List of Asian-American writers

This is a list of Asian American writers, authors, and poets who have Wikipedia pages. Their works are considered part of Asian American literature.

## A–D

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* Ai[1]
* Shaila Abdullah
* Aria Aber
* George Abraham
* Jessica Abughattas
* Dilruba Ahmed, poet
* Maya Ajmera
* Karl Ichiro Akiya
* Meena Alexander
* Agha Shahid Ali
* Kazim Ali
* Noel Alumit
* Mia Alvar
* Hala Alyan
* Ryka Aoki
* Fatimah Asghar
* Aziz Ansari
* Gina Apostol
* Gaiutra Bahadur
* Shauna Singh Baldwin
* Peter Bacho, American Book Award winner for the novel Cebu
* Ravi Batra
* Cathy Bao Bean (包圭漪)
* Susham Bedi
* Tamiko Beyer
* Bette Bao Lord (包柏漪)
* Rick Barot
* Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (白萱华), poet [1]
* Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
* Sujata Bhatt
* Jean Shinoda Bolen
* Jaswinder Bolina
* Jenny Boully
* Akemi Dawn Bowman
* Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
* Carlos Bulosan
* Regie Cabico
* Lan Cao
* Celso Al Carunungan[1]
* Linda Ty Casper
* Gilbert Luis R. Centina III
* Steph Cha
* Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
* Jeffery Paul Chan (陈耀光)
* Rajiv Chandrasekaran
* Jay Chandrasekhar, screenwriter
* Diana Chang (張粲芳), novelist
* Eileen Chang (张爱玲)
* Iris Chang (張純如)
* Jennifer Chang
* K-Ming Chang
* Lan Samantha Chang
* Leonard Chang
* Tina Chang
* Lisa Changadveja
* Bonnie Chau
* Maneet Chauhan
* Daniyal Mueenuddin, author
* Cathy Linh Che
* Alexander Chee
* Traci Chee
* Anelise Chen
* Justina Chen
* Su Hua Ling Chen (凌叔华)[1]
* Nien Cheng (郑念)[1]
* Anna Chennault (陈香梅)[1]
* King-Kok Cheung
* Cheng Sait Chia[1]
* Fay Chiang[1]
* Monlin Chiang (蒋梦麟)[1]
* Ted Chiang, Hugo and Nebula Award winner
* Frank Chin (趙健秀)
* Justin Chin
* Marilyn Chin (陈美玲)
* Mei Chin
* Staceyann Chin
* Frank Ching[1]
* Kah Kyung Cho, philosopher
* Khendum Choden
* Don Mee Choi
* Susan Choi
* Roshani Chokshi
* Deepak Chopra
* Louis Chu (雷霆超), author of Eat a Bowl of Tea (1961)
* Seo-Young Chu (주서영), author of "A Refuge for Jae-in Doe" and "I, Discomfort Woman"
* Wesley Chu (朱恆昱), science fiction writer
* Frank Chuman
* Frances Chung
* Philip W. Chung, playwright
* Peter Ho Davies
* Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla
* Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
* Dinesh D'Souza, conservative journalist
* Tony D'Souza
* Bei Dao
* Sylvia Day
* Violet Kazue de Cristoforo
* Oliver de la Paz
* Margaret Dilloway, author of How To Be An American Housewife (2010)
* Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
* Do Nguyen Mai, poet

## E–J

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* Fan Wu (吴帆)
* Nancy Yi Fan (范禕)
* Sui Sin Far (水仙花), a.k.a. Edith Maude Eaton
* Ben Fee (张恨棠/木云)
* Eilis Flynn
* Noriko Sawada Bridges Flynn
* Jamie Ford
* Eugie Foster, Nebula Award winner
* Sesshu Foster
* Gyo Fujikawa
* Jun Fujita
* Michiyo Fukaya
* Francis Fukuyama
* Dale Furutani
* M. Evelina Galang
* Sarah Gambito
* V.V. Ganeshananthan
* Anu Garg
* Atul Gawande
* Tess Gerritsen
* Alex Gilvarry
* Anchee Min
* Zulfikar Ghose
* Khalil Gibran
* Eugene Gloria
* Prince Gomolvilas
* Philip Kan Gotanda
* Vince Gotera
* Amitav Ghosh
* Karl Taro Greenfeld
* Mary Matsuda Gruenewald
* Kovid Gupta
* Ganggang Hu Guidice (胡剛剛)
* Han Suyin (韩素音)
* Jessica Hagedorn
* Kimiko Hahn
* Sarah Haider
* Usha Haley
* Darrell Hamamoto
* Sheila Hamanaka
* Mohsin Hamid
* Jenny Han
* Mikiso Hane
* Sadakichi Hartmann
* Asma Gull Hasan
* Alamgir Hashmi
* S. I. Hayakawa
* Le Ly Hayslip
* Joseph Heco
* Lee Herrick
* Naomi Hirahara
* Lane Ryo Hirabayashi
* William Hohri
* Tess Uriza Holthe
* Cathy Park Hong
* Euny Hong, author
* Garrett Hongo
* Bill Hosokawa
* Khaled Hosseini
* Velina Hasu Houston
* Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston[1]
* TC Huo
* Eddie Huang
* David Henry Hwang (黃哲倫), playwright
* Joe Ide
* Naomi Iizuka
* Lawson Fusao Inada
* Daniel K. Inouye[1]
* Ayako Ishigaki
* Shizue Iwatsuki
* Pico Iyer
* Tania James
* Gish Jen
* Ha Jin (哈金)

## K–L

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* Cynthia Kadohata
* Julie Kagawa
* Michiko Kakutani
* Mindy Kaling
* Jay Caspian Kang, journalist, novelist
* Michael Kang
* Minsoo Kang, historian and writer
* Younghill Kang, novelist
* Bhanu Kapil
* Sheba Karim
* Hiroshi Kashiwagi, poet, playwright, novelist
* Soji Kashiwagi, playwright
* Siddharth Katragadda
* Alma Katsu
* Sarah Kay
* Phil Kaye
* Nora Okja Keller, author of Comfort Woman (1997) and Fox Girl (2002)
* Porochista Khakpour
* Uzma Aslam Khan
* Parag Khanna
* Crystal Hana Kim
* Elaine H. Kim, author of Asian American Literature: An Introduction to the Writings and Their Social Context
* Jaegwon Kim, philosopher
* Myung Mi Kim
* Patti Kim
* Richard E. Kim, novelist
* Suki Kim, novelist
* Ronyoung Kim
* Maxine Hong Kingston, novelist
* Katie Kitamura
* Bharti Kirchner
* Alexandra Kleeman
* Lisa Ko
* Kyo Koike
* Dorinne K. Kondo
* Gowri Koneswaran
* R.F. Kuang
* Sarah Kuhn
* Helena Kuo[1]
* Kevin Kwan, author
* Jean Kwok, author of Girl in Translation (2010)
* Dan Kwong
* Jhumpa Lahiri
* Him Mark Lai
* Andrew Lam
* Le Thi Diem Thuy
* Ang Lee
* Chang-Rae Lee
* Chin Yang Lee (黎錦揚)
* Don Lee
* Ed Bok Lee
* Gus Lee (李健孫)
* Helie Lee
* Karen An-hwei Lee
* Krys Lee
* Li-Young Lee
* Stacey Lee
* Joseph O. Legaspi
* Russell Leong
* Yiyun Li
* Eugene Lim, author of Fog & Car (2008, 2024), The Strangers (2013), Dear Cyborgs (2017), and Search History (2021)
* Sandra Lim
* Shirley Geok-lin Lim
* Adet and Anor Lin[1]
* Ed Lin
* Grace Lin
* Tan Lin
* Tao Lin
* Lin Tai-yi[1]
* R. Zamora Linmark
* Linh Dinh
* Eric Liu
* Ken Liu (刘宇昆), Hugo and Nebula Award winner
* Marjorie Liu
* Timothy Liu
* Malinda Lo
* Teresa Lo, novelist and screenwriter
* Vyvyane Loh
* Mimi Lok
* Bette Bao Lord
* Marie Lu
* David Wong Louie

## M–S

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* Ling Ma
* Adeline Yen Mah (馬嚴君玲)
* Sezan Mahmud
* Michelle Malkin, conservative newspaper columnist
* Sally Wen Mao
* Maliha Masood
* Sujata Massey
* Kristina McMorris
* Tulika Mehrotra
* Hasan Minhaj
* Janice Mirikitani
* Marie Mutsuki Mockett
* Mary Anne Mohanraj
* Toshio Mori
* Mong-Lan
* Toshio Mori
* Mai Neng Moua
* Bharati Mukherjee
* David Mura
* Milton Murayama
* Sabina Murray
* An Na, novelist
* Shōson Nagahara
* Ken Narasaki, playwright
* Sunil Nayar, television writer
* Aimee Nezhukumatathil
* Celeste Ng
* Fae Myenne Ng
* Bich Minh Nguyen, novelist
* Kien Nguyen
* Qui Nguyen
* Nguyen Qui Duc
* Viet Thanh Nguyen
* Thuc Doan Nguyen
* Barbara Noda
* Yone Noguchi
* Sigrid Nunez
* John Okada
* Gary Okihiro
* Daniel Okimoto[1]
* Dwight Okita
* Miné Okubo[1]
* Matthew Olzmann
* Julie Otsuka
* Milton K. Ozaki
* Ruth Ozeki
* Pai Hsien-yung, Chinese Muslim writer
* Gary Pak, author of Children of a Fireland: A Novel (2004) and Language of the Geckos and Other Stories (2005)
* Greg Pak
* Ty Pak, author of A Korean Decameron: Tales of the Yi Dynasty (1961), Guilt Payment (1983), Cry Korea Cry (1999), Moonbay: Short Stories (1999), Dear, Daughter (2017) and Moonbay: Short Stories (1999)
* Linda Sue Park, novelist
* Therese Park
* Yongsoo Park, author of Boy Genius (2002), Las Cucarachas (2004), The Art of Eating Bitter: A Hausfrau Dad's Journey With Kids (2018), and Rated R Boy: Growing Up Korean in 1980s Queens (2020)
* Kamran Pasha
* Craig Santos Perez
* Andrew X. Pham
* Aimee Phan
* Bao Phi
* Michelle Naka Pierce
* Jon Pineda
* Ramesh Ponnuru
* Imad Rahman
* Aneesh Raman
* A.K. Ramanujan
* Anantanand Rambachan, religious writer
* Bino Realuyo
* Rishi Reddi
* Srikanth Reddy
* Paisley Rekdal
* Nina Revoyr
* Barbara Jane Reyes
* Bruce Reyes-Chow
* Margaret Rhee
* Lee Ann Roripaugh
* Patrick Rosal
* Shawna Yang Ryan
* Edward Said
* Albert Saijo[2]
* Henry Sakaida
* Yumi Sakugawa
* Bienvenido Santos
* Rahadyan Sastrowardoyo
* Kiyo Sato
* Allen Say
* Lisa See, novelist
* Sunny Seki
* Vijay Seshadri
* Vikram Seth
* T. K. Seung, philosopher
* Purvi Shah, poet
* Naren Shankar, screenwriter
* Prageeta Sharma
* Brenda Shaughnessy
* Julie Shigekuni
* Brandon Shimoda, poet
* Sun Yung Shin, poet
* Bapsi Sidhwa
* SJ Sindu, novelist
* Keiho Soga, poet
* Monica Sone, autobiographer
* Cathy Song
* Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto[1]
* Indu Sundaresan, historical fiction author
* Sui Sin Far
* Toyo Suyemoto
* Sokunthary Svay
* Arthur Sze
* Mai-Mai Sze[1]

## T–Z

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* Eileen Tabios
* Ronald Takaki, UC Berkeley history professor
* Grace Talusan
* Amy Tan, novelist
* Lucy Tan, novelist
* Karin Tanabe
* Ronald Tanaka[1]
* Yuko Taniguchi
* Lysley Tenorio
* Timothy Tau
* Madeleine Thien
* Bhagat Singh Thind, author
* Sherry Thomas, novelist
* Maggie Tokuda-Hall
* Teiko Tomita, poet
* Tim Toyama, playwright
* Barbara Tran
* Truong Tran
* Vu Tran
* Monique Truong
* Hsi Tseng Tsiang (a.k.a. H.T. Tsiang)
* Gail Tsukiyama
* Yoshiko Uchida
* Thrity Umrigar
* Loung Ung
* Amy Uyematsu
* Abraham Verghese
* Jose Garcia Villa[1]
* Padma Viswanathan
* Saymoukda Vongsay
* Ocean Vuong
* Raees Warsi
* Onoto Watanna, a.k.a. Winnifred Eaton
* Qian Julie Wang
* Weike Wang
* Yun Wang
* Michi Weglyn
* Jade Snow Wong
* Jane Wong
* Nellie Wong
* Raymond K. Wong
* Shawn Wong
* Merle Woo
* Sung J. Woo
* Bryan Thao Worra
* Fan Wu (吴帆)
* William F. Wu
* Mitsuye Yamada
* Hisaye Yamamoto
* Lois-Ann Yamanaka
* Iris Yamashita
* Karen Tei Yamashita
* Wakako Yamauchi
* Hanya Yanagihara
* Gene Luen Yang (楊謹倫)
* Jeff Yang
* Kao Kalia Yang
* Yanyi
* Taro Yashima
* John Yau[1]
* Lisa Yee
* Paul Yoon
* Monica Youn
* C. Dale Young
* Charles Yu, novelist
* Lizzie Yu Der Ling
* Laurence Yep
* Connie Young Yu, writer and historian
* Judy Yung
* Fareed Zakaria, political analyst author
* C. Pam Zhang
* Jenny Zhang
* Jenny Tinghui Zhang
* Kat Zhang
* Helen Zia (謝漢蘭)

## See also

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* Literature portal

* Asian American Literary Awards
* Asian American literature
* Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature
* Before Columbus Foundation
* Chinese American literature
* List of American writers of Korean descent
* List of Asian Canadian writers
* Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States

## External links

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* Interviews with young Asian American writers
* Korean American Literature

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v listed in Amy Ling's bibliography, "Asian American Literature," in Redefining American Literary History, A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff and Jerry W. Ward, eds., MLA, 1990.
2. ^ Gray, Timothy C. (Winter 1998). "Semiotic Shepherds: Gary Snyder, Frank O'Hara, and the Embodiment of an Urban Pastoral". Contemporary Literature. 39 (4). Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press: 541. doi:10.2307/1208725. ISSN 0010-7484. JSTOR 1208725.