21st-century american short story writers

Kurt Vonnegut

American writer

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

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

American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer

American novelist and short-story writer

American novelist, known for novels including The Women of Brewster Place , Linden Hills and Mama Day .

American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater

American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and short story writer

American author known for her short stories, novels and essays in English, and, more recently, in Italian

American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels