american male short story writers

Truman Capote

American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor

American expatriate composer, author, and translator

American author and screenwriter

Canadian-born American writer

American science fiction author, TV and radio scriptwriter, magazine editor and scripter for comic strips and comic books

American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist

American writer who is best known for his postmodernist and metafictional fiction.

American author best known for his children’s books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels

Spokane-Coeur d’Alene-Native American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker

American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University