American Novelist
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| Kathryn Stockett |
1969 |
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| Leo Rosten |
April 11, 1908 |
February 19, 1997 |
| Lillian Smith |
1867 |
1966 |
| Louis Auchincloss |
September 27, 1917 |
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| Louisa May Alcott |
November 29, 1832 |
March 6, 1888 |
| Madeleine L'Engle |
November 29, 1918 |
September 6, 2007 |
| Margaret Deland |
February 25, 1857 |
January 13, 1945 |
| Margaret Mitchell |
November 8, 1900 |
August 16, 1949 |
| Margaret Truman |
February 17, 1924 |
January 29, 2008 |
| Marguerite Yourcenar |
June 7, 1903 |
December 17, 1987 |
| Mario Puzo |
October 15, 1921 |
July 2, 1999 |
| Mark Helprin |
June 28, 1947 |
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| Mary Johnston |
November 21, 1870 |
May 9, 1936 |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart |
August 12, 1876 |
September 22, 1958 |
| Meyer Levin |
October 7, 1905 |
July 9, 1981 |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne |
July 4, 1804 |
May 19, 1864 |
| Nelson Algren |
March 28, 1909 |
May 9, 1981 |
| Nicholson Baker |
January 7, 1957 |
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| Norman Mailer |
January 31, 1923 |
November 10, 2007 |
| Patricia Highsmith |
January 19, 1921 |
February 4, 1995 |
| Paul Bailey |
February 16, 1937 |
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| Paul Theroux |
April 10, 1941 |
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| Pearl S. Buck |
June 6, 1892 |
March 6, 1973 |
| Peter De Vries |
February 27, 1910 |
September 28, 1993 |
| Philip Roth |
June 24, 1943 |
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| Rachel Field |
September 19, 1894 |
March 15, 1942 |
| Reynolds Price |
February 1, 1933 |
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| Richard Bach |
June 23, 1936 |
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| Richard Dooling |
1954 |
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| Richard Powers |
June 18, 1957 |
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| Richard Russo |
July 15, 1949 |
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| Richard Wright |
September 4, 1908 |
November 28, 1960 |
| Rick Moody |
October 18, 1961 |
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| Robert Ludlum |
May 25, 1927 |
March 12, 2001 |
| Robert Penn Warren |
April 24, 1905 |
September 15, 1989 |
| Robert Stone |
August 21, 1937 |
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| Rona Jaffe |
June 12, 1932 |
December 30, 2005 |
| Ross MacDonald |
January 27, 1965 |
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| Russell Hoban |
February 4, 1925 |
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| Saul Bellow |
June 10, 1914 |
April 5, 2005 |
| Scott Turow |
April 12, 1949 |
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| Shirley Jackson |
December 14, 1919 |
August 8, 1965 |
| Sholem Asch |
November 1, 1880 |
July 10, 1957 |
| Sidney Sheldon |
February 11, 1917 |
January 30, 2007 |
| Sinclair Lewis |
February 7, 1885 |
January 10, 1951 |
| Sloan Wilson |
May 8, 1920 |
May 25, 2003 |
| Sue Grafton |
April 24, 1940 |
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| Tama Janowitz |
April 12, 1957 |
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| Theodore Dreiser |
August 27, 1871 |
December 28, 1945 |
| Thomas Berger |
July 20, 1924 |
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| Thomas Wolfe |
October 3, 1900 |
September 15, 1938 |
| Thornton Wilder |
April 17, 1897 |
December 7, 1975 |
| Tillie Olsen |
January 14, 1913 |
January 1, 2007 |
| Tom Clancy |
April 12, 1947 |
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| Toni Morrison |
February 18, 1931 |
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| Truman Capote |
September 30, 1924 |
August 25, 1984 |
| Vicki Baum |
January 24, 1888 |
August 29, 1960 |
| Vladimir Nabokov |
April 22, 1899 |
July 2, 1977 |
| Wallace Stegner |
February 18, 1909 |
April 13, 1993 |
| Walter Mosley |
January 12, 1952 |
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| Walter Wager |
September 4, 1924 |
July 11, 2004 |
| Will Thomas |
1958 |
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| William Faulkner |
September 25, 1897 |
July 6, 1962 |
| William Gaddis |
December 29, 1922 |
December 16, 1998 |
| William Gilmore Simms |
1806 |
1870 |
| William Goldman |
August 12, 1931 |
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| William H. Gass |
July 30, 1924 |
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| William Styron |
June 11, 1925 |
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