List of Mexican-American writers

• Oscar Zeta Acosta
• José Acosta Torres, author of collection Cachito Mía (1973)^[1]
• Rodolfo Acuña
• Ricardo Aguilar, author of short story collection Madreselvas en flor (1987)^[1]
• Justo S. Alarcón, Spanish author of stories about Chicanos, Chulifeas fronteras (1981)^[1]
• Kathleen Alcala
• Alurista
• Rudolfo Anaya, author of children's book Bless Me, Ultima
• Gloria E. Anzaldúa, author of Borderlands and co-author of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
• Ron Arias
• Jimmy Santiago Baca
• Raymond Barrio, author of The Plum Plum Pickers (1969)^[1]
• Irene Beltrán Hernández, author of Across the Great River (1989)^[1]
• Aristeo Brito, author of El diablo en Texas (The Devil in Texas, bilingual ed. 1991)^[1]
• José Antonio Burciaga
• Nash Candelaria
• Daniel Cano, author of Pepe Ríos (1991)^[1]
• Norma Elia Cantú
• Celso A. de Casas, author of Pelón Drops Out (1979)^[1]
• Ana Castillo
• Rafael C. Castillo
• Lorna Dee Cervantes
• Angelico Chavez
• Denise Chávez
• Sandra Cisneros
• Lucha Corpi, author of Delia's Song (1988)^[1]
• Margarita Cota-Cardenas, author of Puppet: A Chicano Novella (in Spanish; 1985)^[1]

• Adina Emilia De Zavala
• Lorenzo de Zavala
• Abelardo Delgado, author of Letters to Louise (1982)^[1]
• Mike Durán, author of Don't Split on My Corner (1991)^[1]
• Sergio Elizondo, author of story collection Rosa, la flauta (1980) and the novels Muerte en una estrella (1987) and Suruma (1991)^[1]
• Alex Espinoza, author of Still Water Saints
• Roberta Fernández
• Fernando A. Flores, author of Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas, Vol.1 (2014) ^[2]
• Gregory Thomas Garcia
• Lionel G. Garcia, author of Leaving Home (1985), A Shroud in the Family (1987), Hardscrub (1989), Brush Country (2004), The Day They Took My Uncle and Other Stories, and other books^[1]
• Julian S. Garcia, was Associate Editor of ViAztlan in 1985, an international journal of Chicano arts during its heyday when Chicano literature was at its zenith. He graduated from Our Lady of the Lake University (1975) with a bachelor's degree in sociology and bilingual education, and continued at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he matriculated in 1979 with a master's degree in Bicultural-Bilingual Studies. Further studies took Julian to Southwest Texas State University, where he added English literature to his field. As short story writer and essayist, Julian S. Garcia won the 1979 Caracol Fiction Award for "Las Manos." In 1984, the article "Writing through Suffering" appeared in ViAztlan, Vol.2, No. 7 to critical acclaim. The following year, in 1985, saw the publication of his essay, "The New Age of Chicano Music" in ViAztlan, Vol. 3, No.2.

"Don Cheno's Icehouse" subsequently appeared in ViAztlan in March 1985 while the poet/Editor Alurista accepted his story "The Harvest" which appeared in Southwest Tales: A contemporary collection in 1986. In 1986, the University of Arizona published his story, "El Viaje" in its biannual journal, Saguaro. In the fall 2006, his critically acclaimed, "La Fantastica Curandera" appeared in Puentes, published by Texas A & M University-Corpus under the aegis of Editor Jesus Rosales. His current project includes, With Open Eyes: the tale of two spiritual brothers and Tejas Love: A Chicano romance novel. He has finished a collection of stories pending publication entitled, Pepito, Lucy, and El Perico, a children's collection. He is a retired school teacher who researches, writes and analyzes political and philosophical issues.

• José L. Garza, author of collection Writing and Art (1989)^[1]
• Xavier Garza
• Diana Gabaldon
• Dagoberto Gilb
• Laurence Gonzáles, author of Jambeaux (1979), The Last Deal (1981), and El Vago (1983)^[1]
• Rodolfo Gonzales
• Genaro González, author of Rainbow's End (1988) and the story collection Only Sons (1991)^[1]
• Jovita González Mireles
• Rigoberto González
• José Ángel Gutiérrez
• Sonia Gutiérrez, author of Spider Woman/La Mujer Araña (2013)
• Jaime Hernandez
• Jaime Hernández, author and photographer of automotive specialty pieces published in the United States & Canada since 2003. The son of a Mexican immigrant, Hernandez has taken his passion for automobiles and motorcycles, forging a bridge into the pages of major automotive magazines. The young automotive journalist is quickly becoming an expert in the field of off-road and adventure travel. Hernandez can be found on the pages of Off-Road.com, Dirt Sports, Off-Road, 4Wheel & Off-Road, Toyota 4WD Owner, Off-Road Business and other leading automotive periodicals.
• Juan Felipe Herrera
• Maria Hinojosa
• Rolando Hinojosa
• Arturo Islas

• Gary Keller (author), author of collection Tales of El Huitlacoche (1984)^[1]
• Dr. Jesus "Chuy" Luna - Professor and Historian, California State University, Fresno 1974–Present author of "Jesus Luna's Abe Lincoln Story" in Chicano: Evolution of a People ^[3]
• Tony Magaña, writer and political blogger for Contempo Magazine
• Patricia Preciado Martín, author of collection Days of Plenty, Days of Want (1988)^[1]
• Al Martínez, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist; author of Ashes in the Rain: Selected Essays (1990)^[1]
• Eliud Martínez, author of Voice Haunted Journey (1991)^[1]
• Max Martínez, author of Schooland (1988) and the collections The Adventures of the Chicano Kid and Other Stories (1982) and A Red Bikini Dream (1989)^[1]
• Hugo Martínez-Serros, author of the collection The Last Laugh and Other Stories (1988)^[1]
• Rubén Martínez
• Bill Melendez
• Maria Cristina Mena
• Miguel Méndez
• Jim Mendiola
• Adrian Mendoza - The Kaleidoscope Series
• Pat Mora
• Cherríe Moraga, co-author of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color and author of A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness
• Alejandro Morales, author of Old Faces and New Wine (1981), Death of an Anglo (1988), Reto en el Paraiso (1983), The Brick People (1988), and The Rag Doll Plagues (1991)^[1]
• Alejandro Murguía

• Julian Nava
• J. L. Navarro, author of the collection Blue Day on Main Street (1973)^[1]
• Josefina Niggli
• Daniel Olivas
• Berta Ornelas, author of Come Down from the Mound (1975)^[1]
• Sheila Ortiz Taylor, author of Spring Forward/Fall Back (1985)^[1]
• Miguel Antonio Otero
• Américo Paredes
• Joe Perez
• Cecile Piñeda
• Mary Helen Ponce, author of The Wedding (1989) and the collection Taking Control (1987)^[1]
• Estela Portillo Trambley (1936–1998), author of Trini (1986), the play The Day of the Swallows (1971) and the collection Rain of Scorpions and Other Writings (1975) for which she became the first woman to receive the Quinto Sol Literary Prize.^[1] She also held the President Chair in Creative Writing at UC Davis.^[4]
• Katherine Quintana Ranck, author of Portrait of Doña Elena (1983)^[1]
• John Rechy
• Alberto Ríos
• Isabella Ríos, author of Victuum (1976)^[1]
• Tomás Rivera
• Alfredo Rodríguez, author Estas tierras (1983; Palabra Nueva prize winner)^[1]
• Joe Rodríguez, author of Oddsplayer (1988)^[1]
• Luis J. Rodriguez
• Robert Rodriguez
• Richard Rodriguez
• Orlando Romero (author), author of Nambé-Year One (1976)^[1]
• María Amparo Ruiz de Burton
• Rudy Ruiz

• Benjamin Alire Sáenz, author of Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club.
• Floyd Salas
• Rubén Salazar
• Alex Sánchez
• Ricardo Sánchez, author of Canto y Grito Mi Liberacion (1973, 1995), Hechizospells (1976), and Amerikan Journeys::Jornadas Americanas (1994), among other titles.^[5]
• Saúl Sánchez, author of the collection Hay Plesha Lichans to di Flac (i.e., "I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag") (1977)^[1]
• Hope Sandoval
• Danzy Senna
• Michelle Serros, author of Chicana Falsa and How to Be a Chicana Role Model.
• Beverly Silva, author of The Cat and Other Stories (1986)^[1]
• ire'ne lara silva, author of furia (2010) and flesh to bone (2013)
• Roberto Solis
• Gary Soto, author of Baseball in April: Stories and Buried Onions.
• Mario Suárez
• Joseph V. Torres-Metzgar, author of Below the Summit (1976)^[1]
• Jesús Salvador Treviño, author of Eyewitness: A Filmmaker's Memoir of the Chicano Movement. 2001. ISBN 978-1-5588-5349-2. 
• Sergio Troncoso, author of The Last Tortilla and Other Stories, From This Wicked Patch of Dust and Crossing Borders: Personal Essays
• Sabine Ulibarrí
• Jorge Ulica (a.k.a. Julio G. Arce), satirist, published his Crónicas diabólicas from 1916 to 1926^[1]
• Martin Guevara Urbina, author/co-author of over 40 scholarly publications on a wide range of topics, including several academic books, including: Beyond Post-Racial America: 21st Century Dynamics of Multiculturalism (2013); Capital Punishment in America: Race and the Death Penalty Over Time (2012); Hispanics in the U.S. Criminal Justice System: The New American Demography (2012); Capital Punishment and Latino Offenders: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Death Sentences (2003, 2011); and A Comprehensive Study of Female Offenders: Life Before, During, and After Incarceration (2008). Urbina’s scholarly work has been published in national and international academic journals, to include Justice Quarterly; Critical Criminology: An International Journal; and Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict & World Order.
• Luís Alberto Urrea, author of The Devil's Highway and Nobody's Son.
• Gina Valdés, author of There Are No Madmen Here (1981)^[1]
• Luis Valdez
• Richard Vásquez, author of Chicano (1970) and other novels^[1]
• Robert Vasquez, author of At the Rainbow (1995)
• Félix Varela
• Alfredo Véa, Jr.
• Alma Luz Villanueva
• José Antonio Villarreal
• Victor Villaseñor
• Helena Maria Viramontes, author of Under the Feet of Jesus.
• Gwendolyn Zepeda