who are the best american writer/novelist?

[Bretty Poy32]

son, who are the best?

[TredKiller]

Stephen King. (period)

[Bretty Poy32]

Stephen King. (period)

definitely

[UglyPug]

Mark Twain.

[DeadLikeMe]

Stephanie Meyer....I just googled her name to make sure I was spelling it right, she could get it for sure.

[Bretty Poy32]

Stephanie Meyer....I just googled her name to make sure I was spelling it right, she could get it for sure.

how about the one who wrote 'the help'

[Jim Jeffries]

Thomas Wolfe, Robert Ruark, Ray Bradbury, William Faulkner and to a lesser extent Ernest Hemingway, in addition to the names mentioned. James Michener was pretty good, but I had a hard time taking him seriously after he wrote about killing an antelope and eating the gizzard (that only birds have) in one of his books. Michael Chrichton was good as well.

[talip bin osman]

salinger, bradbury and updi ke IMO... stephen king (yeah, why not...)

billy wilder and charlie kaufman for the screen...

[Bretty Poy32]

how about edgar allan poe? i tried reading some of his short stories, its hard to read..

[squealpiggy]

Stephen King. (period)

Oh good grief no.

Let's see, my picks for American authors:

Joseph Heller
George RR Martin
Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Anne Rice before she caught Jesus
Philip K Dick
Harper Lee

Yeah that should do it.