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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 (1871-1958), was an American journalist and author.
See more »Alcott, Louisa May
Alcott, AWL kuht or AWL kot, Louisa May (1832-1888), was an American author.
See more »Alger, Horatio
Alger, AL juhr, Horatio (1832-1899), was an American author of novels for boys.
See more »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.
See more »Allen, Hervey
Allen, Hervey (1889-1949), was an American author best known for his historical romance Anthony Adverse (1933).
See more »Anderson, Sherwood
Anderson, Sherwood (1876-1941), was an American short-story writer and novelist.
See more »Baldwin, James
Baldwin, James (1924-1987), was a black American novelist, essayist, and playwright.
See more »Barth, John
Barth, John (1930-...), is one of the most experimental novelists in modern American literature.
See more »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.
See more »Benchley, Robert
Benchley, Robert (1889-1945), was an American humorist, drama critic, and actor.
See more »Benet, Stephen Vincent
Benet, beh NAY, Stephen Vincent (1898-1943), was an American poet and fiction writer.
See more »Bradford, Roark
Bradford, Roark (1896-1948), was an American author known for his tales about black life in the South.
See more »Braun, Lilian Jackson
Braun, Lilian Jackson (1916?-...), is an American author of detective stories that feature a Siamese cat.
See more »Bromfield, Louis
Bromfield, BROM feeld, Louis (1896-1956), was an American novelist, gentleman farmer, and political writer.
See more »Brown, Charles Brockden
Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810), was the first major American novelist.
See more »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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