List of American writers
This is an overview of writers born in the USA or, for the most part, who publish there .
A.
- Edward S. Aarons (1916-1975)
- Edward Abbey (1927-1989)
- Megan Abbott (born 1971)
- Walter Abish (* 1931)
- Peter Abrahams (* 1947)
- André Aciman (* 1951)
- Kathy Acker (1947–1997)
- Forrest J. Ackerman (1916-2008)
- Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968)
- Oscar Zeta Acosta (1935–1974)
- Helen Adam (1909-1993)
- Louis Adamic (1899-1951)
- Alice Adams (1926-1999)
- Henry Adams (1838-1918)
- Léonie Adams (1899–1988)
- George Ade (1866-1944)
- Renata Adler (* 1938)
- Warren Adler (1927-2019)
- James Agee (1909–1955)
- Joel Agee (born 1940)
- Jonis Agee (* 1943)
- Conrad Aiken (1889–1973)
- Edward Albee (1928-2016)
- Becky Albertalli (* 1982)
- Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888)
- Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888)
- William Livingston Alden (1837-1908)
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907)
- Lloyd Alexander (1924-2007)
- Sherman Alexie (* 1966)
- Horatio Alger Jr. (1832-1899)
- Nelson Algren (1909-1981)
- Candace Allen (born 1950)
- Ed Allen (born 1948)
- Hervey Allen (1889-1949)
- Paula Gunn Allen (1939-2008)
- Dorothy Allison (* 1949)
- Aaron Allston (1960-2014)
- Washington Allston (1779–1843)
- Lisa Alther (* 1944)
- Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862-1919)
- Julia Alvarez (* 1950)
- AR Ammons (1926-2001)
- Benjamin Anastas (1969)
- Rudolfo Anaya (1937-2020)
- Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
- Poul Anderson (1926-2001)
- Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941)
- Bruce Andrews (* 1948)
- VC Andrews (1923-1986)
- Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
- Tina McElroy Ansa (born 1949)
- A. Manette Ansay (* 1964)
- Donald Antrim (* 1958)
- Allen Appel (* 1945)
- Benjamin Appel (1907–1977)
- Max Apple (born 1941)
- Harriette Arnow (1908–1986)
- Elizabeth Arthur (* 1953)
- Timothy Shay Arthur (1809-1885)
- Newton Arvin (1900–1963)
- Shalom Asch (1880–1957)
- John Ashbery (1927-2017)
- Jay Asher (* 1975)
- Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)
- Rilla Askew (* 1951)
- Robert Lynn Asprin (1946-2008)
- Gertrude Atherton (1857-1948)
- Nancy Atherton (born 1955)
- William Attaway (1911-1986)
- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (* 1984)
- Louis Auchincloss (1917-2010)
- WH Auden (1907–1973)
- Jean M. Auel (* 1936)
- Shalom foreigner (* 1970)
- Paul Auster (* 1947)
- Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934)
- Victoria Aveyard (* 1990)
B.
- Dorothy Baker (1907-1968)
- Nicholson Baker (born 1957)
- Ray Stannard Baker (1870-1946)
- David Baldacci (* 1960)
- James Baldwin (1924-1987)
- Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995)
- John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922)
- Amiri Baraka (1934-2014)
- James Nelson Barker (1784-1858)
- Joel Barlow (1754-1812)
- Djuna Barnes (1892-1982)
- Nevada Barr (born 1952)
- Thomas A. Barron (* 1952)
- Philip Barry (1896-1949)
- John Barth (* 1930)
- Donald Barthelme (1931–1989)
- Frederick Barthelme (* 1943)
- William Barton (born 1950)
- Jacques Barzun (1907-2012)
- Hamilton Basso (1904–1964)
- Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919)
- Edward L. Beach (1918-2002)
- Peter S. Beagle (* 1939)
- Greg Bear (born 1951)
- Ann Beattie (* 1947)
- Alison Bechdel (* 1960)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
- Louis Begley (* 1933)
- Samuel Nathaniel Behrman (1893–1973)
- David Belasco (1853-1931)
- Julie Bell (born 1958)
- Edward Bellamy (1850–1898)
- Saul Bellow (1915-2005)
- Peter Benchley (1940-2006)
- Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)
- William Rose Benét (1886–1950)
- Chloe Benjamin (* 1988)
- Elizabeth Beresford (1868-1944)
- Thomas Berger (1924-2014)
- Charles Bernstein (* 1950)
- Ted Berrigan (1934-1983)
- John Berryman (1914-1972)
- Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
- Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (1923-2002)
- Robert Montgomery Bird (1806-1854)
- Norman Birnbaum (1926-2019)
- Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
- John Peale Bishop (1892-1944)
- Michael Bishop (* 1945)
- Michael Blake (1945-2015)
- William Peter Blatty (1928-2017)
- Eric Blue (1921-2009)
- Francesca Lia Block (* 1962)
- Benjamin Paul Blood (1832-1919)
- Michael Blumlein (1948–2019)
- Robert Bly (* 1926)
- Louise Bogan (1897–1970)
- Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015)
- Guy Bolton (1884-1979)
- Nelson Slade Bond (1908-2006)
- Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)
- Malcolm J. Bosse (1926-2002)
- Dion Boucicault (1820-1890)
- James Bovard (born 1956)
- Jane Bowles (1917-1973)
- Paul Bowles (1910-1999)
- Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen (1848–1895)
- Kay Boyle (1902-1992)
- TC Boyle (* 1948)
- Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748-1816)
- Leigh Brackett (1915-1978)
- Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)
- Scott Bradfield (born 1955)
- Arthur Bradford (* 1969)
- William Bradford (1590-1657)
- Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999)
- Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672)
- Rebecca Brandewyne (* 1955)
- Richard Brautigan (1935-1984)
- Stefan Brecht (1924-2009)
- Maeve Brennan (1917-1993)
- Lily Brett (* 1946)
- Patricia Briggs (* 1965)
- Gwen Bristow (1903-1980)
- Poppy Z. British (* 1967)
- Andrew Britton (1981-2008)
- Harold Brodkey (1930-1996)
- Gerald Brom (* 1965)
- Louis Bromfield (1896-1956)
- EM Broner (1927–2011)
- William Bronk (1918-1999)
- Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)
- T. Alan Broughton (1936-2013)
- Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810)
- Dan Brown (born 1964)
- Frank London Brown (1927-1962)
- Fredric Brown (1906–1972)
- Harry Brown (1917-1986)
- Larry Brown (1951-2004)
- William Hill Brown (1765-1793)
- William Wells Brown (1814-1884)
- Charles Farrar Browne (1834–1867)
- John Ross Browne (1817-1875)
- Sylvia Brownrigg (born 1964)
- CDB Bryan (1936-2009)
- William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878)
- Bill Bryson (born 1951)
- Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973)
- Algis Budrys (1931-2008)
- Vincent Bugliosi (1934-2015)
- Charles Bukowski (1920–1994)
- Ben Lucien Burman (1895-1984)
- Augusten Burroughs (* 1965)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950)
- John Burroughs (1837-1921)
- William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)
- Charles Busch (* 1954)
- Frederick Busch (1941-2006)
- Candace Bushnell (born 1958)
- Judith Butler (* 1956)
- Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006)
- Witter Bynner (1881–1968)
- Rob Byrnes (born 1958)
C.
- James Branch Cabell (1879-1958)
- George Washington Cable (1844-1925)
- Chelsea Cain (born 1972)
- James M. Cain (1892-1977)
- Alice Calaprice (* 1941)
- Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987)
- Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985)
- Hortense Calisher (1911-2009)
- Peter Cameron (born 1959)
- Paul-Henri Campbell (* 1982)
- Truman Capote (1924-1984)
- Emile Capouya (1925-2005)
- Dale Carnegie (1888–1955)
- John Dickson Carr (1906-1977)
- Mary Jane Carr (1895-1988)
- Jim Carroll (1949-2009)
- Jonathan Carroll (born 1949)
- Forrest Carter (1925-1979)
- Stephen L. Carter (* 1954)
- Jeffrey A. Carver (born 1949)
- Raymond Carver (1938–1988)
- Carlos Castaneda (1925-1998)
- Linda Castillo (* 1960)
- Willa Cather (1873-1947)
- Bruce Catton (1899–1978)
- Michael Chabon (* 1963)
- Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
- Iris Chang (1968-2004)
- William Ellery Channing (1780-1842)
- William Ellery Channing (1817-1901)
- Louis Charbonneau (1924-2017)
- Jerome Charyn (* 1937)
- Mary Ellen Chase (1887–1973)
- Paddy Chayefsky (1923-1981)
- Stephen Chbosky (* 1970)
- John Cheever (1912-1982)
- Phyllis Chesler (* 1940)
- Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932)
- Tracy Chevalier (born 1962)
- Ted Chiang (* 1967)
- Lincoln Child (born 1957)
- Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880)
- Frank Chin (* 1940)
- Kate Chopin (1850-1904)
- Winston Churchill (1871-1947)
- John Ciardi (1916-1986)
- Tom Clancy (1947-2013)
- Mary Higgins Clark (1927-2020)
- Walter van Tilburg Clark (1909–1971)
- Connie Clausen (1923-1997)
- Eldridge Cleaver (1935-1998)
- Lucille Clifton (1936-2010)
- Mark Clifton (1906-1963)
- Irvin S. Cobb (1876-1944)
- Harlan Coben (born 1962)
- Joshua Cohen (* 1980)
- Abner Weyman Colgate (1838-1904)
- Richard Oliver Collin (* 1940)
- Billy Collins (born 1941)
- Jackie Collins (1937-2015)
- Larry Collins (1929-2005)
- Suzanne Collins (* 1962)
- Michael Connelly (* 1956)
- Pat Conroy (1945-2016)
- Bruce Alexander Cook (1932-2003)
- Glen Cook (born 1944)
- Robin Cook (* 1940)
- John Esten Cooke (1830-1886)
- Stephen Coonts (* 1946)
- Anna J. Cooper (1858-1964)
- James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851)
- Robert Coover (* 1932)
- Alfred Coppel (1921-2004)
- Patricia Cornwell (* 1956)
- Gregory Corso (1930-2001)
- Jayne Cortez (1934-2012)
- John Cotton (1585-1652)
- Catherine Coulter (* 1942)
- Elise Cowen (1933-1962)
- Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989)
- James Gould Cozzens (1903-1978)
- Hart Crane (1899-1932)
- Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
- Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909)
- Robert Creeley (1926-2005)
- Jean de Crèvecoeur (1735-1813)
- Harry Crews (1935-2012)
- Michael Crichton (1942-2008)
- Ann C. Crispin (1950-2013)
- Deborah Crombie (born 1952)
- Justin Cronin (born 1962)
- Ellen Crosby (born 1953)
- Harry Crosby (1898-1929)
- Ethan Cross (* unknown), pseudonym
- Mart Crowley (1935-2020)
- Countee Cullen (1903-1946)
- Edward Estlin Cummings (1894–1962)
- Michael Cunningham (born 1952)
- George William Curtis (1824-1892)
- Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958)
- James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927)
- Clive Cussler (1931-2020)
D.
- Janet Dailey (1944-2013)
- Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815-1882)
- Mark Z. Danielewski (* 1966)
- James Dashner (* 1972)
- Guy Davenport (1927-2005)
- Diane Mott Davidson (born 1949)
- Donald Davidson (1893-1968)
- Dorothy Salisbury Davis (1916-2014)
- Lydia Davis (born 1947)
- Rebecca Harding Davis (1831-1910)
- Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916)
- John William De Forest (1826-1906)
- Nelson DeMille (born 1943)
- Jeffery Deaver (born 1950)
- Margaret Deland (1857-1945)
- Matthew BJ Delaney (* 19 **)
- Samuel Delany (* 1942)
- Don DeLillo (born 1936)
- Floyd Dell (1887-1969)
- Joseph Dennie (1768-1812)
- Bradley Denton (born 1958)
- Babette Deutsch (1895–1982)
- James Dickey (1923-1997)
- Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
- John Dickinson (1732-1808)
- Joan Didion (born 1934)
- William C. Dietz (* 1945)
- Annie Dillard (* 1945)
- SS Van Dine (1888-1939)
- Diane DiPrima (* 1934)
- Thomas M. Disch (1940-2008)
- Irene Dische (* 1952)
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (* 1956)
- Carl Djerassi (1923-2015)
- EL Doctorow (1931-2015)
- Anthony Doerr (* 1973)
- James Patrick Donleavy (1926-2017)
- Hilda Doolittle (HD) (1886-1961)
- Edward Dorn (1929-1999)
- John Dos Passos (1896-1970)
- Lloyd C. Douglas (1877-1951)
- Frederick Douglass (1818–1895)
- Rita Dove (* 1952)
- Joseph Rodman Drake (1795-1820)
- Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945)
- Allen Drury (1918-1998)
- William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868–1963)
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
- Lois Duncan (1934-2016)
- Robert Duncan (1919–1988)
- William Dunlap (1766-1839)
- Katherine Dunn (1945-2016)
- Dominick Dunne (1925-2009)
- Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936)
- John Gregory Dunne (1932-2003)
- Evert Augustus Duyckinck (1816–1878)
- Timothy Dwight IV (1752-1817)
E.
- William Eastlake (1917-1997)
- Max Eastman (1883-1969)
- Richard Eberhart (1904-2005)
- Allan W. Eckert (1931–2011)
- David Eddings (1931-2009)
- Leigh Eddings (1937-2007)
- Jonathan Edwards (preacher) (1703-1758)
- Dave Eggers (* 1970)
- Edward Eggleston (1837-1902)
- Tristan Egolf (1971-2005)
- TS Eliot (1888-1965)
- Stanley Elkin (1930-1995)
- Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964)
- Harlan Ellison (1934-2018)
- Ralph Ellison (1914-1994)
- James Ellroy (born 1948)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
- Carol Emshwiller (1921–2019)
- F. William Engdahl (* 1944)
- Nathan Englander (* 1970)
- Paul Erdman (1932-2007)
- Louise Erdrich (* 1954)
- Steve Erickson (* 1950)
- John Erskine (1879-1951)
- Jeffrey Eugenides (* 1960)
- Janet Evanovich (born 1943)
F.
- Lillian Faderman (* 1940)
- Anne Fadiman (* 1953)
- John Fante (1909-1983)
- Richard Fariña (1937-1966)
- Walter Farley (1915–1989)
- Philip José Farmer (1918-2009)
- James T. Farrell (1904–1979)
- Howard Fast (1914-2003)
- William Faulkner (1897–1962)
- Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961)
- Raymond Federman (1928-2009)
- Raymond Feist (* 1945)
- Marilyn Ferguson (1938-2008)
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti (* 1919)
- Eugene Field (1850-1895)
- Rachel Field (1894-1942)
- Annie Adams Fields (1834-1915)
- Herbert Fields (1897-1958)
- Amanda Filipacchi (* 1967)
- Vardis Fisher (1895-1968)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
- Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948)
- Michael F. Flynn (* 1947)
- Vince Flynn (1966-2013)
- Jonathan Safran Foer (* 1977)
- Shelby Foote (1916-2005)
- Esther Forbes (1891-1967)
- Richard Ford (* 1944)
- Gayle Forman (born 1970)
- Justus Miles Forman (1875-1915)
- Hannah Webster Foster (1758-1840)
- Stephen Foster (songs) (1826–1864)
- Ben Fountain (* 1958)
- Paula Fox (1923-2017)
- George Foy (born 1952)
- Waldo Frank (1889-1967)
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
- Jonathan Franzen (* 1959)
- Harold Frederic (1856–1898)
- Castle Freeman (* 1944)
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen, Jr. (1912-2005)
- Marilyn French (1929-2009)
- Philip Freneau (1752-1832)
- Bruce Jay Friedman (1930-2020)
- Robert Dean Frisbie (1896-1948)
- Robert Frost (1874–1963)
- Charles Fuller (born 1939)
- Henry Blake Fuller (1857-1929)
- Margaret Fuller (1810-1850)
- Jacques Heath Futrelle (1875-1912)
G
- William Gaddis (1922-1998)
- Nicholas Gage (* 1939)
- Ernest J. Gaines (1933-2019)
- Zona Gale (1874–1938)
- Paul Gallico (1897-1976)
- Muriel Gardiner (1901–1985)
- Alder Stanley Gardner (1889-1970)
- John Gardner (1933-1982)
- Hamlin Garland (1860-1940)
- Randall Garrett (1927-1987)
- William Gass (1924-2017)
- Roxane Gay (* 1974)
- Jack Gelber (1932-2003)
- Elizabeth George (* 1949)
- Jean Craighead George (1919–2012)
- Tess Gerritsen (* 1953)
- William Gibson (* 1948)
- William Gibson (1914-2008)
- Ellen Gilchrist (* 1935)
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)
- Dorothy Gilman (1923-2012)
- Frank D. Gilroy (1925-2015)
- Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)
- Janine di Giovanni (* 1961)
- Nikki Giovanni (* 1943)
- William Giraldi (* 1974)
- Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945)
- Susan Glaspell (1876–1948)
- Louise Glück (* 1943)
- Donald F. Glut (* 1944)
- Joey Goebel (* 1980)
- Albert Goldbarth (* 1948)
- Natalie Goldberg (* 1948)
- Arthur Golden (* 1956)
- Christie Golden (born 1963)
- William Goldman (1931-2018)
- Jewelle Gomez (* 1948)
- Linda Grant (born 1942)
- Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860)
- Lester Goran (1928-2014)
- Mary Gordon (* 1949)
- Noah Gordon (* 1926)
- Charles Gordone (1925-1995)
- Vivian Gornick (* 1935)
- Paula Gosling (* 1939)
- William Goyen (1915-1983)
- Sue Grafton (1940-2017)
- Judy Grahn (* 1940)
- Shirley Ann Grau (1929-2020)
- Elizabeth Graver (born 1964)
- Andrew Greeley (1928-2013)
- Anne Green (1891-1979)
- Gerald Green (1922-2006)
- John Green (born 1977)
- Julien Green (1900-1998)
- Andrew Sean Greer (* 1970)
- Horace Gregory (1898-1982)
- Zane Gray (1872-1939)
- WEB Griffin (1929-2019)
- Jim Grimsley (born 1955)
- John Grisham (born 1955)
- Winston Groom (born 1943)
- Albert Ramsdell Gurney (1930-2017)
- Beth Gutcheon (* 1945)
- David Guterson (* 1956)
- Brion Gysin (1916–1986)
H
- Charles F. Haanel (1866-1949)
- John Habberton (1842-1921)
- Jessica Hagedorn (* 1949)
- Kimiko Hahn (* 1955)
- Jennifer Haigh (* 1968)
- Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909)
- Alex Haley (1921-1992)
- James Hall (writer) (1793–1868)
- James Norman Hall (1887-1951)
- Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867)
- Barbara Hambly (* 1951)
- Laurell K. Hamilton (* 1963)
- Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002)
- Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)
- Lori Handeland (born 1961)
- Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965)
- Paul Harding (* 1967)
- Elizabeth Hardwick (1916-2007)
- Joy Harjo (born 1951)
- Henry Harland (1861-1905)
- Frances Harper (1825-1911)
- Stephen Harrigan (* 1948)
- Bertha Harris (1937-2005)
- E. Lynn Harris (1955-2009)
- Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908)
- Susan Harris (* 1940)
- Harry Harrison (1925-2012)
- Jim Harrison (1937-2016)
- Carla Harryman (born 1952)
- Bret Harte (1836–1902)
- Kent Haruf (1943-2014)
- Alamgir Hashmi
- Ethan Hawke (born 1970)
- John Hawkes (writer) (1925-1998)
- Noah Hawley (* 1967)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)
- John Hay (1838-1905)
- Louise Hay (1926-2017)
- Robert Hayden
- Elizabeth Haydon (* 1965)
- Joseph Hayes (1918-2006)
- HD (Hilda Doolittle) (1886-1961)
- Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904)
- Anthony Hecht (1923-2004)
- Carolyn Heilbrun (1926-2003)
- Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988)
- Joseph Heller (1923–1999)
- Lillian Hellman (1905-1984)
- Mark Helprin (* 1947)
- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
- Kaui Hart Hemmings (* 1975)
- O. Henry (1862-1910)
- Frank Herbert (1920–1986)
- Joseph Hergesheimer (1880–1954)
- James Leo Herlihy (1927-1993)
- James Herne (1839-1901)
- Michael Herr (1940-2016)
- Robert Herrick (1868–1938)
- John Hersey (1914-1993)
- Joan Hess (1949-2017)
- Christopher Heyn (* 19 **)
- Jim Heynen (* 1940)
- Dorothy Heyward (1890-1961)
- Dick Higgins
- George V. Higgins (1939-1999)
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911)
- Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995)
- Oscar Hijuelos (1951-2013)
- Raul Hilberg (1926-2007)
- Joe Hill (born 1972)
- Chester Himes (1909-1984)
- William Hjortsberg (1941-2017)
- Tami Hoag (born 1959)
- Russell Hoban (1925-2011)
- Alice Tisdale Hobart (1882-1967)
- Edward D. Hoch (1930-2008)
- Adam Hochschild (* 1942)
- Arlie Russell Hochschild (* 1940)
- Michael Hoeye (* 1947)
- Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
- Alice Hoffman (* 1952)
- Calvin Hoffman (1906-1986)
- Jilliane Hoffman (* 1967)
- Lee Hoffman (1932-2007)
- Nicholas von Hoffman (1929-2018)
- John Hollander (1929-2013)
- Sheri Holman (born 1966)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894)
- Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791)
- Paul Horgan (1903-1995)
- Richard Hovey (1864-1900)
- Richard Howard (* 1929)
- Robert E. Howard (1906-1936)
- Sidney Howard (1891-1939)
- Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
- William Dean Howells (1837-1920)
- Richard Hoyt (* 1941)
- Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915)
- L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986)
- Barry Hughart (1934-2019)
- Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
- Zach Hughes (1928-2016)
- Richard Hugo (1923–1982)
- William Humphrey (1924–1997)
- Fannie Hurst (1889-1968)
- Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)
- Siri Hustvedt (* 1955)
- Paul Hutchens (1902–1977)
- Maude Hutchins (1899-1991)
- David Henry Hwang (* 1957)
- Joe Hyams (1923-2008)
I.
- David Ignatow (1914-1997)
- Greg Iles (* 1960)
- William Inge (1913–1973)
- John Irving (born 1942)
- Washington Irving (1783-1859)
- Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986)
J
- Helen Hunt Jackson (1831-1885)
- Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)
- Heinrich Eduard Jacob (1889–1967) USA, D
- AJ Jacobs (born 1968)
- Rona Jaffe (1931-2005)
- John Jakes (* 1932)
- Henry James (1843-1916)
- Rhoda Janzen (* 196?)
- Randall Jarrell (1914-1965)
- Karla Jay (* 1947)
- Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962)
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
- NK Jemisin (* 1972)
- Gish Jen (born 1956)
- KW Jeter (* 1950)
- Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909)
- Ha Jin (* 1956)
- Iris Johansen (* 1938)
- Adam Johnson (* 1967)
- Charles Richard Johnson (* 1948)
- Denis Johnson (1949-2017)
- James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938)
- Spencer Johnson (1938-2017)
- Jill Johnston (1929-2010)
- Edward P. Jones (born 1950)
- Gayl Jones (born 1949)
- James Jones (1921-1977)
- LeRoi Jones ( Amiri Baraka )
- Erica Jong (* 1942)
K
- Julie Kagawa (* 1982)
- Stuart Kaminsky (1934-2009)
- MacKinlay Cantor (1904–1977)
- Philip Kapleau (1912-2004)
- Julia Kasdorf (* 1962)
- Steve Katz (* 1935)
- John Katzenbach (* 1950)
- Alex Kava (* 1960)
- Elia Kazan (1909-2003)
- Brian Keene (* 1967)
- Garrison Keillor (* 1942)
- Evelyn Fox Keller (* 1936)
- Helen Keller (1880–1968)
- William Melvin Kelley (1937-2017)
- George F. Kennan (1904-2005)
- Eugene Kennedy (1928-2015)
- John Pendleton Kennedy (1795-1870)
- Raymond Kennedy (1934-2008)
- William Kennedy (* 1928)
- Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)
- Katharine Kerr (* 1944)
- Ken Kesey (1935-2001)
- Jack Ketchum , actually Dallas Mayr (1946-2018)
- Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)
- Daniel Keyes (1927-2014)
- Greg Keyes (born 1963)
- Kevin Killian (1952-2019)
- Jamaica Kincaid (* 1949)
- Stephen King (* 1947)
- Thomas King (* 1943)
- Sidney Kingsley (1906-1995)
- Maxine Hong Kingston (born 1940)
- Galway Kinnell (1927-2014)
- Binnie Kirshenbaum (* 1964)
- Carolyn Kizer (1925-2014)
- Phil Klay (born 1983)
- Etheridge Knight (1931-1991)
- John Knowles (1926-2001)
- Kenneth Koch (1925-2002)
- Yusef Komunyakaa (* 1947)
- Dean Koontz (* 1945)
- Arthur Kopit (* 1937)
- William Kotzwinkle (* 1943)
- Larry Kramer (1935-2020)
- Judith Krantz (1928-2019)
- Alfred Kreymborg (1883–1966)
- Dinah Lee Küng (* 1972)
- Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006)
- Benjamin Kunkel (* 1972)
- Tuli Kupferberg (1923-2010)
- Michael Kurland (* 1938)
- Tony Kushner (* 1956)
- Henry Kuttner (1915-1958)
- Joanne Kyger (* 1934)
L.
- Oliver La Farge (1901–1963)
- Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (1914-2002)
- Frederica de Laguna (1906-2004)
- Jhumpa Lahiri (* 1967)
- Margaret Landon (1903-1993)
- Sidney Lanier (1842-1881)
- Ring Lardner (1885–1933)
- Nella Larsen (1891–1964), also Nellie Walker, Nellye Larson, Nellie Larsen
- Helen Lawrenson (1907-1982)
- John Howard Lawson (1894-1977)
- Robert Lax (1915-2000)
- Richard Laymon (1947-2001)
- Munro Leaf (1905-1976)
- Timothy Leary (1920-1996)
- David Leavitt (born 1961)
- Ann Leckie (* 1966)
- Chang-Rae Lee (born 1965)
- Edward Lee (* 1957)
- Harper Lee (1926-2016)
- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018)
- Fritz Leiber (1910–1992)
- Justin Leiber (1938-2016)
- Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007)
- Donna Leon (born 1942)
- Elmore Leonard (1925-2013)
- William Ellery Leonard (1876-1944)
- JT LeRoy (* 1980 according to invented vita) alias Savannah Knoop or Laura Albert
- John T. Lescroart (* 1948)
- Denise Levertov (1923-1997)
- Ira Levin (1929-2007)
- Meyer Levin (1905-1981)
- Philip Levine (1928-2015)
- David Levithan (* 1972)
- Myron Levoy (1930-2019)
- Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951)
- Ludwig Lewisohn (1882–1955)
- Lin Yutang (1895-1976)
- Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)
- Johanna Lindsey (1952-2019)
- Jane Lindskold (born 1962)
- Jonathan Littell (* 1967)
- Robert Littell (* 1935)
- Ron Loewinsohn (1937-2014)
- Jack London (1876-1916)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
- Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790-1870)
- Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944)
- Anita Loos (1889-1981)
- Audre Lorde (1934-1992)
- Jean Lorrah (* 1948)
- HP Lovecraft (1890-1937)
- Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
- Robert Lowell (1917-1977)
- Mabel Dodge Luhan (1879–1962)
- Alison Lurie (born 1926)
- Andrew Nelson Lytle (1902-1995)
M.
- Amy MacDonald (born 1951)
- Ross Macdonald (1915-1983)
- Helen MacInnes (1907–1985)
- Percy MacKaye (1875-1956)
- Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)
- Charlotte MacLeod (1922-2005)
- Jackson MacLow (1922-2004)
- Haki R. Madhubuti (* 1942)
- Karan Mahajan (* 1984)
- Norman Mailer (1923-2007)
- Bernard Malamud (1914–1986)
- Janet Malcolm (born 1934)
- Josh Malerman (* 1975)
- Judith Malina (1926-2015)
- Barry N. Malzberg (* 1939)
- David Mamet (* 1947)
- Steven Marcus (1928-2018)
- Laurie J. Marks (born 1957)
- David Markson (1927-2010)
- John Phillips Marquand (1893-1960)
- Del Martin (1921-2008)
- George RR Martin (* 1948)
- Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi (1926-2013)
- Sujata Massey (born 1964)
- Jeffrey Masson (* 1941)
- Cotton Mather (1663-1728)
- Richard Matheson (1926-2013)
- Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014)
- Armistead Maupin (* 1944)
- William Maxwell (1908-2000)
- Julian May (1931-2017)
- Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883)
- Imbolo Mbue (* 1982)
- James McBride (born 1957)
- Charles McCarry (1930-2019)
- Cormac McCarthy (* 1933)
- Mary McCarthy (1912-1989)
- JD McClatchy (1945-2018)
- Michael McClure (1932-2020)
- Frank McCourt (1930-2009)
- Malachy McCourt (born 1931)
- Tarell Alvin McCraney (* 1980)
- Carson McCullers (1917-1967)
- Cody McFadyen (* 1968)
- Joe McGinniss (1942-2014)
- Claude McKay (1889-1948)
- Rod McKuen (1933-2015)
- Ron McLarty (1947-2020)
- Larry McMurtry (born 1936)
- Terrence McNally (1938-2020)
- James Alan McPherson (1943-2016)
- David Means (born 1961)
- Charles L. Mee (born 1938)
- Paul Melko (* 1968)
- Herman Melville (1819-1891)
- James Merrill (1926-1995)
- Stuart Merrill (1863-1915)
- Abraham Merritt (1884–1943)
- Samuel Merwin (1874-1936)
- Thomas Merton (1915–1968)
- WS Merwin (1927-2019)
- Heinrich Meyer (1904–1977)
- James Michener (1907-1997)
- Margaret Millar (1915-1994)
- Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)
- Arthur Miller (1915-2005)
- Henry Miller (1891–1980)
- Joaquin Miller (1837-1913)
- Kate Millett (1934-2017)
- Steven Millhauser (* 1943)
- Andrea Mitchell (* 1946)
- Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949)
- JR Moehringer (* 1964)
- Virginia Ramey Mollenkott (* 1932)
- N. Scott Momaday (* 1934)
- Paul Monette (1945–1995)
- Bill Moody (1941-2018)
- Rick Moody (born 1961)
- William Vaughn Moody (1869-1910)
- Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
- Susanna Moore (* 1946)
- Marlo Morgan (born 1937)
- AR Morlan (1958-2016)
- Wright Morris (1910-1998)
- Toni Morrison (1931-2019)
- James Morrow (born 1947)
- Walter Mosley (* 1952)
- Robert Mrazek (* 1945)
- Marcia Muller (* 1944)
- David Mura (* 1952)
- Pat Murphy (born 1955)
- Warren Murphy (1933-2015)
N
- Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
- John J. Nance (1946)
- Donna Jo Napoli (* 1948)
- N. Richard Nash (1916-2000)
- Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
- Robert Nathan (1894–1985)
- John Neal (1793–1876)
- Chloe Neill (* 1975)
- Howard Nemerov (1920–1991)
- Patrick Ness (* 1971)
- Joan Nestle (born 1940)
- Lesléa Newman (* 1955)
- Jack Claude Nezat (* 1943)
- John Nichols (1940)
- Lorine Niedecker (1903-1970)
- Anaïs Nin (1903-1977)
- Jim Nisbet (born 1947)
- Hugh Nissenson (1933-2013)
- Larry Niven (* 1938)
- Charles Bernard Nordhoff (1887–1947)
- Frank Norris (1870-1902)
- Harold Norse (1916-2009)
- Beth Nugent (* 1958)
- Naomi Shihab Nye (* 1952)
- Eric Nylund (* 1964)
O
- Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938)
- Samson Occom (1723–1792)
- Carol O'Connell (born 1947)
- Mary Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
- Scott O'Dell (1898-1989)
- Clifford Odets (1906-1963)
- Blanche Oelrichs (1890–1950)
- Andrew J. Offutt (1934-2013)
- Frank O'Hara (1926-1966)
- John O'Hara (1905-1970)
- Lauren Oliver (* 1982)
- Tillie Olsen (1912-2007)
- Charles Olson (1910-1970)
- Stewart O'Nan (born 1961)
- Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)
- George Oppen (1908-1984)
- James Oppenheim (1882-1932)
- Simon Ortiz (* 1941)
- Martha Ostenso (1900–1963)
- Julie Otsuka (* 1962)
- Cynthia Ozick (* 1928)
P
- Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
- Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962)
- Grace Paley (1922-2007)
- Christopher Paolini (* 1983)
- Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
- Robert B. Parker (1932-2010)
- Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972)
- Katherine Paterson (born 1932)
- James Patterson (born 1947)
- James Kirke Paulding (1778-1860)
- Walker Percy (1916-1990)
- SJ Perelman (1904–1979)
- Frank E. Peretti (born 1951)
- Elizabeth Peters (1927-2013)
- Julie Anne Peters (* 1952)
- Ann Petry (1908-1997)
- William Pfaff (1928-2015)
- David Graham Phillips (1867-1911)
- Susan Elizabeth Phillips (* 1948)
- Felice Picano (* 1944)
- Jodi Picoult (* 1967)
- Tamora Pierce (born 1954)
- Marge Piercy (* 1936)
- Kathrene Pinkerton (1887-1967)
- Robert Pinsky (* 1940)
- Robert M. Pirsig (1928-2017)
- Richard Plant (1910–1998) (D / USA)
- Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
- Frederik Pohl (1919-2013)
- Ernest Poole (1880-1950)
- Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980)
- Charles Portis (1933-2020)
- Ethel Portnoy (1927-2004)
- Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930)
- Neil Postman (1931-2003)
- Chaim Potok (1929-2002)
- Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
- Jerry Pournelle (1933-2017)
- Padgett Powell (born 1952)
- JF Powers (1917-1999)
- Richard Powers (born 1957)
- Minnie Bruce Pratt (born 1946)
- Douglas Preston (born 1956)
- Richard Preston (born 1954)
- Reynolds Price (1933-2011)
- Frederic Prokosch (1908–1989)
- Annie Proulx (born 1935)
- James Purdy (1914-2009)
- Mario Puzo (1920–1999)
- Thomas Pynchon (* 1937)
Q
- Qiu Xiaolong (* 1953)
- David Quammen (* 1948)
- Daniel Quinn (1935-2018)
R.
- Mary de Rachewiltz
- Carl Rakosi (1903-2004)
- Claudia Rankine (* 1963)
- John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)
- Lev Raphael (* 1954)
- Jennifer Rardin (1965-2010)
- Marjorie Rawlings
- John Rawls (1921-2002)
- Melanie Rawn (* 1954)
- Tom Reamy (1935-1977)
- John Rechy (* 1931)
- Henry Reed (1914-1986)
- Ishmael Reed (* 1938)
- John Reed (1887-1920)
- Charles Reich (1928-2019)
- Kathy Reichs (* 1948)
- Mike Resnick (1942-2020)
- Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982)
- Jason Reynolds (born 1983)
- Mack Reynolds (1917-1983)
- Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976)
- Anne Rice (born 1941)
- Christopher Rice (* 1978)
- Elmer Rice (1892-1967)
- Stan Rice (1942-2002)
- Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)
- Lola Ridge (1873-1941)
- Laura Riding (1901-1991)
- Frank Riley (1915-1996)
- Rick Riordan (born 1964)
- Caryl Rivers (born 1937)
- Harold Robbins (1916-1997)
- Tom Robbins (born 1932)
- Jennifer Roberson (* 1953)
- Elizabeth Madox Roberts (1881-1941)
- Nora Roberts (born 1950)
- Barbara Robinson (1927-2013)
- Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935)
- Frank M. Robinson (1926-2014)
- Mary Rodgers (1931-2014)
- Theodore Roethke (1908–1963)
- Robert Rogers (1731–1795)
- Rosemary Rogers (1932-2019)
- Adela Rogers St. Johns (1894–1988)
- Edwin Rolfe (1909–1954)
- James Rollins (born 1961)
- Franklin Rosemont (1943-2009)
- Fran Ross (1935–1985)
- Henry Roth (1906-1995)
- Philip Roth (1933-2018)
- Alma Routsong (1924-1996)
- Rainbow Rowell (* 1973)
- Mary Rowlandson (~ 1637–1711)
- Matt Ruff (born 1965)
- Michael C. Ruppert (1951-2014)
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch (* 1960)
- Joanna Russ (1937-2011)
- Charles M. Russell (1864-1926)
- Richard Russo (* 1949)
- Richard Paul Russo (* 1954)
- Vito Russo (1946–1990)
S.
- John Sack (1930-2004)
- Oliver Sacks (1933-2015)
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz (* 1954)
- John Saffin (1626-1710)
- Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
- Nicholas Sagan (* 1970)
- JD Salinger (1919-2010)
- James Sallis (* 1944)
- Anna Salter (* 19 **)
- James Salter (1925-2015)
- Edgar Saltus (1855-1921)
- RA Salvatore (* 1959)
- Sonia Sanchez (* 1934)
- Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
- Eric San Juan (* 1973)
- George Santayana (1863–1952)
- William Saroyan (1908-1981)
- May Sarton (1912-1995)
- Walter Satterthwait (1946-2020)
- John Saul (born 1942)
- Sam Savage (1940-2019)
- Sydney Schanberg (1934-2016)
- Richard Schickel (1933-2017)
- Cathleen Schine (* 1953)
- Murray Schisgal (* 1926)
- Franz Schoenberner (1892–1970)
- Budd Schulberg (1914-2009)
- James Schuyler (1923-1991)
- Delmore Schwartz (1913-1966)
- Lynne Sharon Schwartz (* 1939)
- Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011)
- Melissa Scott (* 1960)
- Lisa Scottoline (* 1955)
- Charles Sealsfield / Karl Anton Postl (1793–1864)
- Alice Sebold (* 1963)
- David Sedaris (* 1956)
- Anne Douglas Sedgwick (1873-1935)
- Catherine Sedgwick (1789-1867)
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950–2009)
- Carolyn See (1934-2016)
- Lisa See (* 1955)
- Alan Seeger (1888-1916)
- Erich Segal (1937-2010)
- Ruth Seid (pseudon. Jo Sinclair ) (1913–1995)
- Hubert Selby (1928-2004)
- Maurice Sendak (1928–2012)
- Samuel Sewall (1652-1730)
- Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
- Ntozake Shange (1948-2018)
- James S. Shapiro (born 1955)
- Karl Shapiro (1913-2000)
- Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818-1885)
- Irwin Shaw (1913-1984)
- Robert Sheckley (1928-2005)
- Charles Sheldon (1857-1946)
- Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007)
- Jim Shepard (born 1956)
- Lucius Shepard (1943-2014)
- Sam Shepard (1943-2017)
- Martin Sherman (* 1938)
- Robert Sherwood (1896–1955)
- Randy Shilts (1951-1994)
- Anita Shreve (1946-2018)
- Leslie Marmon Silko (* 1948)
- Kenneth Silverman (1936-2017)
- Charles Simic (* 1938)
- Charles Simmons (1924-2017)
- Dan Simmons (born 1948)
- Herbert Simmons (* 1930/1931)
- William Gilmore Simms (1806-1870)
- Neil Simon (1927-2018)
- Louis Simpson (1923-2012)
- Upton Sinclair (1878-1968)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991)
- Myra Sklarew (* 1934)
- Henry Slesar (1927-2002)
- Joshua Slocum (1844-1909)
- Agnes Smedley (1892-1950)
- Jane Smiley (* 1949)
- Dave Smith (born 1942)
- John Smith (1580-1631)
- Vern Sneider (1916-1981)
- WD Snodgrass (1926-2009)
- Gary Snyder (born 1930)
- Dava Sobel (* 1947)
- Solita Solano (1888-1975)
- Susan Sontag (1933-2004)
- Gilbert Sorrentino (1929-2006)
- Terry Southern (1924-1995)
- EDEN Southworth (1819-1899)
- Nicholas Sparks (* 1965)
- Elizabeth Spencer (1921-2019)
- Samuel Spewack (1899–1971)
- Mickey Spillane (1918-2006)
- Marc Spitz (1969-2017)
- Jean Stafford (1915–1979)
- William Stafford (1914-1993)
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
- Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908)
- Jason Starr (* 1966)
- Danielle Steel (* 1947)
- Lincoln Steffens (1866-1936)
- Wallace Stegner (1909-1993)
- Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
- John Steinbeck (1902–1968)
- Thomas Steinbeck (1944-2016)
- Neal Stephenson (born 1959)
- Gerald Stern (* 1925)
- Richard G. Stern (1928-2013)
- Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
- Samuel M. Steward (1909-1993)
- Trumbull Stickney (1874-1904)
- RL Stine (* 1943)
- Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902)
- Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903)
- Dejan Stojanović (* 1959)
- Aryeh Lev Stollman (* 1954)
- Irving Stone (1903-1989)
- Robert Stone (* 1937)
- Rex Stout (1886-1975)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896)
- Mark Strand (* 1934)
- Craig Strete (born 1950)
- TS Stribling (1881-1965)
- Anna Louise Strong (1885-1970)
- William Styron (1925-2006)
- Ronald Sukenick (* 1932)
- Manil Suri (* 1959)
- Jacqueline Susann (1918–1974)
- Peter Swanson (* 1968)
- May Swenson (1913-1989)
T
- Ruth Tabrah (1921-2004)
- Amy Tan (born 1952)
- Ida Tarbell (1857-1944)
- Booth Tarkington (1869-1946)
- Donna Tartt (born 1963)
- Allen Tate (1899-1979)
- James Tate (1943-2015)
- Ronald Tavel (1936-2009)
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- Edward Taylor (1645-1729)
- Peter Taylor (Author) (1917–1994)
- Michelle Tea (* 1971)
- Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)
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- Studs Terkel (1912-2008)
- Walter Tevis (1928–1984)
- Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1817-1897)
- Ernest Thayer (1863-1940)
- Paul Theroux (* 1941)
- Angie Thomas (* 1988)
- Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961)
- Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
- James Thurber (1894–1961)
- Wallace Henry Thurman (1902-1934)
- Freeman Tilden (1883-1980)
- Henry Timrod (1828–1867)
- James Tiptree junior (1915-1987)
- Melvin B. Tolson (1898-1966)
- John Peter Toohey (1880-1946)
- FX Toole (1930-2002)
- John Kennedy Toole (1937-1969)
- Jean Toomer (1894-1967)
- Albion W. Tourgée (1838–1905)
- Lionel Trilling (1905-1975)
- John Trumbull (1750-1831)
- Monique Truong (* 1968)
- Frederick Goddard Tuckerman (1821–1873)
- Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1813–1871)
- Scott Turow (born 1949)
- Jane Colman Turell (1708-1735)
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
- Anne Tyler (born 1941)
- Joel Tyler Headley (1814-1897)
- Royall Tyler (1757-1826)
U
- Anya Ulinich (* 1973)
- Louis Untermeyer (1885–1977)
- John Updike (1932-2009)
- Leon Uris (1924-2003)
V
- Andrew Vachss (* 1942)
- Jack Vance (1916-2013)
- Eric Van Lustbader (* 1946)
- Hilda Van Siller (1911-1982)
- David Vann (* 1966)
- Janine Pommy Vega (* 1942)
- Gore Vidal (1925–2012)
- Vernor Vinge (* 1944)
- Renée Vivien (1877-1909)
- Gerald Vizenor (* 1934)
- Ned Vizzini (1981-2013)
- Paula Vogel (* 1951)
- Cynthia Voigt (* 1942)
- William T. Vollmann (* 1959)
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)
- John Vornholt (* 1951)
- Ocean Vuong (* 1988)
W.
- Diane Wakoski (* 1937)
- Ayelet Waldman (* 1964)
- Edward Lewis Wallant (1926–1962)
- Alice Walker (born 1944)
- Margaret Walker (1915-1998)
- David Foster Wallace (1962-2008)
- Lew Wallace (1827-1905)
- Edward Lewis Wallant (1926–1962)
- Robert James Waller (1939-2017)
- Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900)
- Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814)
- Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989)
- Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)
- Dale Wasserman (1914-2008)
- Wendy Wasserstein (1950-2006)
- Lawrence Edward Watkin (1901-1981)
- Charles Webb (1939-2020)
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- Noah Webster (1758-1843)
- Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902-1935)
- Jennifer Weiner (* 1970)
- Ruth Weiss (* 1928)
- Joseph Weizenbaum (1923-2008)
- James Welch (1940-2003)
- Eudora Welty (1909-2001)
- KD Wentworth (1951-2012)
- Barbara Wersba (1932-2018)
- Glenway Wescott (1901-1987)
- Jessamyn West (1902-1984)
- Nathanael West (1903-1940)
- Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008)
- Janwillem van de Wetering (1931-2008)
- Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
- William Wharton (1925-2008)
- Phillis Wheatley (1753–1784)
- Edwin Percy Whipple (1819-1886)
- Edmund White (born 1940)
- Elwyn Brooks White (1899–1985)
- Ruth White (1942-2017)
- William Allen White (1868-1944)
- Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
- Reed Whittemore (1919-2012)
- John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)
- Leonard Wibberley (1915-1983)
- John Wieners (1934-2002)
- Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705)
- Richard Wilbur (1921-2017)
- Thornton Wilder (1897–1975)
- Kate Wilhelm (1928-2018)
- CK Williams (1936-2015)
- Charles Williams (1909-1975)
- Emmett Williams (1925-2007)
- John A. Williams (1925-2015)
- Miller Williams (1930-2015)
- Roger Williams (1603-1683)
- Tennessee Williams (1911-1983)
- William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
- Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806-1867)
- Edmund Wilson (1895–1972)
- Lanford Wilson (1937-2011)
- Robert Anton Wilson (1932-2007)
- Sloan Wilson (1920-2003)
- Don Winslow (born 1953)
- Kathleen Winsor (1919-2003)
- Yvor Winters (1900–1968)
- John Winthrop (1588-1649)
- John Wise (pastor) (1652-1725)
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- Dirk Wittenborn (* 1952)
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- Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938)
- Tom Wolfe (1930-2018)
- Ira Wolfert (1908–1997)
- Tobias Wolff (* 1945)
- Jack Womack (born 1956)
- Daniel Woodrell (born 1953)
- Alexander Woollcott (1887–1943)
- John Woolman (1720-1772)
- Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894)
- Herman Wouk (1915-2019)
- John Wray (* 1971)
- Charles Wright (poet) (* 1935)
- Ernest Vincent Wright (~ 1873–1939)
- James Wright (1927-1980)
- Richard Wright (writer) (1908-1960)
- Susan Wright (born 1963)
- Léon Wurmser (1931-2020)
- Elinor Wylie (1885-1928)
Y
- Irvin D. Yalom (* 1931)
- Richard Yates (1926-1992)
- John Yau (born 1950)
- Stephen Yenser (* 1941)
- Frank Yerby (1916–1991)
- Anzia Yezierska (1880-1970)
- Carol Beach York (1928-2013)
- Jerry Yulsman (1924-1999)
- Sol Yurick (1925-2013)
Z
- Marya Zaturenska (1902-1982)
- Roger Zelazny (1937-1995)
- Paul Zindel (1936-2003)
- Nell Zink (* 1964)
- Alois Zotz (1814-1893)
- Louis Zukofsky (1904–1978)