- List of novelists from the United States
This is a list of
novel ists from theUnited States , listed with titles of a major work for each.This is not intended to be a list of every American (born U.S. citizen, naturalized citizen, or long-time resident alien) who has published a
novel . (For the purposes of this article, "novel" is defined as an extended work offiction . This definition is loosely interpreted to include novellas, novelettes, and books of interconnected short stories.) Novelists on this list have achieved a notability that exceeds merely having been published. The writers on the current list fall into one or more of the following categories:
#Winner of a major literary prize, even if the winning work was a story collection rather than a novel: The Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, theAmerican Book Award , theNational Book Critics Circle Award , the Orange Prize, and some others. (Note: The only Pulitzer winner for Fiction not on the list isJames Alan McPherson , who has never published a novel.)
#Having a substantial body of work, widely respected and reviewed in major publications, and perhaps often nominated or a finalist for major awards.
#A pioneering literary figure, possibly for the style or substance of their entire body of work, or for a single novel that was a notable "first" of some kind in U.S. literary history.
#Had several massive bestsellers, or even just one huge seller that has entered the cultural lexicon (Grace Metalious and "Peyton Place", for example).
#A leading figure—especially award winning, and with crossover appeal to mainstream readers, reviewers, and scholars—in a major genre or subcategory of fiction:Science fiction ,fantasy , horror, mystery, western, young adult fiction, regional or "local color" fiction, proletarian fiction, etc.A
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The Great American Novel "*
American literature
**Colonial American literature
**Southern literature
**African American literature
**Jewish American literature
**LGBT literature *
Lists of writers
**List of short story authors
**List of novelists by nationality
**List of women writers
**List of African-American writers
**List of Asian-American writers
**List of Jewish American authors
**List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas *Awards
**Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (1918 – 1947)
**Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1948 to present)
**National Book Award *Bestsellers
**List of bestselling novels in the United States (From "Publishers Weekly ", the top ten each year from 1900 to 2005)References
* by Emmanuel S. Nelson (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000)
External links
* [http://www.awardannals.com/wiki/Honor_roll:Fiction_authors The most honored authors of fiction in recent history]
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