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American Lit 250: The Top 10 Greatest American Authors
Episode 43 • 1st July 2026 • The Write Note • J Ryan Fenzel
00:00:00 00:34:53

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In this episode we reveal our list of the Top 10 Greatest American Authors to celebrate America 250.

Highlights:

01:58 Preamble Ramble

06:20 Character is King: All-American Edition

11:40 Top-10 Greatest American Authors Kick-off

14:03 He defined the American Detective genre

16:16 I don’t write science fiction…I write fantasy

22:18 Architect of the modern short story

28:31 Meaning in the silences

31:28 Serious but satirical

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