Gertrude Stein
American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector
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Patricia Highsmith
American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley
Louise Fitzhugh
American writer and illustrator of children’s books, known best for the novel Harriet the Spy
Willa Cather
American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My ntonia
Alison Bechdel
American cartoonist
Elizabeth Bishop
American poet and short-story writer