:Category:American novelists
{{cat main|List of American novelists}}
{{cat see also|American novels|American literary awards}}
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Categorization guidelines for American novelists
Per current consensus, this category should not directly include any American novelists. All American novelists should be in one or more by-century categories based on when they wrote novels:
- {{category|18th-century American novelists}} (1701–1800)
- {{category|19th-century American novelists}} (1801–1900)
- {{category|20th-century American novelists}} (1901–2000)
- {{category|21st-century American novelists}} (2001–2100)
Novelists should also be placed into {{cl|American women novelists}} or {{cl|American male novelists}} as appropriate, and into any relevant genre or ethnic categories as well. However, a novelist should never only be in a genre, ethnic, or gender-based category – all novelists should be in the century-categories at a minimum.
{{Commons category|Novelists from the United States}}