Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980)

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1. Katherine Anne Porter

   Author of Ship of Fools, The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter, Pale Horse, Pale Rider: Three Short Novels

2. John Cheever

   Author of The Stories of John Cheever, The Wapshot Chronicle, John Cheever: Collected Stories and Other Writings (Library of America, No. 188)

3. Sinclair Lewis

   Author of Babbitt, Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry

4. James Agee

   Author of A Death in the Family, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, James Agee: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction (Library of America)

5. Saul Bellow

   Author of Humboldt's Gift, Mr Sammler's Planet, Saul Bellow: Novels 1956-1964: Seize the Day, Henderson the Rain King, Herzog (Library of America)

6. Eudora Welty

   Author of The Optimist's Daughter, The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings

7. William Faulkner

   Author of Sanctuary, The Reivers, A Fable

8. Willa Cather

   Author of Death Comes for the Archbishop, One of Ours, Lucy Gayheart

9. Thornton Wilder

   Author of The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder: Collected Plays and Writings on Theater (Library of America), Thornton Wilder: The Bridge of San Luis rey and Other Novels 1926-1948

10. William Maxwell

    Author of William Maxwell: Early Novels and Stories, William Maxwell: Later Novels and Stories: The Château / So Long, See You Tomorrow (Library of America #184)

11. Edmund Wilson

    Author of Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s & 30s: The Shores of Light / Axel's Castle / Uncollected Reviews, Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1930s & 40s: The Triple Thinkers, The Wound and the Bow, Classics and

12. Douglas Glover

    Author of Elle, Bad News of the Heart (Canadian Literature Series), Dog Attempts to Drown Man in Saskatoon

13. Henry James

    Author of The Ambassadors, Princess Casamassima, Henry James: Complete Stories 1874-1884 (Library of America)

14. Thomas Wolfe

    Author of Look Homeward, Angel, You Can't Go Home Again, The Web and the Rock

15. Jean Stafford

    Author of The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford, The Catherine Wheel

16. William Styron

    Author of Sophie's Choice, The Confessions of Nat Turner

17. Theodore Dreiser

    Author of Sister Carrie, An American Tragedy

18. Dave Eggers

    Author of The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003, The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005

19. Louis Menand

    Author of The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America, The Best American Essays 2004

20. William Dean Howells

    Author of The rise of Silas Lapham, William Dean Howells : Novels 1886-1888 : The Minister's Charge / April Hopes / Annie Kilburn (Library of America)