Gertrude Stein
American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector
20th-century american novelists
John Steinbeck
American author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner “for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception.” He has been called “a giant of American letters.”During his writing career, he authored 33 books, with one book coauthored alongside Edward Ricketts, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories
Clifford D. Simak
American science fiction writer
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Polish-born Jewish-American writer who wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated himself into English with the help of editors and collaborators
Betty Smith
American author
Martin Cruz Smith
American mystery novelist
Thorne Smith
American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith
Francis Steegmuller
American biographer, translator and fiction writer, who was known chiefly as a Flaubert scholar.
Mark Salzman
American writer
Michael Shaara
American author of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction