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List of 20th-century American writers is an excerpt from a list of 20th century American writes, sorted by birth year. 


Contents


	1 1946
	2 1950
	3 1952
	4 1951
	5 1952
	6 1953
	7 1954
	8 1956
	9 1962
	10 1963
	11 See also
	12 References





1946[edit]

	Name
	Birthplace
	Genre/Movement/Subject(s)

	Tim O'Brien
	Austin, Minnesota
	Vietnam War



1950[edit]

	Name
	Birthplace
	Genre/Movement

	James Blaylock
	Long Beach, California
	Science fiction, humorous style, steampunk

	K.W. Jeter
	
	science fiction and horror

	Stephen R. Lawhead
	Kearney, Nebraska
	fantasy, science fiction, and historical fiction



1952[edit]

	Name
	Birthplace
	Genre/Movement

	Kim Stanley Robinson
	Waukegan, Illinois
	Science fiction, ecological, cultural and political themes

	Amy Tan
	Oakland, California
	Asian American literature



1951[edit]

	Name
	Birthplace
	Genre/Movement

	Rilla Askew
	
	

	Greg Bear
	San Diego, California
	Science fiction



1952[edit]

	Name
	Birthplace
	Genre/Movement

	Tim Powers
	Buffalo, New York
	Science fiction and fantasy

	Gary Soto
	Fresno, California
	Chicano literature



1953[edit]

	Name
	Birthplace
	Genre/Movement

	Pat Cadigan
	Fort Meade, Maryland
	Science Fiction, Cyberpunk



1954[edit]

	Name
	Birthplace
	Genre/Movement

	Louise Erdrich
	Little Falls, Minnesota
	Postmodernism, Native American Renaissance

	Bruce Sterling
	Brownsville, Texas
	Cyberpunk, Science fiction

	Neal Stephenson
	Fort Meade, Maryland
	Science fiction, speculative fiction



1956[edit]

	Name
	Birthplace
	Genre/Movement

	Peter David
	Fort Meade, Maryland
	Comic books



1962[edit]

	Name
	Birthplace
	Genre/Movement

	Chuck Palahniuk
	Pasco, Washington
	Postmodernism, minimalism



1963[edit]

	Name
	Birthplace
	Genre/Movement

	Donna Tartt
	Greenwood, Mississippi
	Neo-romanticism[1][circular reference]



See also[edit]

	List of 20th-century writers
	Literature in the 1970s
	Literature in the 1980s
	Literature in the 1990s
	Literature in the 2000s


References[edit]


	^ Donna Tartt












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