A
Isaac Asimov
Jane Austin
James Agee (1909-1955)
Louisa May Alcott (1832-88)
Stephen Ambrose
Margaret Atwood

B
Clive Barker 
Edgar R Burroughs   
Tom Bodett
Saul Bellow
Samuel Becket (1906-1989)
Pearl Buck (1892-1973)
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?)
James Lee Burke
Max Brand
Ray Bradbury

C
Stepen Coonts
Willa Cather (1873-1947)
Erskine Caldwell (1903-87)
Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
Tom Clancy (1947- )
Michael Crichton
Truman Capote (1924-1984)
Caleb Carr
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
James Clavell
Clive Cussler

D
Paul L Dunbar (1872-1906)
Edgar L Doctorow (1931-  )
Nelson Demille (1943-  )
Anita Diamant

E
Karen Essex
Louise Erdich
Janet Evanovich
David Eddings

F
William Faulkner (1897-1962)
Kinky Friedman
F Scott Fitzgerald (1986-1940)
Fannie Flag (1944-  )
Charles Frazier
Ken Follet
Ian Fleming
CS Forester

G
Denise Giardina (1951-  )
John Grishman
Margaret George
Zane Grey

H
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Jim Harrison (1937- )
Aldus Huxley
Ron L Hubbard
James Herriot
Jack Higgins
Thomas Hardy

J
James Joyce
John Jakes
Henry James (1843-1916)
Donald James (1931- )

I

K
Dean Koontz
Stephen King (1947- )
Jack Kerouac

M
Herman Melville (1819-1891)
James Michener (1907- )
Norman Mailer
Henry Miller (1891-1980)
Edgar L Masters (1869-1950)
Gregory Maquire
Patrick McManus

L
C.S. Lewis
Robert Ludlum
HP Lovecraft (1890-1937)
Jack London (1876-1916)
Nella Larson (1891-1964)
Elmore Leonard
Louis L'Amour

N

O
Joyce Carol Oates (1938- )

P
Thomas Pynchon (1937- )
Sharon Kay Penman

Q

R
Anne Rice (1941- )
Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
Marjorie K Rawlings(1896-1953)
Harold Robbins

S
Danielle Steel
John Steinbeck (1902-1968)
Sidney Sheldon
JD Salinger (1919  - )
William Saroyan (1908-1981)
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968)
Susan Sontag

T
James Thurber (1894-1961)
Henry Thoreau  (1870-1862)
Mark Twain (1835-1910)