The Lists of American writers include:
United States
By ethnicity
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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 ...
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List of Asian-American writers
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List of Cuban-American writers
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List of Egyptian-American writers
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List of Italian-American women writers
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List of Jewish-American writers
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List of Korean-American writers
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List of Mexican-American writers
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List of Puerto Rican writers
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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
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List of American literary critics
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List of American novelists
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List of American playwrights
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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.
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*George Quasha (born 1942 in poetry, 1942)
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List of American print journalists
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List of American sportswriters
By region
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List of Michigan writers
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List of San Francisco Bay Area writers
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List of Utah writers
Other regions of the Americas
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List of American expatriate writers
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* 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
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* James Baldwin
* Djuna Barnes
* Be ...
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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 ...
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List of Latin American writers
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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 US)
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