Mark Twain
American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer
american male non-fiction writers
Kurt Vonnegut
American writer
Henry David Thoreau
American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher
Paul Theroux
American novelist and travel writer who has written numerous books, including the travelogue, The Great Railway Bazaar . Some of his works of fiction have been adapted as feature films
Neal Stephenson
American writer known for his works of speculative fiction
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
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
William L. Shirer
American journalist and war correspondent