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Canadian-American science fiction writer (1912–2000)

Physicist, science writer, essayist, novelist

Alejo Carpentier

Cuban novelist (1904 - 1980)

American writer

Canadian short story writer (1931–2024)

American author and activist

American author, professor (born 1980 or 1981)

Aluísio Azevedo

Brazilian writer and diplomat (1857–1913)

American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist

American novelist (born 1952)

Writer of novels, short stories.

Andrew Neiderman

American writer of children's literature

American true crime writer (1931–2015)

American-Irish science fiction writer, famous for the Pern series

American author (1941–2021)

American novelist

American author

American writer and feminist activist (1934–1992)

Russian-American writer and philosopher

Barbara Kingsolver

American author, poet and essayist

American author, feminist, and social activist

American writer

Booth Tarkington

American novelist

Bret Easton Ellis

American author, screenwriter, and director (born 1964)

American writer and poet

American science fiction and fantasy author

American novelist

Candace Bushnell

American author

Mexican writer (1928 - 2012)

Caroline Lee Hentz

American author and educator

House pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate

Carson McCullers

American writer

Catherynne M. Valente

American writer

Cecily von Ziegesar

American author (born 1970)

Charles Warren Stoddard

American writer

Author, memoirist, podcaster

Christopher Pike (author)

US author of young adult and children's fiction

Chuck Palahniuk

American novelist (born 1962)

Clarice Lispector

Ukrainian-born Brazilian writer (1920–1977)

Cleveland Amory

American writer

Clifford Irving

American author and investigative reporter

American adventure novelist and underwater explorer

Colson Whitehead

American novelist

Cormac McCarthy

American writer (1933–2023)

Cornell Woolrich

American author and screenwriter

American writer and lecturer

American writer

American writer

American romance novel writer (born 1947)

Dashiell Hammett

American writer (1894–1961)

American author

American novelist

David Foster Wallace

American writer (1962–2008)

American writer and screenwriter (born 1945)

Debbie Macomber

American writer

Dee Brown (writer)

American writer

American author

American Modernist writer, poet and artist (1892-1982)

American novelist, playwright, and essayist

Donald Barthelme

American writer, editor, and professor

American novelist and writer

Donna Woolfolk Cross

American novelist

American writer (1907-1998)

American writer

Earl Derr Biggers

American novelist and playwright

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer and critic (1809–1849)

Edgar Rice Burroughs

American writer

American novelist, short story writer, designer

American librarian, non-fiction crime writer

American novelist, short story writer and playwright

Elizabeth Wurtzel

American writer and journalist

American author and illustrator (1929–2021)

American novelist and poet (born 1942)

Erle Stanley Gardner

American writer and lawyer

Ernest Hemingway

American author and journalist

Argentine novelist, essayist, painter and physicist

Erskine Caldwell

American novelist, short story writer, travel writer, essayist

American short story writer, novelist and photographer

American author and screenwriter (1926-2005)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

American novelist and screenwriter (1896–1940)

Flannery O'Connor

American writer (1925–1964)

Frank G. Slaughter

American novelist

American science-fiction author (1920–1986)

Franklin W. Dixon

House pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate

American science fiction writer and editor

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

American science fiction and fantasy writer

George R. R. Martin

American writer and television producer (born 1948)

George Saunders

American writer of short stories and other literature

American author (1874–1946)

American writer

American writer (1925–2012)

Graciliano Ramos

Brazilian writer and mayor (1892-1953)

Children's illustrator and writer

H. P. Lovecraft

American author (1890–1937)

American evangelist and Christian writer (born 1929)

American writer (1934–2018)

American author

Harold Schechter

American true crime writer (born 1948)

American novelist

Harriet Beecher Stowe

19th-century American abolitionist and author

American writer and painter

American-British writer and literary critic

American novelist

American writer and poet

Herman Melville

19th-century American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet

American writer

American novelist (1832–1899)

American writer and pimp

Ignacio Manuel Altamirano

Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician (1834–1893)

American writer

American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Polish-American author (1903–1991)

American writer (1919–2010)

American writer

American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)

American mystery and speculative fiction writer

Jacqueline Susann

American novelist and actress

James A. Michener

American author (1907–1997)

American writer

American writer and activist (1924–1987)

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, memoirist

James Fenimore Cooper

American writer (1789–1851)

American writer

James Jones (author)

American writer

American novelist, short story writer, journalist (1892-1977)

James Patterson

American author

James T. Farrell

American writer

American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright

American writer (1944-2013)

American author of young adult novels

American writer

American playwright and crime novelist (born 1952)

Jeffrey Eugenides

American novelist and short story writer (born 1960)

American writer

American author, poet, and punk musician

American writer

João Guimarães Rosa

Brazilian novelist, short story writer, and diplomat

João Ubaldo Ribeiro

Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter and professor

American novelist and short story writer

John Dickson Carr

American mystery novelist and playwright

John Dos Passos

American novelist

John Gray (American author)

American family therapist, lecturer, and author (Born 1951)

American author, vlogger and philanthropist

American author

American novelist and screenwriter

John Kennedy Toole

American novelist

John Luther Long

American lawyer and writer

American novelist and short story writer (1905–1970)

American writer

American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic

John W. Campbell

American science fiction writer and editor

Jonathan Carroll

American fiction writer

Jonathan Franzen

American writer

Jonathan Lethem

American novelist, essayist, short story writer

Brazilian writer (1912–2001)

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine writer (1899–1986)

José de Alencar

Brazilian writer (1829–1877)

José Lins do Rego

Brazilian writer

American writer

Joyce Carol Oates

American author (born 1938)

Mexican writer (1917-1986)

American writer

American children's writer

Julio Cortázar

Argentine writer (1914–1984)

Dominican-American writer and academic (born 1968)

American author

Katherine Paterson

Chinese-born American writer (born 1932)

Kathleen Winsor

American author (1919-2003)

American writer and forensic anthropologist

American writer and countercultural figure

Khaled Hosseini

Afghan-American novelist

American author (1922–2007)

American author of children's books (1856-1919)

Writer and translator (1850–1904)

American science fiction writer

Laura Ingalls Wilder

American writer, teacher, and journalist

American writer

Brazilian writer (1881-1922)

Lloyd Alexander

American writer

American writer

American novelist and short story writer (1908–1988)

Louisa May Alcott

American novelist

American author (born 1954)

American author (1926–2017)

Lucy Mack Smith

American religious leader (1775-1856)

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Canadian author

American writer

Lygia Fagundes Telles

Brazilian novelist and writer (born 1923)

M. F. K. Fisher

American food writer

Machado de Assis

Brazilian writer

MacKinlay Kantor

American journalist

Maddox (writer)

American blogger

Madeleine L'Engle

American writer (1918–2007)

Margaret Atwood

Canadian writer (born 1939)

Margaret Laurence

Canadian novelist and short story writer (1926-1987)

Margaret Mitchell

American novelist and journalist (1900–1949)

Marguerite Henry

American writer

Marianne Wiggins

American author

Marijane Meaker

American writer (born 1927)

Italian American author, screenwriter, and journalist

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian novelist and writer (1936–2025)

Marion Zimmer Bradley

American novelist and editor

American author and humorist

Marlon James (novelist)

Jamaican novelist

Mary Higgins Clark

Novelist, writer

American Poet and Essayist

Mary Mapes Dodge

American children's writer (1831-1905)

Mary McCarthy (author)

American writer

Guadeloupean, French-language author

American children's book author and illustrator (1928–2012)

American novelist

American author and Pulitzer Prize winner

Michael Crichton

American author and filmmaker (1942–2008)

American writer

Michelle McNamara

American writer

Mickey Spillane

American crime novelist

Brazilian writer and physician (1937–2011)

Monteiro Lobato

Brazilian writer

American science fiction and fantasy writer

American writer and screenwriter (1903–1940)

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American novelist and short story writer

Nathaniel Parker Willis

American magazine writer, editor, and publisher

American novelist, librarian, nurse

American writer

Nicholas Sparks

American writer and novelist

Noah Gordon (novelist)

American writer

American romance writer

Norman Bridwell

American author (1928-2014)

American writer (1923–2007)

Norman Vincent Peale

American minister, author, and positive thinking proponent

American short story writer

Orson Scott Card

American science fiction novelist (born 1951)

Patricia A. McKillip

American fantasy and science fiction author

Patricia Cornwell

American crime writer

Patricia Highsmith

American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)

Patrick Chamoiseau

Martiniquais writer

Patrick Rothfuss

American fantasy writer

American writer and film director

American writer

American travel writer and novelist (born 1941)

Brazilian lyricist and novelist (born 1947)

American writer (1892–1973)

Peter Matthiessen

American novelist

Philip Francis Nowlan

American science fiction writer who created Buck Rogers

American science fiction author (1928-1982)

American novelist

American writer

American writer and producer

Rachel de Queiroz

Brazilian writer and journalist (1910-2003)

American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1913-1994)

Brazilian writer

American author and screenwriter

American writer and poet

Raymond Chandler

American novelist and screenwriter

Raymond E. Feist

American novelist

American writer

American writer (1886-1975)

Ricardo Güiraldes

Argentine novelist and poet

Richard Brautigan

American writer (1935–1984)

Richard Peck (writer)

American young adult novelist

Richard Price (writer)

American novelist and screenwriter (born 1949)

Author and illustrator from the United States

Richard Wright (author)

African-American writer

Richard Yates (novelist)

American writer

American author

Robert A. Heinlein

American writer

Robert E. Howard

American author

Robert Greene (American author)

American author (born 1959)

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

American novelist

Robert W. Chambers

American artist, novelist, short story writer

Roberto Bolaño

Robin Cook (American novelist)

American physician and novelist

Canadian sailor

American writer

American writer

Canadian-American writer

Shel Silverstein

American poet, cartoonist, writer, and songwriter (1930–1999)

Sherwood Anderson

American writer

Shirley Jackson

American novelist, short-story writer (1916–1965)

American writer

American writer and playwright (1885–1951)

Stan and Jan Berenstain

American author and illustrator duo

American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist

American writer

Stephenie Meyer

American author

American writer

Susan Brownmiller

American feminist and author

American writer, critic and public intellectual (1933–2004)

American author (born 1948)

American writer

American novelist (born 1983)

American writer of fantasy fiction

American writer

Theodore Dreiser

American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)

Thomas Dixon Jr.

American Baptist minister, writer, lawyer, politician, and white supremacist

American Trappist monk (1915–1968)

American novelist

American novelist

American entrepreneur, investor, author, and podcaster

American author (1947–2013)

American author and journalist (1930–2018)

Nigerian-American novelist (born 1993)

American novelist, professor, Nobel Laureate, and Pulitzer Prize winner

American motivational speaker (born 1960)

American author

American internet personality; blogger; author (born 1975)

20th-century American novelist, writer, journalist, political activist

Ursula K. Le Guin

American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)

American novelist (1923–1986)

Second wife of President Jefferson Davis and First Lady of the Confederate States

American novelist

Wallace Thurman

American novelist

American writer (1915-1989)

Washington Irving

American writer, historian, and diplomat (1783–1859)

American writer (1873–1947)

William Dean Howells

American author, critic, and playwright

William Faulkner

American writer (1897–1962)

American novelist

American-Canadian speculative fiction novelist

William Goldman

American novelist, screenwriter and playwright

William Manchester

American author, journalist and historian

William S. Burroughs

American writer

American cartoonist, illustrator and writer

American writer

William T. Vollmann

Novelist, short story writer, essayist

Winston Churchill (novelist)

American novelist

Canadian author

American novelist (1872–1939)

Zora Neale Hurston

American author, anthropologist, filmmaker (1891–1960)