List of 20th-century American writers is an excerpt from a list of 20th century American writers, sorted by birth year.
1946 Name Birthplace Genre/Movement/Subject(s) Tim O'Brien Austin, Minnesota Vietnam War
1950 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 Name Birthplace Genre/Movement Kim Stanley Robinson Waukegan, Illinois Science fiction, ecological, cultural and political themes Amy Tan Oakland, California Asian American literature
1951 Name Birthplace Genre/Movement Rilla Askew Greg Bear San Diego, California Science fiction
1952 Name Birthplace Genre/Movement Tim Powers Buffalo, New York Science fiction and fantasy Gary Soto Fresno, California Chicano literature
1953 Name Birthplace Genre/Movement Pat Cadigan Fort Meade, Maryland Science Fiction, Cyberpunk
1954 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 Name Birthplace Genre/Movement Peter David Fort Meade, Maryland Comic books Katie McKy Education
1962 Name Birthplace Genre/Movement Chuck Palahniuk Pasco, Washington Postmodernism, minimalism
1963 Name Birthplace Genre/Movement Donna Tartt Greenwood, Mississippi Neo-romanticismDonna Tartt
See also List of 20th-century writers Literature in the 1970s
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