American novelist and poet of French Canadian ancestry, who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.Raised in a French-speaking home in Lowell, Massachusetts, Kerouac learned English at age six and spoke with a marked accent into his late teens
American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels
American author of the popular novel Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, illustrated by William Steig
American author of fiction and non-fiction, most of which was set in the Southwestern United States
American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker
American-Canadian novelist and screenwriter
Anglo-American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist
American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery
American-British author
American expatriate writer
