List of novelists from the United States

This is a list of novelists from the United States. Novelists on this list should be notable in some way, and ideally have a Wikipedia article.

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• G. W. Cable
• James M. Cain (1892-1977), The Postman Always Rings Twice, and Mildred Pierce
• Erskine Caldwell (1903-1987), God's Little Acre
• Truman Capote (1924-1984)
• Orson Scott Card (born 1951)
• Willa Cather (1873-1947), The Professor's House, and My Ántonia
• Mary Hartwell Catherwood
• Michael Chabon (born 1964), The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, and Wonder Boys
• Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933)
• Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
• Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880)
• Kate Chopin (1850-1904)
• Michael Crichton (born 1942), Jurassic Park
• Winston Churchill (1871-1947), (no relation to the British Prime Minister)
• Tom Clancy (born 1947), The Hunt for Red October
• Sylvanus Cobb, Jr. The Gunmaker of Moscow
• John Esten Cooke (1830-1886), The Youth of Jefferson
• James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), Leatherstocking Tales
• Robert Coover (born 1932)
• Charles Cotton (1630-1687)
• Stephen Crane (1871-1900), The Red Badge of Courage
• Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909)
• Harry Crews (born 1935)
• Lisa Crystal Carver
• Maria Susanna Cummins (1827-1866)
• George Michael Cuomo (born 1929)
• George William Curtis (1824-1892)