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
20th-century american novelists
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.
Wallace Stegner
American novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, often called “The Dean of Western Writers”. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977.
Gertrude Stein
American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector
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
Mark Salzman
American writer
Michael Shaara
American author of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction