American LGBTQ novelists

American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892)

American author (1924-1984)

American author and activist (born 1944)

American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)

American writer (1925–2012)

American writer (1924–1987)

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)

American novelist, essayist

American writer and feminist activist (1934–1992)

American feminist writer (1946–2005)

American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)

American writer (1917–1967)

actor, singer, book author

American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris (1876-1972)

American author (1900–1998)

English-American novelist (1904-1986)

American novelist (b. 1964)

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

American writer

American novelist and screenwriter

American novelist and short story writer (1912-1982)

American novelist and editor (1930–1999)

Hilda Doolittle (September 10, 1886 – September 27, 1961) was an American modernist poet, novelist, and memoirist who wrote under the name H.D. throughout her life. Her career began in 1911 after she moved to London and co-founded the avant-garde Imagist group of poets with American expatriate poet and critic Ezra Pound. During this early period, her minimalist free verse poems depicting Classical motifs drew international attention. Eventually distancing herself from the Imagist movement, she experimented with a wider variety of forms, including fiction, memoir, and verse drama. Reflecti

American novelist, journalist, biographer

American filmmaker, actor, comedian and writer (born 1946)

American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (1947–1997)

Cuban poet/novelist/playwright (1943–1990)

American composer and writer (1910–1999)

United States science fiction and fantasy author

Scottish-American actor, author, and singer

novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist (born 1944)

American cartoonist, author

American author (1937-2011)

American writer, poet, novelist, critic (1949–2024)

American playwright and novelist (1913–1973)

American science fiction writer (1915–1987)

American author and literary critic (born 1942)

American writer

American author

American author, vlogger, and science communicator

American novelist and LGBT essayist (1940–2025)

American science fiction author and poet (1940–2008)

American writer and public intellectual (1911–1972)

American author and screenwriter (1903–1968)

American author

American screenwriter, novelist, essayist, playwright, LGBT-rights and AIDS activist (1935–2020)

American crime writer

American poet, playwright, and novelist (1893-1968)

American transgender activist and writer (1949–2014)

Scottish-American writer

Vietnamese American poet, essayist and novelist (born 1988)

American children's writer and novelist (born 1963)

Playwright, poet, author (1886–1958)

American film director and screenwriter

novelist, short story writer

American actor and novelist (1926–1991)

British-American writer (b. 1960)

American-British novelist and children's writer

American writer

American playwright, theatre director and screenwriter (1917–2011)