Donald Patrick "Pat" Conroy (October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016) was an American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs. Two of his novels, "The Prince of Tides" and "The Great Santini", were made into Oscar-nominated films.
 He is recognized as a leading figure of late-20th century Southern literature.
Donald "The Great Santini" Conroy (April 4, 1921 – May 9, 1998) was a United States Marine Corps colonel and a member of the famed Black Sheep Squadron during the Korean War.
 He was also a veteran of World War II and of two tours of duty in Vietnam.
 He is best known for being the inspiration for the character LtCol.
 "Bull" Meecham in "The Great Santini" which was written by his son Pat Conroy.
Mel Thompson (October 5, 1932 – February 5, 2009) was an American college basketball player and coach.
 He was the head coach at The Citadel from 1960 to 1967 and is perhaps most notable as Pat Conroy's coach at the school during the season memorialized in Conroy's memoir "My Losing Season".
The Brothers K is a 1992 novel by David James Duncan an author, fisherman and environmental advocate from the Pacific Northwest.
 It builds on the sporting and spiritual themes of "The River Why", Duncan's first book, but on a much larger canvas, focusing on an entire family instead of a single protagonist.
 Duncan uses multiple points of view to reinforce this effect by including material supposedly written by different family members in the broad narrative by Kincaid Chance.
 The novel tells the story of the Chance family as they pass through the turbulent waters of Papa Chance's minor league baseball career and the upheavals of the Vietnam War.
 It is also a deeply religious novel about love and family and spiritual growth and the difference between church and religion.
 The title is a reference to Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" and to the baseball abbreviation for a strikeout.
David James Duncan (born 1952) is an American novelist and essayist, best known for his two bestselling novels, "The River Why" (1983) and "The Brothers K" (1992).
The Prince of Tides is a 1991 American romantic drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy; the film stars Barbra Streisand and Nick Nolte.
 It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional childhood in South Carolina.
 Streisand directed and produced the film in addition to starring in it.
 Conroy and Becky Johnston adapted the screenplay.
The Boo was the first book by writer Pat Conroy.
 Written when Conroy was newly graduated (1967) from The Citadel in 1970, it is a collection of letters, short stories, and anecdotes about Lt. Colonel Thomas "The Boo" Courvoisie.
 As Commandant of Cadets at the Citadel, Courvoisie was a friend and father figure to many of the college's cadets, including Conroy.
The New Patriotism Series is a project embarked upon by the Orion Society on the Thoughts on America Initiative to present the events of September 11 attacks and the emerging "new world order" through the eyes of several writers including Wendell Berry, Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, Richard Nelson, and David James Duncan.
My Losing Season is a memoir by Pat Conroy.
 It primarily deals with his senior season as the starting point guard on the basketball team of The Citadel in 1966–67.
 Conroy describes his tumultuous relationship with his coach, Mel Thompson, as well as the harsh, malevolent, male-dominated society of The Citadel.
 Pat Conroy tells the story using flashbacks going back to his rough childhood where he remembers growing up with a tough father.
 He describes one memory when his mother tried to stab his father with a butcher knife and his father backhanded her and started laughing.
 The book also deals with the team's experience of losing.
 In his final season, his team finished with an 8–17 record.
Atlanta is a monthly general-interest magazine based in Atlanta, Georgia, and owned by Hour Media Group, LLC.
 Its staff has featured notable writers such as Hollis Gillespie, Anne Rivers Siddons, and William Diehl, and it has included contributions from Pat Conroy, Rebecca Burns, Terry Kay, and Melissa Fay Greene.
 It is a member of the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA).

Question: are Pat Conroy and David James Duncan both writers ?
Answer: yes