The Lists of American writers include:

United States

By ethnicity

• List of African-American writers
• List of Asian-American writers
• List of Cuban-American writers
• List of Egyptian-American writers
• List of Italian-American women writers
• List of Jewish-American writers
• List of Korean-American writers
• List of Mexican-American writers
• List of Puerto Rican writers
• List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas (not limited to the U.S.)

By field

• List of American literary critics
• List of American novelists
• List of American playwrights
• List of American poets
• List of American print journalists

By region

• List of Michigan writers
• List of San Francisco Bay Area writers
• List of Utah writers

Other regions of the Americas

• List of American expatriate writers
• List of Central American writers
• List of Latin American writers
• List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas (not limited to the US)

This article includes a literature-related list of lists.