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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• Ayn Rand (1905-1982), Atlas Shrugged, and The Fountainhead
• Anne Rice (born 1941), Interview with the Vampire
• Harold Robbins (1916-1997)
• Tom Robbins (born 1936)
• Lucia St. Clair Robson {born 1942}
• Edward Payson Roe (1838-1888)
• Philip Roth (born 1933), Portnoy's Complaint, and The Human Stain
• Susan Rowson