American postmodern writers

African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

American author (1922–2007)

American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)

American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)

American author (1924-1984)

American science fiction author (1928–1982)

American poet and writer (1926–1997)

American novelist, poet (1932–2009)

American novelist (1933–2018)

American writer (1923–2007)

American writer (1925–2012)

American writer (1924–1987)

American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)

American novelist (born 1937)

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

Patricia Lee Smith is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer. Her 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New York City–based punk rock movement. Smith has fused rock and poetry in her work. In 1978, her most widely known song, "Because the Night," co-written with Bruce Springsteen, reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number five on the UK Singles Chart.

American novelist (1935–2001)

American author and activist (1952–2021)

American playwright and actor (1943–2017)

American novelist (1927–2001)

American fiction writer and essayist (1962–2008)

American novelist, playwright and essayist (born 1936)

American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994)

American science fiction writer (1947-2006)

American novelist (b. 1964)

American novelist, short story and non-fiction author (b. 1935)

American novelist and poet (1908–1960)

American writer

American novelist

American novelist, short story writer, essayist

American novelist and screenwriter

American author (1914–1986)

American writer (1928–2005)

American writer (1930–2024)

American novelist (born 1977)

American novelist, also known by the pseudonym Lemony Snicket (born 1970)

American science fiction writer (born 1959)

American writer (born 1958)

poet from the United States of America (1927–2017)

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

American novelist (born 1969)

writer from the United States

American writer, editor, and publisher

American science fiction and fantasy writer (1931–2019)

American novelist (born 1957)

American cartoonist and writer (born 1948)

American writer (1932–2025)

American writer, editor, and professor (1931–1989)

American poet (1907-1963)

American novelist (born 1974)

American science fiction writer (1915–1987)

American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Roy E. Disney Chair in Creative Writing, Pomona College

American writer (1928–2004)

Chicana cultural theory, feminist theory, and queer theory (1942-2004)

American author and filmmaker

American novelist (1922–1998)

American writer (born 1968)

Kiowa author and academic (1934–2024)

American novelist (1932–2024)