The Lists of American writers include:

United States

By ethnicity

List of African-American writers This is a list of Black American authors and writers, all of whom are considered part of African-American literature, and who already have Wikipedia articles. The list also includes non-American authors resident in the US and American writers of ...

* List of Asian-American writers * List of Cuban-American writers * List of Egyptian-American writers * List of Italian-American women writers * List of Jewish-American writers * List of Korean-American writers * List of Mexican-American writers *

List of Puerto Rican writers This is a list of Puerto Rican literary figures, including poets, novelists, short story authors, and playwrights. It includes people who were born in Puerto Rico, people who are of Puerto Rican ancestry, and long-term residents or immigrants w ...

List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas This is a list of notable writers who are Indigenous peoples of the Americas. This list includes authors who are Alaskan Native, Native Americans in the United States, American Indian, First Nations in Canada, First Nations, Inuit, Métis peop ...

(not limited to the U.S.)

By field

* List of American literary critics *

List of American novelists This is a list of novelists from the United States, listed with titles of a major work for each. This is not intended to be a list of every American (born U.S. citizen, naturalized citizen, or long-time resident alien) who has published a novel. ...

* List of American playwrights *

List of American poets The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. A B C D E F G H I–J K L M N O P Q *George Quasha (born 1942 in poetry, 1942) R ...

* List of American print journalists * List of American sportswriters

By region

* List of Michigan writers * List of San Francisco Bay Area writers *

List of Utah writers This is a list of Utah writers. A *Edward Abbey (1927–1989) – environmental fiction and nonfiction *Thomas G. Alexander (born 1935) – history *James B. Allen (historian), James B. Allen (born 1927) – history *Jack Anderson (columnist), ...

Other regions of the Americas

List of American expatriate writers A * Conrad Aiken * Candace Allen (author), Candace Allen, novelist, cultural critic and screenwriter * Washington Allston, artist, writer on art * Maya Angelou, poet, memoirs * Alan Ansen * John Ashbery B * James Baldwin * Djuna Barnes * Be ...

List of Central American writers This is a list of notable writers from Central America Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pa ...

* List of Latin American writers *

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