Liste amerikanischer Schriftsteller
(Weitergeleitet von US-amerikanische Schriftsteller)
Dies ist eine Übersicht in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika geborener bzw. zum größten Teil dort publizierender Schriftsteller.
- Edward S. Aarons (1916–1975)
- Edward Abbey (1927–1989)
- Megan Abbott (* 1971)
- Walter Abish (1931–2022)
- Peter Abrahams (* 1947)
- Elizabeth Acevedo (20. Jhd.)
- André Aciman (* 1951)
- Kathy Acker (1947–1997)
- J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967)
- Forrest J. Ackerman (1916–2008)
- Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968)
- Oscar Zeta Acosta (1935–1974)
- Helen Adam (1909–1993)
- Louis Adamic (1899–1951)
- Alice Adams (1926–1999)
- Henry Adams (1838–1918)
- Léonie Adams (1899–1988)
- Nene Adams (1966–2015)
- George Ade (1866–1944)
- Renata Adler (* 1938)
- Warren Adler (1927–2019)
- James Agee (1909–1955)
- Joel Agee (* 1940)
- Jonis Agee (* 1943)
- Conrad Aiken (1889–1973)
- Edward Albee (1928–2016)
- Becky Albertalli (* 1982)
- Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888)
- Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
- William Livingston Alden (1837–1908)
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907)
- Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007)
- Sherman Alexie (* 1966)
- Horatio Alger jr. (1832–1899)
- Nelson Algren (1909–1981)
- Candace Allen (* 1950)
- Ed Allen (* 1948)
- Hervey Allen (1889–1949)
- Paula Gunn Allen (1939–2008)
- Dorothy Allison (* 1949)
- Aaron Allston (1960–2014)
- Washington Allston (1779–1843)
- Rebecca Alpert (* 1950)
- Hilton Als (* 1960)
- Lisa Alther (* 1944)
- Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919)
- Noel Alumit (* 1968)
- Julia Alvarez (* 1950)
- A. R. Ammons (1926–2001)
- Benjamin Anastas (1969)
- Rudolfo Anaya (1937–2020)
- Charlie Jane Anders (* 1969)
- Maxwell Anderson (1888–1959)
- Poul Anderson (1926–2001)
- Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941)
- Bruce Andrews (* 1948)
- V. C. Andrews (1923–1986)
- Maya Angelou (1928–2014)
- Tina McElroy Ansa (* 1949)
- A. Manette Ansay (* 1964)
- Nick Antosca (* 1983)
- Donald Antrim (* 1958)
- Gloria Anzaldúa (1942–2004)
- Allen Appel (* 1945)
- Benjamin Appel (1907–1977)
- Max Apple (* 1941)
- Harriette Arnow (1908–1986)
- Elizabeth Arthur (* 1953)
- Timothy Shay Arthur (1809–1885)
- Newton Arvin (1900–1963)
- Schalom Asch (1880–1957)
- John Ashbery (1927–2017)
- Jay Asher (* 1975)
- Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
- Rilla Askew (* 1951)
- Robert Lynn Asprin (1946–2008)
- Gertrude Atherton (1857–1948)
- Nancy Atherton (* 1955)
- William Attaway (1911–1986)
- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (* 1984)
- Louis Auchincloss (1917–2010)
- W. H. Auden (1907–1973)
- Jean M. Auel (* 1936)
- Shalom Auslander (* 1970)
- Paul Auster (1947–2024)
- Mary Hunter Austin (1868–1934)
- Ellis Avery (1972–2019)
- Victoria Aveyard (* 1990)
- Dorothy Baker (1907–1968)
- Nicholson Baker (* 1957)
- James Robert Baker (1946–1997)
- Ray Stannard Baker (1870–1946)
- David Baldacci (* 1960)
- James Baldwin (1924–1987)
- John Ball (1911–1988)
- Toni Cade Bambara (1939–1995)
- John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922)
- Russell Banks (1940–2023)
- Amiri Baraka (1934–2014)
- James Nelson Barker (1784–1858)
- Joel Barlow (1754–1812)
- Djuna Barnes (1892–1982)
- Allen Barnett (1955–1991)
- Lisa A. Barnett (1958–2006)
- Len Barot (* 1950)
- Nevada Barr (* 1952)
- Thomas A. Barron (* 1952)
- Philip Barry (1896–1949)
- John Barth (1930–2024)
- Donald Barthelme (1931–1989)
- Frederick Barthelme (* 1943)
- William Barton (* 1950)
- Jacques Barzun (1907–2012)
- Hamilton Basso (1904–1964)
- Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929)
- Marion Dane Bauer (* 1938)
- Lyman Frank Baum (1856–1919)
- Bruce Bawer (* 1956)
- George Baxt (1923–2003)
- William Bayer (* 1939)
- Edward L. Beach (1918–2002)
- Peter S. Beagle (* 1939)
- Greg Bear (1951–2022)
- Ann Beattie (* 1947)
- Alison Bechdel (* 1960)
- Louis Begley (* 1933)
- Samuel Nathaniel Behrman (1893–1973)
- David Belasco (1853–1931)
- Julie Bell (* 1958)
- Edward Bellamy (1850–1898)
- Saul Bellow (1915–2005)
- Peter Benchley (1940–2006)
- Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943)
- William Rose Benét (1886–1950)
- Chloe Benjamin (* 1988)
- John Berendt (* 1939)
- Elizabeth Beresford (1868–1944)
- Thomas Berger (1924–2014)
- S. Bear Bergman (* 1974)
- Charles Bernstein (* 1950)
- Ted Berrigan (1934–1983)
- John Berryman (1914–1972)
- Allan Bérubé (1946–2007)
- Betty Berzon (1928–2006)
- Frank Bidart (* 1939)
- Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
- Lloyd Biggle, jr. (1923–2002)
- Robert Montgomery Bird (1806–1854)
- Norman Birnbaum (1926–2019)
- Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
- John Peale Bishop (1892–1944)
- Michael Bishop (1945–2023)
- Michael Blake (1945–2015)
- William Peter Blatty (1928–2017)
- Eric Blau (1921–2009)
- Lucy Jane Bledsoe (* 1957)
- Francesca Lia Block (* 1962)
- Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919)
- Michael Blumlein (1948–2019)
- Robert Bly (1926–2021)
- Louise Bogan (1897–1970)
- Grace Lee Boggs (1915–2015)
- Guy Bolton (1884–1979)
- Nelson Slade Bond (1908–2006)
- Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)
- Barrie Jean Borich (* 1959)
- Malcolm J. Bosse (1926–2002)
- John Boswell (1947–1994)
- Dion Boucicault (1820–1890)
- Ben Bova (1932–2020)
- James Bovard (* 1956)
- Richard Bowes (1944–2023)
- Jane Bowles (1917–1973)
- Paul Bowles (1910–1999)
- Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen (1848–1895)
- Keith Boykin (* 1965)
- Kay Boyle (1902–1992)
- T. C. Boyle (* 1948)
- Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748–1816)
- Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
- Ray Bradbury (1920–2012)
- Scott Bradfield (* 1955)
- Arthur Bradford (* 1969)
- William Bradford (1590–1657)
- Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999)
- Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672)
- Christopher Bram (* 1952)
- Rebecca Brandewyne (* 1955)
- Giannina Braschi (* 1953)
- Richard Brautigan (1935–1984)
- Stefan Brecht (1924–2009)
- Maeve Brennan (1917–1993)
- Lily Brett (* 1946)
- Patricia Briggs (* 1965)
- Gwen Bristow (1903–1980)
- Poppy Z. Brite (* 1967)
- Andrew Britton (1981–2008)
- Harold Brodkey (1930–1996)
- Gerald Brom (* 1965)
- Louis Bromfield (1896–1956)
- E. M. Broner (1927–2011)
- William Bronk (1918–1999)
- Michael Bronski (* 1949)
- Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000)
- T. Alan Broughton (1936–2013)
- Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810)
- Dan Brown (* 1964)
- Frank London Brown (1927–1962)
- Fredric Brown (1906–1972)
- Harry Brown (1917–1986)
- Jericho Brown (* 1976)
- Larry Brown (1951–2004)
- Rita Mae Brown (* 1944)
- William Hill Brown (1765–1793)
- William Wells Brown (1814–1884)
- Charles Farrar Browne (1834–1867)
- John Ross Browne (1817–1875)
- Sylvia Brownrigg (* 1964)
- C. D. B. Bryan (1936–2009)
- William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
- Bill Bryson (* 1951)
- Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973)
- Algis Budrys (1931–2008)
- Vincent Bugliosi (1934–2015)
- Charles Bukowski (1920–1994)
- Vern Leroy Bullough (1928–2006)
- Eve Bunting (1928–2023)
- Nick Burd (* 1980)
- Ben Lucien Burman (1895–1984)
- John Horne Burns (1916–1953)
- Augusten Burroughs (* 1965)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950)
- John Burroughs (1837–1921)
- William S. Burroughs (1914–1997)
- Charles Busch (* 1954)
- Frederick Busch (1941–2006)
- Candace Bushnell (* 1958)
- Judith Butler (* 1956)
- Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006)
- Witter Bynner (1881–1968)
- Rob Byrnes (* 1958)
- James Branch Cabell (1879–1958)
- George Washington Cable (1844–1925)
- Chelsea Cain (* 1972)
- James M. Cain (1892–1977)
- Rachel Caine (1962–2020)
- Alice Calaprice (* 1941)
- Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987)
- Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985)
- Patrick Califia (* 1954)
- Andrew Calimach (* 1953)
- Hortense Calisher (1911–2009)
- Peter Cameron (* 1959)
- Paul-Henri Campbell (* 1982)
- Truman Capote (1924–1984)
- Emile Capouya (1925–2005)
- Tom Cardamone (* 1969)
- Dale Carnegie (1888–1955)
- Caleb Carr (1955–2024)
- John Dickson Carr (1906–1977)
- Mary Jane Carr (1895–1988)
- Jim Carroll (1949–2009)
- Jonathan Carroll (* 1949)
- David Carter (1952–2020)
- Forrest Carter (1925–1979)
- Stephen L. Carter (* 1954)
- Jeffrey A. Carver (* 1949)
- Raymond Carver (1938–1988)
- Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998)
- Ana Castillo (* 1953)
- Linda Castillo (* 1960)
- Willa Cather (1873–1947)
- Bruce Catton (1899–1978)
- Michael Chabon (* 1963)
- Becky Chambers (* 1985)
- Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)
- Iris Chang (1968–2004)
- William Ellery Channing (1780–1842)
- William Ellery Channing (1817–1901)
- Louis Charbonneau (1924–2017)
- Jerome Charyn (* 1937)
- Mary Ellen Chase (1887–1973)
- George Chauncey (* 1954)
- Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981)
- Stephen Chbosky (* 1970)
- John Cheever (1912–1982)
- Phyllis Chesler (* 1940)
- Charles W. Chesnutt (1858–1932)
- Tracy Chevalier (* 1962)
- Ted Chiang (* 1967)
- Lincoln Child (* 1957)
- Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880)
- Frank Chin (* 1940)
- Susan Choi (* 1969)
- Kate Chopin (1850–1904)
- Winston Churchill (1871–1947)
- John Ciardi (1916–1986)
- Jill Ciment (* 1953)
- Amy Clampitt (1920–1994)
- Tom Clancy (1947–2013)
- Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020)
- Walter van Tilburg Clark (1909–1971)
- Connie Clausen (1923–1997)
- Beverly Cleary (1916–2021)
- Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998)
- Lucille Clifton (1936–2010)
- Mark Clifton (1906–1963)
- Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944)
- Harlan Coben (* 1962)
- Eleanor Coerr (1922–2010)
- Joshua Cohen (* 1980)
- Abner Weyman Colgate (1838–1904)
- Richard Oliver Collin (* 1940)
- Billy Collins (* 1941)
- Jackie Collins (1937–2015)
- Larry Collins (1929–2005)
- Suzanne Collins (* 1962)
- Katharine Coman (1857–1915)
- Michael Connelly (* 1956)
- Pat Conroy (1945–2016)
- Blanche Wiesen Cook (* 1941)
- Bruce Alexander Cook (1932–2003)
- Glen Cook (* 1944)
- Robin Cook (* 1940)
- John Esten Cooke (1830–1886)
- Stephen Coonts (* 1946)
- Anna J. Cooper (1858–1964)
- Dennis Cooper (* 1953)
- James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851)
- Robert Coover (* 1932)
- Alfred Coppel (1921–2004)
- Tee Corinne (1943–2006)
- Patricia Cornwell (* 1956)
- Gregory Corso (1930–2001)
- Jayne Cortez (1934–2012)
- John Cotton (1585–1652)
- Catherine Coulter (* 1942)
- Elise Cowen (1933–1962)
- Malcolm Cowley (1898–1989)
- James Gould Cozzens (1903–1978)
- Caprice Crane (* 1970)
- Hart Crane (1899–1932)
- Stephen Crane (1871–1900)
- Francis Marion Crawford (1854–1909)
- Robert Creeley (1926–2005)
- Jean de Crèvecoeur (1735–1813)
- Harry Crews (1935–2012)
- Michael Crichton (1942–2008)
- Ann C. Crispin (1950–2013)
- Deborah Crombie (* 1952)
- Justin Cronin (* 1962)
- Ellen Crosby (* 1953)
- Harry Crosby (1898–1929)
- Ethan Cross (* unbekannt), Pseudonym
- Mart Crowley (1935–2020)
- Countee Cullen (1903–1946)
- Edward Estlin Cummings (1894–1962)
- Michael Cunningham (* 1952)
- George William Curtis (1824–1892)
- Jamie Lee Curtis (* 1958)
- James Oliver Curwood (1878–1927)
- Clive Cussler (1931–2020)
- Janet Dailey (1944–2013)
- Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (1815–1882)
- Mark Z. Danielewski (* 1966)
- James Dashner (* 1972)
- Guy Davenport (1927–2005)
- Diane Mott Davidson (* 1949)
- Donald Davidson (1893–1968)
- Dorothy Salisbury Davis (1916–2014)
- Lydia Davis (* 1947)
- Rebecca Harding Davis (1831–1910)
- Richard Harding Davis (1864–1916)
- John William De Forest (1826–1906)
- Nelson DeMille (* 1943)
- Jeffery Deaver (* 1950)
- Margaret Deland (1857–1945)
- Matthew B. J. Delaney (* 19**)
- Samuel Delany (* 1942)
- Don DeLillo (* 1936)
- Floyd Dell (1887–1969)
- John D’Emilio (* 1948)
- Joseph Dennie (1768–1812)
- Bradley Denton (* 1958)
- Babette Deutsch (1895–1982)
- James Dickey (1923–1997)
- Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
- John Dickinson (1732–1808)
- Joan Didion (1934–2021)
- William C. Dietz (* 1945)
- Annie Dillard (* 1945)
- S. S. Van Dine (1888–1939)
- Diane DiPrima (1934–2020)
- Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008)
- Irene Dische (* 1952)
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (* 1956)
- Melvin Dixon (1950–1992)
- Carl Djerassi (1923–2015)
- E. L. Doctorow (1931–2015)
- Anthony Doerr (* 1973)
- James Patrick Donleavy (1926–2017)
- Lara Elena Donnelly (* 1990)
- Hilda Doolittle (H. D.) (1886–1961)
- Edward Dorn (1929–1999)
- John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
- Mark Doty (* 1953)
- Lloyd C. Douglas (1877–1951)
- Frederick Douglass (1818–1895)
- Rita Dove (* 1952)
- David Drake (1945–2023)
- Joseph Rodman Drake (1795–1820)
- Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945)
- Karen Drogin (* 1965)
- Allen Drury (1918–1998)
- Martin Duberman (* 1930)
- William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868–1963)
- Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977)
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
- Lois Duncan (1934–2016)
- Robert Duncan (1919–1988)
- William Dunlap (1766–1839)
- Katherine Dunn (1945–2016)
- Dominick Dunne (1925–2009)
- Finley Peter Dunne (1867–1936)
- John Gregory Dunne (1932–2003)
- Christopher Durang (1949–2024)
- Evert Augustus Duyckinck (1816–1878)
- Timothy Dwight IV (1752–1817)
- Elana Dykewomon (1949–2022)
- Wayne R. Dynes (1934–2021)
- Tony Earley (* 1961/62)
- William Eastlake (1917–1997)
- Max Eastman (1883–1969)
- Richard Eberhart (1904–2005)
- David Ebershoff (* 1969)
- Allan W. Eckert (1931–2011)
- David Eddings (1931–2009)
- Leigh Eddings (1937–2007)
- Jonathan Edwards (Prediger) (1703–1758)
- Dave Eggers (* 1970)
- Edward Eggleston (1837–1902)
- Tristan Egolf (1971–2005)
- T. S. Eliot (1888–1965)
- Stanley Elkin (1930–1995)
- Sumner Locke Elliott (1917–1991)
- Bret Easton Ellis (* 1964)
- Harlan Ellison (1934–2018)
- Ralph Ellison (1914–1994)
- James Ellroy (* 1948)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
- Carol Emshwiller (1921–2019)
- F. William Engdahl (* 1944)
- Nathan Englander (* 1970)
- Paul Erdman (1932–2007)
- Louise Erdrich (* 1954)
- Steve Erickson (* 1950)
- John Erskine (1879–1951)
- William N. Eskridge (* 1951)
- Jeffrey Eugenides (* 1960)
- Janet Evanovich (* 1943)
- Lillian Faderman (* 1940)
- Anne Fadiman (* 1953)
- Ian Falconer (1959–2023)
- John Fante (1909–1983)
- Richard Fariña (1937–1966)
- Walter Farley (1915–1989)
- Philip José Farmer (1918–2009)
- James T. Farrell (1904–1979)
- Howard Fast (1914–2003)
- William Faulkner (1897–1962)
- Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882–1961)
- Raymond Federman (1928–2009)
- David B. Feinberg (1956–1994)
- Leslie Feinberg (1949–2014)
- Raymond Feist (* 1945)
- Marilyn Ferguson (1938–2008)
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021)
- Robert Ferro (1941–1988)
- Edward Field (* 1924)
- Eugene Field (1850–1895)
- Rachel Field (1894–1942)
- Annie Adams Fields (1834–1915)
- Herbert Fields (1897–1958)
- Amanda Filipacchi (* 1967)
- Peter Fisher (1944–2012)
- Vardis Fisher (1895–1968)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
- Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948)
- Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974)
- Eric Flint (1947–2022)
- Michael F. Flynn (1947–2023)
- Vince Flynn (1966–2013)
- Jonathan Safran Foer (* 1977)
- Shelby Foote (1916–2005)
- Esther Forbes (1891–1967)
- Michael Thomas Ford (* 1968)
- Richard Ford (* 1944)
- Gayle Forman (* 1970)
- Justus Forman (1875–1915)
- Hannah Webster Foster (1758–1840)
- Jeannette Howard Foster (1895–1981)
- Stephen Foster (Lieder) (1826–1864)
- Ben Fountain (* 1958)
- Paula Fox (1923–2017)
- George Foy (* 1952)
- David France (* 1959)
- Nathaniel Frank (*)
- Waldo Frank (1889–1967)
- Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)
- Jonathan Franzen (* 1959)
- Harold Frederic (1856–1898)
- Castle Freeman (* 1944)
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen junior (1912–2005)
- Marilyn French (1929–2009)
- Philip Freneau (1752–1832)
- Bruce Jay Friedman (1930–2020)
- Robert Dean Frisbie (1896–1948)
- Jack Fritscher (* 1939)
- Robert Frost (1874–1963)
- James Fugaté (1922–1995)
- Charles Fuller (1939–2022)
- Henry Blake Fuller (1857–1929)
- Margaret Fuller (1810–1850)
- Jacques Futrelle (1875–1912)
- William Gaddis (1922–1998)
- Nicholas Gage (* 1939)
- Ernest J. Gaines (1933–2019)
- Zona Gale (1874–1938)
- Paul Gallico (1897–1976)
- Joshua Gamson (* 1962)
- Muriel Gardiner (1901–1985)
- Erle Stanley Gardner (1889–1970)
- John Gardner (1933–1982)
- Hamlin Garland (1860–1940)
- Randall Garrett (1927–1987)
- William Gass (1924–2017)
- Roxane Gay (* 1974)
- Jack Gelber (1932–2003)
- Elizabeth George (* 1949)
- Jean Craighead George (1919–2012)
- Tess Gerritsen (* 1953)
- Masha Gessen (* 1967)
- William Gibson (* 1948)
- William Gibson (1914–2008)
- Elsa Gidlow (1898–1986)
- Elizabeth Gilbert (* 1969)
- Ellen Gilchrist (1935–2024)
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935)
- Dorothy Gilman (1923–2012)
- Frank D. Gilroy (1925–2015)
- Alex Gino
- Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997)
- Janine di Giovanni (* 1961)
- Nikki Giovanni (* 1943)
- William Giraldi (* 1974)
- Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)
- Susan Glaspell (1876–1948)
- Louise Glück (1943–2023)
- Donald F. Glut (* 1944)
- Joey Goebel (* 1980)
- Herbert Gold (1924–2023)
- Albert Goldbarth (* 1948)
- Natalie Goldberg (* 1948)
- Arthur Golden (* 1956)
- Christie Golden (* 1963)
- William Goldman (1931–2018)
- Jewelle Gomez (* 1948)
- Rigoberto González (* 1970)
- Brad Gooch (* 1952)
- Melissa Good (* 1962)
- Terry Goodkind (1948–2020)
- Ron Goulart (1933–2022)
- Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793–1860)
- Lester Goran (1928–2014)
- Mary Gordon (* 1949)
- Noah Gordon (1926–2021)
- Charles Gordone (1925–1995)
- Vivian Gornick (* 1935)
- Paula Gosling (* 1939)
- William Goyen (1915–1983)
- Sue Grafton (1940–2017)
- Judy Grahn (* 1940)
- Linda Grant (* 1942)
- Shirley Ann Grau (1929–2020)
- Elizabeth Graver (* 1964)
- Andrew Greeley (1928–2013)
- Anne Green (1891–1979)
- Gerald Green (1922–2006)
- John Green (* 1977)
- Julien Green (1900–1998)
- Harlan Greene (* 1953)
- Andrew Sean Greer (* 1970)
- Horace Gregory (1898–1982)
- Zane Grey (1872–1939)
- Barbara Grier (1933–2011)
- W. E. B. Griffin (1929–2019)
- Jim Grimsley (* 1955)
- John Grisham (* 1955)
- Winston Groom (1943–2020)
- Doris Grumbach (1918–2022)
- Michael Grumley (1942–1988)
- James Gunn (1923–2020)
- Allan Gurganus (* 1947)
- Albert Ramsdell Gurney (1930–2017)
- Beth Gutcheon (* 1945)
- David Guterson (* 1956)
- Brion Gysin (1916–1986)
- Charles F. Haanel (1866–1949)
- John Habberton (1842–1921)
- Marilyn Hacker (* 1942)
- Jessica Hagedorn (* 1949)
- Kimiko Hahn (* 1955)
- Jennifer Haigh (* 1968)
- Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909)
- Alex Haley (1921–1992)
- James Hall (Schriftsteller) (1793–1868)
- James Norman Hall (1887–1951)
- Fitz-Greene Halleck (1790–1867)
- Barbara Hambly (* 1951)
- Laurell K. Hamilton (* 1963)
- Virginia Hamilton (1936–2002)
- Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961)
- Lori Handeland (* 1961)
- Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965)
- Joseph Hansen (1923–2004)
- Paul Harding (* 1967)
- Elizabeth Hardwick (1916–2007)
- Joy Harjo (* 1951)
- Henry Harland (1861–1905)
- Frances Harper (1825–1911)
- Stephen Harrigan (* 1948)
- Bertha Harris (1937–2005)
- E. Lynn Harris (1955–2009)
- Joel Chandler Harris (1848–1908)
- Susan Harris (* 1940)
- Harry Harrison (1925–2012)
- Jim Harrison (1937–2016)
- Carla Harryman (* 1952)
- Ellen Hart (* 1949)
- Bret Harte (1836–1902)
- Kent Haruf (1943–2014)
- Alamgir Hashmi
- Adam Haslett (* 1970)
- Ethan Hawke (* 1970)
- John Hawkes (Schriftsteller) (1925–1998)
- Noah Hawley (* 1967)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)
- John Hay (1838–1905)
- Louise Hay (1926–2017)
- Robert Hayden
- Elizabeth Haydon (* 1965)
- Joseph Hayes (1918–2006)
- H. D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961)
- Trebor Healey (* 1962)
- Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904)
- Anthony Hecht (1923–2004)
- Carolyn Heilbrun (1926–2003)
- Scott Heim (* 1966)
- Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988)
- Joseph Heller (1923–1999)
- Lillian Hellman (1905–1984)
- Mark Helprin (* 1947)
- Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
- Kaui Hart Hemmings (* 1975)
- Essex Hemphill (1957–1995)
- John G. Hemry (* 1956)
- O. Henry (1862–1910)
- Frank Herbert (1920–1986)
- Joseph Hergesheimer (1880–1954)
- James Leo Herlihy (1927–1993)
- James Herne (1839–1901)
- Michael Herr (1940–2016)
- Robert Herrick (1868–1938)
- John Hersey (1914–1993)
- Joan Hess (1949–2017)
- Christopher Heyn (* 19**)
- Jim Heynen (* 1940)
- Dorothy Heyward (1890–1961)
- Dick Higgins
- George V. Higgins (1939–1999)
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823–1911)
- Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995)
- Oscar Hijuelos (1951–2013)
- Raul Hilberg (1926–2007)
- Joe Hill (* 1972)
- Nathan Hill (* 1975)
- Chester Himes (1909–1984)
- William Hjortsberg (1941–2017)
- Tami Hoag (* 1959)
- Russell Hoban (1925–2011)
- Alice Tisdale Hobart (1882–1967)
- Edward D. Hoch (1930–2008)
- Adam Hochschild (* 1942)
- Arlie Russell Hochschild (* 1940)
- Michael Hoeye (* 1947)
- Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)
- Alice Hoffman (* 1952)
- Calvin Hoffman (1906–1986)
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