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novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire ...

s from the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

, listed with titles of a major work for each. This is not intended to be a list of every American (born U.S. citizen, naturalized citizen, or long-time resident alien) who has published a

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself ...

. (For the purposes of this article, ''novel'' is defined as an extended work of

fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a tradi ...

. This definition is loosely interpreted to include novellas, novelettes, and books of interconnected short stories.)

Novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire ...

s on this list have achieved a notability that exceeds merely having been published. The writers on the current list fall into one or more of the following categories: # All American novelists who have articles in Wikipedia should be on this list, and even if they do not clearly meet any other criteria they should not be removed until the article itself is removed. # Winner of a major literary prize, even if the winning work was a story collection rather than a novel: The

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made ...

, The PEN American Center Book Awards, the

National Book Award The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. The Nat ...

, the

American Book Award The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "the ...

, the

National Book Critics Circle Award The National Book Critics Circle Awards are a set of annual American literary awards by the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) to promote "the finest books and reviews published in English".Orange Prize The Women's Prize for Fiction (previously with sponsor names Orange Prize for Fiction (1996–2006 and 2009–12), Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (2007–08) and Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2014–2017)) is one of the United Kingdom's m ...

, and some others. (Note: The only Pulitzer winner for Fiction not on the list is

James Alan McPherson James Alan McPherson (September 16, 1943 – July 27, 2016) was an American essayist and short-story writer. He was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was included among the first group of artists who re ...

, who has never published a novel.) # Having a substantial body of work, widely respected and reviewed in major publications, and perhaps often nominated or a finalist for major awards. # A pioneering literary figure, possibly for the style or substance of their entire body of work, or for a single novel that was a notable "first" of some kind in U.S. literary history. # Had several massive bestsellers, or even just one huge seller that has entered the cultural lexicon (

Grace Metalious Grace Metalious (September 8, 1924 – February 25, 1964) was an American author known for her novel '' Peyton Place'', one of the best-selling works in publishing history. Early life Marie Grace DeRepentigny was born into poverty and a broken ...

and '' Peyton Place'', for example). # A leading figure—especially award-winning, and with crossover appeal to mainstream readers, reviewers, and scholars—in a major genre or subcategory of fiction:

Romance Romance (from Vulgar Latin , "in the Roman language", i.e., "Latin") may refer to: Common meanings * Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings * Romance languages, ...

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and d ...

, horror, mystery,

western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

young adult fiction Young adult fiction (YA) is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. While the genre is primarily targeted at adolescents, approximately half of YA readers are adults. The subject matter and genres of YA correlate ...

, regional or "local color" fiction,

proletarian fiction Proletarian literature refers here to the literature created by left-wing writers mainly for the class-conscious proletariat. Though the '' Encyclopædia Britannica'' states that because it "is essentially an intended device of revolution", it is ...

, etc.

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Patricia Aakhus Patricia "Patty" Aakhus (May 17, 1952 – May 16, 2012), also known by her maiden name and pseudonym Patricia McDowell, was an American novelist and director of International Studies at the University of Southern Indiana.Atia Abawi Atia Abawi is an American author and television journalist. While working as a foreign correspondent, she was based in Kabul, Afghanistan, for almost five years. Her first book, the critically acclaimed ''The Secret Sky: A Novel of Forbidden Lo ...

Edward Abbey Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 – March 14, 1989) was an American author, essayist, and environmental activist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism of public land policies. His best-known works include '' Desert S ...

(1927–1989), ''

The Monkey Wrench Gang ''The Monkey Wrench Gang'' is a novel written by American author Edward Abbey (1927–1989), published in 1975. Abbey's most famous work of fiction, the novel concerns the use of sabotage to protest environmentally damaging activities in the ...

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Lynn Abbey Marilyn Lorraine "Lynn" Abbey (born September 18, 1948) is an American fantasy author. Background Born in Peekskill, New York, Abbey was daughter of Ronald Lionel (an insurance manager) and Doris Lorraine (a homemaker; maiden name, De Wees). She ...

(born 1948), ''Daughter of the Bright Moon'' *

Belle Kendrick Abbott Isabella "Belle" Kendrick Abbott (November 3, 1842 – December 27, 1893) was an American author from the Deep South, whose only published novel, ''Leah Mordecai'', was issued in 1875. A native of Atlanta, she married Benjamin F. Abbott, and l ...

(1842–1893), ''Leah Mordecai'' *

Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (''Mrs. Fordyce Coburn'') (September 22, 1872 – June 4, 1958) was an American author. She was a frequent contributor to '' The Ladies' Home Journal''. Early life Eleanor Hallowell Abbott was born on September 22, ...

(1872–1958), poet, novelist and short story writer *

Hailey Abbott Hailey Abbott is an American author of teenage romance novels. She grew up in southern California where she split her time between creative writing and the beach. She now lives in New York City. Her first book was ''Summer Boys'', published in ...

, ''Summer Boys'' *

Megan Abbott Megan Abbott (born August 21, 1971) is an American author of crime fiction and of non-fiction analyses of hardboiled crime fiction. Her novels and short stories have drawn from and re-worked classic subgenres of crime writing from a female perspec ...

(born 1971), ''Die A Little'' * Shana Abé, ''A Rose in Winter'' *

Louise Abeita Louise Abeita Chewiwi (E-Yeh-Shure or Blue Corn) (September 9, 1926 – July 21, 2014), was a Puebloan writer, poet, and educator, who was an enrolled member of Isleta Pueblo. Early life Louise Abeita was born and raised at Isleta Pueblo, New ...

(1926–2014), Native American Isleta

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writer, ''I am a Pueblo Indian Girl'' *

Robert H. Abel Robert Halsall Abel (May 27, 1941, in Painesville, Ohio – April 14, 2017, in Hadley, Massachusetts) was an American short story writer, and novelist. Career Abel graduated from College of Wooster cum laude in 1964 with a B.A., Kansas State ...

(1941–2017) *

Aberjhani Aberjhani (born Jeffery J. Lloyd July 8, 1957, in Savannah, Georgia) is an American historian, columnist, novelist, poet, artist, and editor. Although well known for his blog articles on literature and politics, he is perhaps best known as co-aut ...

* Walter Abish (1931–2022), '' How German Is It'' *

Abiola Abrams Abiola Abrams is an American author, podcaster, motivational speaker and spiritual life coach. Abrams has penned three books, including ''African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy'', her first book from self- ...

(born 1976), TV host, art filmmaker and author, ''Dare'' *

Diana Abu-Jaber Diana Abu-Jaber ( ar, ديانا أبو جابر) is an American author and a professor at Portland State University. Early life and education Abu-Jaber was born in Syracuse, New York. Her father was Jordanian with a Palestinian Jerusalemite mot ...

(born 1960), '' Arabian Jazz'' * Susan Abulhawa, ''

Mornings in Jenin ''Mornings in Jenin'', (2010, U.S.; originally published as ''The Scar of David'', 2006, United States and ''Les Matins de Jenin,'' France) is a novel by author Susan Abulhawa. Background ''Mornings in Jenin'' was originally published in the Un ...

'' * Kathy Acker (1947–1997), ''

Blood and Guts in High School ''Blood and Guts in High School'' is a novel by Kathy Acker. It was written in the late 1970s and copyrighted in 1978. It traveled a complex and circuitous route to publication, before being officially released in 1984. It remains Acker's most p ...

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Cherry Adair Cherry Adair (born 2 April 1951) is a South African–American romantic fiction writer. She lives near Seattle, Washington with her husband. Biography Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Adair moved to the United States in her early 20s and settle ...

, ''Black Magic'' * Alice Adams (1926–1999), '' Beautiful Girl'' *

Henry Adams Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. Presidents. As a young Harvard graduate, he served as secretary to his father, Charles Fran ...

(1838–1918), '' Democracy: An American Novel'' *

Yda Addis Yda Hillis Addis, (born 1857, disappeared 1902 in California, U.S.) was the first American writer to translate ancient Mexican oral stories and histories into English, some of which she submitted to San Francisco-based newspaper ''The Argonau ...

(1857–1902), writer and translator *

Kim Addonizio Kim Addonizio (July 31, 1954) is an American poet and novelist. Life Addonizio was born in Washington, D.C., United States. She is the daughter of tennis champion Pauline Betz and sports writer Bob Addie (born Addonizio). She briefly attended ...

(born 1954), poet, novelist *

George Ade George Ade (February 9, 1866 – May 16, 1944) was an American writer, syndicated newspaper columnist, and playwright who gained national notoriety at the turn of the 20th century with his "Stories of the Streets and of the Town", a column that ...

(1866–1944), ''

The Slim Princess ''The Slim Princess'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film starring Mabel Normand, directed by Victor Schertzinger, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and written by Gerald C. Duffy based on a musical play of the same name by Henry Blossom and Lesl ...

'' * Renata Adler (born 1938), '' Speedboat'' *

Warren Adler Warren Adler (December 16, 1927 – April 15, 2019) was an American author, playwright and poet. His novel ''The War of the Roses'' was turned into a dark comedy starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. Adler was an essa ...

(1927–2019), ''

The War of the Roses The Wars of the Roses (1455–1487), known at the time and for more than a century after as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne in the mid-to-late fifteenth century. These wars were fought bet ...

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James Agee James Rufus Agee ( ; November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was an American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, writing for ''Time Magazine'', he was one of the most influential film critics in the United States. ...

(1909–1955), ''

A Death in the Family ''A Death in the Family'' is an autobiographical novel by author James Agee, set in Knoxville, Tennessee. He began writing it in 1948, but it was not quite complete when he died in 1955 (with reputedly many portions having been written in the hom ...

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Charlotte Agell Charlotte Agell (born September 7, 1959) is a Swedish-born American author for young adults and children who currently lives in Maine. Her second novel, ''Shift,'' was featured on the front cover of the Brunswick '' Times Record'' in October 200 ...

(born 1959), novelist and children's writer * Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969), poet, writer, and editor *

Conrad Aiken Conrad Potter Aiken (August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973) was an American writer and poet, honored with a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award, and was United States Poet Laureate from 1950 to 1952. His published works include poetry, short ...

(1889–1973), '' Blue Voyage'' * Hiag Akmakjian (1926–2017) *

Mitch Albom Mitchell David Albom (born May 23, 1958) is an American author, journalist, and musician. His books have sold over 40 million copies worldwide. Having achieved national recognition for sports writing in his early career, he turned to writing the ...

(born 1958), ''The Five People You Meet in Heaven'' *

Kathleen Alcalá Kathleen Alcalá (born 29 August 1954) is the author of a short-story collection, three novels set in the American Southwest and nineteenth-century Mexico, and a collection of essays. She teaches creative writing at workshops and programs in Wa ...

(born 1954), ''Spirits of the Ordinary'' *

Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott (; November 29, 1832March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the author of the novel ''Little Women'' (1868) and its sequels ''Little Men'' (1871) and '' Jo's Boys'' (1886). Raised in ...

(1832–1888), ''

Little Women ''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Alcott wrote the book, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, at the request of her publisher. The story follows the live ...

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Isabella Macdonald Alden Isabella Macdonald Alden (nickname and pen name, Pansy; November 3, 1841 – August 5, 1930) was an American author. Her best known works were: ''Four Girls at Chautauqua'', ''Chautauqua Girls at Home'', ''Tip Lewis and his Lamp'', ''Three Pe ...

(1841–1930), children's writer * Clifford Lindsey Alderman (1902–1988) * Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907), ''

Prudence Palfrey Prudence ( la, prudentia, contracted from meaning "seeing ahead, sagacity") is the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason. It is classically considered to be a virtue, and in particular one of the four Cardinal virt ...

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Malin Alegria Malin Alegria is an American author of Youth literature, who primarily focuses on the genre of young adult novels. Written work and topics Her first book ''Estrella's Quinceañera'' deals with a girl's struggle between a traditional quinceañer ...

Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 2007) was an American author of more than 40 books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. Over his seven-decade career, Alexander wrote 48 books, and his work has been tran ...

(1924–2007), '' The Black Cauldron'' * Tasha Alexander (born 1969) *

Sherman Alexie Sherman Joseph Alexie Jr. (born October 7, 1966) is a Spokane- Coeur d'Alene-Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and filmmaker. His writings draw on his experiences as an Indigenous American with ancestry from se ...

(born 1966), ''

Reservation Blues ''Reservation Blues'' is a 1995 novel by American writer Sherman Alexie, a member of the Spokane and Coeur d'Alene tribes. Plot summary The novel follows the story of the rise and fall of Coyote Springs, a rock and blues band of Spokane Indians ...

'' * Horatio Alger Jr. (1832–1899), '' Ragged Dick'' *

Nelson Algren Nelson Algren (born Nelson Ahlgren Abraham; March 28, 1909 – May 9, 1981) was an American writer. His 1949 novel '' The Man with the Golden Arm'' won the National Book Award and was adapted as the 1955 film of the same name. Algren articulat ...

(1909–1981), ''

The Man with the Golden Arm ''The Man with the Golden Arm'' is a 1955 American drama film with elements of film noir directed by Otto Preminger, based on the novel of the same name by Nelson Algren. Starring Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang and ...

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Hervey Allen William Hervey Allen Jr. (December 8, 1889 – December 28, 1949) was an American educator, poet, and writer. He is best known for his work ''Anthony Adverse'' (made into a 1936 movie of the same name), regarded by many critics "as the model and ...

(1889–1949), ''

Anthony Adverse ''Anthony Adverse'' is a 1936 American epic historical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney draws elements of its plot from eight of the nine books in Herve ...

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Isabel Allende Isabel Angélica Allende Llona (; born in Lima, 2 August 1942) is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as ''The House of the Spirits'' (''La casa de los espír ...

(born 1942), Chilean/American novelist, ''

Eva Luna ''Eva Luna'' is a novel written by Chilean novelist Isabel Allende in 1987 and translated from Spanish to English by Margaret Sayers Peden. Eva Luna takes us into the life of the eponymous protagonist, an orphan who grows up in an unidentified ...

'', ''

Daughter of Fortune ''Daughter of Fortune'' ( es, Hija de la fortuna) is a novel by Isabel Allende, and was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in February 2000. It was published first in Spanish by Plaza & Janés in 1998. Isabel Allende says "of her female pr ...

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Dorothy Allison Dorothy Allison (born April 11, 1949) is an American writer from South Carolina whose writing focuses on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism and lesbianism. She is a self-identified lesbian femme. Allison has won a number of aw ...

(born 1949), '' Bastard Out of Carolina'' *

Lisa Alther Lisa Alther (born July 23, 1944) is an American author and novelist. Personal life Alther was born in Kingsport, Tennessee in 1944. Her father was a surgeon, while her mother was a homemaker. She has 3 brothers and a sister. She graduated from W ...

(born 1944), '' Kinflicks'' * Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919), ''

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Julia Alvarez Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is an American New Formalist poet, novelist, and essayist. She rose to prominence with the novels ''How the García Girls Lost Their Accents'' (1991), '' In the Time of the Butterflies'' (1994), and ''Yo!'' ...

(born 1950), ''

How the García Girls Lost Their Accents ''How the García Girls Lost Their Accents'' is a 1991 novel written by Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist Julia Alvarez. Told in reverse chronological order and narrated from shifting perspectives, the story spans more than thirty ...

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Rudolfo Anaya Rudolfo Anaya (October 30, 1937June 28, 2020) was an American author. Noted for his 1972 novel ''Bless Me, Ultima'', Anaya was considered one of the founders of the canon of contemporary Chicano literature. The themes and cultural references of ...

(1937–2020), ''

Bless Me, Ultima ''Bless Me, Ultima'' is a coming-of-age novel by Rudolfo Anaya centering on Antonio Márez y Luna and his mentorship under his '' curandera'' and protector, Ultima. It has become the most widely read and critically acclaimed novel in the Chicano ...

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Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Halse Anderson is an American writer, known for children's and young adult novels. She received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2010 for her contribution to young adult literature. She was first re ...

(born 1961), '' Speak'' *

Poul Anderson Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until the 21st century. Anderson wrote also historical novels. His awards include seven Hugo Awards and ...

(1926–2001), ''

Tau Zero ''Tau Zero'' is a hard science fiction novel by American writer Poul Anderson. The novel was based upon the short story "To Outlive Eternity" appearing in ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' in 1967. It was first published in book form in 1970. The book i ...

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Sherwood Anderson Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and ...

(1876–1941), ''

Winesburg, Ohio ''Winesburg, Ohio'' (full title: ''Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life'') is a 1919 short story cycle by the American author Sherwood Anderson. The work is structured around the life of protagonist George Willard, from the ...

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Eliza Frances Andrews Eliza Frances Andrews (August 10, 1840 – January 21, 1931) was a popular Southern writer of the Gilded Age. Her works were published in popular magazines and papers, including the ''New York World'' and ''Godey's Lady's Book''. Her longer works ...

(1840–1931), novelist and

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writer * V. C. Andrews (1923–1986), ''

Flowers in the Attic ''Flowers in the Attic'' is a 1979 Gothic novel by V. C. Andrews. It is the first book in the Dollanganger Series, and was followed by '' Petals on the Wind'', '' If There Be Thorns'', '' Seeds of Yesterday'', '' Garden of Shadows'', '' Christop ...

'' * Tina McElroy Ansa (born 1949), '' Baby of the Family'' * A. Manette Ansay (born 1964), ''

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Donald Antrim Donald Antrim (born 1958) is an American novelist. His first novel, '' Elect Mr. Robinson for a Better World'', was published in 1993. In 1999, ''The New Yorker'' named him as among the 20 best writers under the age of 40. In 2013, he was named ...

(born 1959), '' The Hundred Brothers'' *

Gloria E. Anzaldúa Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa (September 26, 1942 – May 15, 2004) was an American scholar of Chicana feminism, cultural theory, and queer theory. She loosely based her best-known book, '' Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza'', on her li ...

(1942–2004), author, poet and activist, '' Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza'' *

Allen Appel Allen Appel (born January 6, 1945) is an American novelist best known for his series about time traveler Alex Balfour. In the series, fictional characters are interwoven with actual historical people and events. Born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Ap ...

(born 1945), '' Time After Time'' *

Benjamin Appel Benjamin Appel (September 13, 1907 – April 3, 1977), was an American novelist specializing in detective and crime fiction, sometimes from a radical perspective. Appel was born in New York City to Louis Appel and Bessie (née Mikofsky) and gre ...

(1907–1979), ''Brain Guy'' *

Max Apple Max Apple (born October 22, 1941) is an American short story writer, novelist, and professor at The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Biography Apple was born to a Jewish family in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and received h ...

(born 1941), '' Zip: A Novel of the Left and the Right'' * Harold Hunter Armstrong (1884–1979) *

Harriette Arnow Harriette Simpson Arnow (July 7, 1908 – March 22, 1986) was an American novelist and historian, who lived in Kentucky and Michigan. Arnow has been called an expert on the people of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, but she herself loved citie ...

(1908–1986), ''

The Dollmaker ''The Dollmaker'' is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film starring Jane Fonda and based on the 1954 novel of the same title written by Harriette Arnow. It was originally broadcast on ABC on May 13, 1984. Fonda was awarded the Pr ...

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Timothy Shay Arthur Timothy Shay Arthur (June 6, 1809 – March 6, 1885) — known as T. S. Arthur — was a popular 19th-century American author. He is famously known for his temperance novel ''Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There'' (1854), which helped d ...

(1809–1885), ''

Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There ''Ten Nights in a Bar-room and What I Saw There'' is an 1854 novel written by American author Timothy Shay Arthur. The book is a temperance novel, written expressly to discourage readers from drinking alcohol. It was a commercial and popular succe ...

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Sholem Asch Sholem Asch ( yi, שלום אַש, pl, Szalom Asz; 1 November 1880 – 10 July 1957), also written Shalom Ash, was a Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language who settled in the United States. Life and work Asch ...

(1880–1957), '' The Nazarene'' *

Inez Asher Inez Asher (née Inez Harriett Silverberg; January 1, 1911 – May 8, 2006) was a novelist and television writer. Early years Inez Asher was the only child of Minor Silverberg, a Des Moines, Iowa real estate agent, and Edna Harris Silverberg. ...

(1911–2006), television writer and novelist, ''Family Sins'' *

Kristen Ashley Kristen Ashley (born Kristen A L Moutaw: April 8, 1968) is a ''New York Times'' and ''USA Today'' bestselling author of more than 75 books in 14 languages, with over three million copies sold. Two of her novels have been adapted into film. Care ...

(born 1968) *

Anastasia Ashman Anastasia M. Ashman (born August 8, 1964) is an American author, a digital strategist, and co-founder of global personal branding startup GlobalNiche.net. Background Ashman was born in 1964 in Berkeley, California. She graduated from Berkeley ...

(born 1964), author and cultural producer, ''

Tales from the Expat Harem ''Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey ''( tr, Türkçe Sevmek) is a nonfiction anthology by 32 expatriate women about their lives in modern Turkey, published by Seal Press in North America (2006, ) and Doğan Kitap in Tu ...

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(1920–1992), ''

The Gods Themselves ''The Gods Themselves'' is a 1972 science fiction novel written by Isaac Asimov, and his first original work in the science fiction genre in fifteen years (not counting his 1966 novelization of '' Fantastic Voyage''). It won the Nebula Award for ...

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Rilla Askew Rilla Askew (born 1951) is an American novelist and short story writer who was born in Poteau, in the Sans Bois Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma, and grew up in the town of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Early life and education Askew graduated f ...

(born 1951), '' The Mercy Seat'' *

Robert Asprin Robert Lynn Asprin (June 28, 1946 – May 22, 2008) was an American science fiction and fantasy author and active fan, known best for his humorous series '' MythAdventures'' and '' Phule's Company''. Background Robert Asprin was born in St. J ...

(1946–2008), ''

Another Fine Myth ''Another Fine Myth'' is a 1978 fantasy novel by American writer Robert Lynn Asprin, the first book in the ''Myth Adventures'' series. Plot synopsis Skeeve, a magician's apprentice and wannabe thief from the dimension Klah, tries to learn the ba ...

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Gertrude Atherton Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (October 30, 1857 – June 14, 1948) was an American author. Paterson, Isabel, "Gertrude Atherton: A Personality" The Bookman'', New York, February 1924, (pgs. 632-636) Many of her novels are set in her home sta ...

(1857–1948), '' The Conqueror'' * Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson (1863–1942), author, journalist and teacher *

William Attaway William Alexander Attaway (November 19, 1911 – June 17, 1986) was an African-American novelist, short story writer, essayist, songwriter, playwright, and screenwriter. Biography Early life Attaway was born on November 19, 1911, in Greenvil ...

(1911–1986), ''

Blood on the Forge ''Blood on the Forge'' is a migration novel by the African-American writer William Attaway set in the steel valley of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during 1919, a time when vast numbers of Black Americans moved northward. Attaway's own family was par ...

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Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Amelia Holt Atwater-Rhodes (born April 16, 1984), known professionally as Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, is an American author of fantasy and young adult literature and a Language Arts/Literature teacher at Learning Prep School in West Newton, MA. She wa ...

(born 1984), ''

In the Forests of the Night ''In the Forests of the Night'' is a vampire novel written by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, and published in 1999. It was originally entitled ''White Wine''. Atwater-Rhodes wrote it at the age of thirteen, but it was published on May 11, 1999, about a ...

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Louis Auchincloss Louis Stanton Auchincloss (; September 27, 1917 – January 26, 2010)Holcomb B. Noble and Charles McGrath''The New York Times''. Retrieved on January 27, 2010. was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a novel ...

(1917–2010), ''

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Jean M. Auel Jean Marie Auel (; ; born February 18, 1936) is an American writer who wrote the '' Earth's Children'' books, a series of novels set in prehistoric Europe that explores human activities during this time, and touches on the interactions of Cro-Mag ...

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The Clan of the Cave Bear ''The Clan of the Cave Bear'' is a 1980 novel and epic work of prehistoric fiction by Jean M. Auel about prehistoric times. It is the first book in the '' Earth's Children'' book series, which speculates on the possibilities of interactions b ...

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Paul Auster Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is an American writer and film director. His notable works include ''The New York Trilogy'' (1987), ''Moon Palace'' (1989), ''The Music of Chance'' (1990), ''The Book of Illusions'' (2002), ''The Broo ...

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New York Trilogy ''The New York Trilogy'' is a series of novels by American writer Paul Auster. Originally published sequentially as ''City of Glass'' (1985), ''Ghosts'' (1986) and ''The Locked Room'' (1986), it has since been collected into a single volume. Th ...

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Mary Hunter Austin Mary Hunter Austin (September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934) was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic '' The Land of Little Rain'' (1903) describes the fauna, flora, and people – as well as e ...

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Victoria Aveyard Victoria Aveyard (born July 27, 1990) is an American writer of young adult and fantasy fiction and screenplays. She is known for her fantasy novel '' Red Queen''. Aveyard wrote the novel a year after graduating from University of Southern Califor ...

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Sanora Babb Sanora Babb (April 21, 1907 – December 31, 2005) was an American novelist, poet, and literary editor. Early life and career Sanora Babb was born in Otoe territory in what is now Oklahoma, though neither her mother nor father were of the Otoe ...

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Richard Bach Richard David Bach (born June 23, 1936) is an American writer. He has written numerous works of fiction and also non-fiction flight-related titles. His works include ''Jonathan Livingston Seagull'' (1970) and '' Illusions: The Adventures of a R ...

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Jonathan Livingston Seagull ''Jonathan Livingston Seagull'', written by American author Richard Bach and illustrated with black-and-white photographs shot by Russell Munson, is a fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homi ...

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Irving Bacheller Addison Irving Bacheller (September 26, 1859 – February 24, 1950) was an American journalist and writer. He founded the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States. Birth and education Born in Pierrepont, New York, Irving Bacheller ...

(1859–1950), '' A Man for the Ages'' * George Bagby (1906–1985), '' Murder at the Piano'' * Dorothy Baker (1907–1968), '' Young Man with a Horn'' *

James Robert Baker James Robert Baker (October 18, 1947 – November 5, 1997) was an American author of sharply satirical, predominantly gay-themed transgressional fiction. A native Californian, his work is set almost entirely in Southern California. After gradua ...

(1947–1997), '' Fuel-Injected Dreams'' *

Nicholson Baker Nicholson Baker (born January 7, 1957) is an American novelist and essayist. His fiction generally de-emphasizes narrative in favor of careful description and characterization. His early novels such as ''The Mezzanine'' and ''Room Temperature'' we ...

(born 1957), '' Vox'' *

Kirsten Bakis Kirsten Bakis (born 1968 Switzerland) is an American novelist. Biography Bakis was raised in Westchester County, New York, and graduated from New York University in 1990. She is a recipient of a Teaching/Writing Fellowship from the University of ...

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Lives of the Monster Dogs ''Lives of the Monster Dogs'' (1997) is a novel by Kirsten Bakis first published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG) is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger Williams Straus Jr. and John C. Fa ...

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Faith Baldwin Faith Baldwin (October 1, 1893 – March 18, 1978) was an American writer of Romance novel, romance novels and other forms of fiction,

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James Baldwin James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer. He garnered acclaim across various media, including essays, novels, plays, and poems. His first novel, '' Go Tell It on the Mountain'', was published in 1953; de ...

(1924–1987), '' Go Tell It on the Mountain'' * Leigh Bale * John Ball (1911–1988), '' In the Heat of the Night'' *

Toni Cade Bambara Toni Cade Bambara, born Miltona Mirkin Cade (March 25, 1939 – December 9, 1995), was an African-American author, documentary film-maker, social activist and college professor. Biography Early life and education Miltona Mirkin Cade was bor ...

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The Salt Eaters ''The Salt Eaters'' is a 1980 novel, the first such work by Toni Cade Bambara. The novel is written in an experimental style and is explicitly political in tone, with several of the characters being veterans of the civil rights, feminist, and anti ...

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Anna Banks Anna Banks is an American author, best known for her New York Times best selling ''Syrena Legacy'' series. Mad Hatter Entertainment, producer on the ''How to Train Your Dragon ''How to Train Your Dragon'' (abbreviated ''HTTYD'') is an Amer ...

Russell Banks Russell Banks (born March 28, 1940) is an American writer of fiction and poetry. As a novelist, Banks is best known for his "detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters". His stories usua ...

(born 1940), '' The Sweet Hereafter'' *

Margaret Culkin Banning Margaret Frances Culkin Banning (March 18, 1891 – January 4, 1982) was a best-selling American writer of thirty-six novels and an early advocate of women's rights. Early life Banning was born in Buffalo, Minnesota on March 18, 1891. She ...

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Amiri Baraka Amiri Baraka (born Everett Leroy Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism. He was the author of numerous bo ...

(LeRoi Jones) (1934–2014), '' The System of Dante's Hell'' *

Tom Barbash Tom Barbash is an American writer of fiction and nonfiction, as well as an educator and critic. He is the author of the novel ''The Last Good Chance,'' a collection of short stories ''Stay Up With Me,'' and the bestselling nonfiction work ''On To ...

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John Franklin Bardin John Franklin Bardin (November 30, 1916 – July 9, 1981) was an American crime writer, best known for three novels he wrote between 1946 and 1948. Biography Bardin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where his father was a well-to-do coal merchant an ...

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Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly A devil is the personification of evil as it is conceived in various cultures and religious traditions. It is seen as the objectification of a hostile and destructive force. Jeffrey Burton Russell states that the different conceptions of ...

'' * Brad Barkley (born 1961), '' Money, Love'' *

Annie Maria Barnes Annie Maria Barnes (pen name, Cousin Annie; May 28, 1857 – unknown) was a 19th-century American journalist, editor, and author from South Carolina. At the age of eleven, she wrote an article for the ''Atlanta Constitution'', and at the age of f ...

(1857 – unknown), ''Some lowly lives and the heights they reached'' *

Djuna Barnes Djuna Barnes (, June 12, 1892 – June 18, 1982) was an American artist, illustrator, journalist, and writer who is perhaps best known for her novel ''Nightwood'' (1936), a cult classic of lesbian fiction and an important work of modernist litera ...

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Nightwood ''Nightwood'' is a 1936 novel by American author Djuna Barnes that was first published by publishing house Faber and Faber. It is one of the early prominent novels to portray explicit homosexuality between women, and as such can be considered ...

'' * Linda Barnes (born 1949), '' A Trouble of Fools'' *

Margaret Ayer Barnes Margaret Ayer Barnes (April 8, 1886, Chicago, Illinois – October 25, 1967, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American playwright, novelist, and short-story writer. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Biography Margaret Ayer grew up the youn ...

(1886–1967), '' Years of Grace'' *

Steven Barnes Steven Barnes (born March 1, 1952) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer. He has written novels, short fiction, screen plays for television, scripts for comic books, animation, newspaper copy, and magazine articles. Career ...

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Wilton Barnhardt Wilton Barnhardt (born 1960) is a former reporter for ''Sports Illustrated'' and is the author of ''Emma Who Saved My Life'' (1989), ''Gospel'' (1993), ''Show World'' (1999), and ''Lookaway, Lookaway'' (2013). Barnhardt took his B.A. at Michigan ...

(born 1960), ''

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Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (March 29, 1831 – March 10, 1919) was a British novelist and teacher. Many of the plots of her stories are laid in Scotland and England. The scenes are from her girlhood recollection of surroundings. Her works includ ...

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Nevada Barr Nevada Barr (born March 1, 1952) is an American author of mystery fiction. She is known for her Anna Pigeon series, which is primarily set in a series of national parks and other protected areas of the United States. Early life Although Barr w ...

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Track of the Cat ''Track of the Cat'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright and Diana Lynn. The film is based on a 1949 adventure novel of the same name by Walter Van Tilburg Clark. This was ...

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Andrea Barrett Andrea Barrett (born November 16, 1954) is an American novelist and short story writer. Her collection ''Ship Fever'' won the 1996 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction, and she received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2001. Her book ''Servants of the Ma ...

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John Barth John Simmons Barth (; born May 27, 1930) is an American writer who is best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include ''The Sot-Weed Factor'', a ...

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Giles Goat-Boy ''Giles Goat-Boy'' (1966) is the fourth novel by American writer John Barth. It is a metafictional comic novel in which the universe is portrayed as a university campus in an elaborate allegory of both the hero's journey and the Cold War. Its tit ...

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Donald Barthelme Donald Barthelme (April 7, 1931 – July 23, 1989) was an American short story writer and novelist known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction. Barthelme also worked as a newspaper reporter for the ''Houston Post'', was managing ...

(1931–1989), ''

Snow White "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a 19th-century German fairy tale that is today known widely across the Western world. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' and numbered as Ta ...

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Frederick Barthelme Fredrick Barthelme (born October 10, 1943) is an American novelist and short story writer, well-known as one of the seminal writers of minimalist fiction. Alongside his personal publishing history, his position as Director of The Center For Write ...

(born 1943), '' Chroma'' * Alice E. Bartlett (1848-1920), ''Until the Daybreak'' * Nalbro Bartley (1888–1952), ''A Woman's Woman'' * Fredrick Barton *

Rick Bass Rick may refer to: People *Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name *Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality * Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and myco ...

(born 1958), '' Where the Sea Used to Be'' *

Sara Ware Bassett Sara Ware Bassett (1872 – July 18, 1968) was an American author of fiction and nonfiction. Her novels primarily deal with New England characters, and most of them are set in two fictional Cape Cod villages she created, Belleport and Wilton. H ...

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Hamilton Basso Joseph Hamilton Basso (September 5, 1904 – May 13, 1964) was an American novelist and journalist. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Basso worked as reporter for several newspapers in New Orleans, wrote 11 novels, primarily about the South, and was ...

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The View from Pompey's Head ''The View from Pompey's Head'' is a novel by American writer Hamilton Basso, first published by Doubleday in 1954. It spent 40 weeks on ''The New York Times'' bestseller list. The title refers to the book's setting, the fictional small town ...

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Harriet Bates Harriet Bates (July 30, 1856 – March 1886) was a 19th-century American author of poetry and novels.''Dictionary of Women Worldwide'' (2007) Gale. Online version retrieved 17 July 2014 . Her pen name, Eleanor Putnam, had been the maiden name of ...

(1856–1886), wrote under the name Eleanor Putnam *

Margret Holmes Bates Margret Holmes Bates (, Martha Mary Victoria Ernsperger; October 6, 1844 – January 21, 1927) was an American author better known by her pen names, Mrs M E Holmes, Margret Holmes, Margret Holmes Bates, and Margaret Holmes Bates. Her first publi ...

(1844-1927), ''Manitou'' *

L. Frank Baum Lyman Frank Baum (; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's books, particularly ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the ''Oz'' series, plus 41 other novels (not includ ...

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow. It is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz after s ...

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Richard Bausch Richard Bausch (born April 18, 1945) is an American novelist and short story writer, and Professor in the Writing Program at Chapman University in Orange, California. He has published twelve novels, eight short story collections, and one volume o ...

(born 1945), '' The Last Good Time'' *

Robert Bausch Robert Bausch (April 18, 1945 – October 9, 2018) was an American fiction writer, the author of nine novels and one collection of short stories. He was a Professor of English at Northern Virginia Community College, and he had taught at the Unive ...

(1945–2018), '' Almighty Me'' * Charles Baxter (born 1947), ''

Shadow Play Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated cut-out figures (shadow puppets) which are held between a source of light and a translucent screen or scrim. The cut-ou ...

'' * Jonathan Bayliss (1926–2009), the fiction tetralogy Gloucesterman * Peter S. Beagle (born 1939), ''

The Last Unicorn ''The Last Unicorn'' is a fantasy novel by American author Peter S. Beagle and published in 1968, by Viking Press in the U.S. and The Bodley Head in the U.K. It follows the tale of a unicorn, who believes she is the last of her kind in the wor ...

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Theodore Beale Theodore Robert Beale (born August 21, 1968), also known as Vox Day, is an American far-right activist, writer, publisher, and video game designer. He has been described as a white supremacist, a misogynist, and part of the alt-right. ''The Wal ...

(born 1968), ''The War in Heaven'', ''The Eternal Warriors'' *

Greg Bear Gregory Dale Bear (August 20, 1951 – November 19, 2022) was an American writer and illustrator best known for science fiction. His work covered themes of galactic conflict ('' Forge of God'' books), parallel universes ('' The Way'' series), ...

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Darwin's Radio ''Darwin's Radio'' is a 1999 science fiction novel by Greg Bear. It won the Nebula Award in 2000 for Best Novel and the 2000 Endeavour Award. It was also nominated for the Hugo Award, Locus and Campbell Awards the same year. The novel's original ...

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Ann Beattie Ann Beattie (born September 8, 1947) is an American novelist and short story writer. She has received an award for excellence from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story f ...

(born 1947), ''

Chilly Scenes of Winter ''Chilly Scenes of Winter'' is Ann Beattie's first novel, published by Doubleday in 1976. The marketing copy from the paperback edition declared, "This is the story of a love-smitten Charles; his friend Sam, the Phi Beta Kappa The Phi Beta Ka ...

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Paul Beatty Paul Beatty (born June 9, 1962) is an American author and an associate professor of writing at Columbia University. In 2016, he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Booker Prize for his novel '' The Sellout''. It was the first time ...

(born 1962), ''

The Sellout (novel) ''The Sellout'' is a 2015 novel by Paul Beatty published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and in the UK by Oneworld Publications in 2016. The novel takes place in and around Los Angeles, California, and muses about the state of racial relations in ...

'' * Jessica Beck *

Louis Begley Louis Begley (born Ludwik Begleiter; October 6, 1933) is a Polish-born Jewish American novelist. He is best known for writing the semi-autobiographical Holocaust novel ''Wartime Lies'' (1991) and the ''Schmidt'' trilogy: ''About Schmidt'' (1996 ...

(born 1933), ''

About Schmidt ''About Schmidt'' is a 2002 American comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Alexander Payne and starring Jack Nicholson in the title role. The film also stars Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, and Kathy Bates. It is loosely based on the 1996 nov ...

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Madison Smartt Bell Madison Smartt Bell (born August 1, 1957, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American novelist. While established as a writer by several early novels, he is especially known for his trilogy of novels about Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolut ...

(born 1957), '' All Souls' Rising'' *

Edward Bellamy Edward Bellamy (March 26, 1850 – May 22, 1898) was an American author, journalist, and political activist most famous for his utopian novel ''Looking Backward''. Bellamy's vision of a harmonious future world inspired the formation of numerou ...

(1850–1898), '' Looking Backward: 2000–1887'' *

Saul Bellow Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; 10 July 1915 – 5 April 2005) was a Canadian-born American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. He is the only wr ...

(1915–2005), ''

Henderson the Rain King ''Henderson the Rain King'' is a 1959 novel by Saul Bellow. The book's blend of philosophical discourse and comic adventure has helped make it one of his more popular works. The novel is said to be Bellow's favorite among his books. It was ranke ...

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Peter Benchley Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006) was an American author, screenwriter, and ocean activist. He is known for his bestselling novel '' Jaws'' and co-wrote its film adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. Several more of his works ...

(1940–2006), ''

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Aimee Bender Aimee Bender (born June 28, 1969) is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her surreal stories and characters. She is a 2011 recipient of the Alex Awards. Biography Born to a Jewish family, Bender received her undergraduate de ...

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An Invisible Sign of My Own ''An Invisible Sign'' is a 2010 American drama film directed by Marilyn Agrelo and starring Jessica Alba, J. K. Simmons, Chris Messina (actor), Chris Messina, Sophie Nyweide, and Bailee Madison. Based on the 2001 novel ''An Invisible Sign of My Ow ...

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Pinckney Benedict Pinckney Benedict (born 1964) is an American short-story writer and novelist whose work often reflects his Appalachian background. Biography Benedict was raised in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, where his family had a dairy farm. He attended T ...

(born 1964), '' Dogs of God'' *

Stephen Vincent Benét Stephen Vincent Benét (; July 22, 1898 – March 13, 1943) was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, ''John Brown's Body'' (1928), for which he receive ...

(1898–1943), '' Spanish Bayonet'' *

Gregory Benford Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of ''Reas ...

(born 1941), ''

Timescape ''Timescape'' is a 1980 science fiction novel by American writer Gregory Benford (with unbilled co-author Hilary Foister, Benford's sister-in-law, who is credited as having "contributed significantly to the manuscript"). It won the 1981 Nebula an ...

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Gary L. Bennett Gary L. Bennett (born January 17, 1940) is an American scientist and engineer, specializing in aerospace and energy. He has worked for NASA and the United States Department of Energy, US Department of Energy (DOE) on advanced space power system ...

(born 1940), '' The Star Sailors'' * Jenn Bennett * Marcia Joanne Bennett (born 1945) * Thomas Berger (1924–2014), ''

Little Big Man Little Big Man ( Lakota: Wičháša Tȟáŋkala), or Charging Bear, was an Oglala Lakota, or Oglala Sioux, who was a fearless and respected warrior who fought under, and was distant cousin to, Crazy Horse ("His-Horse-Is-Crazy"). He opposed the 186 ...

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Gina Berriault Gina Berriault (January 1, 1926 – July 15, 1999), was an American novelist and short story writer. Biography Berriault was born in Long Beach, California, to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents. Her father was a freelance writer and Berriault took ...

(1926–1999), ''

The Descent ''The Descent'' is a 2005 British horror film written and directed by Neil Marshall. The film follows six women who enter a cave system and struggle to survive against the humanoid creatures inside. Filming took place in the United Kingdom. Ex ...

'' * Don Berry (1931–2001), '' Trask'' *

Wendell Berry Wendell Erdman Berry (born August 5, 1934) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. Closely identified with rural Kentucky, Berry developed many of his agrarian themes in the early essays of ...

(born 1934), '' A Place on Earth'' *

Alfred Bester Alfred Bester (December 18, 1913 – September 30, 1987) was an American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books. He is best remembered for his science fiction, inclu ...

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The Demolished Man ''The Demolished Man'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Alfred Bester, which was the first Hugo Award winner in 1953. An inverted detective story, it was first serialized in three parts, beginning with the January 1952 issue of '' G ...

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Doris Betts Doris Betts (June 4, 1932 – April 21, 2012) was a short story writer, novelist, essayist and Alumni Distinguished Professor Emerita at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was the author of three short story collections and six novels ...

(1932–2012), '' Souls Raised from the Dead'' *

Earl Derr Biggers Earl Derr Biggers (August 26, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. His novels featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan were adapted into popular films made in the United States and China. Biogra ...

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The Chinese Parrot ''The Chinese Parrot'' (1926) is the second novel in the Charlie Chan series of mystery novels by Earl Derr Biggers. It is the first in which Chan travels from Hawaii to mainland California, and involves a crime whose exposure is hastened by t ...

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Jessica Bird Jessica Rowley Pell Bird Blakemore is an American novelist. Under her maiden name, Jessica Bird, she writes contemporary romance novels, and as J.R. Ward, she writes paranormal romance. She is a three-time winner of the Romance Writers of Americ ...

(born 1969), ''

Black Dagger Brotherhood The Black Dagger Brotherhood is an ongoing series of paranormal romance books by author J. R. Ward. The series focuses on a society (the "Black Dagger Brotherhood") of vampire A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on ...

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Robert Montgomery Bird Robert Montgomery Bird (February 5, 1806 – January 23, 1854) was an American novelist, playwright, and physician. Early life and education Bird was born in New Castle, Delaware on February 5, 1806.Ehrlich, Eugene and Gorton Carruth. ''The Oxfor ...

(1803–1854), '' The Infidel'' * Michael Bishop (born 1945), '' No Enemy But Time'' *

Pam Blackwell Pam Blackwell (born November 9, 1942) is an American Jungian educator and theorist, as well as a playwright and novelist. She has been a meditation teacher for 40 years and directs "Morningstar Institute". In addition to its other services, "Mor ...

(born 1942) *

William Peter Blatty William Peter Blatty (January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American writer, director and producer. He is best known for his 1971 novel, ''The Exorcist'', and for his 1974 screenplay for the film adaptation of the same name. Blatty won ...

(1928–2017), ''

The Exorcist ''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin and written for the screen by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty W ...

'' * Winfred Blevins (born 1938), ''

Stone Song, Story of the Life of Crazy Horse In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included, its Chemical compound, chemical composition, and the way in which it is formed. Rocks ...

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Robert Bloch Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small ...

(1917–1994), '' Psycho'' *

Francesca Lia Block Francesca Lia Block (born December 3, 1962) is an American writer of adult and young-adult literature. She is known for the '' Weetzie Bat'' series, which she began while a student at UC Berkeley. Early life Block was born in Los Angeles to a ...

(born 1962) '' Weetzie Bat'' *

Lawrence Block Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Mas ...

(born 1938), '' Eight Million Ways to Die'' *

Stefan Merrill Block Stefan Merrill Block (born 1982) is an American writer. Biography Stefan Merrill Block was born in Texas and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New ...

(born 1982) * Mabel Fuller Blodgett (1869–1959) *

Joan Blondell Joan Blondell (born Rose Joan Bluestein; August 30, 1906 – December 25, 1979) was an American actress who performed in film and television for 50 years. Blondell began her career in vaudeville. After winning a beauty pageant, she embarked on ...

(1906–1979), ''Center Door Fancy'' *

Amy Bloom Amy Beth Bloom (born 1953) is an American writer and psychotherapist. She is professor of creative writing at Wesleyan University, and has been nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Biography Bloom is t ...

(born 1953), '' Love Invents Us'' * V.O. Blum (born 1945), '' DownMind'' *

Judy Blume Judith Blume ( née Sussman; born February 12, 1938) is an American writer of children's, young adult and adult fiction. Blume began writing in 1959 and has published more than 25 novels. Among her best-known works are '' Are You There God? It's ...

(born 1938), '' Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret'' * Tom Boggs (1905–1952) *

Chris Bohjalian Chris A. Bohjalian ( hy, Քրիս Պոհճալեան) is an Armenian-American novelist and the author of 20 novels, including ''Midwives'' (1997), '' The Sandcastle Girls'' (2012), '' The Guest Room'' (2016), and ''The Flight Attendant'' (2018). ...

(born 1960), '' The Law of Similars'' * Jamie Pastor Bolnick * Jamie Pastor Bolnick (born Huntington) *

Arna Bontemps Arna Wendell Bontemps ( ) (October 13, 1902 – June 4, 1973) was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance. Early life Bontemps was born in Alexandria, Louisiana, into a Louisiana Creole family. His a ...

(1902–1973), '' God Sends Sunday'' *

Kola Boof Kola Boof is a Sudanese-American novelist. She was born a Sunni Muslim in Omdurman, Sudan. As a child, she witnessed her parents' murder. She was adopted by African-Americans in Washington D.C. in 1979 and became an American citizen in 1993. S ...

* Emma Scarr Booth (1835-1927), ''Karan Kringle's Journal'' *

Anthony Boucher William Anthony Parker White (August 21, 1911 – April 29, 1968), better known by his pen name Anthony Boucher (), was an American author, critic, and editor who wrote several classic mystery novels, short stories, science fiction, and radio d ...

(1911–1968), '' The Case of the Seven of Calvary'' *

Vance Bourjaily Vance Nye Bourjaily (September 17, 1922 – August 31, 2010) was an American novelist, playwright, journalist, creative writing teacher, and essayist.T. Rees Shapirofrom ''The Washington Post'', September 4, 2010. Life Bourjaily was born in Cle ...

(1922–2010), '' Brill Among the Ruins'' *

Ben Bova Benjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor. During a writing career of 60 years, he was the author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, an editor of '' Analog Science Fiction and F ...

(1932–2020), '' The Starcrossed'' *

Jane Bowles Jane Bowles (; born Jane Sydney Auer; February 22, 1917 – May 4, 1973) was an American writer and playwright. Early life Born into a Jewish family in New York City on February 22, 1917, to Sydney Auer (father) and Claire Stajer (mother), Jane ...

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Two Serious Ladies ''Two Serious Ladies'' is a 1943 modernist novel by the American writer Jane Bowles. It follows two upper-class women, Christina Goering and Frieda Copperfield, as they descend into debauchery. Bowles' style is often described as singular. In Fe ...

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Paul Bowles Paul Frederic Bowles (; December 30, 1910November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with the Moroccan city of Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his ...

(1910–1999), ''

The Sheltering Sky ''The Sheltering Sky'' is a 1949 novel of alienation and existential despair by American writer and composer Paul Bowles. Plot The story centers on Port Moresby and his wife Kit, a married couple originally from New York who travel to the Nor ...

'' * Valerie Bowman * Blanche McCrary Boyd (born 1945), ''

The Revolution of Little Girls ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...

'' * James Boyd (1888–1944), ''

Drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

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Jennifer Finney Boylan Jennifer Finney Boylan (born June 22, 1958) is a bestselling author, transgender activist, professor at Barnard College, and a contributing opinion writer for the ''New York Times''. Early life and education Boylan was born in Valley Forge, Pen ...

(previously James Finney Boylan) (born 1958), ''

The Planets ''The Planets'', Op. 32, is a seven- movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus. Each movement of the suite is name ...

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Roger Boylan Roger Boylan is an American writer (b. 1951) who was raised in Ireland, France, and Switzerland. His Irish novel ''Killoyle, ''called "a virtuoso performance" by ''Publishers Weekly'', is published by Dalkey Archive Press. His second Irish nove ...

(born 1951), '' Killoyle'' *

Kay Boyle Kay Boyle (February 19, 1902 – December 27, 1992) was an American novelist, short story writer, educator, and political activist. She was a Guggenheim Fellow and O. Henry Award winner. Early years The granddaughter of a publisher, Boyle was ...

(1902–1992), '' Death of a Man'' *

T. Coraghessan Boyle Thomas Coraghessan Boyle, also known as T. C. Boyle and T. Coraghessan Boyle (born December 2, 1948), is an American novelist and short story writer. Since the mid-1970s, he has published sixteen novels and more than 100 short stories. He won the ...

(born 1948), ''

The Road to Wellville ''The Road to Wellville'' is a 1993 novel by American author T. Coraghessan Boyle. Set in Battle Creek, Michigan, during the early days of breakfast cereals, the story includes a historical fictionalization of John Harvey Kellogg, the inventor of ...

'' * Virginia Frazer Boyle (1863-1938) *

Gerald Warner Brace Gerald Warner Brace (September 24, 1901 – July 20, 1978) was an American novelist, writer, educator, sailor and boat builder. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England. Biography Early life and ancestors He was born ...

(1901–1978), '' The World of Carrick's Cove'' *

Hugh Henry Brackenridge Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748June 25, 1816) was an American writer, lawyer, judge, and justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. A frontier citizen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, he founded both the Pittsburgh Academy, now the ...

(1748–1816), ''

Modern Chivalry ''Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago and Teague O'Regan, His servant'' is a rambling, satirical American novel by Hugh Henry Brackenridge, a Pittsburgh writer, lawyer, judge, and justice of the Pennsylvania Suprem ...

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Leigh Brackett Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 18, 1978) was an American science fiction writer known as "the Queen of Space Opera." She was also a screenwriter, known for ''The Big Sleep'' (1946), '' Rio Bravo'' (1959), and '' The Long Goo ...

(1915–1978), ''

The Secret of Sinharat ''The Secret of Sinharat'' is a science fantasy novel by American writer Leigh Brackett, set on the planet Mars_in_fiction#Mars_in_fiction_before_Mariner, Mars, whose protagonist is Eric John Stark. The novel is expanded from the novella "Queen o ...

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Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and r ...

(1920–2012), ''

The Illustrated Man ''The Illustrated Man'' is a 1951 collection of 18 science fiction short stories by American writer Ray Bradbury. A recurring theme throughout the stories is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people. It was ...

'' * David Bradley (born 1950), ''

The Chaneysville Incident ''The Chaneysville Incident'' is a 1981 novel by David Bradley. The novel won the 1982 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. It concerns a black historian who investigates an incident involving the death of his father and a prior incident involving th ...

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Marion Zimmer Bradley Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was an American author of fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels, and is best known for the Arthurian fiction novel ''The Mists of Avalon'' an ...

(1930–1999), ''

The Mists of Avalon ''The Mists of Avalon'' is a 1983 historical fantasy novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, in which the author relates the Arthurian legends from the perspective of the female characters. The book follows the trajectory of Morgaine (Mo ...

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Billy Lee Brammer Billy Lee Brammer (April 21, 1929 – February 11, 1978) was an author, journalist, and political staffer in Texas and Washington, D.C.. He is best known for his set of three linked novellas titled ''The Gay Place.'' Life Brammer was born ...

(1929–1978), ''

The Gay Place ''The Gay Place'' (1961) is a series of three novellas, with interlocking plots and characters, by American author Billy Lee Brammer. The novellas, published in a single book, include ''The Flea Circus'', ''Room Enough to Caper'' and ''Country Pl ...

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Max Brand Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American writer known primarily for his Western stories using the pseudonym Max Brand. He (as Max Brand) also created the popular fictional character of young medical intern D ...

(1892–1944), ''

Destry Rides Again ''Destry Rides Again'' is a 1939 American Western comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart. The supporting cast includes Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Irene Hervey ...

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Giannina Braschi Giannina Braschi (born February 5, 1953) is a Puerto Rican poet, novelist, dramatist, and scholar. Her notable works include ''Empire of Dreams'' (1988), ''Yo-Yo Boing!'' (1998) ''and United States of Banana'' (2011). Braschi writes cross-genr ...

(born 1954), ''Yo-Yo Boing!'' *

Richard Brautigan Richard Gary Brautigan (January 30, 1935 – c. September 16, 1984) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. A prolific writer, he wrote throughout his life and published ten novels, two collections of short stories, and four bo ...

(1935–1984), ''

Trout Fishing in America ''Trout Fishing in America'' is a novella written by Richard Brautigan and published in 1967. It is technically Brautigan's first novel; he wrote it in 1961 before ''A Confederate General from Big Sur'', which was published first. Overview ''Tro ...

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Kate Braverman Kate Braverman (February 5, 1949 – October 12, 2019) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and poet. Los Angeles is the focus for much of her writing. Biography Kate Braverman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1949 ...

(1949–2019), '' Lithium for Medea'' * Anna de Brémont (c. 1856–1922) * Sandra Bretting * Matt Briggs (born 1970), '' Shoot the Buffalo'' *

David Brin Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American scientist and author of science fiction. He has won the Hugo,The Uplift War ''The Uplift War'' is a 1987 science fiction novel by American writer David Brin, the third book of six set in his Uplift Universe. It was nominated as the best novel for the 1987 Nebula Award and won the 1988 Hugo and Locus Awards. The previo ...

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Robert O'Neil Bristow Robert O'Neil Bristow (November 17, 1926 – August 15, 2018) was an American novelist known for depicting the lives of Black Americans in small town South Carolina during the years surrounding desegregation. His novel ''Time for Glory'' (1968, ...

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Poppy Z. Brite Billy Martin (born May 25, 1967), formerly Poppy Z. Brite, is an American author. He initially achieved fame in the gothic horror genre of literature in the early 1990s by publishing a string of successful novels and short story collections. He i ...

(born 1967), ''

Exquisite Corpse Exquisite corpse (from the original French term ', literally exquisite cadaver), is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence, either by following a rule (e.g. ...

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Amber Brock Amber Brock (born January 14, 1980) is an American author known for her debut novel, ''A Fine Imitation'' and her follow-up ''Lady Be Good.'' She also teaches English, Spanish, and Creative Writing at The Atlanta Girls' School. Reception ''A Fin ...

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Harold Brodkey Harold Brodkey (October 25, 1930 – January 26, 1996), born Aaron Roy Weintraub, was an American short-story writer and novelist. Life Brodkey was the second child born in Staunton, Illinois, to Max Weintraub and Celia Glazer Weintraub (1899 ...

(1930–1996), ''

The Runaway Soul ''The Runaway Soul'', published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1991, first edition , Library of Congress catalog card number 91-75885, is the long-awaited first novel by Harold Brodkey. It represents either part or all of the work that Brodkey lab ...

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Louis Bromfield Louis Bromfield (December 27, 1896 – March 18, 1956) was an American writer and conservationist. A bestselling novelist in the 1920s, he reinvented himself as a farmer in the late 1930s and became one of the earliest proponents of sustainab ...

(1896–1956), ''

The Rains Came ''The Rains Came'' is a 1939 20th Century Fox film based on an American novel by Louis Bromfield (published in June 1937 by Harper & Brothers). The film was directed by Clarence Brown and stars Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, George Brent, Brenda ...

'' * Geraldine Brooks (born 1955), ''

March March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the second of seven months to have a length of 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of Marc ...

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Terry Brooks Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two film novelizations. He has written 23 ''New York Times'' bestsellers during his writing career, and has ...

(born 1944), ''

The Sword of Shannara ''The Sword of Shannara'' is a 1977 epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. It is the first book in a titular trilogy. The novel interweaves two major plots into a fictional world called The Four Lands. One follows the protagonist ...

'' * Alice Brown (1857–1948), '' Fools of Nature'' *

Charles Brockden Brown Charles Brockden Brown (January 17, 1771 – February 22, 1810) was an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period. He is generally regarded by scholars as the most important American novelist before James Fenimore ...

(1771–1810), '' Wieland'' *

Dan Brown Daniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author best known for his Thriller (genre), thriller novels, including the Robert Langdon novels ''Angels & Demons'' (2000), ''The Da Vinci Code'' (2003), ''The Lost Symbol'' (2009), ''In ...

(born 1964), ''

The Da Vinci Code ''The Da Vinci Code'' is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It is Brown's second novel to include the character Robert Langdon: the first was his 2000 novel ''Angels & Demons''. ''The Da Vinci Code'' follows symbologist Robert Langdon ...

'' * Don Brown (born 1960),

Treason Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ...

* Eleanor Brown (born 1969), ''The Weird Sisters'' * Harry Brown (1917–1986), '' A Walk in the Sun'' * Larry Brown (1951–2004), '' Dirty Work'' *

Rita Mae Brown Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944) is an American feminist writer, best known for her coming-of-age autobiographical novel, ''Rubyfruit Jungle''. Brown was active in a number of civil rights campaigns and criticized the marginalization of le ...

(born 1944), ''

Rubyfruit Jungle ''Rubyfruit Jungle'' is the first novel by Rita Mae Brown. Published in 1973, it was remarkable in its day for its explicit portrayal of lesbianism. The novel is a coming-of-age autobiographical account of Brown's youth and emergence as a lesbia ...

'' * Rosellen Brown (born 1939), '' Before and After'' *

William Hill Brown William Hill Brown (November 1765 – September 2, 1793) was an American novelist, the author of what is usually considered the first American novel, ''The Power of Sympathy'' (1789), and "Harriot, or the Domestic Reconciliation", as well as th ...

(1756–1793), ''

The Power of Sympathy ''The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature'' (1789) is an 18th-century American sentimental novel written in epistolary form by William Hill Brown and is widely considered to be the first American novel. ''The Power of Sympathy'' was Bro ...

'' * Steven Brust (born 1955), the ''

Dragaera Steven Karl Zoltán Brust (born November 23, 1955) is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He is best known for his series of novels about the assassin Vlad Taltos, one of a disdained minority group of humans livi ...

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Pearl S. Buck Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) was an American writer and novelist. She is best known for ''The Good Earth'' a bestselling novel in the United States in 1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, Pulitze ...

(1892–1973), ''

The Good Earth ''The Good Earth'' is a historical fiction novel by Pearl S. Buck published in 1931 that dramatizes family life in a Chinese village in the early 20th century. It is the first book in her ''House of Earth'' trilogy, continued in ''Sons'' (1932) ...

'' * Michael Buckley (born 1969), ''

The Sisters Grimm ''The Sisters Grimm'' is a children's fantasy series written by Michael Buckley and illustrated by Peter Ferguson. The series features two sisters, Sabrina Grimm and Daphne Grimm, and consists of nine novels that were published from 2005 to 201 ...

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Frederick Buechner Carl Frederick Buechner ( ; July 11, 1926 – August 15, 2022) was an American author, Presbyterianism, Presbyterian Minister (Christianity), minister, preacher, and theologian. The author of thirty-nine published books, his work encompassed d ...

(1926–2022), '' Godric'' *

Charles Bukowski Henry Charles Bukowski ( ; born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, ; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his adopted ...

(1920–1994), ''

Factotum Factotum may refer to: *A handyman, employed as a servant * ''Factotum'' (novel), a 1975 novel by Charles Bukowski * ''Factotum'' (film), a 2005 film adaptation of the novel * Factotum (arts organisation), an arts organisation based in Belfast * fa ...

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Emma Bull Emma Bull (born December 13, 1954) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Her novels include the Hugo- and Nebula-nominated '' Bone Dance'' and the urban fantasy '' War for the Oaks''. She is also known for a series of anthologies ...

(born 1954), ''

War for the Oaks ''War for the Oaks'' (1987) is a fantasy novel by American writer Emma Bull. The book tells the story of Eddi McCandry, a rock musician who finds herself unwillingly pulled into the supernatural faerie conflict between good and evil. ''War fo ...

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Edward Bunker Edward Heward Bunker (December 31, 1933 – July 19, 2005) was an American author of crime fiction, a screenwriter, convicted felon and an actor. He wrote numerous books, some of which have been adapted into films. He wrote the scripts for—a ...

(1933–2005), ''

Little Boy Blue "Little Boy Blue" is an English-language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 11318. Lyrics A common version of the rhyme is: Little Boy Blue, Come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, The cow's in the corn. Where is ...

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Eugene Burdick Eugene Leonard Burdick (December 12, 1918 – July 26, 1965) was an American political scientist, novelist, and non-fiction writer, co-author of '' The Ugly American'' (1958), ''Fail-Safe'' (1962), and author of '' The 480'' (1965). Early life H ...

(1918–1965), ''

The Ugly American ''The Ugly American'' is a 1958 political novel by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer that depicts the failures of the U.S. diplomatic corps in Southeast Asia. The book caused a sensation in diplomatic circles and had major political implic ...

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James Lee Burke James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for ''Black Cherry Blues'' (1990) and ''Cimarron Rose'' (1998), and has also been presented with the Grand Master ...

(born 1936), ''

The Neon Rain ''The Neon Rain'' is a crime novel by James Lee Burke, the first in a series featuring the fictional detective Dave Robicheaux. Plot summary While fishing on a back country bayou, New Orleans Police Department officer Dave Robicheaux finds a body ...

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Frances Hodgson Burnett Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (published in 1885–1886), '' A Little ...

(1849–1924), ''

Little Lord Fauntleroy ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was published as a serial in '' St. Nicholas Magazine'' from November 1885 to October 1886, then as a book by Scribner's (the publisher of ''St. Nicholas'') in 1886. The ill ...

'' * William R. Burnett (1899–1982), '' Little Caesar'' *

Clara Louise Burnham Clara Louise Burnham (, Root; May 25, 1854 – June 20, 1927) was an American novelist. After the success of ''No Gentlemen'' (1881), other books followed, including ''A Sane Lunatic'' (1882), ''Dearly Bought'' (1884), ''Next Door'' (1886), ''Yo ...

(1854-1927), '' Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life'' *

Olive Ann Burns Olive Ann Burns (July 17, 1924 – July 4, 1990) was an American writer from Georgia best known for her single completed novel, '' Cold Sassy Tree'', published in 1984. Background Olive Ann Burns was born in Banks County, Georgia. Her father wa ...

(1924–1990), ''

Cold Sassy Tree ''Cold Sassy Tree'' is a 1984 historical novel by Olive Ann Burns. Set in the US state of Georgia in the fictional town of Cold Sassy (based on the real city of Harmony Grove, now Commerce) in 1906, it follows the life of a 14-year-old boy named ...

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Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best-known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he ...

(1875–1950), ''

Tarzan of the Apes ''Tarzan of the Apes'' is a 1912 story by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the first in the Tarzan series. It was first serialized in the pulp magazine '' The All-Story'' beginning October 1912 before being released as a novel in June ...

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William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular cultur ...

(1914–1997), ''

Naked Lunch ''Naked Lunch'' (sometimes ''The Naked Lunch'') is a 1959 novel by American writer William S. Burroughs. The book is structured as a series of loosely connected vignettes, intended by Burroughs to be read in any order. The reader follows the na ...

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Frederick Busch Frederick Busch (August 1, 1941 – February 23, 2006) was an American writer, and the author of nearly 30 books including volumes of short stories and novels. Early life Frederick Matthew Busch was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 01, 194 ...

(1941–2006), '' Harry and Catherine'' * Gary Buslik (born 1946) *

Octavia E. Butler Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowshi ...

(1947–2006), ''

Patternmaster ''Patternmaster'' (1976) is a science fiction novel by American author Octavia E. Butler. ''Patternmaster'', the first book to be published but the last in the series' internal chronology, depicts a distant future where the human race has been s ...

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Robert Olen Butler Robert Olen Butler (born January 20, 1945) is an American fiction writer. His short-story collection '' A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1993. Early life Butler was born in Granite City, Illin ...

(born 1945), ''

The Alleys of Eden ''The Alleys of Eden'' is the first published novel of Pulitzer Prize winning author Robert Olen Butler, first published in 1981. Synopsis Set in Saigon during the final days of the Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by other names) ...

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Martha Haines Butt Martha Haines Butt (after marriage, Bennett; November 22, 1833 – February 9, 1871) was an American proslavery author primarily known by her maiden name. She was a contributor to various periodicals and magazines, in both the North and South. A ...

(1833-1871), '' Antifanaticism'' *

Elizabeth Byrd Elizabeth Byrd (December 8, 1912 – May 11, 1989) was an American author. Her main body of work is historical fiction, and her most successful novel is ''Immortal Queen,'' a historical romance about Mary, Queen of Scots. Nine of her thirteen nov ...

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George Washington Cable George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been called "the most important southern artist wor ...

(1844–1925), '' The Grandissimes'' *

Meg Cabot Meggin Patricia Cabot (born February 1, 1967) is an American novelist. She has written and published over 50 novels of young adult and adult fiction and is best known for her young adult series ''Princess Diaries'', which was later adapted by W ...

(born 1967), ''

The Princess Diaries ''The Princess Diaries'' is a series of epistolary young adult novels written by Meg Cabot, and is also the title of the first volume, published in 2000. The series revolves around Amelia 'Mia' Thermopolis, a teenager in New York who discovers ...

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Abraham Cahan Abraham "Abe" Cahan (Yiddish: אַבֿרהם קאַהאַן; July 7, 1860 – August 31, 1951) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician. Cahan was one of the founders of ''The Forward'' (), ...

(1860–1951), ''

The Rise of David Levinsky ''The Rise of David Levinsky'' is a novel by Abraham Cahan. It was published in 1917 in literature, 1917, and remains Cahan's best known work. Plot summary The book is told in the form of a fictional autobiography of David Levinsky, a Russian Je ...

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Chelsea Cain Chelsea Snow Cain (born 1972) is an American writer of novels and columns. Biography Cain was born February 5, 1972 in Iowa City, Iowa, to Mary Cain and Larry Schmidt.''Dharma Girl'' (1996) Cain spent her early childhood on a hippie commune ou ...

(born 1972), ''Heartsick'' * James M. Cain (1892–1977), '' The Postman Always Rings Twice'' *

Erskine Caldwell Erskine Preston Caldwell (December 17, 1903 – April 11, 1987) was an American novelist and short story writer. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native Southern United States, in novels such as '' Tobacco Road'' (1 ...

(1903–1987), ''

God's Little Acre ''God's Little Acre'' is a 1933 novel by Erskine Caldwell about a dysfunctional farming family in Georgia obsessed with sex and wealth. The novel's sexual themes were so controversial that the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice asked a ...

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Taylor Caldwell Janet Miriam Caldwell (September 7, 1900August 30, 1985) was a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction under the pen names Taylor Caldwell, Marcus Holland and Max Reiner. She was also known by a variation of her mar ...

(1900–1985), '' Dynasty of Death'' *

Wayne Caldwell Wayne Caldwell (born June 1, 1948) is an American novelist and poet. Biography Wayne Caldwell was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina, which is the setting for much of his fictional work. Caldwell attended the University of North Ca ...

(born 1948) *

Hortense Calisher Hortense Calisher (December 20, 1911 – January 13, 2009) was an American writer of fiction and the second female president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Biography Personal life Born in New York City, and a graduate of Hunter C ...

(1911–2009), '' False Entry'' * Sophia Alice Callahan (1868-1894), '' Wynema, a Child of the Forest'' *

Bebe Moore Campbell Bebe Moore Campbell (February 18, 1950 – November 27, 2006) was an American author, journalist and teacher. Campbell was the author of three ''New York Times'' bestsellers: ''Brothers and Sisters'', ''Singing in the Comeback Choir'', and ''What ...

(1950–2006), '' Singing in the Comeback Choir'' *

Helen Stuart Campbell Helen Stuart Campbell ( pen names, Helen Weeks, Helen Campbell, Helen Wheaton; July 5, 1839 – July 22, 1918) was an American author, economist, and editor, as well as a social and industrial reformer. She was a pioneer in the field of home econo ...

(1839-1918), ''Ballantyne - a novel'' *

John W. Campbell John Wood Campbell Jr. (June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He was editor of ''Astounding Science Fiction'' (later called '' Analog Science Fiction and Fact'') from late 1937 until his death ...

(1910–1971), ''

The Mightiest Machine ''The Mightiest Machine'' is a science fiction novel by American writer John W. Campbell, Jr. The novel was originally serialized in 5 parts in '' Astounding Stories'' magazine from December 1934 to April 1935, and was published in book form i ...

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Ethan Canin Ethan Andrew Canin (born July 19, 1960) is an American author, educator, and physician. He is a member of the faculty of the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. Canin was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, while his parents were vacatio ...

(born 1960), ''

For Kings and Planets ''For Kings and Planets'' is a 1999 novel by Ethan Canin. Plot The story centers around the friendship of two college students at Columbia University and follows them from their freshman year in 1974 to their adult lives in the late 1990s. Orno i ...

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Robert Cantwell Robert Emmett Cantwell (January 31, 1908 – December 8, 1978), known as Robert Cantwell, was a novelist and critic. His first novel, ''Laugh and Lie Down'' (1931) is an early example, twenty years before Jack Kerouac, of the American classic ge ...

(1908–1978), '' The Land of Plenty'' * Kevin Canty (born 1953), ''

Nine Below Zero Nine Below Zero are an English blues band, who have a cult following throughout Europe. They became popular during the period 1980–1982 and are still performing currently throughout the UK, Scandinavia and Europe as of 2022. Career The ba ...

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Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote ( ; born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, ...

(1924–1984), '' Other Voices, Other Rooms'' *

Philip Caputo Philip Caputo (born June 10, 1941) is an American author and journalist. He is best known for '' A Rumor of War'' (1977), a best-selling memoir of his experiences during the Vietnam War. Caputo has written 16 books, including two memoirs, five b ...

(born 1941), '' Delcorso's Gallery'' *

Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and (as of 2022) only person to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for both ...

(born 1951), ''

Ender's Game ''Ender's Game'' is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date in Earth's future, the novel presents an imperiled humankind after two conflicts with an insectoid alien species they dub ...

'' * Ruth Cardello *

Ron Carlson Ron Carlson (born 1947) is an American novelist, short story writer and professor. Life Carlson was born in Logan, Utah, and grew up in Salt Lake City. He received a master's degree in English from the University of Utah. He then taught at The ...

(born 1947), ''

Betrayed by F. Scott Fitzgerald Betrayed or The Betrayed may refer to: * Betrayal, a violation of trust Film and television * Betrayed (1917 film), ''Betrayed'' (1917 film), an American silent film by Raoul Walsh * Betrayed (1954 film), ''Betrayed'' (1954 film), an American war ...

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Don Carpenter Don Carpenter (March 16, 1931 – July 27, 1995) was an American writer, best known as the author of ''Hard Rain Falling''. He wrote numerous novels, novellas, short stories and screenplays over the course of a 22-year career that took him fr ...

(1931–1995), ''

Hard Rain Falling ''Hard Rain Falling'' is a 1966 crime novel written by Don Carpenter. The novel was Carpenter's first published book, and follows the adventures of Jack Levitt, an orphaned teenager living off his wits in the fleabag hotels and seedy pool halls ...

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Caleb Carr Caleb Carr (born August 2, 1955) is an American military historian and author. Carr is the second of three sons born to Lucien Carr and Francesca Von Hartz. He authored ''The Alienist'', ''The Angel of Darkness'', ''The Lessons of Terror'', ''K ...

(born 1955), ''

The Alienist ''The Alienist'' is a crime novel by Caleb Carr first published in 1994 and is the first book in the Kreizler series. It takes place in New York City in 1896, and includes appearances by many famous figures of New York society in that era, inc ...

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John Dickson Carr John Dickson Carr (November 30, 1906 – February 27, 1977) was an American author of detective stories, who also published using the pseudonyms Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson, and Roger Fairbairn. He lived in England for a number of years, and is ...

(1906–1977), '' The Crooked Hinge'' *

Gail Carriger Gail Carriger is the pen name of Tofa Borregaard, an author of steampunk fiction and an American archaeologist. She was born in Bolinas, an unincorporated community in Marin County, California, and attended high school at Marin Academy. She ...

(born 1976), ''Soulless'' * H. G. Carrillo (1960–2020) *

Gladys Hasty Carroll Gladys Hasty Carroll (June 26, 1904 – April 1, 1999) was an American novelist active from the late 1920s into the 1980s. In her fiction and non-fiction, Carroll wrote about what she knew and people that she loved, especially those in the Southe ...

(1904–1999), '' As the Earth Turns'' *

Jonathan Carroll Jonathan Samuel Carroll (born January 26, 1949) is an American fiction writer primarily known for novels that may be labelled magic realism, slipstream or contemporary fantasy. He has lived in Austria since 1974. Life and work Carroll was b ...

(born 1949), ''

The Land of Laughs ''The Land of Laughs'' is a low fantasy novel by American writer Jonathan Carroll. It was first published by Viking Press in 1980 and is the author's first novel. The novel was notably reprinted by Orion Books in 2000 as volume 9 of their Fant ...

'' * Ella Kaiser Carruth (1882–1974) *

Aimee Carter Aimee Carter (born January 24, 1986) is an American writer of children's and young adult fiction. Biography Aimee Carter was born on January 24, 1986, in Detroit, Michigan, where she currently resides. She wrote fan fiction before she wrote her ...

(born 1986) * Forrest Carter (1925–1979), '' The Education of Little Tree'' *

Lin Carter Linwood Vrooman Carter (June 9, 1930 – February 7, 1988) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor, poet and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft (for an H. P. L ...

(1930–1988), ''

Sky Pirates of Callisto ''Sky Pirates of Callisto'' is a science fantasy novel by American writer Lin Carter, the third in his Callisto series. It was first published in paperback by Dell Books in January 1973, and reprinted twice through April 1974. The first British ...

'' * Xam Wilson Cartier (born 1949) * John Casey (born 1939), ''

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Wiley Cash Wiley Cash (born September 7, 1977) is a ''New York Times'' best-selling novelist from North Carolina. He is the author of three novels, ''A Land More Kind Than Home'', ''This Dark Road to Mercy'', and ''The Last Ballad''. His work has won nu ...

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Vera Caspary Vera Louise Caspary (November 13, 1899 – June 13, 1987) was an American writer of novels, plays, screenplays, and short stories. Her best-known novel, '' Laura'', was made into a successful movie. Though she claimed she was not a "real" myste ...

(1899-1987), '' Laura'' * R. V. Cassill (1919–2002), '' Dr. Cobb's Game'' *

Ana Castillo Ana Castillo (born June 15, 1953) is a Chicana novelist, poet, short story writer, essayist, editor, playwright, translator and independent scholar. Considered one of the leading voices in Chicana experience, Castillo is known for her experiment ...

(born 1953), ''

So Far from God ''So Far from God'' is a novel written by Ana Castillo, first published in 1993 by W. W. Norton & Company. It is set in a town in New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Sant ...

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Willa Cather Willa Sibert Cather (; born Wilella Sibert Cather; December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including ''O Pioneers!'', '' The Song of the Lark'', and ''My Ántonia''. In 1923, ...

(1873–1947), ''

My Ántonia ''My Ántonia'' ( ) is a novel published in 1918 by American writer Willa Cather, considered one of her best works. The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigran ...

'' * Dominic Certo, ''The Valor of Francesco D’Amini'' *

Michael Chabon Michael Chabon ( ; born May 24, 1963) is an American novelist, screenwriter, columnist, and short story writer. Born in Washington, DC, he spent a year studying at Carnegie Mellon University before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh, gr ...

(born 1964), ''

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay ''The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay'' is a 2000 novel by American author Michael Chabon that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001. The novel follows the lives of two Jewish cousins, Czech artist Joe Kavalier and Brooklyn-born write ...

'' * Nathan Keonaona Chai *

Jack L. Chalker Jack Laurence Chalker (December 17, 1944 – February 11, 2005) was an American science fiction author. Chalker was also a Baltimore City Schools history teacher in Maryland for 12 years, retiring during 1978 to write full-time. He also was a m ...

(1944–2005), '' Midnight at the Well of Souls'' * Marisha Chamberlin (born 1952) *

Robert W. Chambers Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories titled '' The King in Yellow'', published in 1895. Life Chambers was born in Brooklyn, New York, t ...

(1865–1933), '' In the Quarter'' *

Jessie Chandler Jessie Chandler (born August 16, 1968) is an American author of mystery and humorous caper fiction, most of which is about lesbian protagonists. Her work includes the Shay O'Hanlon Caper Series, many short stories, and other novels. Chandler has ...

(born 1968), '' Bingo Barge Murder'' *

Raymond Chandler Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive durin ...

(1888–1959), ''

The Big Sleep ''The Big Sleep'' (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by American-British writer Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, The Big Sleep (1946 film), in 1946 and again The Big Sleep ...

'' * Henry Chang * James Chapman (born 1955), '' Stet'' *

Fred Chappell Fred Davis Chappell (born May 28, 1936 in Canton, North Carolina) is an author and poet. He was an English professor for 40 years (1964–2004) at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1 ...

(born 1936), ''

Dagon Dagon ( he, דָּגוֹן, ''Dāgōn'') or Dagan ( sux, 2= dda-gan, ; phn, 𐤃𐤂𐤍, Dāgān) was a god worshipped in ancient Syria across the middle of the Euphrates, with primary temples located in Tuttul and Terqa, though many attes ...

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Jerome Charyn Jerome Charyn (born May 13, 1937) is an American writer. With nearly 50 published works over a 50-year span, Charyn has a long-standing reputation as an inventive and prolific chronicler of real and imagined American life, writing in multiple ge ...

(born 1937), ''

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Mary Ellen Chase Mary Ellen Chase (24 February 1887 – 28 July 1973) was an American educator, teacher, scholar, and author. She is regarded as one of the most important regional New England literary figures of the early twentieth century. Early life Chase was ...

(1887–1973), '' Mary Peters'' *

Loretta Chase Loretta Chase, née Loretta Lynda Chekani (born 1949) is an American writer of romance novels since 1987. Biography Loretta Lynda Chekani was born in 1949 in a family of Albanian origin. She studied at New England public schools before receiving ...

(born 1949), '' Lord of Scoundrels'' *

Ruth Chatterton Ruth Chatterton (December 24, 1892 – November 24, 1961) was an American stage, film, and television actress, aviator and novelist. She was at her most popular in the early to mid-1930s, and in the same era gained prominence as an aviator, ...

(1892–1961) *

Stephen Chbosky Stephen Chbosky (; born January 25, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film producer, film director, novelist, television writer, and television producer. He is best-known for writing the bestselling coming-of-age novel ''The Perks of Being a Wal ...

(born 1970), ''

The Perks of Being a Wallflower ''The Perks of Being a Wallflower'' is a coming-of-age epistolary novel by American writer Stephen Chbosky, which was first published on February 1, 1999, by Pocket Books. Set in the early 1990s, the novel follows Charlie, an introverted and obs ...

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John Cheever John William Cheever (May 27, 1912 – June 18, 1982) was an American short story writer and novelist. He is sometimes called "the Chekhov of the suburbs". His fiction is mostly set in the Upper East Side of Manhattan; the Westchester suburbs; ...

(1912–1982), ''

The Wapshot Chronicle ''The Wapshot Chronicle'' is the debut novel by American author John Cheever about an eccentric family that lives in a Massachusetts fishing village. Published in 1957, it won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1958,from the Awards 50-ye ...

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Maxine Chernoff Maxine Chernoff (born 1952) is an American novelist, writer, poet, academic and literary magazine editor. Biography She was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, and attended the University of Illinois at Chicago. Chernoff is a professor and ...

(born 1952), '' American Heaven'' *

Kelly Cherry Kelly Cherry (December 21, 1940 – March 18, 2022) was a novelist, poet, essayist, professor, and literary criticWe Can Still Be Friends (novel)'' *

C. J. Cherryh Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award-winning novels '' Downbelo ...

(born 1942), ''

Cyteen ''Cyteen'' (1988) science fiction novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh, set in her Alliance-Union universe. The murder of a major Union politician and scientist has deep, long-lasting repercussions. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1989 ...

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Charles W. Chesnutt Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity in the post-Ci ...

(1858–1932), ''

The Marrow of Tradition ''The Marrow of Tradition'' (1901) is a novel by the African-American author Charles W. Chesnutt, portraying a fictional account of the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 in Wilmington, North Carolina, an event that had just recently occurred. Plo ...

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Alan Cheuse Alan Stuart Cheuse (January 23, 1940 – July 31, 2015) was an American writer, editor, professor of literature, and radio commentator. A longtime NPR book commentator, he was also the author of five novels, five collections of short stories and n ...

(1940–2015), '' The Grandmothers' Club'' *

Tracy Chevalier Tracy Rose Chevalier (born 19 October 1962) is an American-British novelist. She is best known for her second novel, '' Girl with a Pearl Earring'', which was adapted as a 2003 film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth. Personal backgr ...

(born 1962), '' Girl with a Pearl Earring'' *

Lydia Maria Child Lydia Maria Child ( Francis; February 11, 1802October 20, 1880) was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, and opponent of American expansionism. Her journals, both fiction and ...

(1802–1880), ''

Hobomok ''Hobomok, A Tale of Early Times.'' is a novel by the nineteenth-century American author and human rights campaigner Lydia Maria Child. Her first novel, published in 1824 under the pseudonym "An American," was inspired by John G. Palfrey's art ...

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Mark Childress Mark Childress (born 1957 in Monroeville, Alabama) is an American novelist and Southern writer. Life Childress grew up in Ohio, Indiana, Mississippi, and Louisiana. He graduated from the University of Alabama, where he was a member of the Mall ...

(born 1957), ''

Crazy in Alabama ''Crazy in Alabama'' is a 1999 American comedy-drama film directed by Antonio Banderas and based on Mark Childress' 1993 novel of the same name. The film stars Melanie Griffith as an abused housewife who becomes an actress, while her nephew deals ...

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Kate Chopin Kate Chopin (, also ; born Katherine O'Flaherty; February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She is considered by scholars to have been a forerunner of American 20th-century femini ...

(1851–1904), '' The Awakening'' * Autumn Christian, ''Girl Like a Bomb'' * April Christofferson * Edgar Earl Christopher, ''The Invisibles'' *

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...

(1871–1947), ''

Richard Carvel ''Richard Carvel'' is a historical novel by the American novelist Winston Churchill. It was first published in 1899 and was exceptionally successful, selling around two million copies and making the author a rich man. The novel takes the form of th ...

'' * Carolyn Chute (born 1947), '' The Beans of Egypt, Maine'' *

Sandra Cisneros Sandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954) is an American writer. She is best known for her first novel, ''The House on Mango Street'' (1983), and her subsequent short story collection, ''Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories'' (1991). Her work ex ...

(born 1954), ''

The House on Mango Street ''The House on Mango Street'' is a 1984 novel by Mexican-American author Sandra Cisneros. Structured as a series of vignettes, it tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, a 12-year-old Chicana girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. Based ...

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Tom Clancy Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science, military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of ...

(1947–2013), ''

The Hunt for Red October ''The Hunt for Red October'' is the debut novel by American author Tom Clancy, first published on October 1, 1984, by the Naval Institute Press. It depicts Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius as he seemingly goes rogue with his country's cutt ...

'' * Eleanor Clark (1913–1996), ''

Baldur's Gate ''Baldur's Gate'' is a series of role-playing video games set in the Forgotten Realms '' Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign setting. The game has spawned two series, known as the ''Bhaalspawn Saga'' and the ''Dark Alliance'', both taking place mostl ...

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Florence Anderson Clark Florence Anderson Clark (, Anderson; June 10, 1835 – March 19, 1918) was an American author, newspaper editor, librarian, and university administrator. She served for 14 years as assistant librarian at the University of Texas (UT), and in honor ...

(1835-1918), ''Zenaida, a Romance'' *

Mary Higgins Clark Mary Higgins Clark (born Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins (December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020) was an American author of suspense novels. Each of her 51 books was a bestseller in the United States and various European countries, and all of he ...

(1927–2020), ''

A Stranger is Watching ''A Stranger Is Watching'' (1977) is a suspense novel by Mary Higgins Clark. Plot summary The main characters in the novel are Steve Peterson, whose wife Nina was murdered two years before, his six-year-old son Neil, who witnessed the murder, a ...

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Walter Van Tilburg Clark Walter Van Tilburg Clark (August 3, 1909 – November 10, 1971) was an American novelist, short story writer, and educator. He ranks as one of Nevada's most distinguished literary figures of the 20th century, and was the first inductee into the ' ...

(1909–1971), ''

The Ox-Bow Incident ''The Ox-Bow Incident'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by William A. Wellman, starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews and Mary Beth Hughes, with Anthony Quinn, William Eythe, Harry Morgan and Jane Darwell. Two cowboys arrive in a Western ...

'' * Isabel C. Clarke (died 1951) *

Jaime Clarke Jaime Clarke is an American novelist and editor. He is a founding editor of the literary journal ''Post Road'' and co-owner, with his wife, of Newtonville Books, an independent bookstore in Boston. Early life and education Clarke was born in ...

(born 1971), '' Garden Lakes'' * Meg Waite Clayton (born 1959), ''The Wednesday Sisters'' *

Beverly Cleary Beverly Atlee Cleary (née Bunn; April 12, 1916March 25, 2021) was an American writer of chapter books, children's and young adult fiction. One of America's most successful authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide sin ...

(1916–2021), ''

Ramona the Pest ''Ramona the Pest'', by Beverly Cleary, is the second book of the Ramona series and the first to focus on Ramona Quimby as the protagonist. This children's book chronicles the adventures of Ramona's first few months at kindergarten. The book's ...

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Jeremiah Clemens Jeremiah Clemens (December 28, 1814 – May 21, 1865) was a U.S. senator and novelist from the state of Alabama. He was elected to fill the vacancy left by the death of Dixon Hall Lewis, and served from November 30, 1849, to March 4, 1853. Cleme ...

(1814–1865), ''

Tobias Wilson The ''Amazing World of Gumball'' characters appear in the British-American animated sitcom ''The Amazing World of Gumball''. The series revolves around the daily life of 12-year-old cat Gumball Watterson and his family—adoptive brother Darwi ...

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Samuel Langhorne Clemens Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has pr ...

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Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...

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Hal Clement Harry Clement Stubbs (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003), better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. He also painted astronomically oriented artworks under ...

(1922–2003), ''

Mission of Gravity ''Mission of Gravity'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Hal Clement. The novel was serialized in '' Astounding Science Fiction'' magazine in April–July 1953. Its first hardcover book publication was in 1954, and it was first publis ...

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Michelle Cliff Michelle Carla Cliff (2 November 1946 – 12 June 2016) was a Jamaican-American author whose notable works included ''Abeng'' (1985), '' No Telephone to Heaven'' (1987), and ''Free Enterprise'' (2004). In addition to novels, Cliff also wrote ...

(1946–2016), ''

Abeng An Abeng is an animal horn or musical instrument in the language of the Akan people. The word ''abeng'' is from the Twi language in modern-day Ghana, it is a commonly used word in the Caribbean, especially Jamaica, and the instrument is associate ...

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Ernest Cline Ernest Christy Cline (born March 29, 1972) is an American science fiction novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter. He wrote the novels '' Ready Player One'', '' Armada'', and '' Ready Player Two'' and co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation ...

(born 1972) * Deborah Coates *

Robert M. Coates Robert Myron Coates (April 6, 1897 – February 8, 1973) was an American novelist, short story writer and art critic. He published five novels; one classic historical work, '' The Outlaw Years'' (1930) which deals with the history of the land pi ...

(1897–1973), '' The Eater of Darkness'' *

Harlan Coben Harlan Coben is an American writer of mystery novels and thrillers. The plots of his novels often involve the resurfacing of unresolved or misinterpreted events in the past, murders, or fatal accidents and have multiple twists. Among his novels a ...

(born 1962), ''

Deal Breaker ''Deal Breaker'' is a 1995 thriller novel by Harlan Coben and is the first in his Myron Bolitar series. Plot Investigator and sports agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge of the big-time. So is Christian Steele, a rookie quarterback and Myro ...

'' * Colleen Coble *

Sarah Johnson Cocke Sarah Johnson Cocke (, Johnson; after first marriage, Hagan; after second marriage, Cocke; February 7, 1865 – January 20, 1944) was an American writer and civic leader. She was also active in several women's clubs. Cocke's works of Southern fic ...

(1865-1944) * Marvin Cohen (born 1931), '' Others, Including Morstive Sternbump'' *

Kresley Cole Kresley Cole is an American bestselling author of paranormal romance and young adult novels. She has received three Romance Writers of America Romance Writers of America (RWA) is an American non-profit writers' association founded in 1980. Its m ...

Teju Cole Teju Cole (born June 27, 1975) is a Nigerian-American writer, photographer, and art historian. He is the author of a novella ''Every Day Is for the Thief'' (2007), a novel ''Open City'' (2011), an essay collection ''Known and Strange Things'' (20 ...

(born 1975), ''

Open City (novel) ''Open City'' is a 2011 novel by Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole. The novel is primarily set in New York City, and concerns a Nigerian immigrant, Julius, who has recently broken up with his girlfriend. The novel received praise for its prose an ...

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Manda Collins Manda Collins is an author of romance novels. Most of her books are regency romances, but she has also written a contemporary romance novels novella, ''Legally Yours.'' Her Wicked Widows series are Regency romance novels with an element of myste ...

Laurie Colwin Laurie Colwin (June 14, 1944 – October 24, 1992) was an American writer who wrote five novels, three collections of short stories and two volumes of essays and recipes. She was known for her portrayals of New York society and her food columns in ...

(1944–1992), '' Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object'' *

Richard Condon Richard Thomas Condon (March 18, 1915 – April 9, 1996) was an American political novelist. Though his works were satire, they were generally transformed into thrillers or semi-thrillers in other media, such as cinema. All 26 books were writte ...

(1915–1996), ''

The Manchurian Candidate ''The Manchurian Candidate'' is a novel by Richard Condon, first published in 1959. It is a political thriller about the son of a prominent U.S. political family who is brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for a Communist conspiracy. Th ...

'' * Evan S. Connell (1924–2013), '' Mrs. Bridge'' *

Michael Connelly Michael Joseph Connelly (born July 21, 1956) is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. Connelly is the bes ...

(born 1956), '' Blood Work'' * Frank Conroy (1936–2005), '' Body and Soul'' *

Pat Conroy Donald Patrick Conroy (October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016) was an American author who wrote several acclaimed novels and memoirs; his books '' The Water is Wide'', ''The Lords of Discipline'', ''The Prince of Tides'' and '' The Great Santini'' w ...

(1945–2016), ''

The Prince of Tides ''The Prince of Tides'' is a 1991 American romantic drama film directed and co-produced by Barbra Streisand, from a screenplay written by Pat Conroy and Becky Johnston, based on Conroy's 1986 novel ''The Prince of Tides''. It stars Streisand a ...

'' * K. C. Constantine (born 1934), '' Upon Some Midnights Clear'' *

Robin Cook Robert Finlayson "Robin" Cook (28 February 19466 August 2005) was a British Labour politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974 until his death in 2005 and served in the Cabinet as Foreign Secretary from 1997 until 2001 whe ...

(born 1940), ''

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John Esten Cooke John Esten Cooke (November 3, 1830 – September 27, 1886) was an American novelist, writer and poet. He was the brother of poet Philip Pendleton Cooke. During the American Civil War, Cooke was a staff officer for Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart in the ...

(1830–1886), ''

The Virginia Comedians ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'' * Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947) '' No Such Person'' *

Dennis Cooper Dennis Cooper (born January 10, 1953) is an American novelist, poet, critic, editor and performance artist. He is best known for the ''George Miles Cycle'', a series of five semi-autobiographical novels published between 1989 and 2000 and describe ...

(born 1953), '' Frisk'' * Doug Cooper (born 1970) *

J. California Cooper Joan Cooper (November 10, 1931 in Berkeley, California – September 20, 2014 in Seattle, Washington), known by her pen name, J. California Cooper, was an American playwright and author. She wrote 17 plays and was named Black Playwright of the Ye ...

(1931–2014), '' Some People, Some Other Place'' *

James Fenimore Cooper James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought h ...

(1789–1851), ''

The Last of the Mohicans ''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is a historical romance written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826. It is the second book of the ''Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinder ...

'' * Susan Rogers Cooper (born 1947) *

Robert Coover Robert Lowell Coover (born February 4, 1932) is an American novelist, short story writer, and T.B. Stowell Professor Emeritus in Literary Arts at Brown University. He is generally considered a writer of fabulation and metafiction. Background C ...

(born 1932), ''

The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. ''The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.'' is Robert Coover's second novel, published in 1968. Plot summary J. Henry Waugh is an accountant, albeit an unhappy one. However, each night after he comes home from work, Hen ...

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Lucy Corin Lucy Corin is an American novelist and short story writer. The winner of the 2012 American Academy of Arts and Letters John Guare Writer's Fund Rome Prize, Corin was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship in 2015. ...

(born 1970), '' Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls'' *

Edwin Corle Edwin Corle (May 7, 1906 – June 11, 1956) was an American writer. Biography He was born in Wildwood, New Jersey and educated at the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his A.B. in 1928. For the next two years he was a graduat ...

(1906–1956), '' Fig Tree John'' *

Robert Cormier Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 – November 2, 2000) was an American author and journalist, known for his deeply pessimistic novels, many of which were written for young adults. Recurring themes include abuse, mental illness, violence, ...

(1925-2000), ''

The Chocolate War ''The Chocolate War'' is a 1974 young adult literature, young adult novel by American author Robert Cormier. It was adapted into a film in 1988. Although it received mixed reviews at the time of its publication, some reviewers have argued it is o ...

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Patricia Cornwell Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels; June 9, 1956) is an American crime writer. She is known for her best-selling novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, of which the first was inspired by a series of sensational murders in ...

(born 1956), ''

Postmortem An autopsy (post-mortem examination, obduction, necropsy, or autopsia cadaverum) is a surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse by dissection to determine the cause, mode, and manner of death or to evaluate any di ...

'' * Gay Courter (born 1944) *

James Gould Cozzens James Gould Cozzens (August 19, 1903 – August 9, 1978) was a Pulitzer prize-winning American writer whose work enjoyed an unusual degree of popular success and critical acclaim for more than three decades. His 1949 Pulitzer win was for the WWI ...

(1903–1978), ''

Guard of Honor A guard of honour (British English, GB), also honor guard (American English, US), also ceremonial guard, is a group of people, usually military in nature, appointed to receive or guard a head of state or other dignitaries, the fallen in war, o ...

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Robert Crais Robert Crais (pronounced ) (born June 20, 1953) is an American author of detective fiction. Crais began his career writing scripts for television shows such as ''Hill Street Blues'', ''Cagney & Lacey'', '' Quincy'', ''Miami Vice'' and ''L.A. Law ...

(born c. 1953), ''

Hostage A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the person seized, such as a relative, employer, law enforcement or government to act, or ref ...

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Stephen Crane Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism an ...

(1871–1900), ''

The Red Badge of Courage ''The Red Badge of Courage'' is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, who flees from the field of battle. Ove ...

'' * Bruce Harris Craven * Margaret Craven (1901–1980), ''

I Heard the Owl Call My Name ''I Heard the Owl Call My Name'' is a best-selling 1967 novel by Margaret Craven. The book tells the story of a young Anglican vicar named Mark Brian who, unbeknownst to him, has not long to live. He learns about the meaning of life when he is ...

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Francis Marion Crawford Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastical stories. Early life Crawford was born in Bagni di Lucca, in th ...

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Saracinesca ''Saracinesca'' is a novel by F. Marion Crawford, first published as a serial in ''Blackwood's Magazine'' and then as a book in New York ('' Macmillan'') and Edinburgh (''Blackwood'') in 1887. Set chiefly in Rome of twenty years earlier, the nov ...

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Harry Crews Harry Eugene Crews (June 7, 1935 – March 28, 2012) was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. He often made use of violent, grotesque characters and set them in regions of the Deep South. Life Harry Crews was born June 7, 1 ...

(1935–2012), '' Scar Lover'' *

Michael Crichton John Michael Crichton (; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature tech ...

(1942–2008), ''

Jurassic Park ''Jurassic Park'', later also referred to as ''Jurassic World'', is an American science fiction media franchise created by Michael Crichton and centered on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of cloned dinosaurs. It began in 1990 when ...

'' * Robert Crichton (1925–1993), ''

The Secret of Santa Vittoria ''The Secret of Santa Vittoria'' is a 1969 American war film distributed by United Artists. It was produced and directed by Stanley Kramer and co-produced by George Glass from a screenplay by Ben Maddow and William Rose. It was based on the be ...

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Amanda Cross Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (January 13, 1926 – October 9, 2003) was an American academic at Columbia University, the first woman to receive tenure in the English department, and a prolific feminist author of academic studies. In addition, beginning ...

(1926–2003), '' The James Joyce Murder'' * John Crowley (born 1942), ''

Little, Big ''Little, Big: or, The Fairies' Parliament'' is a contemporary fantasy novel by John Crowley, published in 1981. It won the World Fantasy Award in 1982. Plot Turn-of-the-century American architect John Drinkwater begins to suspect that within ...

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Jennifer Crusie Jennifer Crusie (born 1949) is a pseudonym for Jennifer Smith, an author of contemporary romance novels. She has written more than twenty novels, which have been published in 20 countries. Biography Crusie was born as Jennifer Smith in Wapak ...

(born 1949), '' Welcome to Temptation'' *

Chris Crutcher Chris Crutcher (born July 17, 1946) is an American novelist and a family therapist. He received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2000 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens. Biography Crutcher was ...

(born 1946), '' Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes'' *

Maria Susanna Cummins Maria Susanna Cummins (April 9, 1827 – October 1, 1866) was an American novelist. She was the author of the widely popular novel ''The Lamplighter''. Biography Maria Susanna Cummins was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on April 9, 1827. She was t ...

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The Lamplighter ''The Lamplighter'' is a sentimental novel written by Maria Susanna Cummins and published in 1854, and a best-selling novel of its era. Plot synopsis A female Bildungsroman, ''The Lamplighter'' tells the story of Gertrude Flint, an abandoned an ...

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Michael Cunningham Michael Cunningham (born November 6, 1952) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1998 novel '' The Hours'', which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999. Cunningham is a senior lectur ...

(born 1952), '' The Hours'' * Chris Culver *

James Oliver Curwood James Oliver Curwood (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927) was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books were often based on adventures set in the Hudson Bay area, the Yukon or Alaska and ranked among the top-ten best selle ...

(1878–1927), ''

The Grizzly King ''The Grizzly King: A Romance of the Wild'' is a 1916 novel by American author James Oliver Curwood. It was the inspiration for the director Jean-Jacques Annaud Jean-Jacques Annaud (; born 1 October 1943) is a French film director, screenwr ...

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Clive Cussler Clive Eric Cussler (July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020) was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have reached ''The New York Times'' fiction best-seller list ...

(1931–2020), '' Raise the Titanic!''

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L. Sprague de Camp Lyon Sprague de Camp (; November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, including novels and works of non-fiction, including biog ...

(1907–2000), '' Lest Darkness Fall'' *

Edward Dahlberg Edward Dahlberg (July 22, 1900 – February 27, 1977) was an American novelist, essayist, and autobiographer. Background Edward Dahlberg was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Elizabeth Dahlberg. Together, mother and son led a vagabond existence ...

(1900–1977), ''

Bottom Dogs Bottom may refer to: Anatomy and sex * Bottom (BDSM), the partner in a BDSM who takes the passive, receiving, or obedient role, to that of the top or dominant * Bottom (sex), a term used by gay couples and BDSM * Buttocks or bottom, part of th ...

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Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren (pen names, Corinne and Cornelia; July 13, 1825 – May 28, 1898) was an American writer, translator, and anti-suffragist. Her volume, ''Idealities'' (Philadelphia, 1859) was her first work in book form. Thereafter, she f ...

(1825-1898), ''Democracy, an American novel'' * Frances Brackett Damon (1857-1939), ''Idlewise'' * Mark Z. Danielewski (born 1966), ''

House of Leaves ''House of Leaves'' is the debut novel by American author Mark Z. Danielewski, published in March 2000 by Pantheon Books. A bestseller, it has been translated into a number of languages, and is followed by a companion piece, '' The Whalestoe Le ...

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Edwidge Danticat Edwidge Danticat (; born January 19, 1969) is a Haitian-American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, ''Breath, Eyes, Memory'', was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written or ...

(born 1969), '' Breath, Eyes, Memory'' *

Evan Dara Evan Dara is an American novelist. He has published four novels and one play, which are concerned with subjects including social atomization, music, political dysfunction, epistemology, ecology, and time. The Times Literary Supplement (London) c ...

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The Lost Scrapbook ''The Lost Scrapbook'' (1995) is a novel by the American writer Evan Dara. It won the 12th Annual Fiction Collective Two, FC2 Illinois State University National Fiction Competition judged by William T. Vollmann. The novel is a prime example of ...

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Guy Davenport Guy Mattison Davenport (November 23, 1927 – January 4, 2005) was an American writer, translator, illustrator, painter, intellectual, and teacher. Life Guy Davenport was born in Anderson, South Carolina, in the foothills of Appalachia on Novem ...

(1927–2005), '' Da Vinci's Bicycle'' *

Marcia Davenport Marcia Davenport (born Marcia Glick; June 9, 1903 – January 16, 1996) was an American writer and music critic. She is best known for her 1932 biography of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the first American published biography of Mozart. Dave ...

(1903–1994), '' East Side, West Side'' * Iimani David (born 1969) *

Avram Davidson Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews ...

(1923–1993), '' The Phoenix and the Mirror'' * Clyde Brion Davis (1894–1962), '' Nebraska Coast'' *

Dorothy Salisbury Davis Dorothy Margaret Salisbury Davis (April 25, 1916 − August 3, 2014) was an American crime fiction writer. Life and career Davis, an adopted child, was born in Chicago in 1916 and raised in Illinois by Margaret (Greer) and Alfred J. Salisbury ...

(1916–2014), '' Death of an Old Sinner'' * Genese Davis (born 1984) * H. L. Davis (1894–1960), ''Honey in the Horn'' * L. J. Davis, ''A Meaningful Life'' * Richard Harding Davis (1864–1916), ''Soldiers of Fortune (novel), Soldiers of Fortune'' * Terry Davis (author), Terry Davis (born 1947), ''Vision Quest (novel), Vision Quest'' * Jeffery Deaver (born 1950), ''The Bone Collector'' * Ted Dekker (born 1962), ''ADAM'' * Darren DeFrain (born 1967) * Margaret Deland (1857–1945), ''John Ward, Preacher'' * Samuel R. Delany (born 1942), ''Dhalgren'', ''Hogg (novel), Hogg'' * Don DeLillo (born 1936), ''White Noise (novel), White Noise'' * Viña Delmar (1903–1990), ''Bad Girl (novel), Bad Girl'' * Patrick Dennis (1921–1976), ''Auntie Mame'' * August Derleth (1909–1971), ''Solar Pons, The Memoirs of Solar Pons'' * Amber Dermont * Bree Despain (born 1979) * Jude Deveraux (born 1947), ''A Knight in Shining Armor'' * Pete Dexter (born 1943), ''Paris Trout (novel), Paris Trout'' * Junot Diaz (born 1968), ''The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao'' * Philip K. Dick (1928–1982), ''Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'' * James Dickey (1923–1997), ''Deliverance'' * Charles Dickinson (writer), Charles Dickinson (born 1951), ''A Shortcut in Time'' * Joan Didion (1934–2021), ''Play It as It Lays'' * Karen Dionne (born 1953) * Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008), ''Camp Concentration'' * Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956), ''Mistress of Spices, The Mistress of Spices'' * Melvin Dixon (1950–1992), ''Trouble the Water'' * Stephen Dixon (author), Stephen Dixon (1936–2019), ''Frog (novel), Frog'' * Thomas Dixon Jr. (1864–1946), ''The Clansman'' * Moshe Dluznowsky * Stephen Dobyns (born 1941), ''The Wrestler's Cruel Study'' * E. L. Doctorow (1931–2015), ''Ragtime (novel), Ragtime'' * Anna Bowman Dodd (1858-1929), ''The Republic of the Future'' * Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905), ''Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates, Hans Brinker'' * Harriet Doerr (1910–2002), ''Stones for Ibarra'' * Ivan Doig (1939–2015), ''Ride With Me, Mariah Montana'' * John Dolan (writer), John Dolan (born 1955), ''Shantee''' * Stephen R. Donaldson (born 1947), ''The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever, Lord Foul's Bane'' * J. P. Donleavy (1926–2017), ''The Ginger Man'' * Richard Dooling (born 1954), ''White Man's Grave'' * Michael Dorris (1945–1997), ''A Yellow Raft in Blue Water'' * Kathryn Adams Doty (1920–2016) * Lloyd C. Douglas (1877–1951), ''Magnificent Obsession'' * Christopher Dow (author), Christopher Dow (born 1950) * Fanny Murdaugh Downing (1831-1894), ''Nameless, a novel'' * J. Hyatt Downing (1888–1973) * Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945), ''An American Tragedy'' * Allen Drury (1918–1998), ''Advise and Consent'' * Tom Drury (born 1956), ''The End of Vandalism'' * Bruce Ducker (born 1938), ''Mooney in Flight'' * John Dufresne (born 1948), ''Louisiana Power and Light'' * David James Duncan (born 1952), ''The Brothers K'' * Katherine Dunn (1945–2016), ''Geek Love'' * John Gregory Dunne (1932–2003), ''True Confessions (novel), True Confessions'' * John Dunning (detective fiction author), John Dunning (born 1942), ''Booked to Die'' * John William De Forest (1826–1926),
''Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty'' * H.D. (1886–1961), ''Palimpsest'' * John Dos Passos (1896–1970), ''U.S.A. trilogy, U.S.A.'' * Lester del Rey (1915–1993), ''Attack from Atlantis'' * Peter De Vries (1910–1993), ''Reuben, Reuben'' * Andre Dubus III (born 1959), ''House of Sand and Fog (novel), House of Sand and Fog'' *Jaycee Dugard, (born 1980) ''A Stolen Life (novel)''

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* Mary Tracy Earle (1864-1955), ''The Wonderful Wheel'' * Tony Earley (born 1961), ''Jim the Boy'' * Mignon G. Eberhart (1899–1996), ''The Patient in Room 18'' * David Eddings (1931–2008), ''Pawn of Prophecy'' * Clyde Edgerton (born 1944), ''Walking Across Egypt'' * Walter D. Edmonds (1903–1998), ''Drums Along the Mohawk'' * George Alec Effinger (1947–2002), ''When Gravity Fails'' * Jennifer Egan (born 1962), ''A Visit from the Goon Squad'' * Dave Eggers (born 1970), ''You Shall Know Our Velocity'' * Edward Eggleston (1837–1902), ''The Hoosier Schoolmaster (novel), The Hoosier Schoolmaster'' * John Ehle (1924–2018), ''Last One Home'' * Jill Eisenstadt (born 1963), ''From Rockaway'', ''Kiss Out'', ''Swell (novel), Swell'' * Robert Elegant (born 1928), ''Dynasty'' * Stanley Elkin (1930–1995), ''Mrs. Ted Bliss'' * Aaron Elkins (born 1935), ''Old Bones'' * Stanley Ellin (1916–1986), ''The Eighth Circle'' * Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964), ''American Psycho'', ''Glamorama'' * Edward S. Ellis (1840–1916), ''Seth Jones; or, The Captives of the Frontier'' * Trey Ellis (born 1962), ''Right Here, Right Now (novel), Right Here, Right Now'' * Ralph Ellison (1914–1994), ''Invisible Man (novel), Invisible Man'' * James Ellroy (born 1948), ''L.A. Confidential'' * Carol Emshwiller (1921–2019), ''Carmen Dog'' * Susan Engberg * Louise Erdrich (born 1954), ''Love Medicine'' * Steve Erickson (born 1950), ''Arc d'X'' * Payne Erskine (1854–1924) * Andrew Ervin (born 1971), ''Burning Down George Orwell's House'' * Loren D. Estleman (born 1952), ''Motor City Blue'' * Jeffrey Eugenides (born 1960), ''The Virgin Suicides'' * Janet Evanovich (born 1943), ''One For the Money (novel), One For the Money'' * Augusta Jane Evans Wilson (1835–1909), ''St. Elmo (novel), St. Elmo'' * Lizzie P. Evans-Hansell (1836-1922), ''Aunt Nabby'' * Richard Paul Evans (born 1962), ''The Christmas Box'' and ''Michael Vey'' series * Frederick Exley (1929–1992), ''A Fan's Notes''

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* Ann Fairbairn (1901–1972), ''Five Smooth Stones'' * Janet Ayer Fairbank (1878–1951), ''The Bright Land'' * Amber Fallon, horror writer * John Fante (1909–1983), ''Wait Until Spring, Bandini'' * Richard Fariña (1937–1966), ''Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me'' * Philip José Farmer (1918–2009), ''To Your Scattered Bodies Go'' * James T. Farrell (1904–1979), ''Studs Lonigan, Young Lonigan'' * Howard Fast (1914–2003), ''April Morning'' * William Faulkner (1897–1962), ''Light in August'' * Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961), ''Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral'' * Jürgen Fauth (born 1969) * Kenneth Fearing (1902–1961), ''The Big Clock'' * Raymond Federman (1928–2009), ''The Twofold Vibration'' * Raymond E. Feist (born 1945), ''Magician (Feist novel), Magician'' * Edna Ferber (1885–1968), ''So Big (novel), So Big'' * Ira Lunan Ferguson (1904–1992) * Harvey Fergusson (1890–1971), ''The Conquest of Don Pedro'' * Rachel Field (1894–1942), ''All This and Heaven Too, All This, and Heaven Too'' * Amanda Filipacchi (born 1967), ''Love Creeps'' * Charles Finch (born 1980), ''A Beautiful Blue Death'' * Martha Finley, Martha Farquharson Finley (1828–1909), ''Elsie Dinsmore'' * Jack Finney (1911–1995), ''Time and Again (Finney novel), Time and Again'' * Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879–1958), ''Understood Betsy'' * Rudolph Fisher (1897-1934), ''The Walls of Jericho'' * Vardis Fisher (1895–1968), ''Children of God (novel), Children of God'' * Janet Fitch (born 1955), ''White Oleander'' * F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940), ''The Great Gatsby'' * Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974), ''Harriet the Spy'' * Ambrose Flack (1902–1980) * Raymond Flanagan (1903–1990), ''Three Religious Rebels. The Forefathers of the Trappists'' * Thomas Flanagan (writer), Thomas Flanagan (1923–2002), ''The Year of the French (novel), The Year of the French'' * Martin Flavin (1883–1967), ''Journey in the Dark'' * Paul Fleischman (author), Paul Fleischman (born 1952), ''Whirligig (novel), Whirligig'' * Sid Fleischman (1920–2010), ''The Whipping Boy'' * Lynn Flewelling (born 1958), ''The Nightrunner Series, Nightrunner'' * Eilis Flynn * Vince Flynn (1966–2013), ''Pursuit of Honor'' * Jonathan Safran Foer (born 1977), ''Everything Is Illuminated'' * Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938), ''The Chosen Valley'' * Shelby Foote (1916–2005), ''Shiloh (Foote novel), Shiloh'' * Esther Forbes (1891–1967), ''Johnny Tremain'' * Jesse Hill Ford (1928–1996), ''The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones'' * John M. Ford (1957–2006), ''The Dragon Waiting'' * Paul Leicester Ford (1865–1902), ''The Honorable Peter Stirling'' * Richard Ford (born 1944), ''Independence Day (Ford novel), Independence Day'' * Leon Forrest (1937–1997), ''There Is a Tree More Ancient Than Eden'' * Robert Forward (1932–2002), ''Dragon's Egg'' * Alan Dean Foster (born 1946), ''Midworld'' * Hannah Webster Foster (1758–1840), ''The Coquette'' * Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950), ''The Jane Austen Book Club'' * John Fox Jr. (1862–1919), ''The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (novel), The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' * Michael J. Fox (born 1961), ''Lucky Man: A Memoir'' * Paula Fox (1923–2017), ''Desperate Characters'' * William Price Fox (1926–2015), ''Ruby Red (novel), Ruby Red'' * Sohrab Homi Fracis * Jacquelyn Frank * Suzanne Frank * Waldo Frank (1889–1967), ''Holiday (1923 novel), Holiday'' * Jonathan Franzen (born 1959), ''The Corrections'' * Rhiannon Frater * Charles Frazier (born 1950), ''Cold Mountain (novel), Cold Mountain'' * Harold Frederic (1856–1898), ''The Damnation of Theron Ware'' * Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930), ''Pembroke (novel), Pembroke'' * Joseph Lewis French (18581936), ''Masterpieces of Mystery'' * Marilyn French (1929–2009), ''The Women's Room'' * William Aden French (1892–1980) * Bruce Jay Friedman (1930–2020), ''Stern (novel), Stern'' * Kinky Friedman (born 1944), ''Greenwich Killing Time'' * Daniel Fuchs (1909–1993), ''Summer in Williamsburg'' * Andrew Fukuda * Henry Blake Fuller (1857–1929), ''The Cliff-Dwellers'' * Alan Furst (born 1941), ''Night Soldiers''

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* Tom Gabbay (born 1953), ''The Berlin Conspiracy'' * Ellen Gable (born 1959) * William Gaddis (1922–1998), ''The Recognitions'' * Ernest J. Gaines (1933–2019), ''The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'' * Mary Gaitskill (born 1954), ''Two Girls, Fat and Thin'' * Zona Gale (1874–1938), ''Miss Lulu Bett (novel), Miss Lulu Bett'' * Paul Gallico (1897–1976), ''The Poseidon Adventure (novel), The Poseidon Adventure'' * Robert Gandt (born 1939) * Ernest K. Gann (1910–1991), ''The High and the Mighty (novel), The High and the Mighty'' * Cristina García (journalist), Cristina García (born 1958), ''Dreaming in Cuban'' * John Reynolds Gardiner (1944–2006), ''Stone Fox'' * Erle Stanley Gardner (1889–1970), ''Perry Mason#Novels, The Case of the Velvet Claws'' * John Gardner (American writer), John Gardner (1933–1982), ''Grendel (novel), Grendel'' * Leonard Gardner (born 1933), ''Fat City (novel), Fat City'' * Hamlin Garland (1860–1940), ''A Daughter of the Middle Border'' * George Garrett (poet), George Garrett (1929–2008), ''Death of the Fox'' * Chloe Gartner (1916–2003), ''The Infidels'' * Haley Elizabeth Garwood (born 1940), ''The Forgotten Queen'' * Julie Garwood (born 1944), ''Ransom (Garwood novel), Ransom'' * William H. Gass (1924–2017), ''Omensetter's Luck'' * David Gates (author), David Gates (born 1947), ''Jernigan (1991 novel), Jernigan'' * William Gay (author), William Gay (1941-2012) * Elizabeth George (born 1949), ''A Great Deliverance'' * Sarah Gerard * Christien Gholson (born 1964), ''A Fish Trapped Inside the Wind'' * Kaye Gibbons (born 1960), ''Ellen Foster'' * William Gibson (born 1948), ''Neuromancer'' * Scott G. Gier (born 1948) * Barry Gifford (born 1946), ''Wild at Heart (novel), Wild at Heart'' * Annie Somers Gilchrist (1841-1912) * Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935), ''Starcarbon'' * Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935), ''Herland (novel), Herland'' * Florence Magruder Gilmore (1881-1945), ''The Parting of the Ways'' * Susan Gregg Gilmore * Mark Gilroy * Fred Gipson (1908–1973), ''Old Yeller'' * Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945), ''Virginia (novel), Virginia'' * Julia Glass (born 1956), ''Three Junes'' * Gail Godwin (born 1937), ''A Mother and Two Daughters'' * Tom Godwin (1915–1980), ‘’''The Survivors (Godwin novel), The Survivors''’’ * Herbert Gold (born 1924), ''The Man Who Was Not With It'' * Arthur Golden (born 1957), ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' * Francisco Goldman (born 1954), ''The Long Night of White Chickens'' * William Goldman (1931–2018), ''The Princess Bride (novel), The Princess Bride'' * Rebecca Goldstein (born 1950), ''The Mind-Body Problem'' * David Goodis (1917–1967), ''Down There (novel), Down There'' * Terry Goodkind (1948-2020), ''Wizard's First Rule'' * Allegra Goodman (born 1967), ''The Family Markowitz'' * Paul Goodman (1911–1972), ''Making Do'' * Marcus Goodrich (1897–1991), ''Delilah (novel), Delilah'' * H. B. Goodwin (1827-1893), ''The fortunes of Miss Follen'' * Caroline Gordon (1895–1981), ''Aleck Maury, Sportsman'' * Mary Gordon (writer), Mary Gordon (born 1949), ''Final Payments'' * Ron Goulart (1933–2022), ''After Things Fell Apart'' * William Goyen (1915–1983), ''The Fair Sister'' * Sue Grafton (1940–2017), ''Sue Grafton#A is for Alibi, "A" is for Alibi'' * Robert Grant (novelist), Robert Grant (1852–1940), ''Unleavened Bread'' * Shirley Ann Grau (1929–2020), ''The Keepers of the House'' * Charlotte E. Gray (1873–1926), ''Out of the Mire'', ''The Jericho Road'', ''The Inn by the Sea'' * Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935), ''The Leavenworth Case'' * John Green (born 1977), ''The Fault in Our Stars'' * Julien Green (1900–1998), ''Léviathan (The Dark Journey)'' * Vincent S. Green (born 1953), ''The Price of Victory'', ''Extreme Justice'' * Joanne Greenberg (born 1932), ''I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (novel), I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'' * Amy Greene (born 1975) * Frances Nimmo Greene (1867-1937), ''The Right of the Strongest (novel), The Right of the Strongest'' * Sam Greenlee (1930–2014), ''The Spook Who Sat by the Door (novel), The Spook Who Sat by the Door'' * Andrew Sean Greer (born 1970), ''The Confessions of Max Tivoli'' * William Lindsay Gresham (1909–1962), ''Nightmare Alley (novel), Nightmare Alley'' * Zane Grey (1872–1939), ''Riders of the Purple Sage'' * Eva Kinney Griffith (1852–1918), ''A Woman's Evangel'' * Sutton E. Griggs (1872–1933), ''The Hindered Hand'' * Martha Grimes (born 1931), ''The Old Contemptibles (novel), The Old Contemptibles'' * John Grisham (born 1955), ''The Firm (novel), The Firm'' * Lauren Groff (born 1978), ''Fates and Furies (novel), Fates and Furies'' * Winston Groom (1943–2020), ''Forrest Gump (novel), Forrest Gump'' * Patricia Grossman (born 1951), ''Radiant Daughter'' * Michael Grothaus (born 1977), ''Epiphany Jones'' * Nikolai Grozni * Davis Grubb (1919–1980), ''The Night of the Hunter (novel), The Night of the Hunter'' * Lisa Grunwald (born 1959), ''The Irresistible Henry House'' * Lucrecia Guerrero, ''Chasing Shadows'' (linked short stories), ''Tree of Sighs'' * Judith Guest (born 1936), ''Ordinary People'' * Allan Gurganus (born 1947), ''Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All'' * Naomi Gurian (born 1933) * David Guterson (born 1956), ''Snow Falling on Cedars'' * A. B. Guthrie Jr. (1901–1991), ''The Big Sky (novel), The Big Sky''

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* John Habberton (1842-1921) * Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949), ''Dogeaters'' * Jennifer Haigh (born 1968), ''Mrs. Kimble'' * Charles Haldeman (1931–1983) * Joe Haldeman (born 1943), ''The Forever War'' * Alex Haley (1921–1992), ''Roots: The Saga of an American Family, Roots'' * James Norman Hall (1887–1951), ''Mutiny on the Bounty (novel), Mutiny on the Bounty'' (with Charles Nordhoff) * Oakley Hall (1920–2008), ''Warlock (1959 film), Warlock'' * Brett Halliday (1904–1977), ''Dividend on Death'' * Julie Halpern * Hilary Thayer Hamann (born 1962), ''Anthropology of an American Girl'' * Jane Hamilton (born 1957), ''The Book of Ruth (novel), The Book of Ruth'' * Laurell K. Hamilton (born 1963), ''Guilty Pleasures (novel), Guilty Pleasures'' * Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961), ''The Maltese Falcon (novel), The Maltese Falcon'' * Samuel J. Hamrick (1929–2008) * Cathi Hanauer (born 1962) * Elizabeth Hand (born 1957), ''Generation Loss'' * Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) (born 1970), ''Watch Your Mouth (novel), Watch Your Mouth'' * Barry Hannah (1942–2010), ''Geromino Rex'' * Joseph Hansen (writer), Joseph Hansen (1923–2004), ''Fadeout (novel), Fadeout'' * Ron Hansen (novelist), Ron Hansen (born 1947), ''Mariette in Ecstasy'' * Paul Harding (author), Paul Harding (born 1967), ''Tinkers (novel), Tinkers'' * Elizabeth Hardwick (writer), Elizabeth Hardwick (1916–2007), ''Sleepless Nights (novel), Sleepless Nights'' * Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1847–1930), ''The Wind of Destiny'' * Donald Harington (writer), Donald Harington (1935–2009), ''The Cockroaches of Stay More'' * Henry Harland (1861–1905), ''The Cardinal's Snuff-box'' * Jean Harlow (1911–1937), ''Today is Tonight'' * Charles L. Harness (1915–2005), ''The Paradox Men'' * Kent Harrington * Bertha Harris (1937–2005), ''Lover (novel), Lover'' * Charlaine Harris (born 1961), ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' * Corra May Harris (1869–1935), ''The Circuit Rider's Wife'' * Donald Heiney, MacDonald Harris (1921–1993), ''The Balloonist'' * E. Lynn Harris (1955–2009), ''Invisible Life'' * Jim Harris (writer), Jim Harris * Mark Harris (author), Mark Harris (1922–2007), ''Bang the Drum Slowly'' * Thomas Harris (born 1940), ''The Silence of the Lambs (novel), The Silence of the Lambs'' * Harry Harrison (writer), Harry Harrison (1925–2012), ''Make Room! Make Room!'' * Jim Harrison (1937–2016), ''Legends of the Fall'' * Kathryn Harrison (born 1961), ''Exposure (Harrison novel), Exposure'' * Kim Harrison (born 1966), ''Hollows (series), Hollows'' * Kent Haruf (1943–2014), ''Plainsong (novel), Plainsong'' * Adrienne Harun, ''A Man Came Out of a Door in the Mountain'' * Jon Hassler (1933–2008), ''Staggerford'' * Mary R. Platt Hatch (1848-1935), ''The Strange Disappearance of Eugene Comstocks'' * Amanda Havard (born 1986) * John Hawkes (novelist), John Hawkes (1925–1998), ''The Lime Twig'' * Alexandra Hawkins * Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864), ''The Scarlet Letter'' * Ernest Haycox (1899–1950), ''Bugles in the Afternoon'' * Shirley Hazzard (1931–2016), ''The Great Fire (Hazzard novel), The Great Fire'' * Shelby Hearon (1931–2016), ''Owning Jolene'' * Peter Hedges (born 1962), ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' * Rebecca Heflin (born 1963), ''Rescuing Lacey'' * Ursula Hegi (born 1946), ''Stones from the River'' * Scott Heim (born 1966), ''Mysterious Skin'' * Larry Heinemann (1944–2019), ''Paco's Story'' * Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988), ''Stranger in a Strange Land'' * Joseph Heller (1923–1999), ''Catch-22'' * Mark Helprin (born 1947), ''Winter's Tale (Helprin), Winter's Tale'' * Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), ''A Farewell to Arms'' * Aleksandar Hemon (born 1964), ''Nowhere Man (Hemon novel), Nowhere Man'' * Helen Hemphill (born 1955) * Dee Henderson (born ?), ''O'Malley Series'' * James Hendryx, (1880–1963) * Geoff Herbach * Frank Herbert (1920–1986), ''Dune (novel), Dune'' * Joseph Hergesheimer (1880–1954), ''Linda Condon'' * Nellie Hermann, ''The Season of Migration'' * Robert Herrick (novelist), Robert Herrick (1868–1938), ''Web of Life'' * John Hersey (1914–1993), ''A Bell for Adano (novel), A Bell for Adano'' * Burton Hersh * DuBose Heyward (1885–1940), ''Porgy (novel), Porgy'' * Carl Hiaasen (born 1953), ''Sick Puppy'' * George V. Higgins (1939–1999), ''The Friends of Eddie Coyle (novel), The Friends of Eddie Coyle'' * Wendy Higgins (born 1977) * Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995), ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' * Oscar Hijuelos (1951–2013), ''The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love'' * Agnes Leonard Hill (1842-1917), ''Vanquished'' * Tony Hillerman (1925–2008), ''The Blessing Way'' * Joe Hilley (born 1956), ''Sober Justice, Double Take, Electric Beach, Night Rain, The Deposition, What the Red Moon Knows'' * Chester Himes (1909–1984), ''If He Hollers Let Him Go'' * S. E. Hinton (born 1948), ''The Outsiders (novel), The Outsiders'' * Kathleen Hirsch (born 1953) * Tami Hoag (born 1959), ''Ashes to Ashes (novel), Ashes to Ashes'' * Russell Hoban (1925–2011), ''Riddley Walker'' * Laura Z. Hobson (1900–1986), ''Gentleman's Agreement'' * Allen Hoey (1952–2010), ''Chasing the Dragon'' * Alice Hoffman (born 1952), ''Practical Magic'' * Cara Hoffman, ''So Much Pretty'' * Lynn Hoffman (author), Lynn Hoffman (born 1997) * Linda Hogan (writer) (born 1947), ''People of the Whale'' * Nancy Holder (born 1953) * Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819–1881), ''The Bay-Path'' * Jenny Hollowell * Sheri Holman (born 1966), ''The Mammoth Cheese (novel), The Mammoth Cheese'' * Mary Jane Holmes (1825–1907), ''Lena Rivers (book), Lena Rivers'' * Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894), ''Elsie Venner'' * A. M. Homes (born 1961), ''The End of Alice'' * Ann Hood (born 1956), ''Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine'' * David L. Hoof (born 1945) * Khaled Hosseini (born 1965), ''The Kite Runner'' * Silas House (born 1971), ''A Parchment of Leaves'' * Blanche Willis Howard (1847–1898), ''Guenn: A Wave on the Breton Coast'' * Linda Howard (born 1950) * Maureen Howard (born 1930), ''Natural History (novel), Natural History'' * E. W. Howe (1853–1937), ''The Story of a Country Town'' * William Dean Howells (1837–1920), ''The Rise of Silas Lapham'' * Elizabeth Hoyt (born 1970) * George Hrab (born 1971), “Spiritual Healing & Balance Through Colonic Regularity” * Yang Huang (born 1971) * David Huddle (born 1942), ''La Tour Dreams of the Wolf Girl'' * Barry Hughart (1934–2019), ''Bridge of Birds'' * Langston Hughes (1902–1967), ''Not Without Laughter'' * William Humphrey (writer), William Humphrey (1924–1997), ''Farther Off from Heaven (novel), Farther Off from Heaven'' * Josephine Humphreys (born 1945), ''Rich in Love (novel), Rich in Love'' * Samantha Hunt (born 1971), ''The Invention of Everything Else'' * Evan Hunter (1926–2005), ''Blackboard Jungle'' * Jessie Prichard Hunter * Stephen Hunter (born 1946), ''Point of Impact (Stephen Hunter novel), Point of Impact'' * Fannie Hurst (1885–1968), ''Imitation of Life (novel), Imitation of Life'' * Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960), ''Their Eyes Were Watching God'' * Siri Hustvedt (born 1955), ''The Sorrows of an American'' * James Hynes (born 1955), ''The Lecturer's Tale''

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* David Ignatius (born 1950), * Greg Iles (born 1960), ''The Quiet Game'' * Bravig Imbs (1904–1944), ''The Professor's Wife'' * Gary Indiana (born 1950), ''Resentment (novel), Resentment'' * Rachel Ingalls (1940–2019), ''Mrs. Caliban'' * William Inge (1913–1973), ''Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff'' * Joseph Holt Ingraham (1809–1860), ''Lafitte: The Pirate of the Gulf'' * Prentiss Ingraham (1843–1904), ''The Masked Spy'' * Robert Inman (1931–2006) * Lee Irby (born 1963), ''The Up and Up'' * Clifford Irving (1930–2017) * John Irving (born 1942), ''The World According to Garp'' * Susan Isaacs (born 1943), ''Compromising Positions'' * Lynn Isenberg, ''My Life Undercover'' * Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986), ''Goodbye to Berlin'' * Arturo Islas (1938–1991), ''The Rain God'' * Alan Isler (1934–2010)

J

* Beverley Jackson * Brenda Jackson * Charles R. Jackson (1902–1968), ''The Lost Weekend (novel), The Lost Weekend'' * Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885), ''Ramona'' * Shirley Jackson (1916–1965), ''The Haunting of Hill House'' * Rona Jaffe (1932–2005), ''Mazes and Monsters (novel), Mazes and Monsters'' * John Jakes (born 1932), ''North and South (trilogy), North and South'' * Henry James (1843–1916), ''Washington Square (novel), Washington Square'' * Will James (artist), Will James (1892–1942), ''Smoky the Cow Horse'' * Elizabeth Janeway (1913–2005), ''Daisy Kenyon (novel), Daisy Kenyon'' * Tama Janowitz (born 1957), ''By the Shores of Gitchee Gumee'' * Randall Jarrell (1914–1965), ''Pictures from an Institution'' * Rosa Vertner Jeffrey (1828-1894), ''Woodburn'' * Gish Jen (born 1956), ''Typical American'' * Jerry B. Jenkins (born 1949), ''Left Behind'' (with Tim LaHaye) * Gary Jennings (author), Gary Jennings (1928–1999), ''Aztec (novel), Aztec'' * Caroline Howard Jervey (1823-1877), ''Helen Courtenay's Promise'' * Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909), ''The Country of the Pointed Firs'' * Ha Jin (born 1956), ''Waiting (novel), Waiting'' * Adam Johnson (writer), Adam Johnson (born 1967), ''Parasites Like Us'' * Charles R. Johnson (born 1948), ''Middle Passage (novel), Middle Passage'' * Denis Johnson (1949–2017), ''Fiskadoro'' * Diane Johnson (born 1934), ''Le Divorce'' * James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938), ''The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man'' * Josephine Winslow Johnson (1910–1990), ''Now in November'' * Joyce Johnson (author), Joyce Johnson (born 1935), ''In the Night Café'' * Maud Johnson (died 1985) * Owen Johnson (writer), Owen Johnson (1878–1952), ''Stover at Yale'' * RM Johnson (born 1968) * Maria I. Johnston (1835-1921) * Mary Johnston (novelist), Mary Johnston (1870–1936), ''To Have and to Hold (Johnston novel), To Have and to Hold'' * Amiri Baraka, LeRoi Jones (see: List of novelists from the United States#B, Amiri Baraka) * Edward P. Jones (born 1951), ''The Known World'' * Gayl Jones (born 1949), ''Corregidora (novel), Corregidora'' * James Jones (author), James Jones (1921–1977), ''From Here to Eternity'' * Matthew F. Jones (born 19??), ''A Single Shot'' * Stephen Graham Jones (born 1972), ''The Only Good Indians'' * Erica Jong (born 1942), ''Fear of Flying (novel), Fear of Flying'' * Robert Jordan (1948–2007), ''The Eye of the World'' * Sylvester Judd (1813–1853), ''Margaret (novel), Margaret'' * Heidi Julavits (born 1968), ''The Mineral Palace'' * Ward Just (1935–2019), ''Jack Gance''

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* Cihan Kaan (born 1976) * Stacey Kade, ''The Ghost and The Goth'' * James Otis Kaler (1848–1912), ''Toby Tyler; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus'' * Richard Kalich, ''The Nihilesthete'' * Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934–2009), ''Cold Red Sunrise'' * Joseph Kanon (born 1946), ''Los Alamos (novel), Los Alamos'' * MacKinlay Kantor (1904–1977), ''Andersonville (novel), Andersonville'' * Vim Karénine (born 1935), O America! * Jan Karon (born 1937), ''At Home in Mitford'' * Alma Katsu (born 1959) * Illana Katz (born 1948) * John Katzenbach (born 1950), ''The Madman's Tale'' * Janet Kauffman (born 1945), ''Collaborators (novel), Collaborators'' * Bel Kaufman (1911–2014), ''Up the Down Staircase'' * Sue Kaufman (1926–1977), ''Diary of a Mad Housewife'' * John Keeble (writer), John Keeble (born 1944) * Harry Stephen Keeler (1890–1967), ''The Riddle of the Traveling Skull'' * Clarence Budington Kelland (1881–1964), ''Dangerous Angel'' * Faye Kellerman (born 1952), ''The Ritual Bath'' * Jesse Kellerman (born 1978), ''The Executor'' * Jonathan Kellerman (born 1949), ''Flesh and Blood (Jonathan Kellerman novel), Flesh and Blood'' * William Melvin Kelley (1937–2017), ''A Different Drummer (novel), A Different Drummer'' * Marjorie Kellogg (1922–2005), ''Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon'' * Nic Kelman * Elmer Kelton (1926–2009), ''Buffalo Wagons'' * Anna Kendrick (born 1985), ''Scrappy Little Nobody'' * John P. Kennedy (1795–1870), ''Horse-Shoe Robinson'' * William Kennedy (author), William Kennedy (born 1928), ''Ironweed (novel), Ironweed'' * Camilla Kenyon (1876–1957), ''Spanish Doubloons'' * Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), ''On the Road'' * Ken Kesey (1935–2001), ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (novel), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' * Jack Ketchum (1946–2018), ''The Girl Next Door (Jack Ketchum novel), The Girl Next Door'' * Daniel Keyes (1927–2014), ''Flowers for Algernon'' * Frances Parkinson Keyes (1885–1970), ''Dinner at Antoine's'' * Harriette A. Keyser (1841-1936) * Sue Monk Kidd (born 1948), ''The Secret Life of Bees (novel), The Secret Life of Bees'' * Kristy Kiernan * Karen Kijewski (born 1943), ''Katwalk'' * Haven Kimmel (born 1965), ''The Solace of Leaving Early'' * Jamaica Kincaid (born 1949), ''Annie John'' * Grace King (1852–1932), ''The Pleasant Ways of St. Médard'' * Laurie R. King (born 1952), ''A Grave Talent'' * Stephen King (born 1947), ''Carrie (novel), Carrie'' * Barbara Kingsolver (born 1955), ''The Bean Trees'' * Maxine Hong Kingston (born 1940), ''Tripmaster Monkey'' * Jeff Kinney (writer), Jeff Kinney (born 1971), ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' * Joseph Kirkland (1830–1894), ''Zury: The Meanest Man in Spring County'' * Walter Kirn (born 1962), ''Thumbsucker (novel), Thumbsucker'' * James Kisner (1947–2008) * Lisa Kleypas (born 1964), ''Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor'' * Fletcher Knebel (1911–1993), ''Seven Days in May'' (with Charles Bailey II) * John Knowles (1926–2001), ''A Separate Peace'' * Deborah Copaken Kogan (born 1966), ''The Red Book'' * Manuel Komroff (1890–1974), ''Coronet (novel), Coronet'' * Juliet Kono * Dean Koontz (born 1945), ''Whispers (Koontz novel), Whispers'' * Cyril Kornbluth, The Space Merchants (with Frederik Pohl * Jerzy Kosinski (1933–1991), ''Being There (novel), Being There'' * William Kotzwinkle (born 1943), ''The Fan Man'' * Eric Kraft (born 1945), ''What a Piece of Work I Am'' * Kieran Kramer * Larry Kramer (1935–2020), ''Faggots (novel), Faggots'' * William Krasner (1917–2003) * Herbert Krause (1905–1976), ''The Thresher'' * Jayne Ann Krentz (born 1948), ''Sharp Edges'' * Gary Krist (writer), Gary Krist (born 1957), ''Extravagance (novel), Extravagance'' * Tom Kromer (1906–1969), ''Waiting for Nothing'' * William Kent Krueger (born 1950), ''Ordinary Grace'' * Jim Krusoe (born 1942), ''The Girl Factory'' * Maxine Kumin (1925–2014), ''Through Dooms of Love'' * Lynn Kurland * Allen Kurzweil (born 1960), ''A Case of Curiosities'' * Rachel Kushner (born 1968), ''The Flamethrowers''

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* Christopher La Farge (author), Christopher La Farge (1897–1956), ''The Sudden Guest'' * Oliver La Farge (1901–1963), ''Laughing Boy (novel), Laughing Boy'' * Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018), ''The Left Hand of Darkness'' * Mercedes Lackey (born 1950), ''Arrows of the Queen'' * Ed Lacy (1911–1968), ''Room To Swing'' * R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002), ''Past Master (novel), Past Master'' * Tim LaHaye (1926–2016), ''Left Behind'' (with Jerry B. Jenkins) * Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967), ''The Namesake (novel), The Namesake'' * Lori L. Lake (born 1960), ''Snow Moon Rising'' * Harold Lamb (1892–1962), ''Marching Sands'' * Wally Lamb (born 1950), ''She's Come Undone'' * Anne Lamott (born 1954), ''Crooked Little Heart'' * Louis L'Amour (1908–1988), ''Jubal Sackett'' *Woodrow Landfair (born 1982), "Land Of The Free" * Margaret Landon (1903–1993), ''Anna and the King of Siam (novel), Anna and the King of Siam'' * W. Patrick Lang (born 1940), '' The Butcher's Cleaver'' * Jane Langton (1922–2018), ''The Transcendental Murder'' * Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951), ''The Bottoms (novel), The Bottoms'' * Ring Lardner (1885–1933), ''You Know Me Al'' * Jeremy Larner (born 1937), ''Drive, He Said'' * Jeanne Larsen (born 1950), ''Silk Road'' * Nella Larsen (1891–1964), ''Passing (novel), Passing'' * Robert Lasner * Emma Lathen (Martha Hennissart (born 1929) and Mary Jane
Latsis (1927–1997)), ''Murder Against the Grain'' * Keith Laumer (1925–1993), ''The Infinite Cage'' * Robert Lawson (author), Robert Lawson (1892–1957), ''Rabbit Hill'' * David Leavitt (born 1961), ''The Lost Language of Cranes'' * Lindsey Leavitt (born 1980) * William Lederer (1912–2009), ''

'' (with

) * Chang-Rae Lee (born 1965), ''Native Speaker (novel), Native Speaker'' * Harper Lee (1926–2016), ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' * Minnie Mary Lee (1825-1903) * Peter Lefcourt (born 1941), ''The Dreyfus Affair (novel), The Dreyfus Affair'' * Ella Leffland (born 1931), ''Rumors of Peace'' * Dennis Lehane (born 1966), ''Mystic River (novel), Mystic River'' * Fritz Leiber (1910–1992), ''A Specter is Haunting Texas'' * Murray Leinster (1896–1975), ''The Greks Bring Gifts'' * Brad Leithauser (born 1953), ''Hence'' * Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007), ''A Wrinkle in Time'' * F.J. Lennon (born 1964) * J. Robert Lennon (born 1970), ''Mailman (novel), Mailman'' * Elmore Leonard (1925–2013), ''Get Shorty'' * JT LeRoy (Laura Albert) (born 1965), ''Sarah (LeRoy novel), Sarah'' * John Lescroart (born 1948), ''The Mercy Rule'' * Jonathan Lethem (born 1964), ''Motherless Brooklyn'' * Billie Letts (1938-2014), ''Where the Heart Is (novel), Where the Heart Is'' * Jeremy Leven (born 1941), ''Satan: His Psychotherapy and Cure'' * Ira Levin (1929–2007), ''Rosemary's Baby (novel), Rosemary's Baby'' * Meyer Levin (1905–1981), ''Compulsion (Levin novel), Compulsion'' * Paul Levine (born 1948), ''To Speak for the Dead'' * Stacey Levine (born 19??), ''Frances Johnson (novel), Frances Johnson'' * Janet Lewis (1899–1998), ''The Wife of Martin Guerre'' * Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951), ''Main Street (novel), Main Street'' * Ludwig Lewisohn (1882–1955), ''The Case of Mr. Crump'' * Patricia Lieb (born 1942) * Alan Lightman (born 1948), ''Einstein's Dreams'' * Doris Lilly (1926–1991) * Sigrid de Lima (1921–1999), ''Carnival by the Sea'' * Tao Lin (born 1983), ''Richard Yates (novel), Richard Yates'' * Joseph C. Lincoln (1870–1944), ''Rugged Water'' * Johanna Lindsey (1952–2019), ''Fires of Winter'' * Elizabeth Linington (1921–1988), ''Knave of Hearts (novel), Knave of Hearts'' * Elinor Lipman (born 1950), ''The Pursuit of Alice Thrift'' * George Lippard (1822–1854), ''The Quaker City, or The Monks of Monk Hall'' * Rosina Lippi (born 1956), ''Homestead (novel), Homestead'' * Laura Lippman (born 1959), ''What the Dead Know'' * Sam Lipsyte (born 1968), ''Home Land'' * Atticus Lish, ''Preparation for the Next Life'' * David Liss (born 1966), ''A Conspiracy of Paper'' * Robert Littell (author), Robert Littell (born 1935), ''The Amateur (1981 film), The Amateur'' * Bentley Little (born 1960), ''The Revelation (Little novel), The Revelation'' * Liesel Litzenburger * Harold Livingston (1924–2022), ''The Coasts of the Earth'' * Ross Lockridge Jr. (1914–1948), ''Raintree County (novel), Raintree County'' * Patricia Lockwood (born 1982), ''No One Is Talking About This'' * Saab Lofton * Anne Logston (born 1962) * Jack London (1876–1916), ''The Call of the Wild'' * Frank Belknap Long (1901–1994), ''The Horror from the Hills'' * Ki Longfellow (1944-2022), ''The Secret Magdalene'' * Anita Loos (1893–1981), ''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' * Bret Lott (born 1958), ''Jewel (novel), Jewel'' * H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), ''At the Mountains of Madness'' * Maud Hart Lovelace (1892–1980) ''Early Candlelight'' * Lois Lowry (born 1937), ''The Giver'' * Robert Ludlum (1927–2001), ''The Bourne Identity (novel), The Bourne Identity'' * Amy Lukavics ''Daughters Unto Devils'' * Grace Lumpkin (1891–1980), ''To Make My Bread'' * Alison Lurie (1926–2020), ''Foreign Affairs (novel), Foreign Affairs'' * Andrew Nelson Lytle (1902–1995), ''The Velvet Horn''

M

* Sarah J. Maas (born 1986), ''A Court of Thorns and Roses'' * John D. MacDonald (1916–1986), ''The Deep Blue Good-by'' * Ross Macdonald (1915–1983), ''The Moving Target'' * Bonnie MacDougal * Harold MacGrath (1871–1932), ''The Man on the Box'' * Joyce MacIver * Pauline Bradford Mackie (1873-?) * Jay MacLarty (1943–2010) * Norman Maclean (1902–1990), ''A River Runs Through It (novel), A River Runs Through It'' * Sarah MacLean (born 1978), ''A Rogue By Any Other Name'' * Charlotte MacLeod (1922–2005), ''The Corpse in Oozak's Pond'' * Susan Elia MacNeal (born 1968) * Gregory Maguire (born 1954), ''Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West'' * Norman Mailer (1923–2007), ''The Naked and the Dead'' * Charles Major (writer), Charles Major (1856–1913), ''When Knighthood Was in Flower (novel), When Knighthood Was in Flower'' * Rebecca Makkai (born 1978), ''The Great Believers'' * Clarence Major (born 1936), ''Painted Turtle: Woman With Guitar'' * Bernard Malamud (1914–1986), ''The Natural'' * Thomas Mallon (born 1951), ''Henry and Clara'' * Anne Mallory * Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939), ''Beyond Apollo'' * Frederick Manfred (1912–1994), ''Lord Grizzly'' * David Manners (1900–1998) * Lindsay Maracotta (born 1948) * William March (1893–1954), ''The Bad Seed'' * Marshall Ryan Maresca (born 1973) * Dee Marie (born 19??), ''Sons of Avalon, Merlin’s Prophecy'' * Margaret Maron (1938–2021), ''Bootlegger's Daughter'' * John P. Marquand (1893–1960), ''The Late George Apley'' * Carolyn Marsden (born 1950) * Catherine Marshall (1914–1983), ''Christy (novel), Christy'' * Paule Marshall (1929–2019), ''Brown Girl, Brownstones'' * George Madden Martin (1866–1946) * George R. R. Martin (born 1948), ''A Game of Thrones'' * Steve Martin (born 1945), ''Shopgirl (novella), Shopgirl'' * Valerie Martin (born 1948), ''Mary Reilly (novel), Mary Reilly'' * Carole Maso (born 1955), ''Defiance (1998 novel), Defiance'' * Bobbie Ann Mason (born 1940), ''In Country'' * F. Van Wyck Mason (1901–1978), ''Three Harbours'' * Richard Matheson (1926–2013), ''I Am Legend (novel), I Am Legend'' * Harry Mathews (1930–2017), ''The Conversions'' * Francine Matthews (born 1963) * Frank C. Matthews (born 1972) * Peter Matthiessen (1927–2014), ''At Play in the Fields of the Lord (novel), At Play in the Fields of the Lord'' * Armistead Maupin (born 1944), ''Tales of the City'' * Evan Maxwell * William Keepers Maxwell Jr. (1908–2000), ''Time Will Darken It'' * Joyce Maynard (born 1953), ''To Die For'' * Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011), ''Dragonflight'' * Robert R. McCammon (born 1952), ''Boy's Life (novel), Boy's Life'' * Cormac McCarthy (born 1933), ''All the Pretty Horses (novel), All the Pretty Horses'' * Mary McCarthy (author), Mary McCarthy (1912–1989), ''The Group (novel), The Group'' * Ed McClanahan (1932–2021), ''Natural Man'' * Jill McCorkle (born 1958), novelist and short story writer * Horace McCoy (1897–1955), ''They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel), They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' * Sarah McCoy (born 1980) * Elizabeth McCracken (born 1966), ''The Giant's House'' * Sharyn McCrumb (born 1948), ''The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter'' * Carson McCullers (1917–1967), ''The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'' * George Barr McCutcheon (1866–1928), ''Brewster's Millions'' * Alice McDermott (born 1953), ''Charming Billy'' * Gregory Mcdonald (1937–2008), ''Fletch (novel), Fletch'' * Joseph McElroy (born 1930), ''A Smuggler's Bible'' * William McFee (1881–1966), ''Casuals of the Sea'' * William P. McGivern (1918–1982), ''Blondes Die Young'' * Thomas McGuane (born 1939), ''Nothing But Blue Skies'' * Jay McInerney (born 1955), ''Bright Lights, Big City (novel), Bright Lights, Big City'' * Claude McKay (1890-1948), ''Romance in Marseille'' * Richard McKenna (1913–1964), ''The Sand Pebbles'' * Patricia McKillip (1948–2022), ''The Riddle-Master of Hed'' * Reginald McKnight (born 1956), ''He Sleeps'' * Patricia McLinn * Janna McMahan * James McManus (born 1951), ''Going to the Sun (novel), Going to the Sun'' * Terry McMillan (born 1951), ''Waiting to Exhale'' * Larry McMurtry (1936–2021), ''Lonesome Dove'' * Stephen W. Meader (1892–1977), ''Boy with a Pack'' * Herman Melville (1819–1891), ''Moby-Dick'' * Charles Mergendahl (1919–1959), ''The Bramble Bush (novel), The Bramble Bush'' * Gordon Merrick (1916–1988), ''The Lord Won't Mind'' * Barbara Mertz (1927-2013), ''Crocodile on the Sandbank'' * Lynn Messina * Claire Messud (born 1966), ''When the World Was Steady'' *

(1924–1964), '' Peyton Place'' * Philipp Meyer (born 1974), * Stephenie Meyer (born 1973), ''Twilight (Meyer novel), Twilight'' * Leonard Michaels (1933–2003), ''The Men's Club (novel), The Men's Club'' * Oscar Micheaux (1884–1951) * DeLauné Michel * James A. Michener (1907–1997), ''Tales of the South Pacific'' * Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller (1850-1937) * Caroline Pafford Miller, Caroline Miller (1903–1992), ''Lamb in His Bosom'' * Henry Miller (1891–1980), ''Tropic of Cancer (novel), Tropic of Cancer'' * Mary Miller (writer), Mary Miller * May Merrill Miller (1894–1975) * Rex Miller (1939–2004), ''Slob (novel), Slob'' * Sue Miller (born 1943), ''The Good Mother (novel), The Good Mother'' * Susan Cummins Miller * Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923–1996), ''A Canticle for Leibowitz'' * Lydia Millet (born 1968), ''My Happy Life'' * Steven Millhauser (born 1943), ''Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer, Martin Dressler'' * David Milofsky * Anchee Min (born 1957), ''Becoming Madame Mao'' * Stephen Minot (1927–2010), ''Surviving the Flood'' * Susan Minot (born 1956), ''Evening (novel), Evening'' * Meilin Miranda * Jacquelyn Mitchard (born 1955), ''The Deep End of the Ocean'' * Donald Grant Mitchell (1822–1908), ''Dr. Johns'' * Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949), ''Gone with the Wind (novel), Gone with the Wind'' * S. Weir Mitchell (1829–1914), ''Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker'' * Sam Moffie (born 1960) * Carol Moldaw (born 1956) * N. Scott Momaday (born 1934), ''House Made of Dawn'' * Adrienne Monson (born 1983) * Martha Moody (born 1955) * Rick Moody (born 1961), ''The Ice Storm'' * Christopher Moore (author), Christopher Moore (born 1957),
''Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal'' * Lorrie Moore (born 1957), ''Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?'' * Ruth Moore (1903–1989), ''Spoonhandle'' * Susanna Moore (born 1947), ''In the Cut'' * Ward Moore (1903–1978), ''Bring the Jubilee'' * A. R. Morlan (1958-2016) * Christopher Morley (1890–1957), ''Kitty Foyle (novel), Kitty Foyle'' * Mary McGarry Morris (born 1943), ''Songs In Ordinary Time'' * Rooster Morris (born 1955), ''Axle Galench and the Gate of No Return'', ''Axle Galench in Search of Barnsfoggon'' * Wright Morris (1910–1998), ''Plains Song'' * Toni Morrison (1931–2019), ''Beloved (novel), Beloved'' * Bradford Morrow (born 1951), ''Trinity Fields'' * Honoré Willsie Morrow (1880-1940), ''The Great Captain trilogy'' * James Morrow (born 1947), ''Towing Jehovah'' * Howard Frank Mosher (1942–2017), ''A Stranger in the Kingdom'' * Ottessa Moshfegh (born 1981), ''My Year of Rest and Relaxation'' * Hannah Moskowitz (born 1991) * Stefan Mosley (born 1952) * Walter Mosley (born 1952), ''Devil in a Blue Dress'' * Dow Mossman (born 1944), ''The Stones of Summer'' * Willard Motley (1912–1965), ''Knock on Any Door'' * Bharati Mukherjee (1940–2017), ''Jasmine (novel), Jasmine'' * Clarence E. Mulford (1883–1956), ''Hopalong Cassidy'' * Marcia Muller (born 1944), ''Wolf in the Shadows'' * Mary Noailles Murfree (1850–1922), ''The Amulet'' * Sabina Murray (born 1968), ''A Carnivore's Inquiry'' * John Myers Myers (1906–1988), ''Silverlock'' * Anton Myrer (1922–1996), ''Once an Eagle (novel), Once an Eagle''

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* Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977), ''Lolita'' * Robert Nathan (1894–1985), ''Portrait of Jennie'' * Gloria Naylor (1950–2016), ''The Women of Brewster Place (novel), The Women of Brewster Place'' * Shira Nayman (born 1960) * John Neal (writer), John Neal (1793–1876), ''Rachel Dyer: a North American Story'' * Antonya Nelson (born 1961), ''Talking in Bed'' * Howard Nemerov (1920–1991), ''The Homecoming Game'' * Arthur Nersesian (born 1958), ''The Fuck-Up'' * Katherine Neville (author), Katherine Neville (born 1945), ''The Eight (novel), The Eight'' * Fae Myenne Ng (born 1957), ''Bone (novel), Bone'' * John Nichols (writer), John Nichols (born 1940), ''The Milagro Beanfield War'' * Kerry Nietz * Anaïs Nin (1903–1977), ''A Spy in the House of Love (novel), A Spy in the House of Love'' * Larry Niven (born 1938), ''Ringworld'' * Lewis Nordan (1939–2012), ''The Sharpshooter Blues'' * Charles Nordhoff (1887–1947), ''Mutiny on the Bounty (novel), Mutiny on the Bounty'' (with James Norman Hall) * Gurney Norman (born 1937), ''Divine Right's Trip'' * Howard Norman (born 1949), ''The Bird Artist'' * John Norman (born 1931), ''Gor, Tarnsman of Gor'' * Charles Gilman Norris (1881–1945), ''Bricks Without Straw'' * Frank Norris (1870–1902), ''McTeague'' * Kathleen Norris (1880–1966), ''Second Hand Wife'' * Harold Norse (1916–2009), ''Beat Hotel (novel), Beat Hotel'' * Andre Norton (1912–2005), ''Witch World, The Witch World'' * Craig Nova (born 1945), ''The Good Son (Nova novel), The Good Son'' * Josip Novakovich (born 1956), ''April Fool's Day (novel), April Fool's Day'' * Mark Nykanen

O

* Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938), ''Them (novel), them'' * Tim O'Brien (author), Tim O'Brien (born 1946), ''Going After Cacciato'' * Edwin O'Connor (1918–1968), ''The Last Hurrah'' * Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964), ''The Violent Bear It Away'' * Varley O'Connor * Shawn Thomas Odyssey * Marie Conway Oemler (1879–1932) * Chris Offutt (born 1958), ''The Good Brother'' * Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (born 1952), writes as Robin Hobb & Megan Lindholm * John O'Hara (1905–1970), ''Appointment in Samarra'' * Bayo Ojikutu (born 1971), ''Free Burning'' * Daniel Olivas (born 1959), ''The Book of Want'' * Lauren Oliver (born 1982), ''Delirium (Lauren Oliver novel), Delirium'' * Robert Olmstead (born 1954), ''A Trail of Heart's Blood Wherever We Go'' * Stewart O'Nan (born 1961), ''The Speed Queen'' * Tommy Orange (born 1982), ''There There'' * Terry Oroszi (born 1966) * Julie Orringer (born 1973), ''The Invisible Bridge'' * Martha Ostenso (1900–1963), ''Wild Geese (novel), Wild Geese'' * Fannie Ostrander (1859–1921) * Vincent O'Sullivan (American writer), Vincent O'Sullivan (1869–1940), ''The Green Window'' * Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861–1937), ''An Artist in Crime'' * Iris Owens (1929–2008), ''After Claude'' * Janis Owens (born 1960) * Ruth Ozeki (born 1956), ''A Tae for the Time Being'' * Cynthia Ozick (born 1928), ''The Puttermesser Papers''

P

* Alison Pace * William C. Pack * William Packard (author), William Packard (1933–2002), ''Saturday Night at San Marcos'' * Thomas Nelson Page (1853–1952), ''On Newfound River'' * Michelle Paisley * Bernadette Pajer, ''Professor Bradshaw Mysteries'' * Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962), ''Fight Club (novel), Fight Club'' * Allison Pang * Edgar Pangborn (1909–1976), ''Davy (novel), Davy'' * Alexei Panshin (born 1940), ''Rite of Passage (Panshin), Rite of Passage'' * Sara Paretsky (born 1947), ''Indemnity Only'' * Jay Parini (born 1948), ''The Last Station (novel), The Last Station'' * Jane Marsh Parker (1836-1913), ''The Midnight Cry'' * Robert B. Parker (1932–2010), ''Crimson Joy (Spenser Novel), Crimson Joy'' * T. Jefferson Parker (born 1953), ''Laguna Heat'' * Anne Parrish (1888–1957), ''The Perennial Bachelor'' * Ann Patchett (born 1963), ''Bel Canto (novel), Bel Canto'' * James Patterson (born 1947), ''Along Came a Spider (novel), Along Came a Spider'' * Lisa Patton * Paul Jessup (writer), Paul Jessup (born 1977), * Elliot Paul (1891–1958), ''Concert Pitch'' * James Kirke Paulding (1778–1860), ''The Dutchman's Fireside'' * Gary Paulsen (1939–2021), ''Hatchet (novel), Hatchet'' * Bill Pearson (American writer), Bill Pearson (born 1938), ''Drifter's Detour'' * Ridley Pearson (born 1953), ''Undercurrents (novel), Undercurrents'' * T. R. Pearson (born 1956), ''Blue Ridge (novel), Blue Ridge'' * Howard Pease (1894–1974), The Tod Moran Mysteries * Robert Newton Peck (1928–2020), ''A Day No Pigs Would Die'' * Laura Pedersen (born 1965), ''Hallie Palmer'' * Ern Pedler (1914–1989) * Janet Peery (born 195?), ''The River Beyond the World'' * Don Pendleton (1927–1995), ''War Against the Mafia'' * Walker Percy (1916–1990), ''The Moviegoer'' * Frank E. Peretti (born 1951), ''This Present Darkness'' * Marisha Pessl (born 1977), ''Special Topics in Calamity Physics'' * Julia Peterkin (1880–1961), ''Scarlet Sister Mary'' * Ann Petry (1931–1997), ''The Narrows (1953 novel), The Narrows'' * Arthur Phillips (born 1969), ''Prague (novel), Prague'' * David Graham Phillips (1867–1911), ''Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)'' * Jayne Anne Phillips (born 1952), ''Machine Dreams'' * Hannah Maynard Pickard (1812-1844) * Jodi Picoult (born 1966), ''The Pact (novel), The Pact'' * Marge Piercy (born 1936), ''He, She And It'' * Mary Hayden Green Pike (1824–1898), ''Ida May (novel), Ida May'' * Darryl Pinckney (born 1953), ''High Cotton (novel), High Cotton'' * Josephine Pinckney (1895–1957), ''Three O'Clock Dinner'' * Daniel Pinkwater (born 1941), ''The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death'' * H. Beam Piper (1904–1964), ''Little Fuzzy'' * Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), ''The Bell Jar'' * George Plimpton (1927–2003), ''Sidd Finch, The Curious Case of Sidd Finch'' * Michael Pocalyko (born 1954), ''The Navigator (Pocalyko novel), The Navigator'' * Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), ''The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket'' * Frederik Pohl (1919–2013), ''Gateway (novel), Gateway'' * Donald Ray Pollock (born 1954), ''The Devil All the Time'' * Darryl Ponicsan (born 1938), ''The Last Detail'' * Ernest Poole (1880–1950), ''His Family'' * William Lee Popham (1885–1953) * Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920), ''Pollyanna'' * Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980), ''Ship of Fools (Porter novel), Ship of Fools'' * Rose Porter (1845-1906), ''Summer Drift-Wood for the Winter Fire'' * Charles Portis (1933–2020), ''True Grit (novel), True Grit'' * Melville Davisson Post (1871–1930), ''The Nameless Thing'' * Chaim Potok (1929–2002), ''The Chosen (Chaim Potok), The Chosen'' * Jean Potts (1910–1999), ''Go, Lovely Rose'' * Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017), ''The Endless Frontier'' * Dawn Powell (1896–1965), ''The Wicked Pavilion'' * Padgett Powell (born 1952), ''Edisto (novel), Edisto'' * Richard P. Powell (1908–1999), ''The Philadelphian'' * J. F. Powers (1917–1999), ''Morte d'Urban'' * Richard Powers (born 1957), ''The Gold Bug Variations'' * Emily Prager (born 1952), ''Clea & Zeus Divorce'' * Theodore Pratt (1901–1969), ''Mr. Limpet'' * Douglas Preston (born 1956), ''Relic (novel), Relic'' * Charles F. Price (born 1938) * Eugenia Price (1916–1996), ''The Beloved Invader'' * Nicholas A. Price (born 1962), ''Nicholas A. Price#Adult Fiction Books, Adventures in Trichology'' * Reynolds Price (1933–2011), ''Kate Vaiden'' * Richard Price (writer), Richard Price (born 1949), ''Freedomland (novel), Freedomland'' * Joseph Di Prisco * Frederic Prokosch (1908–1989), ''The Seven Who Fled'' * Bill Pronzini (born 1943), ''Hoodwink (novel), Hoodwink'' * Francine Prose (born 1947), ''Blue Angel (novel), Blue Angel'' * E. Annie Proulx (born 1935), ''The Shipping News'' * Olive Higgins Prouty (1882–1974), ''Stella Dallas (novel), Stella Dallas'' * James Purdy (1923–2009), ''Cabot Wright Begins'' * Mario Puzo (1920–1999), ''The Godfather (novel), The Godfather'' * Thomas Pynchon (born 1937), ''Gravity's Rainbow''

Q

* Qiu Xiaolong (born 1953), ''Death of a Red Heroine'' * Jamie Quatro * Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay (1905–1982) and
Manfred B. Lee (1905–1971)), ''The Greek Coffin Mystery'' * John Herbert Quick (1861–1925), ''Vandemark's Folly'' * Anna Quindlen (born 1952), ''Black and Blue (Anna Quindlen novel), Black and Blue'' * Daniel Quinn (1935–2018), ''Ishmael (Quinn novel), Ishmael'' * Julia Quinn (born 1970), ''The Duke and I''

R

* Kris Radish (born 1953) * Lulah Ragsdale (1861-1953), ''Miss Dulcie from Dixie'' * Ayn Rand (1905–1982), ''Atlas Shrugged'' * Alice Randall (born 1959), ''The Wind Done Gone'' * Rebecca Rasmussen * Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896–1953), ''The Yearling'' * Wilson Rawls (1913–1984), ''Where the Red Fern Grows'' * Chet Raymo (born 1936), ''The Dork of Cork'' * John Rechy (born 1931), ''City of Night'' * Jaclyn Reding (born 1966), ''The Secret Gift'' * Ishmael Reed (born 1938), ''Mumbo Jumbo (novel), Mumbo Jumbo'' * Arthur B. Reeve (1880–1936), ''Craig Kennedy Listens In'' * Ben Rehder * Kathy Reichs (born 1950), ''Déjà Dead'' * Thomas Mayne Reid (1818–1883), ''The Rifle Rangers'' * Emma May Alexander Reinertsen (1853–1920), ''Five Cousins in California'' * Amanda Renee * Nina Revoyr (born 1969), ''Southland (novel), Southland'' * Sheri Reynolds (born 1967), ''The Rapture of Canaan'' * Eugene Manlove Rhodes (1869–1934), ''Bransford in Arcadia'' * Anne Rice (1941–2021), ''Interview with the Vampire'' * Craig Rice (author), Craig Rice (1908–1957), ''The Corpse Steps Out'' * Conrad Richter (1890–1968), ''The Town (1950 novel), The Town'' * Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958), ''The Circular Staircase'' * Caris Roane * Ronald Clair Roat (1946–2013) * Harold Robbins (1916–1997), ''The Carpetbaggers'' * Tom Robbins (born 1936), ''Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (novel), Even Cowgirls Get the Blues'' * Elizabeth Madox Roberts (1881–1941), ''The Great Meadow'' * Kenneth Roberts (author), Kenneth Roberts (1885–1957), ''Northwest Passage (novel), Northwest Passage'' * Nora Roberts (born 1950), ''Irish Thoroughbred'' * Kim Stanley Robinson (born 1952), ''Mars trilogy, Red Mars'' * Marilynne Robinson (born 1943), ''Housekeeping (novel), Housekeeping'' * Mary Robison (born 1949), ''Why Did I Ever'' * Lucia St. Clair Robson (born 1942), ''Ride the Wind'' * Tony R. Rodriguez * Edward Payson Roe (1838–1888), ''Barriers Burned Away'' * Lettie Hamlet Rogers (1917–1957) * Joel Townsley Rogers (1896-1984), ''The Red Right Hand'' * Sharon Carter Rogers * Adelaide Day Rollston (1854-1941) * Ole Edvart Rølvaag, O. E. Rølvaag (1876–1931), ''Giants in the Earth (novel), Giants in the Earth'' * Judith Rossner (1935–2005), ''Looking for Mr. Goodbar (novel), Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' * Leo Rosten (1908–1997), ''Captain Newman, M.D. (novel), Captain Newman, M.D.'' * Henry Roth (1906–1995), ''Call It Sleep'' * Philip Roth (1933–2018), ''Portnoy's Complaint'' * Veronica Roth (born 1988), ''Divergent (novel), Divergent'' * Susanna Rowson (1762–1824), ''Charlotte Temple'' * S. J. Rozan (born 1950), ''Winter and Night'' * Robert Ruark (1915–1965), ''Uhuru (novel), Uhuru'' * Jack Rudloe (born 1943), ''Potluck'' * Rudy Ruiz, ''The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez: A Novel'' * Norman Rush (born 1933), ''Mating (novel), Mating'' * Rebecca Rush (1779–1850), ''Kelroy'' * Joanna Russ (1937–2011), ''The Female Man'' *Karen Russell (born 1981), ''Swamplandia!'' * Gerri Russell (born 1962), ''The Warrior Trainer'' * Mary Doria Russell (born 1950), ''The Sparrow (novel), The Sparrow'' * Richard Russo (born 1949), ''Empire Falls'' *Carl Hancock Rux, ''Asphalt (novel), Asphalt'' * Marah Ellis Ryan (1860–1934), ''Told in the Hills''

S

* Seth Grahame-Smith (born 1976) * Hubert Selby Jr. (1928–2004), ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' * Noel Everingham Sainsbury (1884–1955) * J. D. Salinger (1919–2010), ''The Catcher in the Rye'' * James Sallis (born 1944), ''Long-Legged Fly'' * James Salter (1925–2015), ''A Sport and a Pastime'' * Edgar Saltus (1855–1921), ''Mr. Incoul's Misadventure'' * Lawrence Sanders (1920–1998), ''The Anderson Tapes (novel), The Anderson Tapes'' * John Sandford (novelist), John Sandford (born 1944), ''Rules of Prey'' * Mari Sandoz (1896–1966), ''Slogum House'' * Colin Sargent (born 1954), ''Museum of Human Beings'' * William Saroyan (1908–1981), ''The Human Comedy (novel), The Human Comedy'' * May Sarton (1912–1995), ''Faithful are the Wounds'' * Richard Satterlie * John Saul (born 1942), ''Suffer the Children (novel), Suffer the Children'' * George Saunders (born 1958), ''The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil'' * Willard Savoy (1916–1976) * John Sayles (born 1950), ''Pride of the Bimbos'' * Jack Schaefer (1907–1991), ''Shane (novel), Shane'' * Rebecca Scherm * Cathleen Schine (born 1953), ''Rameau's Niece'' * Mark Schorer (1908–1977), ''A House Too Old'' * Melissa Schroeder * Budd Schulberg (1914–2009), ''What Makes Sammy Run?'' * Christine Schutt (born 19??), ''All Souls (novel), All Souls'' * Victoria Schwab (born 1987), ''Vicious (novel), Vicious'' * Lynne Sharon Schwartz (born 1939), ''Disturbances in the Field'' * Sandra Scofield (born 1943), Beyond Deserving * Sandra Scoppettone (born 1936), ''Suzuki Beane'' * Daniel Scott (writer), Daniel Scott (born 1963), ''Valedictory'' * Evelyn Scott (writer), Evelyn Scott (1893–1963), ''A Calendar of Sin'' * Joanna Scott (born 1960), ''The Manikin'' * Allan Seager (1906–1968), ''Amos Berry (novel), Amos Berry'' * Molly Elliot Seawell (1860–1916), ''The House of Egremont'' * Alice Sebold (born 1963), ''The Lovely Bones'' * Catharine Sedgwick (1789–1867), ''Hope Leslie'' * Carolyn See (1934–2016), ''Making History (Carolyn See novel), Making History'' * Erich Segal (1937–2010), ''Love Story (novel), Love Story'' * Lore Segal (born 1928), ''Other People's Houses'' * Danzy Senna (born 1970), ''Caucasia (novel)'' * Richard Setlowe * Anya Seton (1904–1990), ''Green Darkness'' * Mary Lee Settle (1918–2005), ''Blood Tie (Settle novel), Blood Tie'' * Elizabeth Sewell (writer), Elizabeth Sewell (1919–2001) * Michael Shaara (1928–1988), ''The Killer Angels'' * Laurence Shames (born 1951), ''Florida Straits (novel), Florida Straits'' * Ntozake Shange (1948–2018), ''Betsey Brown'' * Emma Augusta Sharkey (1858–1902), ''The Richmond Secret'' * Akhil Sharma (born 1971), ''An Obedient Father'' * Irwin Shaw (1913–1984), ''Rich Man, Poor Man (novel), Rich Man, Poor Man'' * Robert Shea (1933–1994), ''The Illuminatus! Trilogy'' (with Robert Anton Wilson) * Amy Shearn (born 1979) * Wilfrid Sheed (1930–2011), ''Square's Progress'' * Anna Sheehan * Sidney Sheldon (1917–2007), ''The Naked Face'' * Samuel Shellabarger (1888–1954), ''Captain from Castile'' * Jim Shepard (born 1956), ''Lights Out in the Reptile House'' * Carol Shields (1935–2003), ''The Stone Diaries'' * Anita Shreve (1946–2018), ''The Weight of Water'' * Susan Shreve, Susan Richards Shreve (born 1939), ''A Country of Strangers'' * Lionel Shriver (born 1957), ''We Need to Talk About Kevin'' * Gary Shteyngart (born 1972), ''The Russian Debutante's Handbook'' * Anne Rivers Siddons (1936–2019), ''Peachtree Road (novel), Peachtree Road'' * Clancy Sigal (1926–2017), ''Going Away (novel), Going Away'' * Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948), ''Ceremony (Silko novel), Ceremony'' * Robert Silverberg (born 1935), ''A Time of Changes'' * Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988), ''City (Clifford D. Simak novel), City'' * Dan Simmons (born 1948), ''Hyperion (Simmons novel), Hyperion'' * William Gilmore Simms (1806–1870), ''The Sword and the Distaff'' * Mona Simpson (novelist), Mona Simpson (born 1957), ''Anywhere But Here (novel), Anywhere But Here'' * Elizabeth Sims (born 1957), ''Damn Straight'' * Upton Sinclair (1878–1968), ''The Jungle'' * Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991), ''Enemies, a Love Story'' * Israel Joshua Singer (1893–1944), ''The Brothers Ashkenazi'' * Joan Slonczewski (born 1956), ''A Door into Ocean'' * Jane Smiley (born 1949), ''A Thousand Acres'' * Betty Smith (1896–1972), ''A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (novel), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'' * E. E. Smith (1890–1965), ''First Lensman'' * Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806–1893), ''The Western Captive'' * Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915), ''Colonel Carter of Cartersville'' * H. Allen Smith (1907–1976), ''Rhubarb (novel), Rhubarb'' * Haywood Smith * Katy Simpson Smith (born 1985) * Lee Smith (author), Lee Smith (born 1944), ''Fair and Tender Ladies'' * Thorne Smith (1892–1934), ''Topper (novel), Topper'' * Charles A. Smythwick * Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1927–2014), ''The Headless Cupid'' * Paul Spencer Sochaczewski (born 1947), ''Redheads'' * Susan Sontag (1933–2004), ''In America (Sontag), In America'' * Virginia Sorensen (1912–1991), ''On This Star'' * Christopher Sorrentino (born 1963), ''Trance (novel), Trance'' * Gilbert Sorrentino (1929–2006), ''Mulligan Stew (novel), Mulligan Stew'' * Gary Soto (born 1952), ''Buried Onions'' * Terry Southern (1924–1995), ''The Magic Christian (novel), The Magic Christian'' * E. D. E. N. Southworth (1819–1899), ''The Hidden Hand (novel), The Hidden Hand'' * W. M. Spackman (1905–1980), ''An Armful of Warm Girl'' * Joshua Spanogle * R. Clifton Spargo * Frank H. Spearman (1859–1937), ''Whispering Smith'' * Scott Spencer (novelist), Scott Spencer (born 1945), ''Endless Love (novel), Endless Love'' * Mickey Spillane (1918–2006), ''I, the Jury'' * Norman Spinrad (born 1940), ''The Iron Dream'' * Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1835–1921), ''Sir Rohan's Ghost'' * David Derek Stacton (1925–1968), ''On a Balcony'' * Jean Stafford (1915–1979), ''Boston Adventure'' * Zoje Stage, ''Baby Teeth'' * Clinton H. Stagg (1888–1916) * Jason Starr (born 1966), '' The Follower (Jason Starr novel), The Follower'' * Kai Starr * Danielle Steel (born 1947), ''Family Album (novel), Family Album'' * Wallace Stegner (1909–1993), ''Angle of Repose (novel), Angle of Repose'' * Gertrude Stein (1874–1946), ''The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas'' * John Steinbeck (1902–1968), ''The Grapes of Wrath'' * Darcey Steinke (born 1964), ''Jesus Saves (novel), Jesus Saves'' * Ann Sophia Stephens (1810–1886), ''Malaeska: The Indian Wife of the White Hunter'' * Harold Stephens (author), Harold Stephens (1926–2021), ''Who Needs A Road? (Round The World travel by jeep, nonfiction), Who Needs A Road?'' * Neal Stephenson (born 1959), ''Snow Crash'' * Bruce Sterling (born 1954), ''Islands in the Net'' * Richard G. Stern (1928–2013), ''Golk'' * Steve Stern, ''The Angel of Forgetfulness'' * Brooke Stevens, ''Tattoo Girl'' * George R. Stewart (1895–1980), ''Earth Abides'' * Frederic Jesup Stimson (1855–1943), ''The Crime of Henry Vane'' * R. L. Stine (born 1943), ''Monster Blood'' * Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902), ''Rudder Grange'' * Mary Stolz (1920–2006), ''The Edge of Next Year'' * Grace Zaring Stone (1891–1991), ''The Bitter Tea of General Yen (novel), The Bitter Tea of General Yen'' * Irving Stone (1903–1989), ''The Agony and the Ecstasy (novel), The Agony and the Ecstasy'' * Robert Stone (novelist), Robert Stone (1937–2015), ''Dog Soldiers (novel), Dog Soldiers'' * Phil Stong (1899–1957), ''State Fair (novel), State Fair'' * Hans Otto Storm (1895–1941), ''Pity the Tyrant'' * Rex Stout (1886–1975), ''Nero Wolfe#Bibliography, Fer-de-Lance'' * Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896), ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' * Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930), ''Rover Boys, The Rover Boys At School'' * Gene Stratton-Porter (1863–1924), ''A Girl of the Limberlost (novel), A Girl of the Limberlost'' * Peter Straub (born 1943), ''Ghost Story (Straub novel), Ghost Story'' * Darin Strauss (born 1970), ''The Real McCoy (novel), The Real McCoy'' * Edward Streeter (1891–1976), ''Father of the Bride (novel), Father of the Bride'' * John Strelecky (born 1969), ''The Big Five For Life - Leadership's Greatest Secret'' * Thomas Sigismund Stribling, T. S. Stribling (1881–1965), ''The Store (novel), The Store'' * Elizabeth Strout (born 1956), ''Amy and Isabelle'' * Jesse Stuart (1906–1984), ''Taps for Private Tussie'' * Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985), ''More Than Human'' * William Styron (1925–2006), ''The Confessions of Nat Turner (1967), The Confessions of Nat Turner'' * Ronald Sukenick (1932–2004), ''Up (novel), Up'' * Cid Ricketts Sumner (1890–1970), ''Quality (novel), Quality'' * Jacqueline Susann (1918–1974), ''Valley of the Dolls (novel), Valley of the Dolls'' * Van Tassel Sutphen (1861–1945) * Harvey Swados (1920–1972), ''Out Went the Candle'' * Glendon Swarthout (1918–1992), ''The Shootist''

T

* Gladys Taber (1899–1980), ''Stillmeadow'' books * Karin Tabke * Michael Talbot (author), Michael Talbot (1953–1992), ''The Bog'' * Elizabeth Tallent (born 1954), ''Museum Pieces'' * Amy Tan (born 1952), ''The Joy Luck Club (novel), The Joy Luck Club'' * Jason Tanamor (born 1975), ''Vampires of Portlandia'' * Booth Tarkington (1869–1946), ''The Magnificent Ambersons'' * Donna Tartt (born 1963), ''The Secret History'' * Bayard Taylor (1825–1878), ''Hanna Thurston'' * Kathrine Taylor (1903–1996), ''Kathrine Taylor#Works, Address Unknown'' * Peter Taylor (author), Peter Taylor (1917–1994), ''A Summons to Memphis'' * Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1909–1976), ''The Cape Cod Mystery'' * Robert Lewis Taylor (1912–1998), ''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'' * William Tenn (1920–2010), ''Of Men and Monsters'' * Tabitha Gilman Tenney (1762–1837), * Mary Virginia Terhune (1830–1922), ''Alone (novel), Alone'' * Kathleen Tessaro (born 1965), ''Rare Objects'' * Walter Tevis (1928–1984), ''The Hustler (novel), The Hustler'' * Steve Thayer (born 1953) * Paul Theroux (born 1941), ''The Mosquito Coast (novel), The Mosquito Coast'' * Angie Thomas (born 1988), ''The Hate U Give'' * Daniel Pierce Thompson (1795–1868), ''The Green Mountain Boys'' * Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005), ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'' * Jim Thompson (writer), Jim Thompson (1906–1977), ''The Killer Inside Me'' * Maurice Thompson (1844–1901), ''Alice of Old Vincennes'' * Melanie Rae Thon (born 1957), ''Meteors in August'' * James Thurber (1894–1961), ''The 13 Clocks'' * Marian Thurm (born 1952) * Wallace Thurman (1902–1934), ''The Blacker the Berry (novel), The Blacker the Berry'' * Ernest Tidyman (1928–1984), ''John Shaft, Shaft'' * Ronald Tierney (1944–2017) * Ada Josephine Todd (1858-1904), ''The Vacation Club'' * Caroline and Charles Todd * John Kennedy Toole (1937–1969), ''A Confederacy of Dunces'' * Jane Toombs (died 2014) * Jean Toomer (1894–1967), ''Cane (novel), Cane'' * Joseph Torchia (1948–1996) * Aaron Louis Tordini * Alessandra Torre * Nick Tosches (1949–2019), ''In the Hand of Dante'' * Paul A. Toth * Albion W. Tourgée (1838–1905), ''A Fool's Errand'' * Arthur Train (1875–1945), ''Yankee Lawyer: The Autobiography of Ephraim Tutt'' * Clara Augusta Jones Trask (1839–1905) ''Patience Pettigrew's perplexities'' * Lawrence Treat (1903–1998), ''V as in Victim'' * Trevanian (1931–2005), ''The Eiger Sanction'' * Emma Trevayne * Calvin Trillin (born 1935), ''Runestruck'' * Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976), ''Johnny Got His Gun'' * Danielle Trussoni (1973), "Angelology" * George Tucker (politician), George Tucker (1775–1861), ''A Voyage to the Moon'' * John R. Tunis (1889–1975), ''The Kid From Tomkinsville'' * Scott Turow (born 1949), ''Presumed Innocent (novel), Presumed Innocent'' * Harry Turtledove (born 1949), ''Worldwar: In the Balance, In the Balance'' * Mark Twain (1835–1910), ''Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' * Anne Tyler (born 1941), ''The Accidental Tourist'' * Royall Tyler (1757–1826), ''The Algerine Captive''

U

* Brady Udall (born c. 1971), ''The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint'' * Dorothy Uhnak (1933–2006), ''The Bait (novel), The Bait'' * James Michael Ullman (1925–1997), ''The Neon Haystack'' * James Ramsey Ullman (1907–1971) * Douglas Unger (born 1952), ''Leaving the Land'' * John Updike (1932–2009), ''Rabbit, Run'' * Leon Uris (1924–2003), ''Exodus (Uris novel), Exodus'' * Luís Alberto Urrea (born 1955), ''In Search of Snow'' * Lois Utz (1932–1986)

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* S. S. Van Dine (1888–1939), ''The Benson Murder Case'' * Andrew Vachss (1942–2021), ''Burke (character)#Burke Series, Flood'' * Roberto Valero (1955–1994) * Jack Vance (1916–2013), ''The Killing Machine'' * Louis Joseph Vance (1879–1933), ''The Lone Wolf (novel), The Lone Wolf'' * John Varley (author), John Varley (born 1947), ''The Ophiuchi Hotline'' * Michael Vatikiotis (born 1957) * Gore Vidal (1925–2012), ''Burr (novel), Burr'' * Tony Vigorito, ''Nine Kinds of Naked'' * Gerald Vizenor (born 1934), ''Darkness in Saint Louis Bearheart'' * William T. Vollmann (born 1959), ''Europe Central'' * Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922–2007), ''Slaughterhouse-Five''

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* David Wagoner (1926–2021), ''The Escape Artist'' * Alice Walker (born 1944), ''The Color Purple'' * Margaret Walker (1915–1998), ''Jubilee (novel), Jubilee'' * David Foster Wallace (1962–2008), ''Infinite Jest'' * Irving Wallace (1916–1990), ''The Fan Club'' * Lew Wallace (1827–1905), ''Ben-Hur (novel), Ben-Hur'' * Edward Lewis Wallant (1926–1962), ''The Tenants of Moonbloom'' * Robert James Waller (1939–2017), ''The Bridges of Madison County'' * Douglass Wallop (1920–1985), ''The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant'' * Joseph Wambaugh (born 1937), ''The Choirboys (novel), The Choirboys'' * Walter Wangerin Jr. (1944–2017), ''The Book of the Dun Cow (novel), The Book of the Dun Cow'' * Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward (1844–1911), ''The Gates Ajar'' * Jesmyn Ward (born 1977), ''Salvage the Bones'' * William Ware (1797–1852), ''Zenobia; or, The Fall of Palmyra'' * Catherine Anne Warfield (1816–1877), ''The Household of Bouverie'' * Charles Dudley Warner (1829–1900), ''The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, The Gilded Age'' (with Mark Twain) * Gertrude Chandler Warner (1890–1979), ''The Boxcar Children'' * Susan Warner (1819–1895), ''The Wide, Wide World'' * Kimberly Warner-Cohen (born 1978) * Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989), ''All the King's Men'' * Larry Watson (writer), Larry Watson (born 1947), ''Montana 1948'' * Kate Watterson * Hillary Waugh (1920–2008), ''Last Seen Wearing ... (Hillary Waugh novel), Last Seen Wearing...'' * John Van Alstyne Weaver (1893–1938) * Will Weaver (born 1950), ''Red Earth, White Earth'' * Charles Webb (author), Charles Webb (1939–2020), ''The Graduate (novel), The Graduate'' * Katharine Weber (born 1955), ''Triangle (novel), Triangle'' * Jean Webster (1876–1916), ''Daddy-Long-Legs (novel), Daddy-Long-Legs'' * Theodore Weesner (1935–2015), ''The Car Thief'' * Jerome Weidman (1913–1998), ''I Can Get It for You Wholesale'' * James Welch (poet), James Welch (1940–2003), ''Fools Crow'' * Manly Wade Wellman (1903–1986), ''The Old Gods Waken'' * Rebecca Wells (born 1952), ''Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood'' * Eudora Welty (1909–2001), ''The Optimist's Daughter'' * Glenway Wescott (1901–1987), ''The Grandmothers'' * Debbie Lee Wesselmann * Dorothy West (1907–1998), ''The Living Is Easy'' * Jessamyn West (writer), Jessamyn West (1902–1984), ''The Massacre at Fall Creek'' * Nathanael West (1903–1940), ''The Day of the Locust'' * Paul West (poet), Paul West (1930–2015), ''The Women of Whitechapel and Jack the Ripper'' * Donald E. Westlake (1933–2008), ''God Save the Mark'' * Edith Wharton (1862–1937), ''The Age of Innocence'' * William Wharton (author), William Wharton (1925–2008), ''Birdy (novel), Birdy'' * E. B. White (1899–1985), ''Charlotte's Web'' * Edmund White (born 1940), ''A Boy's Own Story'' * Randy Wayne White (born 1950), ''Sanibel Flats'' * Stewart Edward White (1873–1946), ''The Claim Jumpers'' * Colson Whitehead (born 1969), ''The Intuitionist'' * Brand Whitlock (1869–1934), ''The Turn of the Balance'' * Phyllis A. Whitney (1903–2008), ''The Mystery of the Haunted Pool'' * Edward Whittemore (1933–1995), ''Sinai Tapestry'' * John Edgar Wideman (born 1941), ''Philadelphia Fire'' * Elie Wiesel (1928–2016), ''Twilight (Wiesel novel), Twilight'' * Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856–1923), ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' * Marianne Wiggins (born 1947), ''Evidence of Things Unseen (novel), Evidence of Things Unseen'' * James Wilcox (novelist), James Wilcox (born 1949), ''Modern Baptists'' * Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867–1957), ''Little House on the Prairie'' * Thornton Wilder (1897–1975), ''The Bridge of San Luis Rey'' * Kate Wilhelm (1928–2018), ''Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang'' * Christopher Willard (born 1960), ''Garbage Head'' * Charles Willeford (1919–1988), ''Miami Blues'' * Ben Ames Williams (1889–1953), ''House Divided'' * John A. Williams (1925–2015), ''The Man Who Cried I Am'' * John Edward Williams, John Williams (1922–1994), ''Stoner (novel), Stoner'' * Joy Williams (American writer), Joy Williams (born 1944), ''State of Grace (novel), State of Grace'' * Philip Lee Williams (born 1950), ''Elegies for the Water'' * Tennessee Williams (1911–1983), ''The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone'' * Thomas Williams (writer), Thomas Williams (1926–1990), ''The Hair of Harold Roux'' * Jack Williamson (1908–2006), ''The Humanoid Touch'' * Calder Willingham (1922–1995), ''End As a Man'' * Connie Willis (born 1945), ''Doomsday Book (novel), Doomsday Book'' * Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900), ''Our Nig; or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black'' * Harry Leon Wilson (1867–1919), ''Ruggles of Red Gap'' * Margaret Wilson (novelist), Margaret Wilson (1882–1973), ''The Able McLaughlins'' * Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007), ''The Illuminatus! Trilogy'' (with Robert Shea) * Sloan Wilson (1920–2003), ''The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (novel), The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit'' * Mark Winegardner (born 1961), ''Crooked River Burning'' * Crystal Lacey Winslow * Don Winslow (born 1953), ''The Power of the Dog (Winslow novel), The Power of the Dog'' * Theodore Winthrop (1828–1861), ''John Brent (novel), John Brent'' * Owen Wister (1860–1938), ''The Virginian (novel), The Virginian'' * Larry Woiwode (1941–2022), ''Beyond the Bedroom Wall'' * Gene Wolfe (1931–2019), ''The Book of the New Sun'' * Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938), ''Look Homeward, Angel'' * Tom Wolfe (1931–2018), ''The Bonfire of the Vanities'' * Geoffrey Wolff (born 1937), ''Providence (Wolff novel), Providence'' * Tobias Wolff (born 1945), ''The Barracks Thief'' * Hilma Wolitzer (born 1930), ''Silver (novel), Silver'' * Meg Wolitzer (born 1959), ''This Is Your Life (novel), This Is Your Life'' * Ramsay Wood (born 1943), ''Kalila and Dimna'' * Daniel Woodrell (born 1953), ''Give Us a Kiss'' * Samuel Woodworth (1784–1842), ''The Champions of Freedom'' * Cornell Woolrich (1903–1968), ''The Bride Wore Black (novel), The Bride Wore Black'' * Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840–1894), ''For the Major'' * Herman Wouk (1915–2019), ''The Caine Mutiny'' * Austin Tappan Wright (1883–1931), ''Islandia (novel), Islandia'' * Ernest Vincent Wright (c. 1873–1939), ''Gadsby (novel), Gadsby'' * Harold Bell Wright (1872–1944), ''The Shepherd of the Hills (novel), The Shepherd of the Hills'' * Kirby Wright (born 1955), ''Punahou Blues'' * Mary Tappan Wright (1851–1917), ''Aliens (1902 novel), Aliens'' * Richard Wright (author), Richard Wright (1908–1960), ''Native Son'' * Stephen Wright (writer), Stephen Wright (born 1946), ''The Amalgamation Polka''

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* Xu Xi (writer), Xu Xi (born 1954), ''The Unwalled City''

Y

* Irvin D. Yalom (born 1931), ''When Nietzsche Wept (novel), When Nietzsche Wept'' * Lois-Ann Yamanaka (born 1961), ''Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers'' * Karen Tei Yamashita (born 1951), ''Through the Arc of the Rain Forest'' * Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (born 1942), ''Count Saint-Germain (vampire), Hotel Transylvania'' * Steve Yarbrough (writer), Steve Yarbrough (born 1956), ''The Oxygen Man'' * Richard Yates (novelist), Richard Yates (1926–1992), ''Revolutionary Road'' * Frank Yerby (1916–1991), ''Judas, My Brother'' * Anzia Yezierska (c. 1880–1970), ''Bread Givers'' * Rafael Yglesias (born 1954), ''Fearless (Yglesias novel), Fearless'' * Mako Yoshikawa (born 1966), ''One Hundred and One Ways'' * Al Young (1939–2021), ''Ask Me Now'' * Stark Young (1881–1963), ''So Red the Rose (novel), So Red the Rose'' * Michele Young-Stone

Z

* Rafi Zabor (born 1946), ''The Bear Comes Home'' * Roger Zelazny (1937–1995), ''Lord of Light'' * Paul Zindel (1936–2003), ''The Pigman'' * Nell Zink, ''The Wallcreeper'' * Leane Zugsmith (1903–1969), ''All Victories Are Alike''

References

* Nelson, Emmanuel S. ''Asian American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook''. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2000) ;Specific {{Lists of novelists by nationality Lists of American writers, Novelists from the United States Lists of novelists by nationality, American American novelists,

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