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Adamic, Louis

Adamic, AD uh mihk, Louis (1899-1951), was an American author who wrote about immigrants in the United States.

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Adams, Samuel Hopkins

Adams, Samuel Hopkins (1871-1958), was an American journalist and author.

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Agee, James

Agee, AY jee, James (1909-1955), was an American writer.

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Alcott, Louisa May

Alcott, AWL kuht or AWL kot, Louisa May (1832-1888), was an American author.

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Alger, Horatio

Alger, AL juhr, Horatio (1832-1899), was an American author of novels for boys.

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Algren, Nelson

Algren, AWL grihn, Nelson (1909-1981), an American author, is best known for fiction describing the brutal life of the Chicago slums of the 1930's and 1940's.

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Allen, Hervey

Allen, Hervey (1889-1949), was an American author best known for his historical romance Anthony Adverse (1933).

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Anderson, Sherwood

Anderson, Sherwood (1876-1941), was an American short-story writer and novelist.

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Asimov, Isaac

Asimov, AZ ih mahf, Isaac (1920-1992), was an American author.

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Baldwin, James

Baldwin, James (1924-1987), was a black American novelist, essayist, and playwright.

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Barth, John

Barth, John (1930-...), is one of the most experimental novelists in modern American literature.

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Bellamy, Edward

Bellamy, BEHL uh mee, Edward (1850-1898), an American author, wrote Looking Backward (1888), one of the most popular and influential novels of the 1800's.

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Benchley, Robert

Benchley, Robert (1889-1945), was an American humorist, drama critic, and actor.

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Benet, Stephen Vincent

Benet, beh NAY, Stephen Vincent (1898-1943), was an American poet and fiction writer.

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Bradford, Roark

Bradford, Roark (1896-1948), was an American author known for his tales about black life in the South.

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Braun, Lilian Jackson

Braun, Lilian Jackson (1916?-...), is an American author of detective stories that feature a Siamese cat.

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Bromfield, Louis

Bromfield, BROM feeld, Louis (1896-1956), was an American novelist, gentleman farmer, and political writer.

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Brown, Charles Brockden

Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810), was the first major American novelist.

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Bulfinch, Thomas

Bulfinch, Thomas (1796-1867), was an American writer who became famous for his popular retelling of myths and legends for young people.

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