20th-century american novelists

Armistead Maupin

American writer who wrote Tales of the City, a series of novels set in San Francisco.

American physicist, writer, and social entrepreneur

American novelist, journalist and social activist

American film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet, and teacher

American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction

American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti

American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter

American novelist, playwright, and songwriter

American writer and playwright

American novelist, essayist and poet