Charles Portis

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1. Charles Portis

   Author of The Dog of the South, Norwood, Masters of Atlantis

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6. Walker Percy

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7. Denis Johnson

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8. Don DeLillo

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9. Stephen King

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10. James M. Cain

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11. Elmore Leonard

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12. Richard Powers

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13. Jim Thompson

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17. James Dickey

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18. Mary Roach

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19. William H. Gass

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