List of Asian Americans - Literature

Literature

See also: List of Asian American writers
  • Alfredo Alcala – Filipino comic book artist.
  • Peter Bacho, author of the American Book Award winning novel Cebu
  • Lynda Barry – mestiza cartoonist, most known for Ernie Pook's Comeek and Marlys, published in Salon.com and other independent papers; she created the prototype for what would become the cartoon hit series, The Simpsons
  • Carlos Bulosan – author, "America Is In the Heart."
  • Regie Cabico – notable slam poet and performer.
  • Jorge Cham, author of PhD Comics
  • Ernie Chan – comic book artist/inker for Marvel Comics and DC Comics.
  • Eileen Chang - writer
  • Lan Samantha Chang - writer; director of the Iowa Writer's Workshop
  • Frank Chin (趙健秀) - novelist, playwright, and essayist
  • Kah Kyung Cho - philosopher at SUNY University
  • Dianne de Las Casas – author and award-winning storyteller
  • Melissa de la Cruz – author of teen lit series Au Pairs, The Ashleys and Blue Bloods
  • Tony DeZuniga – co-creator of Jonah Hex
  • Ben Fee - writer and labor organizer
  • Don Figueroa - comic book artist for IDW Publishing and Dreamwave Entertainment, working on various Transformers titles.
  • Tanuja Desai Hidier, author of Born Confused
  • David Henry Hwang (黃哲倫) - playwright
  • Gish Jen - writer, novelist
  • Ha Jin - novelist, winner of the National Book Award for "Waiting"
  • Rafael Kayanan – comic book artist and master level instructor in Sayoc Kali.
  • Maxine Hong Kingston - writer, novelist
  • Jean Kwok - writer, novelist
  • Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
  • Gus Lee (李健孫) - writer
  • Jim Lee - DC Comics writer, artist, editor and publisher
  • Huping Ling- history professor, award-winning author, Executive Editor for the Journal of Asian American Studies
  • Bette Bao Lord (包柏漪) - writer, novelist
  • David Wong Louie - writer
  • Jaegwon Kim - philosopher at Brown University
  • Adeline Yen Mah (馬嚴君玲) - author and physician
  • Nick Manabat – creator of Cybernary, comic book artist for Wildstorm Productions
  • Gary R. Mar - philosopher at Stony Brook University
  • William Marr (馬為義, 非馬) - Engineer, poet, translator, and artist
  • Kenn Navarro – animator of cartoon Happy Tree Friends
  • Aimee Nezhukumatathil – award-winning poet and professor
  • Han Ong – playwright and author; recipient of MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant.
  • Pai Hsien-yung: Chinese Muslim writer
  • Linda Sue Park, American-born author; winner of the 2002 Newbery Medal for A Single Shard
  • Whilce Portacio – created Bishop of the X-Men, co-founder of Image Comics.
  • Randy Romero – Writer
  • Saumitra Saxena, award winning poet in the modern Indian history. Graduated from Indian Institutue of Technology and received his Phd. from University of Illinois at Chicago.
  • Lisa See - writer
  • T. K. Seung - philosopher and literary critic at University of Texas, Austin
  • Kamila Shamsie Award-winning novelist of books such as Salt and Saffron and Broken Verses.
  • Eileen Tabios – poet.
  • Ronald Takaki was an academic, historian, ethnographer and author.
  • Amy Tan best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club, The Bonesetter's Daughter, The Kitchen God's Wife, etc.
  • Romeo Tanghal – comic book artist.
  • Bryan Thao Worra - Award-winning Lao American writer, 1st Lao American NEA Fellow in Literature.
  • Alex Tizon – Pulitzer Prize Winner.
  • Dr. Abraham Verghese noted Doctor and Author; In My Own Country and My Tennis Partner
  • Jose Garcia Villa – poet, writer, generationalist; pre-Beat Generation influence.
  • Jade Snow Wong - writer
  • Shawn Wong - novelist, "Americanese" and "Homebase"
  • Timothy C. Wong (黃宗泰) - sinologist, translator, and literary theorist
  • Gene Luen Yang - graphic novelist
  • Laurence Yep (叶祥添)- author of children's books
  • Judy Yung - writer

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