Evan S. Connell
U.S. novelist, poet, and short-story writer
novelist
Cyril Connolly
English literary critic and writer
Joseph Conrad
Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language
James Fenimore Cooper
American writer of the first half of the 19th century
Julio Cortazar
Argentine-French novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator
Stephen Crane
American poet, novelist, and short story writer
Michael Crichton
American author and filmmaker
Edmund Crispin
Pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery , an English crime writer and composer, known for his Gervase Fen novels and for his musical scores for the early films in the Carry On series.
Eleanor Clark
American writer and “master stylist,” best known for her non-fiction accounts.
Michael Cunningham
American novelist and screenwriter