20th-century american male writers

Dashiell Hammett

American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories

American writer, best known for a series of suspense novels about his most famous character, Hannibal Lecter

American playwright, librettist, and theatre director.

American poet

American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer

American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays

American author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays

American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and sportsman

American science fiction author best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels

American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as cyberpunk