American Novelist
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| Aaron Allston |
1960 |
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| Alex Haley |
August 11, 1921 |
February 10, 1992 |
| Alexander Theroux |
1939 |
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| Alison Lurie |
September 3, 1926 |
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| Amelia Barr |
1831 |
1919 |
| Amy Tan |
February 19, 1952 |
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| Ana Castillo |
1953 |
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| Anne Rice |
October 4, 1941 |
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| Anne Tyler |
October 25, 1941 |
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| Armistead Maupin |
May 13, 1944 |
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| Arthur Herzog |
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| Barbara Kingsolver |
April 8, 1955 |
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| Barry Hannah |
April 23, 1942 |
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| Bernard Malamud |
April 26, 1914 |
March 18, 1986 |
| Betty Smith |
December 15, 1896 |
January 17, 1972 |
| Booth Tarkington |
July 29, 1869 |
May 19, 1946 |
| Brad Thor |
1969 |
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| Brian Celio |
July 16, 1981 |
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| Bruce Jay Friedman |
April 26, 1930 |
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| Caleb Carr |
August 2, 1955 |
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| Carson McCullers |
February 19, 1917 |
September 29, 1967 |
| Charles W. Chesnutt |
June 20, 1858 |
November 15, 1932 |
| Chuck Palahniuk |
February 21, 1961 |
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| Cynthia Ozick |
April 17, 1928 |
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| Dalton Trumbo |
December 9, 1905 |
September 10, 1976 |
| Daniel Mainwaring |
July 22, 1902 |
January 31, 1977 |
| Danielle Steel |
August 14, 1947 |
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| David Leavitt |
June 23, 1961 |
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| Dee Brown |
February 29, 1908 |
December 12, 2002 |
| Diane Johnson |
April 28, 1934 |
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| Djuna Barnes |
June 12, 1892 |
June 18, 1982 |
| Don DeLillo |
November 20, 1936 |
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| Donna Tartt |
December 23, 1963 |
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| Dorothy Gilman |
June 25, 1923 |
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| Dorothy West |
June 2, 1907 |
August 16, 1998 |
| Earl Derr Biggers |
August 24, 1884 |
April 5, 1933 |
| Edmund White |
January 13, 1940 |
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| Edna Ferber |
August 15, 1885 |
April 16, 1968 |
| Edward Dahlberg |
July 22, 1900 |
February 27, 1977 |
| Elaine Dundy |
August 1, 1921 |
May 1, 2008 |
| Eleanor Porter |
December 19, 1868 |
May 21, 1920 |
| Elie Wiesel |
September 30, 1928 |
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| Elizabeth Gilbert |
July 18, 1969 |
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| Ellen Glasgow |
March 22, 1874 |
November 21, 1945 |
| Erica Jong |
March 26, 1942 |
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| Erich Segal |
June 16, 1937 |
January 17, 2010 |
| Ernest Hemingway |
July 21, 1899 |
July 2, 1961 |
| Ernest Poole |
1880 |
1950 |
| Faith Baldwin |
October 1, 1893 |
1978 |
| Frank Norris |
March 5, 1870 |
October 25, 1902 |
| Gail Godwin |
June 18, 1937 |
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| George Barr McCutcheon |
1886 |
1928 |
| George V. Higgins |
November 13, 1939 |
November 6, 1999 |
| George Washington Cable |
October 12, 1844 |
January 31, 1925 |
| Gloria Naylor |
January 25, 1950 |
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| Gore Vidal |
October 3, 1925 |
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| Grace Metalious |
September 8, 1924 |
February 25, 1964 |
| H. P. Lovecraft |
August 20, 1890 |
March 15, 1937 |
| Hamlin Garland |
September 14, 1860 |
March 4, 1940 |
| Harper Lee |
April 28, 1926 |
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| Harry Crews |
June 6, 1935 |
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| Henry Harland |
February 4, 1909 |
December 20, 2005 |
| Herman Melville |
August 1, 1819 |
September 28, 1891 |
| Herman Wouk |
May 27, 1915 |
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| Ira Levin |
August 27, 1929 |
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| Irwin Shaw |
February 27, 1913 |
May 16, 1984 |
| Isaac Bashevis Singer |
July 14, 1904 |
July 24, 1991 |
| J. D. Salinger |
January 1, 1919 |
January 27, 2010 |
| J. F. Powers |
July 8, 1917 |
June 12, 1999 |
| J. G. Holland |
1819 |
1881 |
| Jack Kerouac |
March 12, 1922 |
October 21, 1969 |
| Jack London |
January 12, 1876 |
November 22, 1916 |
| James A. Michener |
February 3, 1907 |
October 16, 1997 |
| James Agee |
November 27, 1909 |
May 16, 1955 |
| James Branch Cabell |
April 14, 1879 |
May 5, 1958 |
| James Dickey |
February 2, 1923 |
January 19, 1997 |
| James F. Cooper |
September 15, 1789 |
1851 |
| James Gould Cozzens |
August 19, 1903 |
1978 |
| James M. Cain |
July 1, 1892 |
October 27, 1977 |
| James T. Farrell |
February 27, 1904 |
August 22, 1979 |
| Jay Dratler |
1911 |
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| Jeffrey Eugenides |
April 13, 1960 |
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| Jerry B. Jenkins |
September 23, 1949 |
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| John Barth |
May 27, 1930 |
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| John C. Hawkes |
August 17, 1925 |
May 15, 1998 |
| John Dos Passos |
January 14, 1896 |
September 28, 1970 |
| John Gardner |
July 21, 1933 |
September 14, 1982 |
| John Irving |
March 2, 1942 |
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| John Knowles |
September 16, 1926 |
November 29, 2001 |
| John Phillips Marquand |
November 10, 1893 |
July 16, 1960 |
| John Updike |
March 18, 1932 |
January 27, 2009 |
| Jonathan Franzen |
August 17, 1959 |
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| Joseph Heller |
May 1, 1923 |
December 12, 1999 |
| Joseph Kirkland |
1830 |
1894 |
| Joyce Carol Oates |
June 16, 1938 |
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| Judith Guest |
March 29, 1936 |
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| Judith Krantz |
January 9, 1928 |
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| Judith Rossner |
March 31, 1935 |
August 9, 2005 |
| Julien Green |
September 6, 1900 |
August 13, 1998 |
| Katherine Dunn |
1945 |
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