List of Novelists From The United States - M

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• John D. MacDonald (1916–1986), The Deep Blue Good-by
• Ross Macdonald (1915–1983), The Moving Target
• Harold MacGrath (1871–1932), The Man on the Box
• Norman Maclean (1902–1990), A River Runs Through It
• Charlotte MacLeod (1922–2005), The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
• Gregory Maguire (born 1954), Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
• Norman Mailer (1923–2007), The Naked and the Dead
• Charles Major (1856–1913), When Knighthood Was in Flower
• Clarence Major (born 1936), Painted Turtle: Woman With Guitar
• Bernard Malamud (1914–1986), The Natural
• Thomas Mallon (born 1951), Henry and Clara
• Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939), Beyond Apollo
• Frederick Manfred (1912–1994), Lord Grizzly
• William March (1893–1954), The Bad Seed
• Dee Marie (born 19??), Sons of Avalon, Merlin’s Prophecy
• Margaret Maron (born 19??), Bootlegger's Daughter
• John P. Marquand (1893–1960), The Late George Apley
• Catherine Marshall (1914–1983), Christy
• Paule Marshall (born 1929), Brown Girl, Brownstones
• George R. R. Martin (born 1948), A Game of Thrones
• Valerie Martin (born 1948), Mary Reilly
• Carole Maso (born 1955), Defiance
• Bobbie Ann Mason (born 1940), In Country
• F. Van Wyck Mason (1901–1978), Three Harbours
• Richard Matheson (born 1926), I Am Legend
• Harry Mathews (born 1930), The Conversions
• Jack Matthews (born 1925), Hanger Stout, Awake!
• Peter Matthiessen (born 1927), At Play in the Fields of the Lord
• Armistead Maupin (born 1944), Tales of the City
• William Maxwell (1908–2000), Time Will Darken It
• Joyce Maynard (born 1953), To Die For
• Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011), Dragonflight
• Robert R. McCammon (born 1952), Boy's Life
• Cormac McCarthy (born 1933), All the Pretty Horses
• Mary McCarthy (1912–1989), The Group
• Ed McClanahan (born 1932), Natural Man
• Horace McCoy (1897–1955), They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
• Elizabeth McCracken (born 1966), The Giant's House
• Sharyn McCrumb (born 1948), The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
• Carson McCullers (1917–1967), The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
• George Barr McCutcheon (1866–1928), Brewster's Millions
• Alice McDermott (born 1953), Charming Billy
• Gregory Mcdonald (born 1937), Fletch
• Joseph McElroy (born 1930), A Smuggler's Bible
• William McFee (1881–1966), Casuals of the Sea
• William P. McGivern (1918–1982), Blondes Die Young
• Thomas McGuane (born 1939), Nothing But Blue Skies
• Jay McInerney (born 1955), Bright Lights, Big City
• Richard McKenna (1913–1964), The Sand Pebbles
• Reginald McKnight (born 1956), He Sleeps
• James McManus (born 1951), Going to the Sun
• Terry McMillan (born 1951), Waiting to Exhale
• Larry McMurtry (born 1936), Lonesome Dove
• Stephen W. Meader (1892–1977), Boy with a Pack
• Herman Melville (1819–1891), Moby-Dick
• Gordon Merrick (1916–1988), The Lord Won't Mind
• Claire Messud (born 1966), When the World Was Steady
• Grace Metalious (1924–1964), Peyton Place
• Stephenie Meyer (born 1973), Twilight
• Leonard Michaels (1933–2003), The Men's Club
• James A. Michener (1907–1997), Tales of the South Pacific
• Caroline Miller (1903–1992), Lamb in His Bosom
• Henry Miller (1891–1980), Tropic of Cancer
• Rex Miller (1939–2004), Slob
• Sue Miller (born 1943), The Good Mother
• Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923–1996), A Canticle for Leibowitz
• Lydia Millet (born 1968), My Happy Life
• Steven Millhauser (born 1943), Martin Dressler
• Anchee Min (born 1957), Becoming Madame Mao
• Stephen Minot (born 1927), Surviving the Flood
• Susan Minot (born 1956), Evening
• Jacquelyn Mitchard (born 1955), The Deep End of the Ocean
• Donald Grant Mitchell (1822–1908), Dr. Johns
• Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949), Gone with the Wind
• S. Weir Mitchell (1829–1914), Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker
• N. Scott Momaday (born 1934), House Made of Dawn
• Rick Moody (born 1961), The Ice Storm
• Christopher Moore (born 1957),
  Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
• Lorrie Moore (born 1957), Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
• Ruth Moore (1903–1989), Spoonhandle
• Susanna Moore (born 1947), In the Cut
• Ward Moore (1903–1978), Bring the Jubilee
• Robert Morgan (born 1944), Gap Creek
• Christopher Morley (1890–1957), Kitty Foyle
• Mary McGarry Morris (born 1943), Songs In Ordinary Time
• Wright Morris (1910–1998), Plains Song
• Toni Morrison (born 1931), Beloved
• Bradford Morrow (born 1951), Trinity Fields
• James Morrow (born 1947), Towing Jehovah
• Howard Frank Mosher (born c. 1943), A Stranger in the Kingdom
• Walter Mosley (born 1952), Devil in a Blue Dress
• Dow Mossman (born 1944), The Stones of Summer
• Willard Motley (1912–1965), Knock on Any Door
• Bharati Mukherjee (born 1940), Jasmine
• Clarence E. Mulford (1883–1956), Hopalong Cassidy
• Marcia Muller (born 1944), Wolf in the Shadows
• Mary Noailles Murfree (1850–1922), The Amulet
• Sabina Murray (born 1968), A Carnivore's Inquiry
• John Myers Myers (1906–1988), Silverlock
• Anton Myrer (1922–1996), Once an Eagle