I love funny stories and funny authors. Here's a list of famous and not so famous authors of humor throughout American literature. Just a note of caution--some can be raunchy, especially the modern ones. My favorites on this list include Woody Allen, Dave Barry, Washington Irving, Garrison Keillor, Groucho Marx, Will Rogers, David Sedaris, James Thurber, Mark Twain (the best), and Tom Wolfe. Enjoy!


Woody Allen
Russell Baker
Regina Barreca
Dave Barry
Robert Benchley
Ambrose Bierce
Roy Blount, Jr.
Erma Bombeck
Christopher Buckley
George Carlin
Bill Cosby
Nora Ephron
Fannie Flagg
Benjamin Franklin
Alfred Gingold
Margaret Halsey
Joel Chandler Harris
Lynn Harris
Bret Harte
Joseph Heller
O. Henry
Marietta Holley
Langston Hughes
Washington Irving
Molly Ivins
Bel Kaufman
Garrison Keillor
Jean Kerr
Alan King
Ring Lardner
Fran Lebowitz
David Ross Locke
Merrill Markoe
Groucho Marx
Jackie Mason
H. L. Mencken
Ogden Nash
P. J. O’Rourke
Dorothy Parker
S. J. Perelman
Will Rogers
Rita Rudner
David Sedaris
Henry Wheeler Shaw (“Josh Billings”)
Jean Shepherd
Frank Sullivan
James Thurber
Mark Twain
Judith Viorst
Kurt Vonnegut
Frances Miriam Whitcher
E. B. White
Tom Wolfe