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* Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012), ''The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh'' * Atia Abawi *B
* James Baar (1929–2021) * Sanora Babb (1907–2005) * C. Morgan Babst (born 1980) * Richard Bach (born 1936), ''Jonathan Livingston Seagull'' * Irving Bacheller (1859–1950), ''A Man for the Ages'' * George Bagby (author), George Bagby (1906–1985), ''Murder at the Piano'' * Dorothy Baker (writer), Dorothy Baker (1907–1968), ''Young Man with a Horn (novel), Young Man with a Horn'' * James Robert Baker (1947–1997), ''Fuel-Injected Dreams'' * Nicholson Baker (born 1957), ''Vox (Nicholson Baker novel), Vox'' * Kirsten Bakis (born 1968), ''Lives of the Monster Dogs'' * Faith Baldwin (1893–1978), ''The Heart Has Wings'' * James Baldwin (writer), James Baldwin (1924–1987), ''Go Tell It on the Mountain (novel), Go Tell It on the Mountain'' * Leigh Bale * John Ball (American author), John Ball (1911–1988), ''In the Heat of the Night (novel), In the Heat of the Night'' * Toni Cade Bambara (1939–1995), ''The Salt Eaters'' * Anna Banks * Russell Banks (born 1940), ''The Sweet Hereafter (novel), The Sweet Hereafter'' * Margaret Culkin Banning (1891–1982), ''Country Club People'' * Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) (1934–2014), ''The System of Dante's Hell'' * Tom Barbash, ''The Last Good Chance'' * Anna Maynard Barbour (died 1941), ''That Mainwaring Affair'' * John Franklin Bardin (1916–1981), ''Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly'' * Brad Barkley (born 1961), ''Money, Love'' * Annie Maria Barnes (1857 – unknown), ''Some lowly lives and the heights they reached'' * Djuna Barnes (1892–1982), ''Nightwood'' * Linda Barnes (writer), Linda Barnes (born 1949), ''A Trouble of Fools'' * Margaret Ayer Barnes (1886–1967), ''Years of Grace'' * Steven Barnes (born 1952), ''The Legacy of Heorot'' (co-author) * Wilton Barnhardt (born 1960), ''Gospel: a novel, Gospel'' * Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919), ''Jan Vedder's Wife'' * Nevada Barr (born 1952), ''Track of the Cat (1993 novel), Track of the Cat'' * Stringfellow Barr (1897–1982), * Andrea Barrett (born 1964), ''The Voyage of the Narwhal'' * John Barth (born 1930), ''Giles Goat-Boy'' * Donald Barthelme (1931–1989), ''Snow White (1967 novel), Snow White'' * Frederick Barthelme (born 1943), ''Chroma (novel), Chroma'' * Alice E. Bartlett (1848-1920), ''Until the Daybreak'' * Nalbro Bartley (1888–1952), ''A Woman's Woman'' * Fredrick Barton * Rick Bass (born 1958), ''Where the Sea Used to Be'' * Sara Ware Bassett (1872–1968) * Hamilton Basso (1904–1964), ''The View from Pompey's Head'' * Harriet Bates (1856–1886), wrote under the name Eleanor Putnam * Margret Holmes Bates (1844-1927), ''Manitou'' * L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' * Beth Ann Bauman * Richard Bausch (born 1945), ''The Last Good Time'' * Robert Bausch (1945–2018), ''Almighty Me'' * Charles Baxter (author), Charles Baxter (born 1947), ''Shadow Play (novel), Shadow Play'' * Jonathan Bayliss (1926–2009), the fiction tetralogy Gloucesterman * Peter S. Beagle (born 1939), ''The Last Unicorn'' * Theodore Beale (born 1968), ''The War in Heaven'', ''The Eternal Warriors'' * Greg Bear (1951-2022), ''Darwin's Radio'' * Ann Beattie (born 1947), ''Chilly Scenes of Winter'' * Paul Beatty (born 1962), ''The Sellout (novel)'' * Jessica Beck * Louis Begley (born 1933), ''About Schmidt'' * Madison Smartt Bell (born 1957), ''All Souls' Rising'' * Edward Bellamy (1850–1898), ''Looking Backward, Looking Backward: 2000–1887'' * Saul Bellow (1915–2005), ''Henderson the Rain King'' * Peter Benchley (1940–2006), ''Jaws (novel), Jaws'' * Aimee Bender (born 1969), ''An Invisible Sign of My Own'' * Pinckney Benedict (born 1964), ''Dogs of God'' * Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943), ''Spanish Bayonet (novel), Spanish Bayonet'' * Gregory Benford (born 1941), ''Timescape'' * Gary L. Bennett (born 1940), ''The Star Sailors'' * Jenn Bennett * Marcia Joanne Bennett (born 1945) * Thomas Berger (US novelist), Thomas Berger (1924–2014), ''Little Big Man (novel), Little Big Man'' * Gina Berriault (1926–1999), ''The Descent (1960 novel), The Descent'' * Don Berry (author), Don Berry (1931–2001), ''Trask'' * Wendell Berry (born 1934), ''A Place on Earth (novel), A Place on Earth'' * Alfred Bester (1913–1987), ''The Demolished Man'' * Doris Betts (1932–2012), ''Souls Raised from the Dead'' * Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933), ''The Chinese Parrot'' * Jessica Bird (born 1969), ''Black Dagger Brotherhood'' series * Robert Montgomery Bird (1803–1854), ''The Infidel (1835 novel), The Infidel'' * Michael Bishop (author), Michael Bishop (born 1945), ''No Enemy But Time'' * Pam Blackwell (born 1942) * William Peter Blatty (1928–2017), ''The Exorcist (novel), The Exorcist'' * Winfred Blevins (born 1938), ''Stone Song, Story of the Life of Crazy Horse'' * Robert Bloch (1917–1994), ''Psycho (novel), Psycho'' * Francesca Lia Block (born 1962) ''Weetzie Bat'' * Lawrence Block (born 1938), ''Eight Million Ways to Die (novel), Eight Million Ways to Die'' * Stefan Merrill Block (born 1982) * Mabel Fuller Blodgett (1869–1959) * Joan Blondell (1906–1979), ''Center Door Fancy'' * Amy Bloom (born 1953), ''Love Invents Us'' * V.O. Blum (born 1945), ''DownMind'' * Judy Blume (born 1938), ''Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret'' * Tom Boggs (poet), Tom Boggs (1905–1952) * Chris Bohjalian (born 1960), ''The Law of Similars'' * Jamie Pastor Bolnick * Jamie Pastor Bolnick (born Huntington) * Arna Bontemps (1902–1973), ''God Sends Sunday'' * Kola Boof * Emma Scarr Booth (1835-1927), ''Karan Kringle's Journal'' * Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), ''The Case of the Seven of Calvary'' * Vance Bourjaily (1922–2010), ''Brill Among the Ruins'' * Ben Bova (1932–2020), ''The Starcrossed'' * Jane Bowles (1917–1973), ''Two Serious Ladies'' * Paul Bowles (1910–1999), ''The Sheltering Sky'' * Valerie Bowman * Blanche McCrary Boyd (born 1945), ''The Revolution of Little Girls'' * James Boyd (novelist), James Boyd (1888–1944), ''Drums (novel), Drums'' * Jennifer Finney Boylan (previously James Finney Boylan) (born 1958), ''The Planets (nov3l), The Planets'' * Roger Boylan (born 1951), ''Killoyle'' * Kay Boyle (1902–1992), ''Death of a Man'' * T. Coraghessan Boyle (born 1948), ''The Road to Wellville'' * Virginia Frazer Boyle (1863-1938) * Gerald Warner Brace (1901–1978), ''The World of Carrick's Cove'' * Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748–1816), ''Modern Chivalry'' * Leigh Brackett (1915–1978), ''The Secret of Sinharat'' * Ray Bradbury (1920–2012), ''The Illustrated Man'' * David Bradley (novelist), David Bradley (born 1950), ''The Chaneysville Incident'' * Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999), ''The Mists of Avalon'' * Billy Lee Brammer (1929–1978), ''The Gay Place'' * Max Brand (1892–1944), ''Destry Rides Again'' * Giannina Braschi (born 1954), ''Yo-Yo Boing!'' * Richard Brautigan (1935–1984), ''Trout Fishing in America'' * Kate Braverman (1949–2019), ''Lithium for Medea'' * Anna de Brémont (c. 1856–1922) * Sandra Bretting * Matt Briggs (born 1970), ''Shoot the Buffalo'' * David Brin (born 1950), ''The Uplift War'' * Robert O'Neil Bristow (1926–2018) * Poppy Z. Brite (born 1967), ''Exquisite Corpse (novel), Exquisite Corpse'' * Amber Brock (born 1980) * Harold Brodkey (1930–1996), ''The Runaway Soul'' * Louis Bromfield (1896–1956), ''The Rains Came'' * Geraldine Brooks (writer), Geraldine Brooks (born 1955), ''March (novel), March'' * Terry Brooks (born 1944), ''The Sword of Shannara'' * Alice Brown (writer), Alice Brown (1857–1948), ''Fools of Nature'' * Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810), ''Wieland (novel), Wieland'' * Dan Brown (born 1964), ''The Da Vinci Code'' * Don Brown (author), Don Brown (born 1960), Treason (legal thriller), Treason * Eleanor Brown (born 1969), ''The Weird Sisters'' * Harry Brown (writer), Harry Brown (1917–1986), ''A Walk in the Sun (novel), A Walk in the Sun'' * Larry Brown (author), Larry Brown (1951–2004), ''Dirty Work (Larry Brown novel), Dirty Work'' * Rita Mae Brown (born 1944), ''Rubyfruit Jungle'' * Rosellen Brown (born 1939), ''Before and After (novel), Before and After'' * William Hill Brown (1756–1793), ''The Power of Sympathy'' * Steven Brust (born 1955), the ''Steven Brust#Dragaera, Dragaera'' series * Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973), ''The Good Earth'' * Michael Buckley (author), Michael Buckley (born 1969), ''The Sisters Grimm'' series * Frederick Buechner (1926–2022), ''Godric (novel), Godric'' * Charles Bukowski (1920–1994), ''Factotum (novel), Factotum'' * Emma Bull (born 1954), ''War for the Oaks'' * Edward Bunker (1933–2005), ''Little Boy Blue (novel), Little Boy Blue'' * Eugene Burdick (1918–1965), ''The Ugly American'' (with William Lederer) * James Lee Burke (born 1936), ''The Neon Rain'' * Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' * William R. Burnett (1899–1982), ''Little Caesar (novel), Little Caesar'' * Clara Louise Burnham (1854-1927), ''A Chapter in Her Life, Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life'' * Olive Ann Burns (1924–1990), ''Cold Sassy Tree'' * Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950), ''Tarzan of the Apes'' * William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), ''Naked Lunch'' * Frederick Busch (1941–2006), ''Harry and Catherine'' * Gary Buslik (born 1946) * Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), ''Patternist series, Patternmaster'' * Robert Olen Butler (born 1945), ''The Alleys of Eden'' * Martha Haines Butt (1833-1871), ''Antifanaticism'' * Elizabeth Byrd (1912–1989)C
* George Washington Cable (1844–1925), ''The Grandissimes'' * Meg Cabot (born 1967), ''The Princess Diaries'' * Abraham Cahan (1860–1951), ''The Rise of David Levinsky'' * Chelsea Cain (born 1972), ''Heartsick'' * James M. Cain (1892–1977), ''The Postman Always Rings Twice (novel), The Postman Always Rings Twice'' * Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987), ''God's Little Acre'' * Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985), ''Dynasty of Death'' * Wayne Caldwell (born 1948) * Hortense Calisher (1911–2009), ''False Entry'' * Sophia Alice Callahan (1868-1894), ''Wynema, a Child of the Forest'' * Bebe Moore Campbell (1950–2006), ''Singing in the Comeback Choir'' * Helen Stuart Campbell (1839-1918), ''Ballantyne - a novel'' * John W. Campbell (1910–1971), ''The Mightiest Machine'' * Ethan Canin (born 1960), ''For Kings and Planets'' * Robert Cantwell (1908–1978), ''The Land of Plenty'' * Kevin Canty (author), Kevin Canty (born 1953), ''Nine Below Zero (novel), Nine Below Zero'' * Truman Capote (1924–1984), ''Other Voices, Other Rooms (novel), Other Voices, Other Rooms'' * Philip Caputo (born 1941), ''Delcorso's Gallery'' * Orson Scott Card (born 1951), ''Ender's Game'' * Ruth Cardello * Ron Carlson (born 1947), ''Betrayed by F. Scott Fitzgerald'' * Don Carpenter (1931–1995), ''Hard Rain Falling'' * Caleb Carr (born 1955), ''The Alienist'' * John Dickson Carr (1906–1977), ''The Crooked Hinge'' * Gail Carriger (born 1976), ''Soulless'' * H. G. Carrillo (1960–2020) * Gladys Hasty Carroll (1904–1999), ''As the Earth Turns (novel), As the Earth Turns'' * Jonathan Carroll (born 1949), ''The Land of Laughs'' * Ella Kaiser Carruth (1882–1974) * Aimee Carter (born 1986) * Asa Earl Carter, Forrest Carter (1925–1979), ''The Education of Little Tree'' * Lin Carter (1930–1988), ''Sky Pirates of Callisto'' * Xam Wilson Cartier (born 1949) * John Casey (novelist), John Casey (born 1939), ''Spartina (novel), Spartina'' * Wiley Cash (born 1977) * Vera Caspary (1899-1987), ''Laura (novel), Laura'' * R. V. Cassill (1919–2002), ''Dr. Cobb's Game'' * Ana Castillo (born 1953), ''So Far from God'' * Willa Cather (1873–1947), ''My Ántonia'' * Dominic Certo, ''The Valor of Francesco D’Amini'' * Michael Chabon (born 1964), ''The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay'' * Nathan Keonaona Chai * Jack L. Chalker (1944–2005), ''Well World, Midnight at the Well of Souls'' * Marisha Chamberlin (born 1952) * Robert W. Chambers (1865–1933), ''In the Quarter'' * Jessie Chandler (born 1968), ''Bingo Barge Murder'' * Raymond Chandler (1888–1959), ''The Big Sleep'' * Henry Chang * James Chapman (author), James Chapman (born 1955), ''Stet (novel), Stet'' * Fred Chappell (born 1936), ''Dagon (novel), Dagon'' * Jerome Charyn (born 1937), ''Blue Eyes (novel), Blue Eyes'' * Mary Ellen Chase (1887–1973), ''Mary Peters (novel), Mary Peters'' * Loretta Chase (born 1949), ''Lord of Scoundrels'' * Ruth Chatterton (1892–1961) * Stephen Chbosky (born 1970), ''The Perks of Being a Wallflower'' * John Cheever (1912–1982), ''The Wapshot Chronicle'' * Maxine Chernoff (born 1952), ''American Heaven'' * Kelly Cherry (1940–2022), ''We Can Still Be Friends (novel)'' * C. J. Cherryh (born 1942), ''Cyteen'' * Charles W. Chesnutt (1858–1932), ''The Marrow of Tradition'' * Alan Cheuse (1940–2015), ''The Grandmothers' Club'' * Tracy Chevalier (born 1962), ''Girl with a Pearl Earring (novel), Girl with a Pearl Earring'' * Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880), ''Hobomok'' * Mark Childress (born 1957), ''Crazy in Alabama'' * Kate Chopin (1851–1904), ''The Awakening (Chopin novel), The Awakening'' * Autumn Christian, ''Girl Like a Bomb'' * April Christofferson * Edgar Earl Christopher, ''The Invisibles'' * Winston Churchill (novelist), Winston Churchill (1871–1947), ''Richard Carvel'' * Carolyn Chute (born 1947), ''The Beans of Egypt, Maine'' * Sandra Cisneros (born 1954), ''The House on Mango Street'' * Tom Clancy (1947–2013), ''The Hunt for Red October'' * Eleanor Clark (1913–1996), ''Baldur's Gate (novel), Baldur's Gate'' * Florence Anderson Clark (1835-1918), ''Zenaida, a Romance'' * Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020), ''A Stranger is Watching'' * Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909–1971), ''The Ox-Bow Incident'' * Isabel C. Clarke (died 1951) * Jaime Clarke (born 1971), ''Garden Lakes'' * Meg Waite Clayton (born 1959), ''The Wednesday Sisters'' * Beverly Cleary (1916–2021), ''Ramona the Pest'' * Jeremiah Clemens (1814–1865), ''Tobias Wilson'' * Samuel Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (see: List of novelists from the United States#T, Mark Twain) * Hal Clement (1922–2003), ''Mission of Gravity'' * Michelle Cliff (1946–2016), ''Abeng'' * Ernest Cline (born 1972) * Deborah Coates * Robert M. Coates (1897–1973), ''The Eater of Darkness'' * Harlan Coben (born 1962), ''Deal Breaker'' * Colleen Coble * Sarah Johnson Cocke (1865-1944) * Marvin Cohen (American writer), Marvin Cohen (born 1931), ''Others, Including Morstive Sternbump'' * Kresley Cole * Teju Cole (born 1975), ''Open City (novel)'' * Manda Collins * Laurie Colwin (1944–1992), ''Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object'' * Richard Condon (1915–1996), ''The Manchurian Candidate'' * Evan S. Connell (1924–2013), ''Mrs. Bridge'' * Michael Connelly (born 1956), ''Blood Work (novel), Blood Work'' * Frank Conroy (author), Frank Conroy (1936–2005), ''Body and Soul (novel), Body and Soul'' * Pat Conroy (1945–2016), ''The Prince of Tides'' * K. C. Constantine (born 1934), ''Upon Some Midnights Clear'' * Robin Cook (novelist), Robin Cook (born 1940), ''Coma (novel), Coma'' * John Esten Cooke (1830–1886), ''The Virginia Comedians'' * Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947) ''No Such Person'' * Dennis Cooper (born 1953), ''Frisk (novel), Frisk'' * Doug Cooper (author), Doug Cooper (born 1970) * J. California Cooper (1931–2014), ''Some People, Some Other Place'' * James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851), ''The Last of the Mohicans'' * Susan Rogers Cooper (born 1947) * Robert Coover (born 1932), ''The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.'' * Lucy Corin (born 1970), ''Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls'' * Edwin Corle (1906–1956), ''Fig Tree John'' * Robert Cormier (1925-2000), ''The Chocolate War'' * Patricia Cornwell (born 1956), ''Postmortem (novel), Postmortem'' * Gay Courter (born 1944) * James Gould Cozzens (1903–1978), ''Guard of Honor'' * Robert Crais (born c. 1953), ''Hostage (novel), Hostage'' * Stephen Crane (1871–1900), ''The Red Badge of Courage'' * Bruce Harris Craven * Margaret Craven (writer), Margaret Craven (1901–1980), ''I Heard the Owl Call My Name'' * Francis Marion Crawford (1854–1909), ''Saracinesca'' * Harry Crews (1935–2012), ''Scar Lover'' * Michael Crichton (1942–2008), ''Jurassic Park (novel), Jurassic Park'' * Robert Crichton (novelist), Robert Crichton (1925–1993), ''The Secret of Santa Vittoria (novel), The Secret of Santa Vittoria'' * Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, Amanda Cross (1926–2003), ''The James Joyce Murder'' * John Crowley (author), John Crowley (born 1942), ''Little, Big'' * Jennifer Crusie (born 1949), ''Welcome to Temptation'' * Chris Crutcher (born 1946), ''Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes'' * Maria Susanna Cummins (1827–1866), ''The Lamplighter'' * Michael Cunningham (born 1952), ''The Hours (novel), The Hours'' * Chris Culver * James Oliver Curwood (1878–1927), ''The Grizzly King'' * Clive Cussler (1931–2020), ''Raise the Titanic!''D
* L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000), ''Lest Darkness Fall'' * Edward Dahlberg (1900–1977), ''Bottom Dogs'' * Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren (1825-1898), ''Democracy, an American novel'' * Frances Brackett Damon (1857-1939), ''Idlewise'' * Mark Z. Danielewski (born 1966), ''House of Leaves'' * Edwidge Danticat (born 1969), ''Breath, Eyes, Memory'' * Evan Dara, ''The Lost Scrapbook'' * Guy Davenport (1927–2005), ''Da Vinci's Bicycle'' * Marcia Davenport (1903–1994), ''East Side, West Side (novel), East Side, West Side'' * Iimani David (born 1969) * Avram Davidson (1923–1993), ''The Phoenix and the Mirror'' * Clyde Brion Davis (1894–1962), ''Nebraska Coast'' * Dorothy Salisbury Davis (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),E
* 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''F
* 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''G
* 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''H
* 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''I
* 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''K
* 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''L
* 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 JaneM
* 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'' *N
* 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 NykanenO
* 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) andR
* 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)V
* 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''W
* 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''X
* 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-StoneZ
* 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''See also
* "The Great American Novel" * American literature ** Colonial American literature ** Southern literature ** African American literature ** Jewish American literature ** LGBT literature * Lists of writers ** List of short story authors ** List of novelists by nationality ** List of women writers ** List of African-American writers ** List of Asian-American writers ** List of Jewish American authors ** List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas * Awards ** Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (1918–1947) ** Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1948 to present) ** National Book Award * Bestsellers ** Publishers Weekly lists of bestselling novels in the United States (The top ten each year from 1900 to 2008)References
* Nelson, Emmanuel S. ''Asian American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook''. Westport: Greenwood Press, 2000) ;Specific