John Dos Passos
American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy
20th-century american non-fiction writers
W. E. B. Du Bois
American and Ghanaian sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor
Eleanor Clark
American writer and “master stylist,” best known for her non-fiction accounts.
Michael Crichton
American author and filmmaker
Rachel Carson
American marine biologist, author, and conservationist whose influential book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement
John Cheever
American novelist and short story writer
Bill Bryson
AmericanBritish author of books on travel, the English language, science, and other nonfiction topics
W. Jackson Bate
American literary critic and biographer
James Agee
American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic
Maya Angelou
American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist