20th-century american novelists

Edith Wharton

American novelist, short story writer, and designer

American writer

American political journalist and historian, known for his reporting from China during World War II and the Making of the President series

American novelist

Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor

American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic

American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic

American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer

American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit, erudition, and patrician manner

American writer