Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Expect the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) to test you on famous authors and their works. Even if you’re well read, you might find that the list of authors the MAT tests for is pretty intensive. Here are some authors you should become familiar with before taking the MAT. Aeschylus: Greek dramatist and author of Prometheus Bound Aesop: Greek author of fables (stories with a moral) Alcott, Louisa May: American author of Little Women Alger, Horatio: American novelist Alighieri, Dante: Italian author of The Divine Comedy Andersen, Hans Christian: Danish author of fairytales Angelou, Maya: Black American writer who wrote about growing up in the South Aristophanes: Greek playwright and author of The Clouds Austen, Jane: British author of Pride and Prejudice Balzac, Honoré de: French writer and author of La Comédie Humaine Baudelaire, Charles: French poet and author of Les Fleurs du Mal Beckett, Samuel: Irish existentialist and author of Waiting for Godot Bellow, Saul: American novelist and author of Herzog Blake, William: British poet and author of Songs of Innocence Bradbury, Ray: American science fiction writer and author of The Martian Chronicles Brontë, Charlotte: British author of Jane Eyre Brontë, Emily: British author of Wuthering Heights Byron, Lord George: Romantic poet and author of Don Juan Camus, Albert: Existentialist French writer and author of The Stranger Caroll, Lewis: British author of Alice in Wonderland Cather, Willa: American author of Death Comes for the Archbishop Cervantes, Miguel de: Spanish author of Don Quixote Chaucer, Geoffrey: English poet and author of The Canterbury Tales Chekov, Anton Pavlovich: Russian playwright and author of The Cherry Orchard Coleridge, Samuel Taylor: British romantic poet and author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Conrad, Joseph: British writer and author of Heart of Darkness cummings, e.