Authors from North America
516 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.
15. Alice Munro Canada 
18. Álvaro Enrigue Mexico 
22. Amanda Leduc Canada
24. Amanda Peters Canada
25. Amelia Blake Canada
26. Amparo Dávila Mexico
27. Amy Spurway Canada
39. Anne Carson Canada
49. Araceli Alonso Cuba 
50. Ari Tison Costa Rica 
55. Ashley Audrain Canada
60. Ave Barrera Mexico
68. Ben Philippe Haiti 
77. Brenda Navarro Mexico
81. C. L. Polk Canada
85. Carlos Acosta Cuba
86. Carlos Eire Cuba
88. Carlos Fuentes Mexico
95. Cecilia Samartin Cuba
100. Cherie Dimaline Canada
101. Cherie Jones Barbados 
117. Craig Davidson Canada
119. Cristina García Cuba
120. Cristina Henríquez Panama 
121. Cristina Henriquez Panama
124. Curdella Forbes Jamaica 
127. Daniel Sada Mexico
130. David A. Robertson Canada
134. Denis Thériault Canada
136. Derek Walcott St. Lucia 
138. Diana Morán Garay Panama
142. Don Miguel Ruiz Mexico
145. E. K. Johnston Canada
147. Edel Rodriguez Cuba
148. Eden Robinson Canada
151. Eduardo Halfon Guatemala 
152. Edwidge Danticat Haiti
154. Eleanor Shearer Barbados
155. Elena Garro Mexico
156. Elena Poniatowska Mexico
159. Elizabeth Smart Canada
162. Elliot Page Canada
164. Elvia Alvarado Honduras 
165. Emily Austin Canada
166. Emily Carroll Canada
169. Emmelie Prophète Haiti
171. Eric Walrond Barbados
174. Erna Brodber Jamaica
176. Esi Edugyan Barbados
179. Fernanda Melchor Mexico
182. Francisco X. Stork Mexico
184. Frank Martinus Arion Cuba
185. Gabriela Garcia Cuba
186. Garth Buckner Bahamas 
187. Genevieve Graham Canada
189. George Lamming Barbados
194. Gioconda Belli Nicaragua 
195. Glenville Lovell Barbados
196. Gloria Anzaldúa Mexico
199. Guadalupe Nettel Mexico
200. Guillermo del Toro Mexico
206. Heather Fawcett Canada
208. Heather M. Fawcett Canada
209. Heather Marshall Canada
211. Helen Klonaris Bahamas
216. Homero Aridjis Mexico
239. Jasmine Sealy Barbados
241. Javier Zamora El Salvador 
242. Jazmina Barrera Mexico
250. Jessica Johns Canada
253. Joan Riley Jamaica
254. Joanna Goodman Canada
265. José Olivarez Mexico
269. Juan Rulfo Mexico
271. Juan Villoro Mexico
279. K A Albury Bahamas
280. Karen Lord Barbados
281. Karla Suarez Cuba
283. Kate Beaton Canada
290. Kei Miller Jamaica
292. Kettly Mars Haiti
299. L.M. Montgomery Canada
302. Larry Tremblay Canada
304. Laura Esquivel Mexico
310. Leo Bradley Belize 
311. Leonardo Padura Cuba
313. Lisa Bird-Wilson Canada
317. Louise Penny Canada
320. Luis Alberto Urrea Mexico
322. Lupita Nyong'o Mexico
331. Maisy Card Jamaica
332. Malcolm Leal Cuba
334. Margaret Atwood Canada
337. Margarita Engle Cuba
338. Margo Glantz Mexico
341. Mariana Oliver Mexico
342. Mariano Azuela Mexico
344. Marie Vieux-Chauvet Haiti
349. Marlon James Jamaica
350. Mary Seacole Jamaica
354. Mayra Montero Cuba
358. Michael Christie Canada
360. Michelle Good Canada
363. Miguel Asturias Guatemala
364. Miriam Toews Canada
367. Monica Heisey Canada
369. Morgan Rhodes Canada
371. Myriam J. A. Chancy Haiti
372. Naomi Klein Canada
376. Nicola Yoon Jamaica
379. Nita Prose Canada
382. Octavio Paz Mexico
385. Oscar Hijuelos Cuba
392. Paula Lennon Jamaica
394. Peter Behrens Canada
396. Philip Nanton St Vincent 
397. Quince Duncan Costa Rica
400. Rachel Ramjattan Jamaica
408. René Depestre Haiti
409. Reynaldo Arenas Cuba
411. Ricardo Miró Panama
413. Richard Van Camp Canada
414. Richard Wagamese Canada
415. Rick Mofina Canada
425. Rodrigo Soto Costa Rica
426. Roque Dalton El Salvador
429. Roy G. Guzmán Honduras
433. Ruth Behar Cuba
436. Safiya Sinclair Jamaica
440. Santos Chavez Honduras
441. Sara Collins Jamaica
442. Sara Gruen Canada
445. Sarah Bernstein Canada
449. Sarah Polley Canada
450. Saul Bellow Canada
454. Sergio Ramírez Nicaragua
457. Sheila Heti Canada
459. Sidney Poitier Bahamas
462. Sofia Robleda Mexico
463. Sofía Segovia Mexico
465. Staceyann Chin Jamaica
471. Stephen Leacock Canada
472. Steve Ryan Canada
476. Sylvain Neuvel Canada
477. Sylvia Wynter Jamaica
479. Tanya R. Taylor Bahamas
480. Tanya Tagaq Canada
481. Tanya Turton Jamaica
485. Telcine Turner Bahamas
486. Teresa Cardenas Cuba
494. Una Marson Jamaica
498. Valeria Luiselli Mexico
499. Vanessa Spence Jamaica
500. Varias Autoras Honduras
505. Vladimir Lucien St. Lucia
507. Wendy Guerra Cuba
509. Will Ferguson Canada
512. Yann Martel Canada
513. Yewande Omotoso Barbados
514. Yuri Herrera Mexico
515. Zee Edgell Belize
516. Zoila Ellis Belize