List of 20th-century American writers by birth year

List of 20th-century American writers is an excerpt from a list of 20th century American writes, 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-romanticism

See also

• List of 20th-century writers
• Literature in the 1970s