Jhumpa Lahiri
American author known for her short stories, novels and essays in English, and, more recently, in Italian
american women short story writers
Ursula K. Le Guin
American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series
Helen Keller
American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer
Zora Neale Hurston
American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker
Shirley Jackson
American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery
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
Jennifer Egan
American novelist and short-story writer
Edwidge Danticat
Haitian-American novelist and short story writer
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
Kate Chopin
American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana