Authors from North America
1338 popular North American novelists
This is a list of authors from North America that were recommended for the Read Around North America Challenge.
All the novelists listed below where born in North America.
2. A. Y. Chao Canada 
6. Ada Ferrer Cuba 
12. Agustin de Rojas Cuba
14. Aimée Thurlo Cuba
18. Alan Bradley Canada
31. Alice Munro Canada
34. Alicia Elliott Canada
41. Alma Flor Ada Cuba
44. Álvaro Enrigue Mexico 
46. Amal El-Mohtar Canada
50. Amanda Leduc Canada
53. Amanda Peters Canada
54. Amelia Blake Canada
57. Amparo Dávila Mexico
61. Amy Spurway Canada
67. Andrea Chapela Mexico
88. Anne Carson Canada
89. Anne Michaels Canada
103. Antonio Benitez-Rojo Cuba
105. Arlana Crane Canada
107. Armando Lucas Correa Cuba
113. Ashley Audrain Canada
119. Audrey Blake Canada
123. Auralee Wallace Canada
125. Austin Clarke Barbados 
127. Ave Barrera Mexico
128. Aviaq Johnston, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Anguti Johnston, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Canada
132. Bal Khabra Canada
138. Barbara Ras Costa Rica 
141. Becka Mack Canada
145. Ben Philippe Haiti 
157. Billy-Ray Belcourt Canada
158. Blair Bigham Canada
167. Brenda Lozano Mexico
168. Brenda Navarro Mexico
170. Brent Butt Canada
177. Bryan Lee O'Malley Canada
180. Budge Wilson Canada
182. C. L. Polk Canada
185. C.S. Richardson Canada
188. Callie Browning Barbados
189. Camilla Grudova Canada
192. Carley Fortune Canada
193. Carlos Acosta Cuba
194. Carlos Eire Cuba
195. Carlos Fonseca Costa Rica
196. Carlos Fonseca Nicaragua 
198. Carlos Fuentes Mexico
199. Carlos Fuentes Panama 
202. Carmen Agra Deedy Cuba
206. Caroline Dawson Canada
213. Casey Plett Canada
218. Cecil Browne St Vincent 
219. Cecilia Samartin Cuba
228. Cherie Dimaline Canada
229. Cherie Jones Barbados
235. Christiane Vadnais Canada
238. Christina Wong Canada
244. Claire Eamer Canada
251. Claudia Rankine Jamaica 
258. Cory Doctorow Canada
260. Craig Davidson Canada
262. Cristina García Cuba
267. Curdella Forbes Jamaica
269. Dahlia de la Cerda Mexico
270. Daína Chaviano Cuba
281. Daniel QUIROS Costa Rica
282. Daniel Sada Mexico
286. Dany Laferrière Haiti
293. David A. Robertson Canada
297. David Goudreault Canada
305. Deborah Ellis Canada
310. Denis Thériault Canada
315. Derek Walcott St. Lucia 
318. Diana Morán Garay Panama
321. Dimitry Elias Leger Haiti
324. Dominique Fortier Canada
328. Don Miguel Ruiz Mexico
338. Drew Hayden Taylor Canada
340. Duncan Tonatiuh Mexico
341. E. K. Johnston Canada
346. Eddy Boudel Tan Canada
347. Edel Rodriguez Cuba
348. Eden Robinson Canada
352. Edith Blais Canada
356. Edo Brenes Costa Rica
357. Eduardo Halfon Guatemala 
358. Eduardo Lalo Cuba
361. Eduardo Santiago Cuba
363. Edwidge Danticat Haiti
366. Elaine Vilar Madruga Cuba
367. Eleanor Catton Canada
369. Elena Garro Mexico
370. Elena Poniatowska Mexico
376. Elise Gravel Canada
381. Elizabeth Hay Canada
383. Elizabeth Smart Canada
389. Elliot Page Canada
391. Elvia Alvarado Honduras 
395. Emily Austin Canada
396. Emily Carroll Canada
403. Emmelie Prophète Haiti
407. Eric Plamondon Canada
416. Erna Brodber Jamaica
419. Esi Edugyan Canada
427. Fabian Escalante Cuba
429. Farah Heron Canada
430. Farheen Khan Canada
432. Fernanda Melchor Mexico
439. Francisco X. Stork Mexico
449. Garth Buckner Bahamas 
450. Garth St. Omer St. Lucia
453. Gay Alden Wilentz Belize 
455. Genevieve Graham Canada
457. George Lamming Barbados
468. Gioconda Belli Nicaragua
470. Glenville Lovell Barbados
472. Gloria Guardia Panama
479. Guadalupe Nettel Mexico
480. Guillermo Arriaga Mexico
483. Guillermo del Toro Mexico
485. Guy Delisle Canada
486. Gwen Strauss Haiti
487. Gwynne Dyer Canada
499. Harrison Mooney Canada
504. Heather Fawcett Canada
506. Heather M. Fawcett Canada
507. Heather Marshall Canada
508. Heather O'Neill Canada
511. Helen Klonaris Bahamas
512. Helen Power Canada
520. Homero Aridjis Mexico
538. Isabel Cañas Mexico
540. Ishi Robinson Jamaica
541. Italo Calvino Cuba
542. Ivonne Lamazares Cuba
574. Janika Oza Canada
577. Jasmine Sealy Barbados
581. Javier Zamora El Salvador 
582. Jazmina Barrera Mexico
585. Jean d'Amérique Haiti
599. Jennie Egerdie Canada
606. Jenny Kay Dupuis Canada
612. Jessica J. Lee Canada
613. Jessica Johns Canada
622. Joan Riley Jamaica
623. Joanna Goodman Canada
624. Joanne Skerrett Dominica 
627. Jocelyne Saucier Canada
633. Johanne Durocher Canada
650. Jon Klassen Canada
653. Jonathan Borjas Honduras
659. Jorge Galan El Salvador
662. José Esteban Muñoz Cuba
665. José Carlos Somoza Cuba
666. José Latour Cuba
668. José Luis Zárate Mexico
669. Joseph Boyden Canada
674. Joshua Whitehead Canada
675. Josie Balka Canada
678. Juan David Morgan Panama
681. Juan Rulfo Mexico
683. Juan Villoro Mexico
691. Juliana Lamy Haiti
694. Julissa Arce Mexico
697. Justo L. González Cuba
698. K A Albury Bahamas
699. Kai Cheng Thom Canada
701. Kamilah Cole Jamaica
703. Karen Le Billon Canada
704. Karen Lord Barbados
705. Karen Lord, etc Barbados
707. Karina Halle Canada
708. Karla Suarez Cuba
710. Kate Beaton Canada
717. Katherena Vermette Canada
720. Katherine Fawcett Canada
724. Katie Munnik Canada
726. Kei Miller Jamaica
733. Kereen Getten Jamaica
734. Keri Smith Canada
735. Kettly Mars Haiti
756. L. M. Montgomery Canada
758. L.M. Montgomery Canada
759. Laia Jufresa Mexico
763. Larry Tremblay Canada
765. Laura Esquivel Mexico
774. Lawrence Hill Canada
775. Le Fernandez Costa Rica
778. Lee Maracle Canada
783. Leo Bradley Belize
784. Leonardo Padura Cuba
790. Lisa Bird-Wilson Canada
792. Lise Bourbeau Canada
799. Louise Penny Canada
804. Luis Alberto Urrea Mexico
805. Luis Spota Mexico
808. Lupita Nyong'o Mexico
820. Madelyn Tarrant Canada
824. Maisy Card Jamaica
825. Makeda Silvera Jamaica
828. Malcolm Leal Cuba
831. Marcial Gala Cuba
832. Marcus Kliewer Canada
833. Margaret Atwood Canada
840. Margo Glantz Mexico
846. Mariana Oliver Mexico
848. Mariano Azuela Mexico
855. Mariko Tamaki Canada
857. Mario Bellatin Mexico
859. Marion Bethel Bahamas
871. Marlon James Jamaica
872. Marlowe Granados Canada
876. Mary Lawson Canada
878. Mary RZ GA Mexico
879. Mary Seacole Jamaica
884. Matthieu Simard Canada
888. Mayra Montero Cuba
898. Michael Christie Canada
901. Michael Holding Jamaica
902. Michael McCreary Canada
904. Michael Thelwell Jamaica
905. Micheline Duff Canada
907. Michelle Cliff Jamaica
908. Michelle Good Canada
912. Michelle Porter Canada
914. Miguel Asturias Guatemala
917. Miriam Toews Canada
918. Mirta Ojito Cuba
925. Monica Heisey Canada
928. Mordecai Richler Canada
930. Morgan Rhodes Canada
932. Myriam J. A. Chancy Haiti
937. Naja Marie Aidt Greenland 
938. Nalo Hopkinson Jamaica
943. Naomi Fontaine Canada
944. Naomi Klein Canada
950. Natalie Sue Canada
962. Nicholas Eames Canada
963. Nick Cutter Canada
964. Nicola Yoon Jamaica
971. Nita Prose Canada
976. Norman Cantor Canada
979. Octavio Paz Mexico
986. Opal Palmer Adisa Jamaica
990. Oscar Romero El Salvador
996. Patricia Anderson Canada
1010. Pedro Juan Gutierrez Cuba
1011. Peggy Carr St Vincent
1013. Peter Behrens Canada
1015. Peter Reynolds Canada
1019. Philip Nanton St Vincent
1023. Pierre Pratt Canada
1026. Quince Duncan Costa Rica
1031. Rachel Cusk Canada
1034. Rachel Ramjattan Jamaica
1041. Ramon Ayala Amador Honduras
1047. RavensDagger Canada
1055. Reinaldo Arenas Cuba
1056. René Depestre Haiti
1057. Reyna Grande Mexico
1058. Reynaldo Arenas Cuba
1060. Ricardo Miró Panama
1062. Richard B. Lee Canada
1066. Richard Van Camp Canada
1067. Richard Wagamese Canada
1071. Rick Mofina Canada
1072. Rigoberta Menchu Guatemala
1078. Rita Marley Cuba
1092. Rodrigo Fuentes Guatemala
1093. Rodrigo Rey Rosa Guatemala
1094. Rodrigo Soto Costa Rica
1098. Roque Dalton El Salvador
1099. Rosa Maria Britton Panama
1104. Roxane Gay Haiti
1106. Roy G. Guzmán Honduras
1112. Ruth Behar Cuba
1114. Ruth Wariner Mexico
1121. Safiya Sinclair Jamaica
1130. Santos Chavez Honduras
1131. Sara Collins Jamaica
1132. Sara Gruen Canada
1135. Sara Quin, Tegan Quin Canada
1136. Sarah Bernstein Canada
1143. Sarah Polley Canada
1146. Saul Bellow Canada
1147. Scaachi Koul Canada
1149. Sebastien de Castell Canada
1150. Selina Alko Canada
1152. Sergio Ramírez Nicaragua
1153. Severo Sarduy Cuba
1158. Shari Lapena Canada
1163. Sheila Heti Canada
1169. Shilpi Somaya Gowda Canada
1174. Sidney Poitier Bahamas
1177. Silvia Moreno-Garcia Mexico
1181. Sofia Robleda Mexico
1182. Sofía Segovia Mexico
1188. Staceyann Chin Jamaica
1194. Stephen Dantes St. Lucia
1198. Steve Ryan Canada
1207. Susan LeBlanc Canada
1212. Suzanne Simard Canada
1213. Sydney Warner Brooman Canada
1214. Sylvain Neuvel Canada
1216. Sylvia Wynter Cuba
1221. Tammy Armstrong Canada
1225. Tanya R. Taylor Bahamas
1226. Tanya Tagaq Canada
1227. Tanya Talaga Canada
1228. Tanya Turton Jamaica
1232. Tasha Spillett Canada
1236. Telcine Turner Bahamas
1239. Teresa Cardenas Cuba
1241. Terese Marie Mailhot Canada
1243. Terry Fallis Canada
1247. Thomas Wharton Canada
1253. Tiffany Morris Canada
1262. Tom Rachman Canada
1277. Tristan Hughes Canada
1280. Una Marson Jamaica
1287. Valeria Luiselli Mexico
1288. Vanessa Spence Jamaica
1289. Varias Autoras Honduras
1292. Veronica Chambers Panama
1294. Verónica Murguía Mexico
1295. Vicki Laveau-Harvie Canada
1302. Virgilio Piñera Cuba
1306. Vladimir Lucien St. Lucia
1312. Waubgeshig Rice Canada
1313. Wendy Guerra Cuba
1318. Will Ferguson Canada
1324. Yanick Lahens Haiti
1326. Yewande Omotoso Barbados
1328. Yunshik Chang Canada
1329. Yuri Herrera Mexico
1331. Zee Edgell Belize
1333. Ziwe United States of America 
1334. Zoé Valdés Cuba
1335. Zoila Ellis Belize
1337. Zoulfa Katouh Canada
1338. Анна Гаврилова Cuba
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