 @heroesandvillainsentertainment 🎥 Instagram Handle @june.gervais.writer Instagram Followers 1.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

49. Catherine Cronin

Bio 🎭
Kilkenny 🇮🇪 Zurich 🇨🇭 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @catherinecronin_writer Instagram Followers 1.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

50. Kane Holder

Bio 💻 Scriptwriter, Author, Storyteller in Singapore Instagram Handle @kane.writer Instagram Followers 1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

51. Bret Taylor

Bio Brett Berk
he/him
Writes for: Vanity Fair, New York Times, Architectural Digest, GQ, Wall Street Journal, Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, Bloomberg, *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @brettthewriter Instagram Followers 34 Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

52. Julie Bogart

Bio Homeschool, Writing, Parenting
JulieBogart.Substack.com
BraveWriter.com
📕Help! My Kid Hates Writing
📗The Brave Learner
📙Raising Critical Thinkers *****@bravewriter.com Instagram Handle @juliebravewriter Instagram Followers 141K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

53. Kate Morton

Bio Interminate photo-taker, seeker of truth & beauty, time traveller. Nature lover.
NYT & SUNDAY TIMES #1 bestselling author. Instagram Handle @katemortonauthor Instagram Followers 37.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

54. Jesse Q Sutanto

Bio USA Today Bestselling Author of the Vera Wong series, the Dial A for Aunties series, and Worth Fighting For. Vera loves you! *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jesseqsutanto Instagram Followers 22.9K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

55. Mary Weber

Bio 📙Bestselling author with @harpercollins & @hachetteus
🍋Brand strategist for people you know
🍑Co-own @thewriterssanctuary
🍄Old cardigans, Jesus, Magic *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @maryweberauthor Instagram Followers 16.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

56. Steve Hoffman

Bio My book, A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France, out on July 9, 2024.
Order here ⬇️ Instagram Handle @sjrhoffman Instagram Followers 14.8K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

57. Helen Redfern

Bio Substack bestseller : Brave Words 🌿
Behind the scenes of a writer’s creative journey.
Loves a cosy murder mystery. *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @helenredfernwriter Instagram Followers 14.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

58. S E Schneider

Bio Writer | WIP ‘Malek’ | 🐉
Reader and professional fangirl *****@vocal.media Instagram Handle @essie_schneider Instagram Followers 9.3K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

59. Meagan Drillinger

Bio @travelandleisure @lonelyplanet @afarmedia @thepointsguy
🌎 travel planner @goodhorizon.travel
🇲🇽 mexico expert
✨now: zipolite🌊
✈️next: saratoga🐎 *****@vaerajourneys.com Instagram Handle @drillinjourneys Instagram Followers 7.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

60. Leslie K Hughes

Bio *subject to change *****@houseofhughes.co Instagram Handle @lesliekhughes Instagram Followers 3.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

61. Dante Medema

Bio Author of THE TRUTH PROJECT and MESSAGE NOT FOUND (Harper Teen / Quill Tree Books)
Represented by @evascalzo_sla *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @dantemedemabooks Instagram Followers 3.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

62. Donna Freitas

Bio Order my new thriller HER ONE REGRET here: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @donnafreitas.writer Instagram Followers 2K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact