William Fauklner, Shelby Foote, Tennessee Williams, among many others.
Notable, native-born Floridians? I wanted to be fair and investigate and come up with their best contributors. Those names? KC and the Sunshine Band, Vanilla Ice, Ariana Grande, and Dave Barry.
Admittedly, a close call, but I have to give the nod to Mississippi. I wonder what Woodstock thinks about this?