Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus , which is considered an early example of science fiction
short story
Carol Shields
American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer
Henry Roth
American novelist and short story writer who found success later in life after his 1934 novel Call It Sleep was reissued in paperback in 1964.
Philip Roth
American novelist and short story writer
J. K. Rowling
British author, philanthropist, film producer, and screenwriter
Arundhati Roy
Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things , which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author
Damon Runyon
American newspaperman and short-story writer.He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era
J. D. Salinger
American writer best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye
James Salter
American novelist and short-story writer
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel In Search of Lost Time , originally published in French in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927. He is considered by critics and writers to be one of the most influential authors of the 20th century.