List of Novelists From The United States - C

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• James Branch Cabell (1879–1958), Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice
• George Washington Cable (1844–1925), The Grandissimes
• Meg Cabot (born 1967), The Princess Diaries
• Abraham Cahan (1860–1951), The Rise of David Levinsky
• Chelsea Cain (born 1972), Heartsick
• James M. Cain (1892–1977), The Postman Always Rings Twice
• Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987), God's Little Acre
• Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985), Dynasty of Death
• Hortense Calisher (1911–2009), False Entry
• Bebe Moore Campbell (1950–2006), Singing in the Comeback Choir
• John W. Campbell (1910–1971), The Mightiest Machine
• Ethan Canin (born 1960), For Kings and Planets
• Robert Cantwell (1908–1978), The Land of Plenty
• Kevin Canty (born 1953), Nine Below Zero
• Truman Capote (1924–1984), Other Voices, Other Rooms
• Philip Caputo (born 1941), Delcorso's Gallery
• Orson Scott Card (born 1951), Ender's Game
• Ron Carlson (born 1947), Betrayed by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Don Carpenter (1931–1995), Hard Rain Falling
• Caleb Carr (born 1955), The Alienist
• John Dickson Carr (1906–1977), The Crooked Hinge
• Gladys Hasty Carroll (1904–1999), As the Earth Turns
• Jonathan Carroll (born 1949), The Land of Laughs
• Forrest Carter (1925–1979), The Education of Little Tree
• Lin Carter (1930–1988), Sky Pirates of Callisto
• John Casey (born 1939), Spartina
• R. V. Cassill (1919–2002), Dr. Cobb's Game
• Ana Castillo (born 1953), So Far From God
• Willa Cather (1873–1947), My Ántonia
• Michael Chabon (born 1964), The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
• Jack L. Chalker (1944–2005), Midnight at the Well of Souls
• Robert W. Chambers (1865–1933), In the Quarter
• Raymond Chandler (1888–1959), The Big Sleep
• Jessie Chandler (born 1968), Bingo Barge Murder
• James Chapman, (born 1955), Stet
• Fred Chappell (born 1936), Dagon
• Jerome Charyn (born 1937), Blue Eyes
• Mary Ellen Chase (1887–1973), Mary Peters
• Stephen Chbosky (born 1970), The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• John Cheever (1912–1982), The Wapshot Chronicle
• Maxine Chernoff (born 1952), American Heaven
• C. J. Cherryh (born 1942), Cyteen
• Charles W. Chesnutt (1858–1932), The Marrow of Tradition
• Alan Cheuse (born 1940), The Grandmother's Club
• Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880), Hobomok
• Mark Childress (born 1957), Crazy in Alabama
• Kate Chopin (1851–1904), The Awakening
• Winston Churchill (1871–1947), Richard Carvel
• Carolyn Chute (born 1947), The Beans of Egypt, Maine
• Sandra Cisneros (born 1954), The House on Mango Street
• Tom Clancy (born 1947), The Hunt for Red October
• Eleanor Clark (1913–1996), Baldur's Gate
• Mary Higgins Clark (born 1927), A Stranger is Watching
• Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1909–1971), The Ox-Bow Incident
• Beverly Cleary (born 1916), Ramona the Pest
• Jeremiah Clemens (1814–1865), Tobias Wilson
• Samuel Langhorne Clemens (See: Mark Twain)
• Hal Clement (1922–2003), Mission of Gravity
• Michelle Cliff (born 1946), Abeng
• Robert M. Coates (1897–1973), The Eater of Darkness
• Harlan Coben (born 1962), Deal Breaker
• Laurie Colwin (1944–1992), Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object
• Richard Condon (1915–1996), The Manchurian Candidate
• Evan S. Connell (born 1924), Mrs. Bridge
• Michael Connelly (born 1956), Blood Work
• Frank Conroy (1936–2005), Body and Soul
• Pat Conroy (born 1945), The Prince of Tides
• K. C. Constantine (born 1934), Upon Some Midnights Clear
• Robin Cook (born 1940), Coma
• John Esten Cooke (1830–1886), The Virginia Comedians
• J. California Cooper (born 1966), Some People, Some Other Place
• James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851), The Last of the Mohicans
• Robert Coover (born 1932), The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop.
• Edwin Corle (1906–1956), Fig Tree John
• Patricia Cornwell (born 1956), Postmortem
• James Gould Cozzens (1903–1978), Guard of Honor
• Robert Crais (born c. 1953), Hostage
• Stephen Crane (1871–1900), The Red Badge of Courage
• Margaret Craven (1901–1980), I Heard the Owl Call My Name
• Francis Marion Crawford (1854–1909), Saracinesca
• Harry Crews (born 1935), Scar Lover
• Michael Crichton (1942–2008), Jurassic Park
• Robert Crichton (1925–1993), The Secret of Santa Vittoria
• Amanda Cross (1926–2003), The James Joyce Murder
• John Crowley (born 1942), Little, Big
• Maria Susanna Cummins (1827–1866), The Lamplighter
• Michael Cunningham (born 1952), The Hours
• James Oliver Curwood (1878–1927), The Grizzly King
• Clive Cussler (born 1931), Raise the Titanic!